Neeru Bajwa

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Neeru Bajwa
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Bajwa promoting Shadaa in 2019
Born (1980-08-26) 26 August 1980 (age 43)
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • producer
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Harry Jawandha
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(m. 2015)​
Children3
Relatives Rubina Bajwa (sister)

Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1980) is a Canadian actress, director and producer who has worked in Indian cinema mainly in Punjabi and Hindi films. She started her career in 1998 with Dev Anand's Bollywood film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved on to working in Hindi soap operas and Punjabi-language films. [1]

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Early life

Born on 26 August 1980 [2] [3] [4] to Indian immigrants Jaswant Bajwa and Surinder Bajwa in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, [5] Bajwa has two sisters— Rubina, an actress; Sabrina, a cloth designer and a brother Suhail. [6] [7] [8] In her documentary film Bollywood Bound, Bajwa admits to being a high school (from L.A. Matheson Secondary School) [9] drop-out who had little interest in studies and was always inspired by the glamour of Bollywood, so she moved to Mumbai to fulfill her dreams. [10]

Career

Bajwa started her career in Indian soap operas in 2005 with Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi [11] on DD1 before moving on to Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani on Zee TV followed by Jeet on Star Plus and then Guns and Roses on STAR One. [12]

In January 2013, Bajwa appeared in the multi-starer Punjabi film Saadi Love Story, produced by Jimmy Sheirgill productions, directed by Dheeraj Rattan and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, and Surveen Chawla. She paired up opposite Diljit Dosanjh again in the film Jatt and Juliet 2 which broke all the previous opening day collection records for Punjabi cinema. [13] In August 2013, her film, Naughty Jatts was released in which she featured along with Binnu Dhillon, Arya Babbar and Roshan Prince. The film got mixed reviews from critics. [14]

Bajwa debuted as a director in 2017 with the Punjabi film Sargi , which stars her sister Rubina Bajwa in the leading role alongside Jassi Gill and Babbal Rai. [15] She also owns a production company called Neeru Bajwa Entertainment. In November 2019, Bajwa starrer and produced film Beautiful Billo went on floors, in which she will be sharing the screen with her sister Rubina Bajwa. [16] Since April 2021, Bajwa is hosting a Punjabi show Jazba. [17] In 2024, Bajwa acted in Shayar, co-starring Satinder Sartaaj. [18]

Personal life

Bajwa married Harry Jawandha on 8 February 2015. [19] [20] The couple had their first child, a girl, in August 2015. [21] [22] In 2020, Bajwa gave birth to twins, both girls. [23]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotesRef.
1998 Main Solah Baras Ki TinaHindi
2003Bollywood BoundHerselfEnglish
2004 Asa Nu Maan Watna Da NeeruPunjabias Arshveer Bajwa
2006 Dil Apna Punjabi LaadiPunjabi
2009 Munde U.K. De Reet BrarPunjabi
Heer RanjhaHeerPunjabi
2010 Mel Karade Rabba Seerat RandhawaPunjabi
Prince PriyaHindi
Phoonk 2 ArushiHindi
Akh LabdiAmarPunjabi
2011FeeliNAkhtar SinghHindi
Jihne Mera Dil Luteya Noor BajwaPunjabi
Miley Naa Miley Hum Manjeet AhluwaliaHindi
2012 Pata Nahi Rabb Kehdeyan Rangan Ch Raazi SimranPunjabi
Jatt & Juliet PoojaPunjabi
Pinky Moge Wali PinkyPunjabi
2013Saadi Love StorySpecial Appearance (Tanya)Punjabi
Special 26 Special appearance in song "Gore Mukhde Pe Zulfen Di Chaava"Hindi
Jatt & Juliet 2 PoojaPunjabi
Naughty Jatts Simmi KheraPunjabi
Ronde Saare Vyah PichoManpreet Kaur, Mannu, Monika, MunniPunjabi
2014 Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar PrabhjeetPunjabi
Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De Disha DhillionPunjabi
Proper Patola Preeti, Jeeti (double role)Punjabi
2015 Sardaar Ji PinkyPunjabi
2016 Channo Kamli Yaar Di ChannoPunjabi
2017 Jindua IshPunjabi
2018 Laung Laachi LaachiPunjabi
Aate Di Chidi ElizaPunjabi
Dishoom 2HerselfHindi
2019 Uda Aida ManjeetPunjabi
Shadaa VanjhaliPunjabi
2021 Paani Ch Madhaani SohniPunjabi [24]
Shava Ni Girdhari Lal ShamoPunjabi [25]
2022KokkaAjooniPunjabi [26]
Beautiful Billo BilloPunjabi [27]
Snowman: The Dark Side of CanadaPunjabi
Maa Da Ladla SehajPunjabi
Laung Laachi 2MiriamPunjabi [28] [29]
2023Phir Mel Karade RabbaGurinder "Guri" KaurPunjabi
Kali Jotta RabiaPunjabiWith Satinder Sartaaj
Es Jahano Door Kitte Chal JindiyeArshveerPunjabiAlso producer
It Lives Inside PoornaEnglish [30]
Buhe BariyanPrem KaurPunjabiAlso producer [31]
2024ShayarTBAPunjabiWith Satinder Sartaaj [18]
Jatt & Juliet 3PoojaPunjabiFilming

As director

YearFilmCastNotes
2017 Sargi Jassi Gill, Babbal Rai, Karamjit Anmol, Rubina Bajwa Debut

Music videos

YearTitleArtistLabel
2004Heere HeereAmolak AtwalMoviebox
2006Kanthe Vala [32] Kamal Heer
Hey SoniyeSlinder Pardesi Tips Industries
2011Daang Gippy Grewal Speed Records
2017Raat Di Gedi [33] Diljit Dosanjh
2020Nach Nach [34] Gippy GrewalHumble Music
2020Blink [35] Nimrat Khaira Brand B
2021All Bamb [36] Amrit Maan Speed Records
2022Punjabiyan Di Dhee [37] Guru Randhawa T-Series

Television

YearSeriesRoleNotes
2003 Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani Kiran
2003–2004 Jeet Nandini
2004–2005Guns & RosesDivya
2005 Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi Rinku
2005–2006 Nach Baliye 1 [38] Contestant

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