Fatima Sana Shaikh

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Fatima Sana Shaikh
Fatima Sana Shaikh at the pink carpet of Bollywood Hungama OTT India Fest 2023 award ceremony (cropped).jpg
Shaikh in 2023
Born (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 33)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present

Fatima Sana Shaikh (born 11 January 1992) is an Indian actress, who works in Hindi films. [1] Shaikh appeared as a child artist in such films as Chachi 420 (1997) and One 2 Ka 4 (2001). [2] In 2016, she portrayed wrestler Geeta Phogat in the top-grossing sports film Dangal . [3] She has since starred in the streaming projects Ludo (2020), Ajeeb Daastaans (2021) and Modern Love Mumbai (2022), and portrayed Indira Gandhi in the biographical drama Sam Bahadur (2023).

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Early and personal life

Fatima Sana Shaikh was born on 11 January 1992 [4] [ better source needed ] born and brought up in Mumbai. Her mother, Raj Tabassum, is from Srinagar, and her father, Vipin Sharma, is from Jammu. [5] Shaikh identifies as an atheist. [6] She had received experience in photography prior to becoming an actress. [7]

The actress has opened up about her personal experiences of living with epilepsy to help raise awareness of the neurological condition. [8] [9]

Career

Shaikh began her career as a child artist in Chachi 420 and One 2 Ka 4 . [2] Years later, she played Zoya in the Indian drama film Tahaan , which received "The German Star of India award" at "Bollywood and Beyond" festival at Stuttgart, Germany in 2009. [10]

Shaikh was selected for Nitesh Tiwari's biographical sports film Dangal along with Sanya Malhotra, who had never acted before. Shaikh was chosen to portray Geeta Phogat. [11] To prepare for her role, she watched several videos on wrestling to understand "how wrestlers move, walk, their body language". [11] Both Malhotra and Shaikh went through five rounds of auditions, physical training and workshops with Tiwari and Aamir Khan. [7] They were trained by coach and former wrestler Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi. [7] Released in 2016, Dangal received critical acclaim and became the highest-grossing Indian film ever with earnings of more than ₹2,000 crore (US$230 million) worldwide. [12]

She played Zafira Baig, a warrior-archer Thug in the epic action-adventure film, Thugs of Hindostan . [13] Shaikh portrayed Indira Gandhi, along with Vicky Kaushal and Sanya Malhotra in Sam Bahadur (2023) based on the life of Sam Manekshaw directed by Meghna Gulzar. [14] Shaikh will be featuring in a Hindi remake of Tamil movie Aruvi which will be produced by Applause Entertainment. [15]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1997 Ishq CameoAs child artist
Chachi 420 Bharti RatanAs child artist [16]
1999 Bade Dilwala Baby SanaAs child artist
1999 Khoobsurat GudiyaAs child artist
2001 One 2 Ka 4 Inspector Abbas' youngest daughterAs child artist
2008 Tahaan Zoya
2012 Bittoo Boss Priya
2013 Akaash Vani Sumbul [17]
2015Nuvvu Nenu OkkatavudamSruti Telugu film
2016 Dangal Geeta Phogat [18]
2018 Thugs of Hindostan Zafira Baig [19]
2020 Ludo Pinky [20]
Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari Tulshi Rane [21]
2021 Ajeeb Daastaans Lipakshi [22]
2022 Thar Chetna
2023 Dhak Dhak Shashi "Sky" Kumar Yadav [23]
Sam Bahadur Indira Gandhi [24]
2025 Metro... In Dino TBAFilming [25]
Ul Jalool Ishq†TBACompleted [26]
Aap Jaisa Koi†TBAFilming [27]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2002–2004Kitty PartyUnknown
2009 Ladies Special GeetiSeason 1[ citation needed ]
Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo SumanRecurring role [28]
2011 Best of Luck Nikki Richa ShenoySpecial appearance in Boys Meet Girls [ citation needed ]
2022 Modern Love Mumbai LalzariSegment: "Raat Rani"

Music videos

YearTitleSingerRef.
2015"Tujhse Meri"Aditya Salankar[ citation needed ]
2020"Palkein Kholo" Vishal Bhardwaj [29]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2017 Screen Awards Best Actress (Popular) Dangal Nominated [30]
Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards Best Action ActressWon [31]
2022 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Female) Thar Nominated [32]
2024 69th Filmfare Awards Best Actress (Critics) Dhak Dhak [33]

Media

Shaikh was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women at No. 48 in 2020. [34]

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