Tarana Raja

Tarana Raja
Born	New Delhi, India
Occupations	Actress podcaster writer television anchor radio host
Years active	1995 onwards

Tarana Raja is an Indian actress, podcaster, writer, television anchor and radio host. ^[1]

She co-hosted a popular radio show in Mumbai, "Jaggu and Tarana", alongside Ashish Jagtiani (aka Jaggu). ^[2] Due to the popularity of the radio program, a television show called COLORS CricQuiz was created.^{[ citation needed ]}

Biography

Tarana Raja was born in 1977 in Delhi, India. ^[3] Her mother is actress Madhu Raja. ^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2025	Sitaare Zameen Par	Anupama Mondal
2012	Jodi Breakers	Isha	[5]
2010	Karthik Calling Karthik	Neelu	[1]
2008	Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
2007	Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (Journey Of A Woman)	Sophia
2006	Pyaar Ke Side Effects	Shalini

Web Series

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
2025	Crime beat on Zee5	Sameera Saxena

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
2011 - 2014	Bade Achhe Lagte Hain	Neha Vikram Shergill [6]
2011–2012	Dil Dosti Dance	Smriti Ghai
2009–2012	Face to Face & In Conversation with Tarana (anchor)
2012	Apsara Awards
2012	New Talent Awards
2009–2010	Some Girl(s)	Bobby / Shivani	[7]
2008–2010	Let's Talk
2008–2009	Kuchh Is Tara	Pooja Godbole
2009	Zing Expose	Anchor	[1]
2008	Khud Par Karo Yakeen
2008	Flashback
2008	Dance India Dance	Anchor
2007	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	ACP Devika
2004–2007	DD Top 10
2006	Zee Cine Awards	Host
2004–2005	The Great Indian Comedy Show
2004–2005	Lo Kal-Lo Baat
2005	Apni Tuning Jamegi
2004–2005	Recova Superfan – The Hunt for Amitabh Bachchan's biggest fan	Anchor
2004	Sanjivani	Reena
2004	Kumkum – Pyara Sa Bandhan	Nalli
2004	Saathiya	Simran
2002–2004	Kasautii Zindagi Kay	Vishakha Bajaj
2001–2004	Chitrahaar
2004	Star Parivaar Awards	Host
2002	Kkusum	Sonia Jhulka
2001–2002	Sanskruti	Surabhi / Tanya Goenka
2002	Screen Awards
2000–2002	Music this Week	Anchor
2000–2002	Chit Chaat	Anchor
2000–2002	Artist Of The Fortnight
2000–2002	Dekho Kya Fark Hai
2000–2002	Old is Gold
2000	Zee & You
	Indian Investor of the Year

Radio

Year	Name	Role	Station
2002–2009	Good Morning Mumbai	Host	Go 92.5 FM
	Radio Talkies		Radio midday
	Good Morning Mumbai		Go 92.5 FM
	Flashback		Go 92.5 FM
2013–2016	Wake Up With Jaggu & Tarana	Co-host	Josh FM (Dubai)
2017-2021	The Jaggu and Tarana Show	Co-host	Suno 102.4 (Dubai)

Theatre

Date	Name	Location	Role	Notes
Since 2024	Buckingham's New Secret	Sillypoint Productions, Mumbai, India	Rachel
Since 2022	Pink is the New Black	Sillypoint Productions, Mumbai, India	Gayatri
2009–2010	Some Girl(s)	Q Theatre Productions, Mumbai, India	as Bobby/ Shivani	[7]

Dubbing

Film	Original actress	Role	Dubbed Language	Original Language	Original year release	Dubbed year release	Note(s)
Eragon			Hindi	English	2006	2006
300	Lena Headey	Queen Gorgo (first dub)	Hindi	English	2007	2007	Voiced a character for the Sound & Vision India Hindi dub.

Animated films

Film Title	Role	Original voice	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year Release	Dub year Release	Notes
Quest for Camelot			Hindi	English	1998	Unknown

Story Writing

Platform	Title	Notes
Jio Hotstar	Kull	with Althea Kaushal

References

1. "Talking point with tarana raja kapoor". IndianExpress.com. 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2019. At the moment, I am also doing a show called Zing Expose on the entertainment channel Zing.
2. Bureau, Adgully (6 June 2017). "Beloved Jodi of Jaggu-Taraana are twinning back in Radio City in 2017!". www.adgully.com. Retrieved 19 October 2019.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
3. राय, अपूर्वा. "दूरदर्शन के चित्रहार शो की होस्ट, 20 साल बाद कहां हैं और कैसी दिखती हैं तराना राजा?". Amarujala. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
4. Tiwari, Vijaya. "Tarana's mother Madhu Raja to enter Bade Acche [sic]". TellyChakkar. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
5. Jodi Breakers (2012) - IMDb , retrieved 16 February 2024
6. Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (TV Series 2011–2014) - IMDb , retrieved 16 February 2024
7. "Some Girl(S) English Play/Drama". www.mumbaitheatreguide.com. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

External links

• Tarana Raja at IMDb