Surveen Chawla

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Surveen Chawla
Surveen Chawla celebrities grace Lux Golden Rose Awards 2016 in Mumbai (27) (cropped).jpg
Chawla in 2016
Born (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 39)
EducationChandigarh College for Women, Chandigarh
Occupation(s) Actress, model
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Akshay Thakker
(m. 2015)

Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984 [1] ) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi films and television. [1] She started her career with television shows like Kahin to Hoga and Kajjal. She is known for her roles in movies and shows like Hate Story 2 (2014), Ugly (2013), Parched (2015) and 24 (2016) along with many other films. In 2018, she was seen in the Hindi web series Haq Se .

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Career

Television debut

Chawla first was one of the final 25 of the Channel [V]'s reality show Coke [V] Popstars season 2 in 2003. Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial Kahin To Hoga . She also appeared in the reality dance show Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth. [2] Before this, she appeared in the television serial Kasautii Zindagi Kay in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial Kaajjal , till 2007. She hosted the television show Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars . [3] [4] Then she made her film debut with Kannada film Paramesha Panwala . In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film Dharti which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films Taur Mittran Di , Saadi Love Story , Singh vs Kaur , Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Disco Singh (2014). She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's Himmatwala . [5] In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal and also appeared in Puthiya Thiruppangal . She then appeared in Anurag Kashyap's thriller Ugly .

2014–2017

Chawla with her co-star Jay Bhanushali during the promotions of Hate Story 2 in 2014 Jay Bhanushali and Surveen Chawla at the promotion of 'Hate Story 2'.jpg
Chawla with her co-star Jay Bhanushali during the promotions of Hate Story 2 in 2014

In October 2014, Chawla appeared in the hit Punjabi song 'Mitran De Boot' along with Jazzy B. [6] In 2014, she also played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller Hate Story 2 , a sequel to Hate Story (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially. [7] Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in the film Creature 3D . Her latest Tamil film was Jaihind 2 . She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film Welcome Back and in a Punjabi film Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi opposite Jimmy Shergill. [8] [9] She also played the role of Bijli in Parched (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani. [10]

2018–present

In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with ALT Balaji's web series Haq Se opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested Kashmir, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series. [11]

Personal life

Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017. [12]

Filmography

Films

Key
Denotes the films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2008 Paramesha Panwala Shruti Kannada
2009 Raju Maharaju Sneha Telugu
2011 Dharti Bani Punjabi
2011 Hum Tum Shabana Shabana Hindi
2011 Taur Mittran Di KeeratPunjabi
2013 Saadi Love Story PreetiPunjabi
2013 Singh vs Kaur Jasneet KaurPunjabi
2013 Himmatwala HerselfHindiSpecial appearance in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
2013 Lucky Di Unlucky Story SeeratPunjabi
2013 Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal Divya Tamil
2013 Puthiya Thiruppangal AnupamaTamil
2013 Ugly Rakhi MalhotraHindi
2014 Disco Singh SweetyPunjabi
2014 Hate Story 2 Sonika PrasadHindi
2014 Creature 3D HerselfHindiSpecial appearance in song "Sawan Aaya Hai"
2014 Jai Hind 2 NandhiniTamil
2015 Hero 'Naam Yaad Rakhi' Hina Kaur Punjabi
2015 Welcome Back HerselfHindiSpecial appearance in song "Tutti Bole Marriage Di" [13]
2015 Parched BijliHindi
2017ChhuriHindiShort film

Television

YearShowRoleNotesRef(s)
2003–2007 Kahin To Hoga Charu [14]
2005–2006 Kasautii Zindagi Kay Kasak Bajaj [14]
2006–2007 Kaajjal Kaajjal Behl / Kaajjal Dev Pratab Singh [14]
2008 Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Contestant [15]
2010 Comedy Circus Ke Superstars Host [14]
2016 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Contestant [16]
24 Mayaseason 2 [14]
2018Teen PehliiyanMamta [17]
2018 Haq Se Dr. Meher Mirza
2018–2019 Rangoli Host/presenter [18] [19]
Sacred Games Jojo Mascarenas
2021 Decoupled Shruti
2023 Rana Naidu Naina NaiduCompleted [20]

Awards and nominations

YearShow/FilmAwardCategoryResultNotesSource
2011 Dharti PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Debut FemaleWon [21]
2015 Disco Singh Best actressWon
2016 Parched Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles for Grand Jury Prize Best actressWonshared with Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Lehar Khan [22]
2017 Star Screen Awards Best Supporting ActressNominated [23]

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