Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in

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films and television. She started her career with television shows like Kahin to Hoga and Kajjal. She is known for her roles in movies and shows like ''

Hate Story 2 ''Hate Story 2'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller film directed by Vishal Pandya. Produced by T-Series Films, it stars Sushant Singh, Surveen Chawla and Jay Bhanushali in pivotal roles. It is the sequel to the 2012 sleeper hi ...

'' (2014), '' Ugly'' (2013), ''

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'' (2015) and '' 24'' (2016) etc. along with many others films. In 2018, she was seen in the

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, '' Haq Se''.

Career

Television debut

Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial '' Kahin To Hoga''. She also appeared in the reality dance show '' Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena'' in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer

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. Before this, she appeared in the television serial '' Kasautii Zindagi Kay'' in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial ''

Kaajjal ''Kaajjal - Sabbki Aankhon Mein Basi'', commonly known as ''Kaajjal'' is an Indian daily television serial that aired on Sony TV. This show replaced the previous show Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai.It centers around a young woman named Kaajjal, who hails fro ...

'', till 2007. She hosted the television show '' Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars''. Then she made her film debut with

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film '' Paramesha Panwala''. In 2011, she appeared in the

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'' Dharti'' which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films ''

Taur Mittran Di ''Taur Mittran Di'' is a 2012 Punjabi drama action comedy film starring Amrinder Gill, Rannvijay Singh, Surveen Chawla, Amita Pathak and Mukesh Rishi. The movie is directed by Navaniat Singh and produced by Eros Entertainment & Jimmy Sheirgill ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Singh vs Kaur ''Singh vs Kaur'' is a Punjabi romantic comedy starring Gippy Grewal, Surveen Chawla, Japji Khaira and Binnu Dhillon in lead roles. ''Singh vs Kaur'' was released on 15 February 2013. Gippy Grewal will be seen in a turbaned avatar for the ver ...

'', ''

Lucky Di Unlucky Story ''Lucky Di Unlucky Story'' () is a 2013 Punjabi comedy film directed by Smeep Kang, and featuring Gippy Grewal, Jaswinder Bhalla, Gurpreet Ghuggi and Binnu Dhillon in lead roles; the group earlier came together for 2012 Punjabi comedy ''Carry On ...

'' and ''

Disco Singh ''Disco Singh'' is a 2014 Punjabi comedy film directed by Anurag Singh and starring Diljit Dosanjh and Surveen Chawla. This is the third collaboration between Singh and Dosanjh after the 2012 blockbuster '' Jatt and Juliet'' and the 2013 sequel ...

'' (2014). She did her first

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"Dhoka Dhoka" in

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's '' Himmatwala''. In 2013, she appeared in

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film ''

Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal ''Moondru Per Moondru Kadal'' (; ) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romance film co-edited, co-written and directed by Vasanth. It stars Arjun, Cheran, Vimal, Surveen Chawla, Muktha Bhanu and Lasini. The film features music composed by Yuvan S ...

'' and also appeared in ''

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''. She then appeared in

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's thriller '' Ugly''.

2014–2017

Jay Bhanushali and Surveen Chawla at the promotion of 'Hate Story 2'

In October 2014, Chawla appeared in the hit Punjabi song 'Mitran De Boot' along with

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. In 2014, she also played in

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's erotic revenge thriller ''

'', a sequel to ''

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'' (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by

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), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially. Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite

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in the film ''

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''. Her latest Tamil film was ''

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''. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film '' Welcome Back'' and in a Punjabi film ''

Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi ''Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi'' is 2015 Punjabi romantic thriller film with story screenplay and dialogues penned by Manoj Jha and directed by Baljit Singh Deo. The film as known is inspired by a real incident that happened in British Columbia.It is ...

'' opposite

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. She also played the role of Bijli in ''

'' (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'' but later got voted out in a double elimination along with

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2018–present

In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with

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's web series '' Haq Se'' opposite

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. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested

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, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.

Personal life

Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chawla, Surveen 1984 births Living people 21st-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Punjabi cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Chandigarh Actresses in Hindi television Punjabi people