Pankhuri Awasthy Rode (born 31 March 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly works in

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television. She made her acting debut in 2014 with ''

Yeh Hai Aashiqui ''Yeh Hai Aashiqui'' () is an Indian Hindi-language television romance anthology series that premiered on 25 August 2013 on Bindass. It presents dramatisations of the real life love stories created by Vikas Gupta. The show went off air on 7 Aug ...

'' portraying Saima. Awasthy Rode is best known for her portrayal of Razia Sultan in '' Razia Sultan'' and

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in ''

Suryaputra Karn ''Suryaputra Karn'' () is an Indian historical epic television series, which premiered on 29 June 2015 on Sony Entertainment Television (India) and Sony Entertainment Television Asia. The show aired Monday through Friday nights at 8:30 PM. Prod ...

''. Awasthy's other notable include portraying Vedika in ''

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai ''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai'' (), popularly known as ''YRKKH'' is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the longest run ...

'' and Kajal Bhatt Khurana in ''

Gud Se Meetha Ishq ''Gud Se Meetha Ishq'' () is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series that premiered from 18 April 2022 on Star Bharat and digitally on Disney+ Hotstar. Produced by Film Farm India and an official remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali series ' ...

''. She made her film debut with ''

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan ''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' () is a 2020 Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya and produced by Aanand L. Rai, Himanshu Sharma, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banners Colour Yellow Productio ...

'' in 2021.

Early life

Awasthy Rode was born on 31 March 1991 in

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. She grew up in

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but moved to

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for a job in marketing. In 2014, she ultimately moved to

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to pursue a career in acting.

Personal life

In October 2017, Awasthy got engaged to actor

Gautam Rode Gautam Rode (born 14 August 1977) is an Indian television actor known for his roles in ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'', '' Lucky'', '' Saraswatichandra'', ''Suryaputra Karn'', and ''Kaal Bhairav Rahasya 2''. Early life Rode was born on 14 August 1977. ...

. Awasthy and Rode got married on 5 February 2018 in

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Career

Awasthy Rode played the role of Seher in '' MTV Fanaah Season 2''. After that, she played the role of ''Razia Sultan'' in &TV’s historical drama '' Razia Sultan''. She also played ''

'' in the mythological drama ''

''. In 2017, she played the lead role of ''Amla'' in

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, ...

’s show

Kya Qusoor Hai Amala Ka? ''Kya Qusoor Hai Amala Ka?'' (''What is Amala's fault?'') is an Indian Hindi-language drama finite television series, which started telecasting from 3 April 2017 on Star Plus. ''Kya Qusoor Hai Amala Ka'' is an adaptation of the Turkish drama s ...

, which is an Indian adaptation of famous Turkish show ''

Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? ''Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?'' ( ''What is Fatmagül's Fault?'' or "What Did Fatmagul Wrong?") is a Turkish television drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on Kanal D. The series is based on Vedat Türkali's scenario, ''Fatmagül'ün Su ...

''. In 2019, she played an episodic role in the

Colors TV Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films. History It was launched on 2 ...

's show ''

Kaun Hai? ''Kaun Hai?'' is an Indian Hindi horror anthology television series produced by Contiloe Entertainment. It premiered 29 June 2018 on Colors TV and ended on 14 October that same year, lasting two seasons. ''Kaun Hai?'' season 1 featured an ep ...

'' as Pauloma / Anvesha and also appeared in the

& TV And TV (stylized as &tv) is a Hindi language entertainment channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Launched as a general entertainment channel from ZEEL group, it started broadcasting on 2 March 2015.Laal Ishq''. From June 2019 to January 2020 she played the role of Vedika Agarwal in

's drama ''

''. Rode made her debut in

Hindi cinema Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

with ''

'', which was released on 21 February 2020. In 2022, she portrayed Kajal Bhatt Khurana in ''

''.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Awasthy, Pankhuri 1991 births Living people Indian soap opera actresses Indian television actresses People from Lucknow Actresses from Mumbai