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Surveen Chawla
Chawla in 2016
Born	(1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 40) Chandigarh, India
Education	Chandigarh College for Women, Chandigarh
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Akshay Thakker ​(m. 2015)​

Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi and Punjabi films and television. She is one of the highest paid Punjabi actress. She started her career with television shows like Kahin To Hoga and Kaajjal. She is known for her roles in movies and shows like Hate Story 2 (2014), Ugly (2013), Parched (2015) and 24 (2016) along with many other films. In 2018, she was seen in the Hindi web series Haq Se.

Career

Television debut

Chawla first was one of the final 25 of the Channel 's reality show Coke Popstars season 2 in 2003. Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial Kahin To Hoga. She also appeared in the reality dance show Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth. Before this, she appeared in the television serial Kasautii Zindagi Kay in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial Kaajjal, till 2007. She hosted the television show Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars. Then she made her film debut with Kannada film Paramesha Panwala. In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film Dharti which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films Taur Mittran Di, Saadi Love Story, Singh vs Kaur, Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Disco Singh (2014). She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's Himmatwala. In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal and also appeared in Puthiya Thiruppangal. She then appeared in Anurag Kashyap's thriller Ugly.

2014–2017

In October 2014, Chawla appeared in the hit Punjabi song 'Mitran De Boot' along with Jazzy B. In 2014, she also played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller Hate Story 2, a sequel to Hate Story (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially. Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in the film Creature 3D. Her latest Tamil film was Jaihind 2. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film Welcome Back and in a Punjabi film Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi opposite Jimmy Shergill. She also played the role of Bijli in Parched (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani.

2018–present

In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with ALT Balaji's web series Haq Se opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested Kashmir, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.

Personal life

Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

Notes

1. Shared with Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Lehar Khan.

References

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19. "All you want to know about Sujoy Ghosh's upcoming TV project Teen Pehliyan". 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
20. "दूरदर्शन के शो 'रंगोली' की होस्ट बनीं सुरवीन चावला" [Surveen Chawla became the host of Doordarshan's show 'Rangoli'] (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
21. "In the age of Netflix, can Doordarshan leverage nostalgia?". Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
22. "The shooting for action-drama Rana Naidu, starring VenkateshDaggubati, Surveen Chawla & RanaDaggubati has been completed". Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
23. "PTC Punjabi Film Awards". Cine Punjab.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
24. "2016 Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles Announces Award Winners". Retrieved 11 April 2016.
25. "Dear Sonam Kapoor, you deserved to win your first award for Neerja at Star Screen". 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

External links

• Surveen Chawla at IMDb 
• Surveen Chawla at Bollywood Hungama
• Surveen Chawla on Facebook

• 1984 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Indian actresses
• Indian film actresses
• Indian web series actresses
• Indian television actresses
• Actresses in Kannada cinema
• Actresses in Punjabi cinema
• Actresses in Tamil cinema
• Actresses from Chandigarh
• Actresses in Hindi television