Indian actress (born 1974)

Rajeshwari Sachdev is an Indian actress who is known for her role in Shyam Benegal's film Sardari Begum (1996), for which she won the 1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Sachdev co-hosted the Zee TV musical show, Antakshari from 1994 to 2001 with Annu Kapoor. In 2005, she along with her husband Varun Badola, took part a reality TV dance compe*ion show, Nach Baliye. She also worked in Crime TV series Rihhaee where she played a role of an activist.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
• 3 Filmography
  • 3.1 Films
  • 3.2 Television shows
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life and education

Rajeshwari Sachdev with husband Varun Badola in 2012 Rajeshwari Sachdev at Comedy Circus 300 episodes bash

Rajeshwari was born on March 2, 1975, in Mumbai to a Punjabi father and a mother from Southern India.

After completing her graduation from Guru Nanak Khalsa College (King's Circle) in Mumbai, she started her career on stage doing plays with Indian People's Theatre *ociation (IPTA). She married Varun Badola in 2004.

Career

Sachdev made her film debut with the Marathi film Aayatya Gharat Gharoba (1991), directed by Sachin.

Her second film was Shyam Benegal's Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). She then became a regular in his films, and was cast in Mammo (1994), Sardari Begum (1996), Samar (1999), Hari-Bhari (2000), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005) and Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008). She also appeared in the Hollywood film Little Buddha (1993) and later in Tales of Kamasutra The Perfumed Garden (1998). She also worked in the show Samvidhaan, directed by Shyam Benegal.

She sang the pop song "Hulle Hullare" in the album of the same name released in 2007.

Sachdev was signed as the lead in TV series Rihhaee replacing actress Divya Dutta who quit the show after shooting for one episode. She is currently playing the role of Mamta Noon in Sony TV's romantic drama series Dil Hi Toh Hai and Kusum Kothari in StarPlus's drama series Shaadi Mubarak.

On 18 September 2020, Sachdev tested positive for COVID-19.

Filmography

Films

Television shows

References

External links

• Rajeshwari Sachdev at Bollywood Hungama
• Rajeshwari Sachdev at IMDb