Shilpa Shinde

Shilpa Shinde (born 28 August 1977) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing Angoori Tiwari in &TV's ''Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai!''. In 2017, she participated in '' Bigg Boss 11'' and emerged as the winner by public votes.

Early life

Shinde was born on 28 August 1977 into a Maharashtrian family. Her father, Dr. Satyadeo Shinde, was the judge of a High Court while her mother Geeta Satyadeo Shinde is a homemaker. She has two elder sisters and a younger brother. Shinde was a psychology student, but failed to obtain her bachelor's degree. Her father wanted her to study law, but she was not interested in studying the subject.

Personal life

Shinde met actor Romit Raj on the set of TV show ''Maayka'' (2007–2009). The two started dating each other soon afterwards. They got engaged in 2009 however both called it off later.

Shinde went into depression when her father died in 2013 of Alzheimer’s disease. Her father did not want her to take up acting as a profession. Shinde said, "He never wanted me to get into acting but when I insisted he did give me a year’s time and I became an actress. I was there with him day and night in the last couple of months and now he is gone."

Career

Shinde made her television debut in 1999. She came into the spotlight for her role in the serial ''Bhabhi'' (2002–08). She next starred in the serial ''Kabhi Aaye Na Judaai'' (2001–03) and later played the role of Chitra in '' Sanjeevani'' (2002). In 2002 in the same year she played the lead role in ''Amrapali'' (2002). Later, she continued to play another role in the show ''Miss India'' (2004). In January 2004, Shinde played the parallel lead as Meher in DD National's show '' Meher – Kahani Haq Aur Haqeeqat Ki'' until January 2006. She later was seen in Star Plus show '' Hatim''. In 2005, Shilpa played a role in Zee TV's ''Rabba Ishq Na Hove'' as Juhi until 2006. She then was seen in ''Betiyaan Apni Yaa Paraaya Dhan'' as Veera, ''Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi'', and '' Waaris'' as Gayatri.

Shinde has acted in two Telugu films-Dasari Narayana Rao's ''Chhina'' and Suresh Verma's ''Shivani''.

Shinde's breakthrough role was Koyal Narayan in SAB TV's sitcom ''Chidiya Ghar'' opposite Paresh Ganatra. Shinde quit the show in March 2013 due to problems in her personal life and was replaced by Shubhangi Atre, who played the part for a year. Atre had to leave the show when Shinde decided to return in June 2014 but in September of the same year, Shinde decided to quit again. She said, "I was promised a lot of things and told that the character will have an interesting graph. However, the producer has failed to keep his promise. Since I wasn't too happy with my track, I decided to quit the show." Shinde was permanently replaced by ''Baal Veer'' actress Aditi Sajwan.

In January 2015, it was reported that Shinde had been approached to play the lead role in &TV's new sitcom ''Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai!''. She was initially cast to play a glamorous neighbour Anita Mishra (eventually played by Saumya Tandon) but had to play the simple housewife, Angoori Tiwari, when actress Rashami Desai, who had been cast to play Angoori, opted out due to personal reasons. Shinde became a household name with her portrayal of Angoori Bhabhi in ''Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai!'', but she quit in March 2016 after having several issues with the makers and accusing them of mentally torturing her. Shinde again was replaced by Shubhangi Atre in April 2016, who had also replaced her in ''Chidiya Ghar'' in 2014. Atre cited this fact as a mere coincidence.

In September 2017, Shinde did an item song in the film '' Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi''.

In October 2017, Shinde participated in the reality show '' Bigg Boss 11''. One of her fellow contestants on the show was Vikas Gupta, the programming head of &TV, who was said to have played a major role in her ouster from Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai. Shinde emerged as the winner in January 2018.

In 2020, she appeared on ''Gangs of Filmistan'' and later quit by alleging that she wasn't given enough screentime and that the actors were made to work till midnight which was against the COVID-19 protocols. In December 2020, Shinde portrayed the role of Queen Meerawati in the web series ''Paurashpur''. It also starred Annu Kapoor, Milind Soman, Shaheer Sheikh and Flora Saini.

In August 2022, it was confirmed that Shinde is participating in '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10'' thus making her comeback to Hindi TV industry after 4 years. She was eliminated in Week 7, finishing at 12th place.

Other works

On 5 February 2019, Shinde joined the Indian National Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

See also

* List of Hindi television actresses

References

External links

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Living people
Indian television actresses
Marathi people
1977 births
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants
Indian women in politics
Big Brother (franchise) winners
Indian actor-politicians