Snigdha Pandey is an Indian actress.

Early life

Snigdha Pandey is a

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film and television actress originally from

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. Snigdha Pandey was a junior level (under 16) player at the Indian Tennis Academy,

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. However, she gave up Tennis to focus on her education.

Career

Snigdha holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the

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and a Master's in Economics from

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She started pursuing acting while in college and was a part of theatre group 'Act One' run by N.K Sharma in Delhi. She got her first break with a Pivotal Cameo in Hindi Film

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playing Protagonist's Runaway Bride who leaves him high and dry on their wedding day, starting a string of mishaps that plague him throughout the film. Then followed many successful stints with Television starting with

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, an Indian edutainment show on

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that premiered on March 24, 2008. Her more noticeable roles have been as the Conniving and Manipulative Negative Lead Rama Bajpai in ''Navya'', Positive, feisty and tenacious Bela in ''

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'' and most recently as the devious and suave Villain Sunidhi in ''

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''. Throughout her career she has worked with many eminent directors and producers like

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in the screen adaptation of Boond Aur Samudra the classic novel by Amrit Lal Nagar,

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's Edutainment show

and Stree Teri Kahani produced by Saira Bano She has been recognized for effectively portraying diverse sets of characters and has command over many Indian Dialects as well as the privilege of having acted in multiple languages. She played the lead role in an Uzbeki film Muhabbatnoma, released in

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, She was most recently seen as the serious and intellectual Protagonist, Snata Mitra in 2019

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movie

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. Dealing with the serious issues of Naxalism and insurgency in North Bengal, Snigdha successfully pulled off a character requiring great sensitivity and restraint, playing her role in a settled, understated way, never overpowering the Subject of the film, which was the main focus. The film ran successfully all over West Bengal and North Bengal for 5 weeks to packed houses and Snigdha's work was widely appreciated.

Filmography

as Protagonist Snata Mitra *

as Sunidhi Agarwal *

as Deepti Pandya * Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal as Rama Bajpai *

as Bela Sehariya *

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as Pinky *

as Payal *

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as Sheetal * Stree Teri Kahani as Sunaina * Boond Aur Samudra as Nando * Muhabbatnoma (Uzbek Kino 2010) as Female Lead Mumtaz Beghum * Mera Dil Deewana as Tanya * Jahan Pe Basera Ho as Preety, Aditya's girlfriend

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