Neeru Bajwa

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Neeru Bajwa
Neeru Bajwa promoting Shadaa (cropped).jpg
Bajwa promoting Shadaa in 2019
Born (1980-08-26) 26 August 1980 (age 45)
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • producer
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Harry Jawandha
​
(m. 2015)​
Children3
Relatives Rubina Bajwa (sister), Gurbaksh Chahal (brother-in-law)

Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1980) is a Canadian actress, director and producer who has worked in Indian cinema mainly in Punjabi and Hindi films. One of the highest-paid actress of Punjabi cinema, [1] [2] Bajwa started her career in 1998 with Dev Anand's Hindi film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved on to working in Hindi television and Punjabi films. [3] Bajwa has since worked in commercially successful Punjabi films like Jatt & Juliet (2012), Jatt & Juliet 2 (2013), Sardaar Ji (2015), Laung Laachi (2018), Shadaa (2019), Kali Jotta (2023) and Jatt & Juliet 3 (2024).

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She is a three-time PTC Punjabi Film Award winner and received the Critics’ Award for Best Actress at the inaugural Filmfare Awards Punjabi for Channo Kamli Yaar Di (2017). [4] She made her Hollywood debut with the supernatural thriller It Lives Inside (2023). [5]

Early life

Born on 26 August 1980 [6] [7] [8] to Indian immigrants Jaswant Bajwa and Surinder Bajwa in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, [9] Bajwa has two sisters— Rubina, an actress; Sabrina, a cloth designer and a brother Suhail. [10] [11] [12] In her documentary film Bollywood Bound, Bajwa admits to being a high school (from L.A. Matheson Secondary School) [13] drop-out who had little interest in studies and was always inspired by the glamour of Bollywood, so she moved to Mumbai to fulfill her dreams. [14]

Career

Bajwa started her career in Indian soap operas in 2005 with Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi [15] on DD1 before moving on to Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani on Zee TV followed by Jeet on Star Plus and then Guns and Roses on STAR One. [16]

In January 2013, Bajwa appeared in the multi-starer Punjabi film Saadi Love Story , produced by Jimmy Sheirgill productions, directed by Dheeraj Rattan and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, and Surveen Chawla. She paired up opposite Diljit Dosanjh again in the film Jatt and Juliet 2 which broke all the previous opening day collection records for Punjabi cinema. [17] In August 2013, her film, Naughty Jatts was released in which she featured along with Binnu Dhillon, Arya Babbar and Roshan Prince. The film got mixed reviews from critics. [18]

Bajwa debuted as a director in 2017 with the Punjabi film Sargi , which stars her sister Rubina Bajwa in the leading role alongside Jassi Gill and Babbal Rai. [19] The title track of Laung Laachi (2018), featuring Bajwa and sung by Mannat Noor, became the first Indian song to surpass one billion views on YouTube in December 2019 and has crossed 1.5 billion views as of June 2025. [20] [21] In 2022, Bajwa starred in and produced Beautiful Billo , in which she will be shared the screen with her sister Rubina Bajwa. [22] In 2024, Bajwa acted in Shayar, co-starring Satinder Sartaaj. [23] 5 Dariya News remarked on the brilliance of their performances quoting, "Shayar is a film just made for Satinder Sartaaj who in just his second punjabi film has proved his worth as an actor, but we can't take away the credits from Neeru Bajwa the way she anchored herself alongside Sartaaj was commendable." [24] The same year Jatt & Juliet 3 , starring her and Dosanjh, became the fastest Punjabi film to cross the ₹100-crore (US $12.5 million) worldwide mark, setting a new industry record. [25] [26]

Since April 2021, Bajwa is hosting a Punjabi show Jazba. [27] She also owns a production company called Neeru Bajwa Entertainment.

Personal life

Bajwa married Harry Singh Jawandha on 8 February 2015. [28] [29] The couple had their first child, a girl, in August 2015. [30] [31] In 2020, Bajwa gave birth to twins, both girls. [32]

Her brother-in-law is tech entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal. [33] [34] [35]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotesRef.
1998 Main Solah Baras Ki Tina Hindi
2003Bollywood BoundHerself English
2004 Asa Nu Maan Watna Da Neeru Punjabi as Arshveer Bajwa
2006 Dil Apna Punjabi Laadi
2009 Munde U.K. De Reet Brar
Heer RanjhaHeer
2010 Mel Karade Rabba Seerat Randhawa
Prince PriyaHindi
Phoonk 2 Arushi
Akh LabdiAmarPunjabi
2011 Jihne Mera Dil Luteya Noor Bajwa
Miley Naa Miley Hum Manjeet AhluwaliaHindi
2012 Pata Nahi Rabb Kehdeyan Rangan Ch Raazi SimranPunjabi
Jatt & Juliet Pooja
Pinky Moge Wali Pinky
2013 Saadi Love Story TanyaSpecial appearance
Special 26 Special appearance in song "Gore Mukhde Pe Zulfen Di Chaava"Hindi
Jatt & Juliet 2 PoojaPunjabi
Naughty Jatts Simmi Khera
Ronde Saare Vyah PichoManpreet Kaur, Mannu, Monika, Munni
2014 Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar Prabhjeet
Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De Disha Dhillion
Proper Patola Preeti/JeetiDouble role
2015 Sardaar Ji Pinky
2016 Channo Kamli Yaar Di Channo
2017 Jindua Ish
2018 Laung Laachi Laachi
Aate Di Chidi Eliza
2019 Uda Aida Manjeet
Shadaa Vanjhali
2021 Paani Ch Madhaani Sohni [36]
Shava Ni Girdhari Lal Shamo [37]
2022KokkaAjooni [38]
Beautiful Billo Billo [39]
Snowman: The Dark Side of Canada [40]
Maa Da Ladla Sehaj
Laung Laachi 2Miriam [41] [42]
2023 Kali Jotta Rabia
Es Jahano Door Kitte Chal JindiyeArshveerAlso producer
It Lives Inside PoornaEnglish [43]
Buhe BariyanPrem KaurPunjabiAlso producer [44]
2024ShayarSeero [23]
Jatt & Juliet 3 Pooja
Shukrana [45]
2025 Sardaar Ji 3 Rani Churail aka Pinky [46]
Son of Sardaar 2 DimpleHindi [47]
Tehran Sheilaja [48]

As director

YearFilmCastNotes
2017 Sargi Jassi Gill, Babbal Rai, Karamjit Anmol, Rubina Bajwa Debut

Television

YearSeriesRoleNotes
2003 Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani Kiran
2003–2004 Jeet Nandini
2004–2005Guns & RosesDivya [16]
2005 Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi Rinku [49]
2005–2006 Nach Baliye 1 Contestant [50]

References

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  20. ↑ "'Laung Laachi' becomes first Indian song to cross 1 billion views on YouTube". ABP Live. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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