Alka Badola Kaushal is an Indian actress and producer, known for her work in

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. She is also popular for her roles in TV shows such as ''

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'' and ''

Qubool Hai ''Qubool Hai'' () is an Indian soap opera that was produced by 4 Lions Films and broadcast on Zee TV. The series focused on the Muslim community and initially aimed to dispel stereotypes regarding Islam,Times News Network. and had been credit ...

''. She has played supportive roles in numerous

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TV serials, mainly negative characters or vamps. She played the role of Sushma Oberoi in ''

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''.

Personal life

Kaushal is the eldest of three children born to stage artist Vishwa Mohan S. Badola and Susheela Badola. She had attended the ''National School of Drama Repertory'' in her hometown

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, and later moved to

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to pursue a career on

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. She is married to TV producer and director, Ravi G. Kaushal; the couple have started their own production house, Mangalam Arts. In 2017, the actress and her mother were sent for two years to Sangrur district jail after the Sangrur (Punjab) court upheld the two-year jail term given to the television actress and her mother in a cheque-bounce case by a lower court. Alka and her mother had borrowed Rs.50 lakh from farmer Avtar Singh, to make a serial and gave him two cheques of Rs 25 lakh each which bounced and so he moved a local court in Malerkotla in 2015, which sentenced the two to two years' imprisonment.

Acting career

She made her television debut with

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's ''Gathaand'' and later acted in ''Tum Pukar Lo'', ''Manzilein Apni Apni'' and ''

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''. Kaushal has worked in serials like ''

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'', ''

9 Malabar Hill ''9 Malabar Hill'' is a television show broadcast on Zee TV in 1997–1998. The drama show was edited and directed by Siddharth Sengupta, produced by Sanjay Datta written by Saurabh Shukla, with Pavan Malhotra and Renuka Shahane in lead roles. ...

'', ''Sansar'', ''Kartavya'' and ''

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''. She is also seen in

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's serial ''

''. She was out of ''Qubool Hai'' for six months. She has acted in ''

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'' as Parvati Gadodia and Tarkeshwari Singh/Tharka Bua on '' Sarojini''. In July and November 2020, She played Sita Choudhary in ''

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'' and Tara Bai in

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's ''

Barrister Babu ''Barrister Babu'' is an Indian Hindi-language social drama television series that premiered 11 February 2020 on Colors TV and ended on 12 November 2021. It was produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions. It starred Pravisht Mishra as Anirudh and ...

'' respectively. Since December 2020, she is playing Devi Sabherwal in ''

Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani ''Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani'' () is an Indian television drama series that aired from 21 December 2020 to 24 July 2021 on StarPlus. The series was a remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Mohor. Produced under DJ's Creative Unit, it starred ...

''.

Filmography

As actress:

Television

Films

As producer

* ''

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'' * ''Kho Gayi Manzilein… Kho Gayi'' * ''Naya Daur'' * ''

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'' * ''Thriller @ 10''

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