Jethwani was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat into a HinduSindhi family. Her father, Narendrakumar Jethwani is a Merchant navy officer and her mother, Asha Jethwani is a manager with The Reserve Bank of India and a Gold medallist in Economics. Her maternal grandfather was a prominent social worker. She received her school education from Prakash Higher Secondary School, Mount Carmel High School and Udgam School in Ahmedabad. She started training in Bharatnatyam at the age of five and obtained Visharad degree at twelve. She ranked fifth in the GujaratHigher Secondary Examination. She played chess competitively during her school years and represented Gujarat at the National Chess Championships. As a kid, she also modelled regionally for brands such as Nippo batteries, Gayatri dairy and Maruti bread for the Gujarat market. She earned her M.B.B.S. from Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College in Ahmedabad, on full scholarship, and with distinction level marks throughout, and a Gold medal in Physiology. While finishing her degree, she won Miss Gujarat, Miss Gujarat University, and Miss Ahmedabad Times titles. She has also completed The Postgraduate programme in management, with full scholarship from the ISB, Hyderabad, having scored a 730/800 on the GMAT.
Career
Films
Jethwani relocated to Mumbai with her mother's job transfer to the city. There, a chance meeting with the director Muazzam Beg led to the lead role in Rajtaru Studios' Bollywoodcomedy-drama 'Sadda Adda'. The same year, she made her Malayalam debut with B. Unnikrishnan's thriller set in Bangkok, 'I Love Me', alongside Asif Ali and Anoop Menon. 2013 saw her starting the shoot for her Tamil debut as the heroine opposite Vinay Rai for Senthatti Kaalai Sevatha Kaalai directed by Saran, and the lead in Dharmesh Darshan's Punjabi film opposite Karan Kundra, but both the projects were shelved then. Due to conflicting schedules, she had walked out of Girish Malik's Jal opposite Purab Kohli, and Rajesh Pillai'sTraffic opposite Parambrata Chatterjee. Next, she debuted in Kannada with Rajkumar Reddy's supernatural horror film 'Ouija' produced by Vega Entertainment, and in Telugu with Aata. Ouija ran successfully for more than 100 days in theaters.
Modelling Work
Jethwani has been the face of nationwide advertisement campaigns for Videocon d2h, Cygnus jewellery, Mahindra Xylo, Shoppers Stop, Rahna homes, Vespa, Pond's White Beauty BB+ Fairness cream, Coloressence cosmetics, Integym and Jashn sarees among other brands, and featured on the cover pages of Femina and LSF magazine, on Femina calendar, and in Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Filmfare, among others. She has also had a stint on the runway, at India Runway Week, numerous Femina Showcases, and for Indian fashion and jewellery designers like Babita Malkani, Varuna D Jani, etc. and featured in Punjabi Music videos.
Publications
Jethwani has co-authored medical articles published in PubMed Central.
