Juhi Babbar | |
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Born | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2003–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) | Raj Babbar Nadira Babbar |
Relatives | See Babbar family |
Juhi Babbar is an Indian film and television actress. She has also contributed to theatre both as an actor and director. She is the daughter of famous Bollywood actor Raj Babbar. [1]
Juhi's first husband was Bejoy Nambiar, a screenplay writer, whom she married on 27 June 2007. [2] [3] The couple divorced in January 2009. [4] She then fell in love with the TV actor Anup Soni, whom she met while both of them were working in a play produced by Juhi's mother Nadira Babbar. Soni was at that time married to Ritu and was the father of two daughters by her. On 14 March 2011, after his divorce was finalized, Juhi and Anup Soni were married. [5] Juhi and Soni have a son, born in 2012. [6]
Juhi made her film debut in Kash Aap Hamare Hote opposite Sonu Nigam. [7] In 2005, she did a Punjabi film with Jimmy Shergill, Yaara Naal Baharan. The film did well in Punjab and with the overseas Punjabi audience. Juhi then did a silent film with Malayalam actor Mohanlal. In 2006, she was seen in the film Unns with actor Sanjay Kapoor and Rituparna Sengupta. [8] She appeared in her next film It's My Life as Sonia Jaisingh opposite actors Harman Baweja, Genelia D'Souza and Nana Patekar. In 2009, Juhi played the role of a house wife in the TV comedy Ghar Ki Baat Hai produced by Shah Rukh Khan.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Kash Aap Hamare Hote | Amrita Singh | |
2005 | Yaaran Naal Baharan | Harman Kaur | Punjabi film |
Reflections | Female lead | Silent film | |
2006 | Unns: Love... Forever | Advocate Natasha Patel | |
2013 | It's My Life | Sonia Jaisingh | |
2018 | Aiyaary | wife of colonel Abhay Singh | |
2023 | Faraaz | Simeen (Faraaz’s mother) | [9] |
2023 | Farrey | Zoya |
Year | Title | Language | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Ghar Ki Baat Hai | Hindi | Radhika Yagnik | |
Year | Title | Language | Role | Theatre | Notes | References |
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2012 | Begum Jaan | English / Hindi | Granddaughter | Prithvi Theatre | [10] [11] | |
2012 | Pencil Se Brush Tak | English / Hindi | MF Hussain's wife [12] | [13] | ||
Year | Title | Language | Stars | Notes | References |
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2007 | Pukar | English / Hindi | Play created for CRY (Child Rights and You) that is based on child labour | [14] | |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Notes | References |
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2010 | Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya Puraskar | Under-35 | Contribution towards Indian arts and theatre | [15] | |
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