Sheetal Thakur Massey is an Indian actress who primarily works in
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
films and web shows. She made her acting debut with the
Punjabi film ''
Bambukat'' in 2016, for which she received
Filmfare Awards Punjabi Best Supporting Actress nomination. She made her
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
film debut with ''
Brij Mohan Amar Rahe
''Brij Mohan Amar Rahe'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Nikhil Bhat. The film stars Arjun Mathur, Nidhi Singh, Sheetal Thakur, Manav Vij, Sunny Hinduja, Vijayant Kohli and Yogendra Tikku in key roles.
Plot ...
'' in 2018.
Thakur is known for her role in the films ''
Chappad Phaad Ke
''Chhappad Phaad Ke'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Sameer Hemant Joshi, produced and bankrolled by Yoodlee films, film division of Saregama with Vinay Pathak, Siddharth Menon (actor), Siddharth Menon, Ayesha Raza Mishr ...
'', ''
Shukranu'' and the web series ''
Broken But Beautiful
''Broken But Beautiful'' is a 2018 Hindi romance web series, created by Ekta Kapoor, and available on video on demand platforms and ALTBalaji/MX Player. The series revolves around love, heartbreaks and never ending romance between two individua ...
''.
Early life
Thakur was born on 13 November 1991 in
Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
Dharamshala (; also spelled Dharamsala) is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. It serves as administrative headquarters of the Kangra district after being relocated from Kangra, a city located away from Dharamshala, in 1855.
T ...
.
[ ] She completed her graduation from
University of Delhi
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...
. She participated in
Femina Miss Himachal Pradesh during her college days and won 'Miss Beautiful Smile' title.
Personal life
Thakur and
Vikrant Massey
Vikrant Massey is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi television, Hindi films and web series. He made his acting debut with the role of Aamir Hassan in ''Dhoom Machaao Dhoom'' and became a household name with his roles of Dharam in '' Dharam V ...
began dating in 2015, before they together starred in ''
Broken But Beautiful
''Broken But Beautiful'' is a 2018 Hindi romance web series, created by Ekta Kapoor, and available on video on demand platforms and ALTBalaji/MX Player. The series revolves around love, heartbreaks and never ending romance between two individua ...
''. They got engaged in November 2019.
They registered their marriage on 14 February 2022 in an intimate ceremony at their
Versova home. On 18 February 2022, Thakur and Massey got married in a traditional ceremony in
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...
.
Career
Thakur made her acting debut in 2016 with the
Punjabi film ''
Bambukat'', for which she received
Filmfare Awards Punjabi Best Supporting Actress nomination. In 2017, she appeared in the short film ''Dark Brew'' alongside
Vinay Pathak
Vinay Pathak (born 12 July 1968) is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including ''Khosla Ka Ghosla,'' '' Bheja Fry,'' ''Island City'' and ''Johnny Gaddaar'' and had a supporting role in movies like ''Jism'', ''Rab ...
.
Thakur made her
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
film debut in 2018 with ''
Brij Mohan Amar Rahe
''Brij Mohan Amar Rahe'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Nikhil Bhat. The film stars Arjun Mathur, Nidhi Singh, Sheetal Thakur, Manav Vij, Sunny Hinduja, Vijayant Kohli and Yogendra Tikku in key roles.
Plot ...
'' opposite
Arjun Mathur
Arjun Mathur (born 18 October 1981) is a British people, British-Indian people, Indian actor working predominantly in Bollywood films, web series and television serials. He was seen internationally in the British drama series, ''Indian Summers' ...
which released on
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
. The same year she made her web debut with
Viu's ''Banned'' and appeared in Season 1 of
ALT Balaji
ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group's foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OT ...
's ''
Broken But Beautiful
''Broken But Beautiful'' is a 2018 Hindi romance web series, created by Ekta Kapoor, and available on video on demand platforms and ALTBalaji/MX Player. The series revolves around love, heartbreaks and never ending romance between two individua ...
'' opposite
Vikrant Massey
Vikrant Massey is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi television, Hindi films and web series. He made his acting debut with the role of Aamir Hassan in ''Dhoom Machaao Dhoom'' and became a household name with his roles of Dharam in '' Dharam V ...
.
In 2019 she appeared in the Hindi films, the
Disney+ Hotstar original, ''
Chappad Phaad Ke
''Chhappad Phaad Ke'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Sameer Hemant Joshi, produced and bankrolled by Yoodlee films, film division of Saregama with Vinay Pathak, Siddharth Menon (actor), Siddharth Menon, Ayesha Raza Mishr ...
'' and the
Netflix original
Netflix is an American global Internet streaming-on-demand media provider that has distributed a number of original streaming television shows, including original series, specials, miniseries, and documentaries and films. Netflix's original pro ...
, ''
Upstarts''. She then appeared in an episode of
Voot
Voot is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Viacom18. Launched in March 2016, it is Viacom18's advertising-led video-on-demand platform that is available as an app for iOS, KaiOS ( JioPhone) an ...
's ''Fuh se Fantasy'' and also reprised her role in Season 2 of
ALT Balaji
ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group's foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OT ...
's ''
Broken But Beautiful
''Broken But Beautiful'' is a 2018 Hindi romance web series, created by Ekta Kapoor, and available on video on demand platforms and ALTBalaji/MX Player. The series revolves around love, heartbreaks and never ending romance between two individua ...
''.
She next appeared in the 2020
ZEE5
ZEE5 is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, run by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched in India on 14 February 2018 with content in 12 languages. The ZEE5 mobile app is available on Web, Androi ...
film ''
Shukranu'' opposite
Divyenndu
Divyendu Sharma (born 19 June 1983), better known as Divyenndu, is an Indian actor and model best known for his roles of Nishant aka Liquid in '' Pyar Ka Punchnama'', Narayan Sharma in '' Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'', Sundar Tripathi in the film ''B ...
and in the 2021 film Dilphire opposite
Karan Kundra
Karan Kundrra (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor which works in Hindi and Punjabi films and television. He has starred in several TV shows like '' Kitani Mohabbat Hai'', '' Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2'', ''Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum'', ''Dil Hi T ...
.
Filmography
Films
* ''All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.''
Web series
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
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1991 births
Living people
Indian film actresses
21st-century Indian actresses