Juhi Babbar is an Indian film and television actress. She has also contributed to theatre both as an actor and director. She is the daughter of famous

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Raj Babbar Raj Babbar (born 23 June 1952) is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He was the Pre ...

and the second wife of Indian TV actor and anchor

Anup Soni Anup Soni (born 30 January 1975) is an Indian actor and anchor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Soni began his career with roles in television serials such as '' Sea Hawks'' and '' Saaya''. He then took a break from television ...

Personal life

Juhi's first husband was

Bejoy Nambiar Bejoy Nambiar (born 12 April 1979) is an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his work in Bollywood. He is mostly known for his critically acclaimed short films, ''Rahu'' and '' Reflections'', starring Mohanlal. He was the winner of ...

, a screenplay writer, whom she married on 27 June 2007. The couple divorced in January 2009. She then fell in love with the TV actor

, whom she met while both of them were working in a play produced by Juhi's mother Nadira Babbar. Soni was at that time married to Ritu and was the father of two daughters by her. On 14 March 2011, after his divorce was finalized, Juhi and Anup Soni were married. Juhi and Soni have a son, born in 2012.

Career

Juhi made her film debut in '' Kash Aap Hamare Hote'' opposite

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. In 2005, she did a Punjabi film with

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, ''Yaara Naal Baharan''. The film did well in

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and with the overseas Punjabi audience. Juhi then did a silent film with

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actor

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically app ...

. In 2006, she was seen in the film ''Unns'' with actor Sanjay Kapoor and

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. She appeared in her next film ''It's My Life'' as Sonia Jaisingh opposite actors

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, Genelia D'Souza and

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. In 2009, Juhi played the role of a house wife in the TV comedy ''

Ghar Ki Baat Hai ''Ghar Ki Baat Hai'' is an Indian Hindi television sitcom on NDTV Imagine in 2009. Cast * Ali Asgar as Various characters * Sumeet Raghavan as Rajdeep Yagnik * Juhi Babbar as Radhika Yagnik * Swapnil Joshi as Kapil Kumar * Malini Naalapp ...

'' produced by Shah Rukh Khan.

Filmography

Television

Theatre

Actor

Director

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Babbar, Juhi Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Lucknow Indian film actresses Indian people Indian women Actresses in Hindi cinema 21st-century Indian actresses