Yogita Bihani is an Indian actress who made her television debut as Palak Sharma in
Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...
's romantic soap opera ''
Dil Hi Toh Hai
''Dil Hi Toh Hai'' (English: It Is The Heart After all) is a romantic drama that is created and produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. It aired on Sony TV and streams on Alt Balaji. It premiered on 18 June 2018 and stars Karan Kundra a ...
'' in 2018.
Early life and background
Bihani belongs to a Sindhi family. She has completed her high school education from ''Sumermal Jain Public School'' in 2012. From 2012 to 2015, Yogita attended
Delhi University
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working on a degree in
Computer Science
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. After completing her graduation from Delhi, she joined Redfoodie Startup in
Faridabad
Faridabad is the most populous city in the Indian state of Haryana and a part of Delhi National Capital Region. It is one of the major satellite cities around Delhi and is located 284 kilometres south of the state capital Chandigarh. The ri ...
, Delhi NCR and worked at different positions until 2016.
Bihani then moved to Mumbai and worked for Pratham Education Foundation as Sales and Marketing Coordinator. Later, she worked as a Manager (Sales and Operations) at Trilyo until 2018 when she was cast in the role of ''Palak Sharma'' in
Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...
's
Indian soap opera
Indian television drama (in Indian English Indian serials) are television programs written, produced, and filmed in India, with characters played by Indians and episodes broadcast on Indian television.
India's first television drama was '' Hum ...
, ''
Dil Hi Toh Hai
''Dil Hi Toh Hai'' (English: It Is The Heart After all) is a romantic drama that is created and produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. It aired on Sony TV and streams on Alt Balaji. It premiered on 18 June 2018 and stars Karan Kundra a ...
'' on
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. She then appeared on a few commercial advertisements and was seen in a cameo role in Ekta Kapoor 'supernatural show 'Kavach'. She also appeared in Netflix film ''
Ak vs Ak
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'' in a supporting role.
She was recently seen playing the character of chanda in
Vikram Vedha (2022 film)
''Vikram Vedha'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written-directed by Pushkar–Gayathri, based on their 2017 Tamil film of the same name and also inspired by the Indian folktale ''Baital Pachisi''. The film is joi ...
.
Career
Bihani's career in glamour world began in 2018 when she participated and was selected amongst Top 3 contestants in ''Femina Miss India Rajasthan 2018''.
However her biggest break came in April 2018 when she was selected to shoot for the promo with
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
for his upcoming gameshow ''
Dus Ka Dum
''10 Ka Dum'' (English: Power of 10) is an Indian version of the international reality game show ''Power of 10'', and aired on Sony Entertainment Television. The show was hosted by popular Bollywood actor Salman Khan. According to reports, the sh ...
'' on
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* Television sets designed and manufactured by Sony Corporation in Japan
** Trinitron, television hardware brand (196 ...
.
After the promo went on air, she was spotted by
Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...
an Indian film and television producer who later selected her to play the lead role 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 To ...
in her next show ''
Dil Hi Toh Hai
''Dil Hi Toh Hai'' (English: It Is The Heart After all) is a romantic drama that is created and produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. It aired on Sony TV and streams on Alt Balaji. It premiered on 18 June 2018 and stars Karan Kundra a ...
''.
She talked about her life challenges and how her choices shaped her career in her
TEDx
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talk titled 'The Crossroad of Choices' in November 2020.
Yogita in ''
The Kerala Story
''The Kerala Story'' is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. It stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani. The plot follows a group of women from Keral ...
'' played a strong and difficult-to-influence individual to a woman in despair, after suffering a heinous incident.
Filmography
Television
Films
Music videos
References
External links
Yogita Bihaniat
IMDb
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Living people
Indian film actresses
Indian television actresses
Indian soap opera actresses
Actresses from Delhi
Indian Sindhi people
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Hindi television
Delhi University alumni
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Indian actresses