Pooja Banerjee

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Pooja Banerjee
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Banerjee at Star Parivaar Awards 2018
Born (1991-11-08) 8 November 1991 (age 32)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation Actress
Years active2011–present
Known for
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
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Children1

Pooja Banerjee (born 8 November 1991) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television. [1] She began her television career as a contestant in MTV Roadies and subsequently starred as Tejal Majumdar in her first lead show, Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum . [1] [2]

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She gained initial fame by teaming up with Ekta Kapoor for few temporary supporting roles in Chandrakanta , Chandra Nandini and Dil Hi Toh Hai . [3] Shortly thereafter, Banerjee became a household name and gained wider popularity with her roles in Kapoor's hugely successful shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Nivedita Basu and Kumkum Bhagya as Rhea Mehra. [4] [5] Since 2018, she was also playing the pivotal character of Bani Mehra in 3 seasons of Kapoor's web series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain . [6]

Career

Banerjee started her acting career in 2011, participating in MTV Roadies season 8. [1] Her 1st fiction show came in 2012 with Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum on StarPlus, in which she portrayed the lead role of Tejal Majumdar. [1] [7] In 2013, she was cast in fantasy show The Adventures of Hatim on Life OK as Perizaad. [8]

That year Banerjee acted in Sahara One show Ghar Aaja Pardesi in the role of Rudraani. [4] [5] Shortly thereafter, she went on to be a contestant in the first season of Box Cricket League and appear as Rewa Mathur in Channel V's youth drama Swim Team . [9] [10] [2]

In 2016, Banerjee found her first break as Noorie Shastri opposite Pearl V Puri in Life OK drama show Naagarjuna . [6]

In 2017, she was cast in supporting roles as the antagonistic Vishakha in the historical romance Chandra Nandini and as Suryakanta in the fantasy drama Chandrakanta . [11] [12]

She next returned to reality television as a contestant in fourth season of Box Cricket League and was cast in June 2018 to play Aarohi Verma in the romance Dil Hi Toh Hai , a character that she later reprised in season 2 that was streamed directly on ALT Balaji. [13] [14] She also had a cameo appearance as Sonprabha in the fantasy drama Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha . [15] In September 2018, Banerjee appeared as the stylish yet married Nivedita Basu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay , that ended after a successful two years run in October 2020. [3] [16]

From 2018 to 2020, she was also seen starring as Bani Mehra in the web series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain , and participated in Nach Baliye season 9 in 2019. [17] In 2020 she featured in the web series The Casino . [18]

From 2020 to 2022, Banerjee played the grey-shaded lead character of Rhea Mehra in the daily soap Kumkum Bhagya. [19]

Personal life

Banerjee married professional Indian Swimmer, Sandeep Sejwal on 28 February 2017. The couple had their first child, a baby girl who they named Sana on 12 March 2022. [20]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleRef.
2011 MTV Roadies Contestant
2012 Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum Tejal Mazumdar [7]
2013–2014 The Adventures of Hatim Perizaad [8]
2013 Ghar Aaja Pardesi Rudrani
2014–2015Box Cricket League 1Contestant [21]
2015–2016 Swim Team Rewa Mathur [10]
2015Halla Bol 2Meera
Maan Na Maan Main Tera MehmaanAnarkali
2016-2017 Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha Noori Shastri
2017 Chandra Nandini Vishakha [12]
Chandrakanta Soorya
2018Box Cricket League 3Contestant
Dil Hi Toh Hai Aarohi
Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha Sonprabha
2018–2020 Kasautii Zindagii Kay Nivedita Basu Sengupta
2019Box Cricket League 4Contestant
Nach Baliye 9
2020–2022 Kumkum Bhagya Rhea Mehra [19]
2023 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 Pihu Kapoor

Web series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2018-2020 Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain Bani Mehra
2019 Only for singles Appu
2020 The Casino Riya Marwah [18]

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