Pakhi Sharma, famous as Bobby Darling and formerly known as Pankaj Sharma, is a
trans
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Sociology
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Indian actress active in
Bollywood
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and regional Indian film industry.
Personal life
Pakhi Sharma was born in
Delhi
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, India, as Pankaj Sharma. She is famously known as Bobby Darling. Coming out as a trans woman at a young age, she ran into problems with her family due to her gender identity. Her mother died when Darling was a teenager. She said in a 2009 interview that her appearance on the reality show ''
Sacch Ka Saamna'' (, "Facing the Truth"), the Indian version of the popular American show ''
The Moment of Truth'', helped reunite her with her father. The two were brought together on the show when her dad was the special surprise guest.
She has been a vocal supporter of
LGBT rights
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.
In October 2015, Darling declared that she was going to marry Ramneek Sharma, a
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to ...
-based businessman. The couple married in February 2016.
In September 2017, Darling filed for divorce against Ramneek Sharma, citing cheating, breach of trust, matrimonial cruelty and
unnatural sex.
In May 2018, Ramneek Sharma was arrested and sent to jail on charges of domestic violence. In a message, Bobby said, “This is to inform all my fans, friends and family that my husband was arrested by Delhi police on 11.5.18 and was in police custody for 4 days. Thereafter, he moved application for bail before Delhi courts which has been rejected. Justice is being meted out!”.
Awards
* 2005, Best Supporting Actor/Actress,
Monaco International Film Festival, (
Monaco
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, ...
) for ''
Navarasa''
Filmography
Television
References
External links
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Actresses from Delhi
Indian transgender actresses
Transgender Hindus
Indian film actresses
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Indian television actresses
Living people
Contestants on Indian game shows
Transgender female models
21st-century Indian actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Indian LGBTQ people