Natasha Rastogi

Natasha Rastogi
Born	Natasha Khanna New Delhi, India
Occupation(s)	Actress, Director
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Puneet Rastogi (1981-present)
Relatives	Sankalp Rastogi (brother-in-law)

Natasha Rastogi (born Natasha Khanna) is an Indian actress and director. ^[1]

She started her acting career by debuting in Monsoon Wedding as Sona Verma, directed by Mira Nair, that won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden Globe Award nomination. She has played many roles on screen and on stage. She was awarded the Best Actress Award in Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards 2007 for Nati Binodini, directed by Amal Allana. ^[2] She appeared in Do Dooni Chaar as Salma in 2010. ^[3] She has acted in the TV series Gulaal as Panbaa.

Early life

Natasha was born in a Hindu family to Rachna Khanna and Dr. Triloki Nath Khanna, a professor of Hindi in Zakir Husain College, Delhi. She graduated with a Bachelor's in Art from the College of Art, Delhi.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career

Natasha started her career as a drama teacher in Modern School (New Delhi) in 1992. As a part of her job, she was assigned the responsibility of directing and choreographing plays including the signature event, valedictory function. She choreographed musical ballets involving 280 students for 12 years. Some of these plays were namely Nav Prabhat, Spring –The Reawakening, Swarnim Vriksh, Amrit Manthan, Sunderland Mein Alice, Ek Aur Panchtantra, Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, Sunoh Kahani, Wings of Desire and Dhun ka Jadoogar. Working with everyone involved in the play, from costume designer to script writer, from makeup artist to music director, she honed her skills as an artist.

After 12 years of service, Natasha joined Amal Alana's theater group. Since then she has been a part of a theater group that has travelled across the globe doing plays in places like London, Mexico, Lahore and including every metropolitan city in India.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Monsoon Wedding	Sona Verma	[4]
2004	American Daylight
	Chai Pani Etc
2006	Khosla Ka Ghosla	Women Social Liberation head
2010	Do Dooni Chaar	Salma	[5]
	My Name Is Khan
2012	Ishaqzaade	Parvati Chauhan
2014	Kaanchi: The Unbreakable
	Amit Sahni Ki List
	Jigariyaa
2015	Talvar
2017	Naam Shabana	Farida Begum Khan
	Behen Hogi Teri	Gattu's mother
2018	High Jack	Mrs. Taneja
2020	Raat Akeli Hai	Mrs Raghuveer Singh
2021	Pagglait	Alka Pandey
	Love in the Times of Corona		Voot Select anthology film; segment "Tea and a Rose"
2023	Thank You for Coming	Dr. Bina Kapoor
2024	Ulajh	Saroj Bhatia
2025	Azaad	Nani

Television

Year	Title	Role
	Jasoos Vijay
	Zindagi Kitni Khubsurat Hai
	Ji Mantri Ji
	Kunki Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
	Powder
	Gulaal	Panbaa
2015–2018	Sense8	Priya Dandekar
2016	Dahleez	Zubeida Jilani
2017	Love Ka Hai Intezaar
2024	Heeramandi	Nasreen Bano

References

1. "Natasha Rastogi: Acting is a constant journey of learning". National Herald. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
2. "Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards".
3. "Natasha Rastogi Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
4. "First of Many: Natasha Rastogi revisits Monsoon Wedding". The Indian Express. 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
5. "EXCLUSIVE: Actor Natasha remembers Rishi Kapoor as master craftsman; Recalls acting with him in Do Dooni Chaar". PINKVILLA. 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.

External links

• Natasha Rastogi at IMDb
• Natasha Rastogi at Bollywood Hungama