Sugandha Garg

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Sugandha Garg
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Sugandha Garg in 2012
Born
(1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 (age 41)

Other namesSugandha Ram
Occupation(s)Actress, TV Host, Singer, Director, Photographer
Years active2008–2023
Spouse
(m. 2006;div. 2018)
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Sugandha Garg (born 13 May 1982) is an Indian actress, singer and television host.[ citation needed ] She was last seen in Indian web series Guilty Minds .

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Career

Garg appeared as Shaleen in the film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008). [2] She played the role of the best friend to Gayatri Patel in the movie Let's Dance, released on 19 June 2009, and appeared as a student reporter in My Name Is Khan . She has played a major role of Zoya the makeup artist in Tere Bin Laden , released on 16 July 2010. She also worked as a call center employee in the British comedy Mumbai Calling (7 epi) in 2009. In 2012 the actress was seen in film Patang.

Her upcoming films include Santosh Sivan's Ceylon , Shefali Bushan's Jugni, the sequel of Tere Bin Laden and Manu Warrier's Coffee Bloom . [3] In Ceylon (Inam in Tamil), she has played the role of a Sri Lankan refugee. [4] About her performance in the film, Sivan stated that "nobody could have done what she has done here". [5]

Garg has worked in television and hosted several shows and has been linked to many television personalities. She first hosted the show Haath Se Haath Mila for BBC when she was 18. [6] She later hosted the shows Whats with Indian men along with Indrani Dasgupta and It happens only in India on Fox Traveller. [7] She has also performed in theatre plays I Have Gone Marking and Sometimes. [8] She performed the Assamese song "Tokari" with Papon in Coke Studio @ MTV, Season 2.

Personal life

Garg with her ex-husband Raghu Ram at The Antiquity-Club Fusion in 2012 Sugandha Garg raghu ram.jpg
Garg with her ex-husband Raghu Ram at The Antiquity-Club Fusion in 2012

Garg graduated from Maitreyi College, Delhi University. [9] Garg married Raghu Ram, a television producer and MTV Reality Show Host in 2006. [10] They have been officially divorced as on 30 Jan 2018. [11]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2008 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Shaleen
2009 Let's Dance Anoushka
2009 Mumbai Calling TV series
2010 My Name Is Khan Komal (reporter)
2010 Tere Bin Laden Zoya Khan
2011PatangPriya
2014 Ceylon RajiniBilingual film (English, Tamil)
2015 Coffee Bloom Anika
2016 Tere Bin Laden 2 Zoya Khan
2016 Jugni Vibhavari

Web series

YearSeriesRoleLanguagePlatformNotes
2020–present Aarya Hina KhanHindi Disney+ Hotstar
2022 Guilty Minds Vandana KathpaliaHindi Amazon Prime Video [12]


Discography

YearTitleBand/SoloCo-singerLyrics
2012TokariCoke Studio @ MTV Season 2Papon [13]
2022GhalibSingleSugandha Garg [14]
2022SawalSingleSugandha Garg [15]
2023MazzaakSingleSugandha Garg

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