Sakshi Tanwar

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Sakshi Tanwar
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Tanwar in 2012
Born1972or1973(age 50–51)
Alwar, Rajasthan, India [1]
Occupation(s) Actress, television presenter
Years active1996–present
Known for Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
Bade Acche Lagte Hain
Dangal
Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat
Mai

Sakshi Tanwar is an Indian actress and television presenter.

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Early life

Tanwar was born in 1972 or 1973 [1] to Rajendra Singh Tanwar, a retired CBI officer, in a middle-class Rajput family from Alwar, Rajasthan, India. She was educated in many Kendriya Vidyalayas before graduating from Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi. Prior to this, in 1990, after completing her pre-university course, she worked as a sales trainee at a five-star hotel. [2] In college, she was the secretary and president of the dramatic society.[ citation needed ] After graduation, while preparing for the entrance tests to the administrative services and mass communications, she gave an audition for the national broadcaster Doordarshan's film songs based program Albela Sur Mela in 1998; she was selected as the presenter.

Career

After her television debut in 1998 with Albela Sur Mela, Tanwar gained fame for her role of Parvati Agarwal in the soap opera, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii . [3] Between 2011 and 2014, she played Priya Kapoor, opposite Ram Kapoor, in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain .[ citation needed ] In December 2012, she made a third appearance on the reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati . [4]

In the 2016 film Dangal , Tanwar played Daya Kaur, wife of former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat (played by Aamir Khan), who trains his daughters to be world-class wrestlers against social odds. [5] Sakshi Tanwar made a comeback on television with Tyohaar Ki Thaali, first telecasted by Epic Channel in February 2018. [6]

Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta, Sakshi Tanwar come together for upcoming thriller 'Dial 100'. [7]

Personal life

In 2018, Sakshi became a single mother when she adopted a nine-month-old baby girl, Dityaa Tanwar. [8]

Filmography

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Sakshi Tanwar at the success bash of The Dirty Picture

Television

YearShowRoleNotesRef(s)
1999LaliaLaliaTelefilm
1999Albela Sur MelaPresenter
2000–2008 Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii Parvati Agarwal / Swati Dixit/ Janki Devi Dixit [9]
2001–2002 Kutumb Maya Mittal
2002–2004 Devi Gayatri Vikram Sharma
2004 Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin Indira Bhargav
2005 Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 Contestant
2008BawandarGuest [10]
Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki Ganga [11]
2009Coffee HouseGuest
2010 Crime Patrol 2 Co-Presenter
Balika Vadhu TeepriCameo [12]
2011–2014 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Priya Sharma Kapoor [13]
2012–2013 Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 Contestant2 episodes
2013 Ek Thhi Naayika Pooja [14]
2014 Main Naa Bhoolungi Narator
2015 Code Red Presenter / Narator [15]
2016 24: Season 2 Shivani Malik
2017 Tyohaar Ki Thaali Presenter [16]
2022 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 Sheel ChaudharyGuest

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2006O re ManvaSandhya
2008 C Kkompany Television actressCameo
2009Coffee HouseKavita
2011Aatankwadi UncleSumitra
Bawra MannPallavi
2015 Katyar Kaljat Ghusali Nabila Marathi film [17]
2016 Dangal Daya Kaur [18]
2018 Mohalla Assi Savitri [19]
2021 Dial 100 Prerna Sood ZEE5 film [20]
2022 Samrat Prithviraj Jayachandra's wife[ citation needed ]

Web series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2017–2019 Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat Dr. Tripurasundari "Tipsy" Nagrajan [21]
2019 The Final Call ATC Kiran Mirza [22] [23]
Mission Over Mars Nandita Hariprasad [24]
2022 Mai: A Mother's Rage Sheel Chaudhary [25]

Awards and recognition

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