Rubina Bajwa is a Canadian actress and sister of Neeru Bajwa who works in

Punjabi film Punjabi cinema, sometimes metonymously referred to as Pollywood or Punjwood is the Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali. The cinema of Punjab has its beginnings with the ...

s. She started her career in 2017 in her sisters film ''

Sargi ''Sargi'' is a 2017 Indian Punjabi language romantic drama film, directed by Neeru Bajwa and starring Jassi Gill, Rubina Bajwa and Babbal Rai. The film released worldwide on 24 February 2017. The film marked the directional debut of Neeru Bajwa ...

,'' for which she was awarded the Debut Female Actress Award in 2018 during the

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Career

Bajwa started her career in the 2017 Punjabi film ''

'', promoted and directed by her sister

Neeru Bajwa Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1975) is a Canadian actress, director and producer who has mainly worked in Punjabi and Hindi films. She started her career in 1998 with Dev Anand's Bollywood film '' Main Solah Baras Ki'' and then moved on to work ...

. She then appeared in ''Laavaan Phere'' along with

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in 2018, which received moderate success at the box office and had received mixed reviews by critics. In 2019, Bajwa also appeared in

Laiye Je Yaarian ''Laiye Je Yaarian'' is a 2019 Indian Punjabi-language romantic drama film written by Dheeraj Rattan and directed by Sukh Sanghera. Co-produced by Rhythm Boyz Entertainment and Papilio Media; it stars Harish Verma, Roopi Gill, Rubina Bajwa, ...

with

Harish Verma Harish Verma is an Indian actor who mostly works in Punjabi-language films. He made his debut in the 2010 film ''Panjaban'', and gained wide attention with ''Yaar Annmulle'' (2011). He made his singing debut with the track ''Ikk Vaari Hor Soc ...

and also in the film

Munda Hi Chahida ''Munda Hi Chahida'' is a 2019 Indian Punjabi-language family drama film directed by Santosh Subhash Thite and Deepak Thaper. Co-produced by Neeru Bajwa Entertainment and Shri Narotam Ji Films; it stars Harish Verma and Rubina Bajwa in lead r ...

. She also had a role in ''Gidarh Singhi''. Bajwa will be sharing the screen with her sister,

in the upcoming movie, ''Beautiful Billo'' which is also produced by Neeru's production company and has roles in ''Teri Meri Gal Ban Gayi'', directed by

Priti Sapru Priti Sapru (also spelled as Preeti Sapru), is an Indian actress known for her works in Punjabi and Hindi cinema. She featured in a number of films including '' Nimmo'', ''Yaari Jat Di'' and ''Qurbani Jatt Di'' among others, with actors Vee ...

Personal life

Bajwa was born in a Punjabi family in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, British Columbia to Jaswant Bajwa and Surinder Bajwa. She grew up in Vancouver and later came to India to shadow her sister

within the

Punjabi cinema Punjabi cinema, sometimes Metonymy, metonymously referred to as Pollywood or Punjwood is the Punjabi language, Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali. The ci ...

industry. Since 2019, Bajwa has been dating

Gurbaksh Chahal Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an Indian-American internet entrepreneur who is the founder of several internet advertising companies. Chahal founded his first advertising network at an age of 16 and two years later, became a mill ...

. In July 2022 the couple announced their engagement and their plans to be married in October.

Filmography

Films

Music video

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bajwa, Rubina Living people 1986 births Actresses from Vancouver Actresses in Punjabi cinema Canadian film actresses Canadian people of Punjabi descent Canadian actresses of Indian descent Canadian expatriate actresses in India Canadian Sikhs Punjabi people 21st-century Canadian actresses