Barkha Bisht is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi television, along with Bengali films and

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. She made her first television appearance in '' Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi'' as Udita. She made her screen debut in Hindi Film ''

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'' (2010) and Bengali film debut in '' Dui Prithibi'' (2010).

Personal life

Barkha was born on 28 December 1982 in

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. She spent her childhood in military towns specially in

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, as her father was a

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. She is a Garhwali and originally belongs to

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. She is the youngest of three sisters, with the eldest and the middle sister being MBAs and corporate professionals. She married

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on 2 March 2008, her fellow actor and co-star from '' Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam'' and ''

Doli Saja Ke '' Babul Ki Bitiya Chali Doli Saja Ke'' is a Hindi language Indian soap opera that aired on Sahara One channel worldwide. The series premiered on 7 May 2007 and ended on 13 November 2009. Cast Main * Barkha Bisht as ** Anupama Kapoor / Anu ...

'' and a film based in lockdown titled Choices, and changed her name to Barkha Sengupta. In October 2011, she gave birth to a girl named Meira and was later divorced in 2022. Since 2022, she is dating actor and producer Ashish Sharma. Barkha Sengupta at the Zee Gold Awards 2019

Barkha Sengupta at the Zee Gold Awards 2019

Career

She started her career on television with a show called '' Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi'', which was aired on

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. This was followed by another television show on

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called '' Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam'', where she played the lead roles of Shyaama, Raadha and Radhika. She has also hosted a film-news based programme called ''Popkorn'' on Zoom TV. She has played the lead role of Anupama in ''

'' on

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channel. She has played cameo roles on the shows ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She participated in a reality show called ''

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''. Her next performance was the central character Dhani in ''

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''. She then played the character of Hanuman's mother

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on the show ''

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'' on

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, and also played the lead role of Prema Shalini on

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's '' Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se''. She has also played the role of Bhairavi in ''

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''. She acted in the serials ''

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'' and ''

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'' by playing the roles of Tarini, the wife of

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and

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respectively. She also played role of Nandini in star plus's Shaadi Mubarak.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bisht, Barkha Actresses from Haryana Indian television actresses Living people Kendriya Vidyalaya alumni People from Hisar (city) Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses from Mumbai Year of birth missing (living people)