Neeru Bajwa

Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1980) is a Canadian actress, director and producer best known for her work in Punjabi cinema; she has also appeared in Hindi cinema and made her Hollywood debut with the supernatural thriller '' It Lives Inside'' (2023).
One of the highest-paid performers in Pollywood,
Bajwa has head-lined a string of record-setting hits – including ''Jatt & Juliet'' (2012), ''Jatt & Juliet 2'' (2013), ''Sardaar Ji'' (2015), '' Laung Laachi'' (2018), ''Shadaa'' (2019), '' Kali Jotta'' (2023) and ''Jatt & Juliet 3'' (2024) – each ranked among the highest-grossing Punjabi releases of its year.

''Jatt & Juliet 3'' became the fastest Punjabi film to cross the ₹100-crore (US $12.5 million) worldwide mark, setting a new industry record.

The title track of ''Laung Laachi'', featuring Bajwa and sung by Mannat Noor, became the first Indian song to surpass one billion views on YouTube in December 2019 and has crossed 1.5 billion views as of June 2025.

She is a three-time PTC Punjabi Film Award winner and received the Critics’ Award for Best Actress at the inaugural Filmfare Awards Punjabi for '' Channo Kamli Yaar Di'' (2017).

Early life

Born on 26 August 1980 to Indian immigrants Jaswant Bajwa and Surinder Bajwa in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Bajwa has two sisters Rubina, an actress; Sabrina, a cloth designer and a brother Suhail. In her documentary film ''Bollywood Bound'', Bajwa admits to being a high school (from L.A. Matheson Secondary School) drop-out who had little interest in studies and was always inspired by the glamour of Bollywood, so she moved to Mumbai to fulfill her dreams.

Career

Bajwa started her career in Indian soap operas in 2005 with '' Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi'' on DD1 before moving on to '' Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani'' on Zee TV followed by '' Jeet'' on Star Plus and then ''Guns and Roses'' on STAR One.

In January 2013, Bajwa appeared in the multi-starer Punjabi film ''Saadi Love Story'', produced by Jimmy Sheirgill productions, directed by Dheeraj Rattan and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, and Surveen Chawla. She paired up opposite Diljit Dosanjh again in the film '' Jatt and Juliet 2'' which broke all the previous opening day collection records for Punjabi cinema. In August 2013, her film, '' Naughty Jatts'' was released in which she featured along with Binnu Dhillon, Arya Babbar and Roshan Prince. The film got mixed reviews from critics.

Bajwa debuted as a director in 2017 with the Punjabi film '' Sargi'', which stars her sister Rubina Bajwa in the leading role alongside Jassi Gill and Babbal Rai. She also owns a production company called ''Neeru Bajwa Entertainment''. In November 2019, Bajwa starrer and produced film ''Beautiful Billo'' went on floors, in which she will be sharing the screen with her sister Rubina Bajwa. Since April 2021, Bajwa is hosting a Punjabi show ''Jazba''. In 2024, Bajwa acted in ''Shayar'', co-starring Satinder Sartaaj. ''5 Dariya News'' remarked on the brilliance of their performances quoting, "Shayar is a film just made for Satinder Sartaaj who in just his second punjabi film has proved his worth as an actor, but we can't take away the credits from Neeru Bajwa the way she anchored herself alongside Sartaaj was commendable."

Personal life

Bajwa married Harry Jawandha on 8 February 2015. The couple had their first child, a girl, in August 2015. In 2020, Bajwa gave birth to twins, both girls.

Filmography

As actor

As director

Television

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bajwa, Neeru
1980 births
Living people
Actresses from British Columbia
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Hindi television
Actresses in Punjabi cinema
Canadian actresses of Indian descent
Canadian expatriate actresses in India
Canadian film actresses
Canadian people of Punjabi descent
Canadian Sikhs
Canadian television actresses
Actors from Surrey, British Columbia
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses