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Rajeshwari Sachdev

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Rajeshwari Sachdev
Sachdev in 2018
Born
Raj Kaur Sachdev

(1974-04-14) 14 April 1974 (age 50)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Years active1991 – present
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Children1
FamilyAlka Kaushal (sister-in-law)
Awards1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress: Sardari Begum

Rajeshwari Sachdev (14 April 1974) is an Indian actress known for her role in Shyam Benegal's film Sardari Begum (1996), for which she won the 1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Sachdev co-hosted the Zee TV musical show, Antakshari from 1994 to 2001 with Annu Kapoor. In 2005, she along with her husband Varun Badola, took part a reality TV dance competition show, Nach Baliye.[1] She also worked in Crime TV series Rihhaee where she played a role of an activist.[2]

Personal life

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Rajeshwari Sachdev with husband Varun Badola in 2012

Rajeshwari was born on 14 April 1974,[3] in Mumbai to a Punjabi father and a Tamil mother [4]

After completing her graduation from Guru Nanak Khalsa College (King's Circle) in Mumbai.[5] Sachdev started her career on stage doing plays with Indian People's Theatre Association. Sachdev married Varun Badola on 24 November 2004. They met on the sets of the television show Antakshari and were engaged the same year.[6] They have a son, born on 10 May 2010.[7] Badola has a farm house in his native Uttarakhand at a place called Bhabher in Kotdwar.[8]

Career

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Sachdev made her film debut with the Marathi film Aayatya Gharat Gharoba (1991), directed by Sachin.

Her second film was Shyam Benegal's Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). She then became a regular in his films, and was cast in Mammo (1994), Sardari Begum (1996), Samar (1999), Hari-Bhari (2000), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005) and Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008). She also appeared in the Hollywood film Little Buddha (1993) and later in Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed Garden (1998). She also worked in the show Samvidhaan, directed by Shyam Benegal.

She sang the pop song "Hulle Hullare" in the album of the same name released in 2007.

Sachdev was signed as the lead in TV series Rihhaee replacing actress Divya Dutta who quit the show after shooting for one episode. She is currently playing the role of Mamta Noon in Sony TV's romantic drama series Dil Hi Toh Hai and Kusum Kothari in StarPlus's drama series Shaadi Mubarak.

Filmography

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Films

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Year Film Role Notes
2022 Nazar Andaz Mohini
2019 Firebrand Divya Patel pradhan Marathi film[9]
2015 Welcome Zindagi Marathi film
2015 Runh: The Debt Marathi film
2014 Bazaar E Husn Didi
2013 Issaq Paro
2013 Samhita Hemangini/Bhairavi Marathi film
2012 Arjun: The Warrior Prince Draupadi Voice role
2010 Malik Ek Saraswati
2009 7 Days in Slow Motion Mrs. Suri English film[10]
2008 Welcome to Sajjanpur Shobharani
2004 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero Capt. Lakshmi Sahgal
2004 Mitter Pyare Nu Haal Mureedan Da Kehna Preet Punjabi film
2003 The Perfect Husband
2001 Meri Pyaari Bahania Banegi Dulhania
2001 Rahul Sheela
2000 Samar
2000 Tales of The Kama Sutra : The Perfumed Garden Lochani/Loni
2000 Hari-Bhari Salma [11]
1998 Qila Lajo
1997 Tunnu Ki Tina Tina
1996 English Babu Desi Mem Katariya
1996 Sardari Begum Sakina Urdu film
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress[12]
1995 Param Vir Chakra Radha
1994 Mammo Riyaz's mother
1994 Triyacharitra Bimli
1993 Little Buddha Yasodhara English film
1993 Pyar Pyar
1993 Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda Jamuna [13]
1991 Aayatya Gharat Gharoba Kaanan Marathi film

Television shows

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Year Series Role Notes
1997 Margarita Margarita Lead role
1997–1998 Om Namah Shivay Rati
2004 Rihaee Madhavi
2005 Phir Se Television film[14]
Nach Baliye 1 Contestant [15]
2006–2007 Ji Bhenji[16]
2007–2008 K for Kishore Host
2014–2015 Laut Aao Trisha Lavanya Swaika Garewal
2014 Samvidhaan Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
2015–2016 Balika Vadhu Mangla Devi
2017 Peshwa Bajirao Radhabai
2018–2019 Dil Hi Toh Hai Mamta Noon [17]
2020–2021 Shaadi Mubarak Kusum Kothari

References

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  1. ^ "Rajeshwari Sachdev joins Bhagyashree for a TV show - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ "'I'll have to get pregnant' - Times of India". The Times of India. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. ^ "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Guftagoo with Rajeshwari Sachdev". Sansad TV on Youtube. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. ^ "When Rajeswari took on Rekha, Hema Malini". Rediff.
  6. ^ "'We arranged our love marriage'". Deccan Herald.
  7. ^ "Badola & Rajeshwari have a baby boy!". 29 September 2010 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  8. ^ "Varun Badola". www.aboututtarakhand.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Priyanka Chopra to produce third Marathi film; Aruna Raje is the director". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (8 February 2013). "Three children and a camera". The Hindu. Hyderabad. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  11. ^ Adarsh, Taran (26 December 2000). "Hari-Bhari: Fertility Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  12. ^ "44th National Film Awards – 1997" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 1997. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2017.
  13. ^ Verma, Sukanya (16 September 2017). "Great film, no audience". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  14. ^ "SaharaOne bags Rapa Awards for telefilm 'Phir Se'". Indian Television Dot Com. 28 April 2005. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  15. ^ "rediff.com: Meet the Baliye dancers". www.rediff.com.
  16. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  17. ^ Khan, Murtaza Ali (15 February 2019). "We live in an age of discerning viewers: Rajeshwari Sachdev". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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