Rajeshwari Sachdev

Rajeshwari Sachdev
Rajeshwari Sachdev in 2013
Born	Raj Kaur Sachdev (1975-04-14) 14 April 1975 Mumbai
Spouse(s)	Varun Badola (2004–present)
Awards	1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress: Sardari Begum

Rajeshwari Sachdev is a Hindi film actress who is most 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 competition show, Nach Baliye.^[1]

Early life and education

Rajeshwari Sachdev with husband Varun Badola in 2012

Rajeshwari Sachdev at Comedy Circus 300 episodes bash

Rajeshwari was born on 14 April 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 Association (IPTA).She married Varun Badola on 25 November 2004.

Career

She made her film debut with 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 Samvidhaan (TV Series) show, directed by Shyam Benegal.

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

Filmography

References

External links

• Rajeshwari Sachdev at the Internet Movie Database
• Rajeshwari Sachdev on Twitter