Kruttika Desai is an Indian film, theatre and television actress. In the 90s, she gained initial fame in the serial BUNIYAD and later for her role of Vishkanya in popular fantasy series ''
Chandrakanta'', and later in the next 2 decades, she went on to earn huge recognization for portraying a wide range of characters in television soap operas like Kismet, Dewaar, NOORJAHAN, Junoon, Lipstick, Tumhari Disha, hosted many shows like Mansi, Suprerhit Muqabla, Super hit Hangama.
First Television actress to go bald for a show, UTTARAN. In recent times, ''
Ram Milaayi Jodi
''Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi'' is an Indian Television drama Series that aired on Zee TV. It premiered on 20 September 2010 and ended on 12 April 2012.
Plot
The story is that of a Sikh Punjabi girl named Mona meeting her dre ...
'', ''
Uttaran
''Uttaran'' () is an Indian soap opera that was broadcast on Colors TV on weeknights from 1 December 2008 to 16 January 2015. It is the third longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV with 1,549 episodes. The series starred Tina Dat ...
'', ''
Mere Angne Mein
''Mere Angne Mein (Family Affairs)'' is an Indian soap opera that aired on Star Plus from 15 June 2015 to 5 August 2017. The show starred Krutika Desai Khan, Ekta Kaul, Karam Rajpal and Ananya Khare.
Plot
''Mere Angne Mein'' showcases the liv ...
'', ''
Shakti'' and ''
Pandya Store''.
Acting career
Krutika is involved in "Akansha", a theatre workshop for street children and has also acted in some
Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
plays including ''Shodh Pratishodh''. The actress went on to shave her head for the serial ''Uttaran'', making her the first woman to go bald in the history of Indian Television. Krutika played many popular roles in
Indian soap operas, most notably ''
Ram Milaayi Jodi
''Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi'' is an Indian Television drama Series that aired on Zee TV. It premiered on 20 September 2010 and ended on 12 April 2012.
Plot
The story is that of a Sikh Punjabi girl named Mona meeting her dre ...
'', and also ''
Uttaran
''Uttaran'' () is an Indian soap opera that was broadcast on Colors TV on weeknights from 1 December 2008 to 16 January 2015. It is the third longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV with 1,549 episodes. The series starred Tina Dat ...
'' etc. In 2015, she played the pivotal role of Shanti Devi in the
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...
serial ''
Mere Angne Mein
''Mere Angne Mein (Family Affairs)'' is an Indian soap opera that aired on Star Plus from 15 June 2015 to 5 August 2017. The show starred Krutika Desai Khan, Ekta Kaul, Karam Rajpal and Ananya Khare.
Plot
''Mere Angne Mein'' showcases the liv ...
'' which became one of the most successful and long-running shows. The show ended in August 2017 after a successful run of 2 years.
Personal life
Krutika Desai's husband Imtiaz Khan is the brother of actor
Amjad Khan. The couple have a daughter named Ayesha Khan.
Their nephews Seemaab Khan and
Shadaab Khan are actors in the industry.
Filmography
Films
2022
Blurr
Television
Web series
References
External links
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Living people
Actresses from Mumbai
20th-century Indian actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
Indian film actresses
Indian stage actresses
Indian television actresses
Indian soap opera actresses
Gujarati theatre
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Hindi television
Year of birth missing (living people)