Donal Bisht is an Indian actress. Bisht is best known for her portrayal of Sharanya Bisht in ''
Ek Deewaana Tha
''Ek Deewaana Tha'' (There Was A Lover) is an Indian Thriller, Romance television show which was broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television from 23 October 2017 to 1 June 2018. The show was created by Prateek Sharma and produced by LSD Films ...
'' and Ishika Patel in ''
Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop
''Roop — Mard Ka Naya Swaroop'' (''Roop — New Form of Man'') is an Indian television show that aired on Colors TV. It premiered on 28 May 2018 and ended on 17 May 2019. Produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited, it starred Shashank Vyas ...
''.
She is known for Webshow ''
Tu Zakhm Hai'' in 2022. In 2021, she participated in ''
Bigg Boss 15
''Bigg Boss 15'', also known as ''Bigg Boss: "Sankat in Jungle"'' or ''Bigg Boss: Pan Pana Pan Pandrah'' was the fifteenth season of the Indian reality TV series ''Bigg Boss''. It premiered on 2 October 2021 on Colors TV Salman Khan hosted the ...
''. In 2019, Bisht ranked 18th in
Times Most Desirable Women on TV.
Early life
Donal was born on 27 August 1994 in
Alwar, Rajasthan to Jaisingh Bisht and Jasumati Bisht, in a
Hindu
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Rajput family whereas her native place is Uttarakhand.
She has an elder brother, Ranjan Bisht.
She worked as a journalist for the news channel, and was also an anchor for
DD National
DD National (formerly DD1) is a state-owned public entertainment television channel in India. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan, India's public service broadcaster, and the oldest and most widely available terrestrial television chann ...
's ''
Chitrahaar
''Chitrahaar'' is a television program on DD National featuring song clips from Bollywood films. It was widely watched in the 1980s and 1990s. The word literally means 'a garland of pictures', or more liberally, 'a story of pictures'.
History ...
''.
Career
Debut and early roles (2015-2017)
Bisht was seen in a special appearance in Malayalam film ''
D Company
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''. She made her acting debut in 2015 with ''
Airlines
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'' as a journalist. In the same year, she played Dr. Shelly Gaitonde in anthology series ''Twist Wala Love'' alongside Harshith Arora.
In 2016, she appeared as Daisy in the Hindi film ''Take Care''. From 2015 to 2017, she played Sakshi Deol Garewal in ''
Kalash-Ek Vishwaas.'' It was her first major screen appearance. She also appeared as Priyanka in an episode of ''Aye Zindagi''.
Breakthrough and success (2018-2020)
Bisht had her breakthrough with ''
Ek Deewaana Tha
''Ek Deewaana Tha'' (There Was A Lover) is an Indian Thriller, Romance television show which was broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television from 23 October 2017 to 1 June 2018. The show was created by Prateek Sharma and produced by LSD Films ...
'' where she portrayed Sharanya Bisht opposite
Namik Paul
Namik Paul (born 19 September 1987) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television. He made his acting debut in 2015 with '' Qubool Hai'' portraying Ahsaan. He earned recognition with his portrayal of Shravan Malhotra in ''Ek Duje K ...
and
Vikram Singh Chauhan from 2017 to 2018. She played Radhika post the leap. The show ended in 2018. In 2018, she appeared as Riya in an episode of ''
Laal Ishq'' alongside
Mrunal Jain
Mrunal Jain (born 9 January 1985) is an Indian television and Bollywood film actor. He is best known for his role of Hiten, Sameer and Akash in the television series '' Bandini, Hitler Didi and Uttaran''.
Career
He started his career with the ...
.
From 2018 to 2019, she portrayed Ishika Patel, a headstrong girl in ''
Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop
''Roop — Mard Ka Naya Swaroop'' (''Roop — New Form of Man'') is an Indian television show that aired on Colors TV. It premiered on 28 May 2018 and ended on 17 May 2019. Produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited, it starred Shashank Vyas ...
