Kratika Sengar, also known as Kratika Sengar Dheer is an Indian actress who mainly appear on Indian Television. She made her debut in 2007 with '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' playing the role of Prerna Gill and also appeared in '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' as Sanchi "Sugandi". Kratika got her breakthrough in ''

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''. She later acted in ''

Punar Vivah ''Punar Vivaah'' (International Title: ''Married Again'') is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera that aired on Zee TV from 20 February 2012 replacing '' Bhagonwali-Baante Apni Taqdeer'' till 17 May 2013. The show was set in the city of Bhopal an ...

'', in ''

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'' and in ''

Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki ''Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki'' () is an Indian Hindi language television romantic drama series that premiered on 7 March 2016 on Colors TV. It is also digitally available on Voot. Produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it stars Kratika Senga ...

''. She also appeared in the 2014 Bollywood film ''

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''.

Early life

Kratika Sengar was born in

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

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in a Sengar Rajput family. She went to

Methodist High School Methodist High School, or MHS Kanpur, was established in Kanpur, India in 1876 (originally named Girls' High School) by the American Missionary Educationist Isabella Thoburn. MHS is a sister school to the Isabella Thoburn College of Lucknow. ...

, Kanpur, and then moved to

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and graduated in Mass Communication from

Amity University, Noida Amity University, Noida (also known as Amity University Uttar Pradesh and Amity University Delhi NCR) is a private research university located in Noida, Delhi NCR, India. It was established in 2005 by an Act of the State Legislature of Uttar ...

Personal life

Kratika Sengar married

Nikitin Dheer Nikitin Dheer is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Telugu language films, and television shows. He was a contestant on '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5''. Acting career Dheer made his acting debut in 2008 with Ashutosh Gowariker's hi ...

, son of actor

Pankaj Dheer Pankaj Dheer is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and TV series. He is known for his role of Karna in TV series ''Mahabharat and'' other roles in '' Chandrakanta'', ''The Great Maratha'', '' Yug'' and '' Badho Bahu''. He appeared in se ...

, on 3 September 2014 in an

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. The couple has a daughter.

Career

Debut and early career (2007–2011)

Kratika Sengar started her acting career in 2007, in the series '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'', and in " Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" in 2008. She then bagged another Balaji Telefilms show ''

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'' in 2008. Later, she had a small guest appearance in Sony TV's comedy show ''

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''. She also appeared in the reality show ''Lux Kaun Jeetega Bollywood ka Ticket''. In 2009, Sengar got her first main lead role with

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's show ''

''. She did a small cameo appearance in Balaji's show ''

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''. In 2010 she also appeared in an episodic appearance in ''

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''.

Success and lead roles (2012–2015)

In 2012, Kratika made her comeback to television with Zee TV's show ''

'' opposite

Gurmeet Choudhary Gurmeet Choudhary (born 22 February 1984) is an Indian actor and martial artist. He is known for his portrayal of Rama in '' Ramayan'', Maan Singh Khurana in '' Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi'' and Yash Suraj Pratap Sindhina in '' Punar Vivaah - Zi ...

. The show ended on 17 May 2013. While playing Aarti, she made an appearance on ''

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'' to promote her show. In January 2014, she made a special appearance in

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' show is '' Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera''. Later in the year, she entered Life OK's show '' Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'' starring

Mohit Raina Mohit Raina (born 14 August 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and television. He started his acting career with a science fiction show ''Antariksh'' (2004) and later went on to play a role in '' Don Muthu Swami'' (2008). He ...

and

Mouni Roy Mouni Roy (born 28 September 1985) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films and Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' (2006). Roy became one of the highest-paid Hindi television act ...

before the show ended. She made her film debut in 2014 with ''

''. In 2015, Kratika acted in Zee TV's next ''

''.

Establishment and further career (2016–present)

In 2016, Sengar appeared in Ekta Kapoor's show ''

''. Her character was replaced by

Shivani Tomar Shivani Tomar is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2012 with '' Gumrah: End of Innocence''. She is best known for her portrayal of Shakti Rai in '' Friends: Conditions Apply'', Chandni Narayan i ...

. She came back in September 2016. The show went off air on 27 July 2018. In 2017, she acted as the Narrator in the show '' Chandrakanta''. In 2021, she appeared in Choti Sarrdaarni.

Filmography

Television

Films

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sengar, Kratika Living people Indian television actresses Indian soap opera actresses People from Kanpur Actresses from Uttar Pradesh Year of birth missing (living people)