Sarika

Indian actress and costume designer Sarika ThakurThakur in 2010BornSarika Thakur (1960-12-05) 5 December 1960 (age 65)New Delhi, IndiaOccupationsActressCostume designerYears active1967—presentSpouse Kamal Haasan ​ ​(m. 1988; div. 2004)​ChildrenShruti HaasanAkshara Haasan Sarika Thakur (born 5 December 1960), known mononymously as Sarika, is an Indian actress and costume designer. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the English-language film Parzania. She was also awarded the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for her work in Hey Ram (2001). Early life Sarika was born on 5 December 1960 in New Delhi into a family of Marathi and Rajput descent. Her father abandoned the family when she was very young. From then on, she became the breadwinner of the family. She did not attend school. Career Sarika started her film career as a child actor at the age of 5, playing the role of a boy, Master Sooraj, during the 1960s in Hindi language films. Her most notable and popular appearance as a child artist was in the year 1967 in the musical superhit Hamraaz, where she was seen as the daughter of Vimi named baby Saarika. She appeared in many children's mov