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
Bollywood
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actor
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Raj Babbar
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and the second wife of Indian TV actor and anchor
Anup Soni
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.
Personal life
![Juhi Babbar and Anup Soni](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Juhi_Babbar_and_Anup_Soni.jpg)
Juhi's first husband was
Bejoy Nambiar
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, 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
Anup Soni
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, 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
Sonu Nigam
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. In 2005, she did a
Punjabi film with
Jimmy Shergill
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Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller '' Maachis''. His bre ...
, ''Yaara Naal Baharan''. The film did well in
Punjab
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and with the overseas Punjabi audience. Juhi then did a silent film with
Malayalam
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actor
Mohanlal
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. In 2006, she was seen in the film ''Unns'' with actor
Sanjay Kapoor and
Rituparna Sengupta
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.
She appeared in her next film ''It's My Life'' as Sonia Jaisingh opposite actors
Harman Baweja
Harman Baweja (born 13 November 1980) is an Indian actor and producer. He has starred in films like ''Love Story 2050'' (2008), '' What's Your Raashee?'' (2009) and '' It's My Life'' (2020).
Early life
Baweja was born to a film director Harry ...
,
Genelia D'Souza and
Nana Patekar
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. In 2009, Juhi played the role of a house wife in the TV comedy ''
Ghar Ki Baat Hai
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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
*
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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