Chhavi Mittal

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Chhavi Mittal
Chhavi Mittal at Zee Rishtey Awards 2010 (cropped).jpg
Mittal in 2010
Born (1980-09-04) 4 September 1980 (age 44)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
  • producer
  • model
Spouse
Mohit Hussein
(m. 2004)
Children2
Website Official website

Chhavi Mittal (born 4 September 1980) is an Indian actress, writer and produced who mainly works in Hindi television. [1] [2]

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Career

Mittal started her career in the television industry in 2004. She is known for portraying the character of Disha in Tumhari Disha, Subhadra in Bandini, Himangi in Ek Chutki Aasman, Tulsi in Krishnadasi and Natasha in the film Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi. She has also co-founded Superb Ideas Trending (SIT), a digital production company with her husband. [3] In 2023, she wrote a memoir on motherhood named More than a Mama, published by Rupa Publications. [4]

Personal life

Chhavi Mittal attended Springdales School, Pusa Road in Delhi. Mittal married director Mohit Hussein in 2004. She is from a Hindu background while her husband is a Muslim. Initially, her parents disapproved her marriage but later on, they agreed. The couple has a daughter named Areeza in 2012 and son Arham in 2019. [5] [6]

On 25 April 2022 after getting diagnosed with breast cancer, she underwent breast cancer removal surgery. [7] After cancer, she got diagnosed with costochondritis. [8] Since then she has emerged as a breast cancer activist after surviving the fatal disease. [9]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2007Kaisay Kahein...Tarot card reader
2008 Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi Natasha A. Shrivastava [10]
2009 Pal Pal Dil Ke Ssaat Un­known [11]
2019RakshakShort film; writer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2004-2006 Tumhari Disha Disha Bhonsle Sehgal [12]
2006 Viraasat Nikki [13]
Twinkle Beauty Parlour
2006-2008 Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann Preeti
2007 Teen Bahuraaniyaan Advocate Kanika Vajpayee
2007-2008 Naaginn Aastha
2008 Ssshhhh...Koi Hai Sunaina/ Urmila/ SanjanaEpisodic roles
2009 Bandini Subhadra Mahiyavanshi / Anamika Desai [14]
2010 Ek Chutki Aasman Himangi Agashe [15]
Adaalat Dr. Amrita BakshiEpisodic role
2016 Krishnadasi Tulsi Chima
2018 Laal Ishq VidyaEpisode: "Kareeb"

Web series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2015-2016Men... The Real VictimsShalini [16]
2017-2018The Better HalfRohini

As producer

As writer

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