Yogita Bihani

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Yogita Bihani
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Bihani in 2019
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Yogita Bihani

Alma mater Delhi University
Occupation Actress
Years active2017–present
AwardsMiss India Rajasthan (top 3)

Yogita Bihani is an Indian actress who made her television debut as Palak Sharma in Ekta Kapoor's romantic soap opera Dil Hi Toh Hai in 2018. [1]

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Early life and background

Bihani belongs in a Maheshwari Marwari family from Bikaner and was raised in Delhi. [2] [3] [4] [5] She has completed her high school education from Sumermal Jain Public School in 2012.[ citation needed ] From 2012 to 2015, Yogita attended Delhi University working on a degree in Computer Science. After completing her graduation from Delhi, she joined Redfoodie Startup in Faridabad, Delhi NCR and worked at different positions until 2016. [6]

Bihani then moved to Mumbai and worked for Pratham Education Foundation as Sales and Marketing Coordinator. Later, she worked as a Manager (Sales and Operations) at Trilyo until 2018 when she was cast in the role of Palak Sharma in Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap opera, Dil Hi Toh Hai on Sony TV.[ citation needed ] She then appeared on a few commercial advertisements and was seen in a cameo role in Ekta Kapoor 'supernatural show 'Kavach'. She also appeared in Netflix film Ak vs Ak in a supporting role.

She was recently seen playing the character of Chanda in Vikram Vedha (2022 film).

Career

Bihani's career in glamour world began in 2018 when she participated and was selected amongst Top 3 contestants in Femina Miss India Rajasthan 2018.

However her biggest break came in April 2018 when she was selected to shoot for the promo with Salman Khan for his upcoming gameshow Dus Ka Dum on Sony TV. [7]

After the promo went on air, she was spotted by Ekta Kapoor an Indian film and television producer who later selected her to play the lead role opposite Karan Kundra in her next show Dil Hi Toh Hai . [8]

She talked about her life challenges and how her choices shaped her career in her TEDx talk titled 'The Crossroad of Choices' in November 2020. [9]

Bihani in The Kerala Story played the role of Nimah Mathews, a strong and difficult-to-influence individual to a woman in despair, after suffering a heinous incident. [10]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017Femme FoodiesContestant
2018 10 Ka Dum Contestant[ citation needed ]
2018–2020 Dil Hi Toh Hai Dr. Palak Sharma Noon [11] [12]
2019 Kavach... Maha Shivratri Manju Patwardhan

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2020 AK vs AK YogitaDebut film [13]
2021Date Aaj KalTaraShort film
2022 Vikram Vedha Chanda [14]
2023 The Kerala Story Nimah Mathews [15]

Music videos

YearTitileSinger(s)Ref.
2023Alone Kapil Sharma, Guru Randhawa [16]

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