Sadhana Singh is an Indian film and television actor. Sadhana was born in

Varanasi Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic t ...

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. Her family hailed from the Indian state of

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. Her first magazine shot was done by Pardeep Mishra. She started her film career with the 1982 film '' Nadiya Ke Paar'', by writer-director Govind Moonis. Sadhana became a hit after the release of the film and started being called Gunja, the character she played in the film ''Nadiya Ke Paar''. Gunja was an innocent looking village girl who fell in love with Chandan (Played by Sachin), brother-in-law of her elder sister, in the film. She has acted in more than twenty

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and Indian regional language films. ''Goggles of Rajesh Khanna'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' (by

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) are some of her recent films. Apart from films, she also acted in many popular TV serials.

Personal life

She is married to film producer Rajkumar Shahabadi. Rajkumar is the son of Vishwanath Prasad Shahabadi - a film producer from Shahabad who was involved in producing

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's first film, ''

Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo ''Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo'' (English: O Mother Ganga I will offer you a yellow cloth) is a Bhojpuri film released in 1963 directed by Kundan Kumar. It was the first-ever Bhojpuri film, and starred Kumkum, Ashim Kumar and Nazir Hussain ...

''. The couple have a daughter and a son. Her daughter

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is also an actress.

Filmography

, 18 , ''

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'' , 2022 , Shakuntala Shashtri

TV series

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Pyar Zindagi Hai ''Pyar Zindagi Hai'' is an Indian television comedy series that premiered on Zee TV on 30 March 2003. The series is set in the Punjabi backdrop, and stars Rakhee Tandon & Mukul Dev in the main lead. Love, Life & Laughter are the three mantr ...

'' *'' Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam'' *''

Prratima ''Prratima'' is an Indian television series that aired on Sahara One channel in 2004. The series premiered on 23 August 2004. The series was produced by Rajaa Mukherji, the brother of Bollywood actress Rani Mukherji, and starred Kirron Kher in a ...

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Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil ''Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil'' (''In Which Country Does My Heart Live'') is an Indian drama television series that aired on Star Plus. It starred Additi Gupta, Harshad Chopda, Sushant Singh Rajput and Meher Vij as Prem, Heer, Preet and Meher. ...

'' *'' Kabhi To Milenge'' *''

Hamari Sister Didi ''Hamari Sister Didi'' is an Indian drama series broadcast on Sony Pal' Story The show revolves around Amrita also known as Sister Didi, who is a head nurse in Muskaan Hospital at Patiala. The hospital was her husband Dr. Avinash's dream – ...

'' *'' Ghar Jamai'' *''Chalti Ka Naam Antakshar'' *'' Santoshi Maa'' as Vidya Raghavendra Mishra (2015 - 2017)

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