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Sana Amin Sheikh (born 10 August 1989) is an Indian actress and radio jockey, who appears mainly in Hindi television shows and films. Sana made her acting debut with ''
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'' playing Ritu Shah. She has appeared in over 30 television serials, and has established herself among the most popular Television stars. Sana has played lead roles in shows including ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Million Dollar Girl'', ''
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Season 1'', '' Krishnadasi'' and ''Perfect Pati'' among others. She played Antagonist/Supporting role in shows like '' Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi 3'', '' Tere Shehar Mein'', ''
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''. Amin made her Bollywood debut with ''
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'' as Anjali Bhosle and has also played supporting parts in '' Table No. 21'' , '' Island City'' and ''
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''.


Early life

Sana is from Mumbai. Her great-grandfather, Ashraf Khan, was an actor and a singer in Gujarati theatre, and played the narrator in filmmaker Mehboob Khan's film Roti.


Personal life

She was married to television director Aijaz Sheikh in 2016 https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-sana-amin-sheikhs-marriage-of-six-years-ends-says-when-two-people-are-not-happy-living-under-a-roof-it-is-best-to-separate/articleshow/94475581.cms


Career

Sheikh is working as an RJ in Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM since August 2004. Whilst listening to Mirchi one day in class, she heard an RJ inviting listeners to audition to be a radio jockey. After a successful audition, she was immediately asked to join the station as an RJ. She hosted a show '''Khoobsurat, Sana ke saath'' and 'TRP – Television Radio Par'' RJ with Mirchi Love and Ishq FM. Sheikh began acting as a child artist and played the lead role of young Savi in ''
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'' on
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and played the character of Vaishali in the serial Junoon on DD channel in 1995. She emerged again in 2009 and gained fame for playing one of the leads Ritu Shah on the
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, ''
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''. She then played lead the role of Suman as the lead actress in the television serial ''
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'', which was aired on
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. Another drama series she took part in, once again being the lead actress, was Zee television's '' Mera Naam Karegi Roshan'', as Reet. She has been a part of the famous
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drama ''
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'', performing the role of Ganga.She was seen playing a negative role in Colors' ''Sasural Simar Ka'' as Naina for a few episodes and then was seen as a lead girl again in life OK's Gustakh Dil. She made her
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debut in Rohit Shetty's ''
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''. She also worked in Channel V's ''
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'' as the lead character Avanti Bansal. She played lead role of Aradhya in Colors TV's popular show '' Krishnadasi''. She played the lead as Shuchi Sharma in the serial ''
Bhootu ''Bhootu'' is an Indian Bengali language children's comedy-drama television series that aired on Zee Bangla. The series revolves around a friendly girl ghost, "Bhootu", who always tries to help others, often causing light mischief and mayhem in ...
''.


Filmography


Television


Films


See also

*
List of Indian film actresses This is an alphabetical list of notable Indian film actresses. A * Aaditi Pohankar * Aahana Kumra * Aakanksha Singh * Aamna Sharif * Aanchal Munjal * Aarathi * Aarti Agarwal * Aarti Chhabria * Aashka Goradia * Abhirami * Adah Shar ...


References


External links

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Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi (also known as 98.3 Mirchi) is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the ENIL, EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group. ''Mirchi'' is Hindi f ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheikh, Sana Amin Living people Indian television actresses Actresses from Mumbai Indian women radio presenters Indian radio presenters Indian soap opera actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Hindi television 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian writers 1989 births