'' opposite
Shashank Vyas. In 2019, she replaced
Jasmin Bhasin
Jasmin Bhasin (born 28 June 1990) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi television shows. She made her debut in 2011 with Tamil movie Vaanam as priya. Bhasin is best known for playing Twinkle Taneja in ''Tashan-e-Ishq'' (2015-16 ...
as Happy Mehra in ''
Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji
''Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji'' is an Indian drama television series created by Gul Khan under 4 Lions Films and available on Disney+ Hotstar. The series aired from 15 January to 9 August 2019 on Star Plus and starred Jasmin Bhasin, Donal Bisht, Ansh ...
''.
She played the role opposite Ansh Bagri. The show ended the same year.
2020 proved to be Bisht's busiest year. She first appeared as Ram Prasad's daughter in the Hindi film ''Pyaar Banam Khap Panchayat''. Next, she played Donal in the short film ''Duniya in 2020'', directed by
Karan Sharma.
Bisht then made her web debut with ''Tia & Raj'' alongside Akshat Saluja. She played Tia and also produced the micro-web series. Then she portrayed Tamanna opposite
Iqbal Khan. She also appeared in five music videos including 'Bepata', 'Alag Mera Yeh Rang Hain', 'Teri Patli Kamar', 'Betiyaan Pride of Nation' and 'Fukrapanti'.
Recent work and career expansion (2021-present)
In 2021, she appeared in the Hindi film ''In The Month of July'', which released 7 years after it was completed
. She next appeared in music video 'Kinni Vari'. She portrayed Sasha Pink in the web series ''The Socho Project''.
In October 2021, she participated in ''
Bigg Boss 15
''Bigg Boss 15'', also known as ''Bigg Boss: "Sankat in Jungle"'' or ''Bigg Boss: Pan Pana Pan Pandrah'' was the fifteenth season of the Indian reality TV series ''Bigg Boss''. It premiered on 2 October 2021 on Colors TV Salman Khan hosted the ...
'' as a contestant. She was evicted on Day 18 by the housemates. In 2022, she appeared in music video 'Nikaah' with
Afsana Khan
Afsana Khan is an Indian Punjabi playback singer, actress and songwriter. She started her career as a participant in the singing reality show, ''Voice of Punjab Season 3'' in 2012. She is known for her tracks " Titliaan" written by Jaani and "D ...
.
Bisht is all set to make her
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
...
and
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
film debut with the bilingual ''Dare To Sleep '' where she will be seen opposite
Chetan Kumar
Chetan Kumar ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಕುಮಾರ) (born 24 February 1983), also known as Chetan Ahimsa, is an American Kannada-language film actor and a public intellectual. He is a socio-political activist based in India. Chetan made his o ...
. She will appear alongside
Gashmeer Mahajani
Gashmeer Mahajani (born 8 June 1985) is an Indian film and television actor, dancer and play director. He is better known for his work in Marathi cinema. He is the son of veteran Marathi film actor Ravindra Mahajani.
Gashmeer made his silver ...
in the web series ''Zakhm''.
In the media
In 2019, Bisht ranked 18th in
Times Most Desirable Women on TV.
Bisht walked the ramp for Amit Talwar in 2019 in Delhi. The same year she walked the ramp for Anu Ranjan's "Be With Beti" campaign at
Indian Television Academy Awards
The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ''ITA Awards'', is an annual award ceremony organised by the Indian Television Academy to honour excellence in Hindi-language television.
Ceremonies
Categories Popular Awards
* ITA Aw ...
.
Filmography
Television
South Films
Web
Music videos
Awards and nominations
See also
*
List of Indian television actresses
This is the list of notable Indian actresses appears in Indian television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the mediu ...
*
List of Hindi television actresses
This is a list of notable Hindi television actresses.
Hindi television actresses
See also
*List of Indian television actresses
*List of Hindi film actresses
This is a list of notable actresses who have starred in Hindi cinema, the commerc ...
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Indian Hindus
Actresses from Uttarakhand
Indian soap opera actresses
Indian television actresses
Actresses in Hindi television
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants