Bhavna Pani (born 6 July 1985) is an Indian actress, model and dancer. She is trained in classical dance forms – Odissi and Kathak, as well as in ballet and contemporary modern dance. She debuted in films in 2001 with Tere Liye.^[1]

Bhavna Pani was born on 6 July 1985 and brought up in Mumbai, India.^[1] She is the daughter of ad filmmaker Uday Shankar Pani.^[2] She has a younger sister Devna Pani who is a fashion designer and actress.^[3] She did her BA in Psychology and Philosophy from Mithibai College, Mumbai.^[2]

She is trained in Odissi and Kathak by Kelucharan Mohapatra and Birju Maharaj.^[1] She has learned contemporary dance at Terrence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company and is also trained in Jazz and Ballet.^[2]

She started her career with her first Bollywood film Tere Liye, at the age of 16.^[1][4] Since then, she has acted in many films including the Puri Jagannadh directed Kannada film Yuvaraja (2001), R. Srinivas directed Telugu film Ninu Choodaka Nenundalenu ( 2002 )and Priyadarshan’s Malayalam comedy film Vettam. She got well acceptance by malayalee audience for portraying Veena in Vettam and the film achieved a cult status after TV release.^[1] She has also expressed that she likes to do more romantic comedy films.

She has been performing as the lead dancer in Sahara India’s ambitious production Bharti for over ten years.^[5][6] She won Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress for So Many Socks.^[7]