Natasha Rastogi (born Natasha Khanna; 14 May 1962) is an Indian actress and director. She started her acting career by debuting in ''

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'' as Sona Verma, directed by

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, that won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden Globe Award nomination. She has played many roles on screen and on stage. She was awarded the Best Actress Award in Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards 2007 for ''Nati Binodini'', directed by Amal Allana. She appeared in ''

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'' as Salma in 2010. She has acted in the TV series ''

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'' as Panbaa.

Early life

Natasha was born in a

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family to Rachna Khanna and Dr. Triloki Nath Khanna, a Professor of Hindi in

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, Delhi. She skipped the clichéd course in drama/acting and broadened her artistic vision by doing a Bachelor's in Art from the

College of Art, Delhi College of Art, New Delhi, established in 1942 under the arts department of the Delhi College of Engineering now the Delhi Technological University (DTU), is an art college for advanced training in Visual Art. It is run by the Government of ...

Career

Natasha started her career as a drama teacher in

Modern School (New Delhi) Modern School is a co-educational, private school in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1920 by Lala Raghubir Singh, a prominent Delhi-based businessman and philanthropist, who desired an institution that combined the "best of ancient Indian tr ...

in 1992. As a part of her job, she was assigned the responsibility of directing and choreographing plays including the signature event, valedictory function. She choreographed musical ballets involving 280 students for 12 years. Some of these plays were namely ''Nav Prabhat'', ''Spring –The Reawakening'', ''Swarnim Vriksh'', ''Amrit Manthan'', ''Sunderland Mein Alice'', ''Ek Aur Panchtantra'', ''Ek Aur Ek Gyarah'', ''Sunoh Kahani'', ''Wings of Desire'' and ''Dhun ka Jadoogar''. Working with everyone involved in the play, from costume designer to script writer, from makeup artist to music director, she honed her skills as an artist. After 12 years of service, Natasha joined Amal Alana's theater group. Since then she has been a part of a theater group that has travelled across the globe doing plays in places like London, Mexico, Lahore and including every metropolitan city in India.

Filmography

Films

Television

Commercial Ads

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rastogi, Natasha 1962 births Living people Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema 21st-century Indian actresses People from Delhi Delhi University alumni