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Elena Kazan
Born	Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–2019

Elena Kazan is a German-Russian actress who appears in German as well as Indian films such as Agent Vinod, John Day, Prague etc. The German-Philippine, English film 'Ruined Heart' in which Kazan plays the leading female role was released in March 2015. She has featured as a houseguest in the Bigg Boss house.

Personal life

Kazan was born as Elena Kazan in Moscow, Russia, to German parents. Her mother is a nurse and her father was a primary school teacher. She spent her childhood in Ukraine before moving to Berlin with her family. At the age of 16, she moved to the US for higher studies. Kazan later went to India to work with a volunteer organization in Kolkata and while there taught the German language at Max Mueller Bhavan. She traveled widely in India for the first three years.

Career

Kazan worked in Kolkata with the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce as an interpreter. She also worked as a Unit Hand in an Australian short film shot in Kolkata, during which time she got the opportunity to work in a Bengali film. Kazan started her acting career with the 2010 Bengali film 'Clerk' opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee. The next year in 2011, Kazan acted in the drama film Gandhi to Hitler. In 2012, Kazan had a cameo role in the film Agent Vinod. But her first big role came in the 2013 film John Day in which she plays the role of Tabassum Habibi, a chronic alcoholic with a dark and complex past. In the same year 2013, Kazan played the role of a Czech gypsy girl in Prague, who comes to India in search of her identity. Her next film was AASMA in which she plays the role of a Kashmiri girl. Her career went international in 2014, when she co-starred in the German-Philippine, English film 'Ruined Heart'.

Bigg Boss 10

Kazan entered the Colors popular show Bigg Boss 10 as a wild card entrant. She entered along with Jason Shah, Sahil Anand and Priyanka Jagga. She got evicted a week after staying inside the house.

Filmography

Television

References

1. "Elena Kazan- I think People tend to build up actors into unreachable stars". The Moviean.
2. "International import Elena Kazan's a desi girl at heart". Mid-Day. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
3. "Elena Kazan works with Saif again". mid-day.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
4. ^ "Elena Kazan Ready for Bollywood with 'John Day' Debut". India West. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
5. "Elena Kazan, Randeep Hooda share a crackling chemistry in 'John Day'". CNN-IBN. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
6. ^ "Could have done better in Bengali films: Elena Kazan". Daily News. New York. 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
7. "German actor Elena Kazan all set to sizzle in Bollywood". India Today. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
8. "Bigg Boss 10 wildcard entries: Former Roadies contestant Sahil Anand, Agent Vinod actor Elena Kazan and model Jason Shah". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
9. "I got training for Bigg Boss 10 while working in Indian films: Wild card entrant Elena Kazan". 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
10. "5 things you should know about BB 10's wild card entry Elena Kazan". Retrieved 27 November 2016.
11. "Bigg Boss 10: Elena Kazan eliminated from the show". 5 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
12. "It's Vicky Kaushal's Uri: The Surgical Strikes Vs Shoaib Ibrahim's Battalion 609 At The Box Office". Mid-Day.

External links

• Elena Kazan at IMDb

• Living people
• Actresses from Moscow
• Actresses from Berlin
• German film actresses
• Russian film actresses
• Actresses in Hindi cinema
• Actresses in Bengali cinema
• Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants
• Russian people of German descent
• German expatriates in India
• Russian expatriates in India
• European actresses in India
• Actresses of European descent in Indian films
• 21st-century German actresses