Garima Jain is an Indian

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, trained

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. Working in and known for her roles in primarily television shows, she was featured in ''

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'' in 2009 for attempting 1000 rounds of Kathak in 9 minutes 2 seconds. Apart from television shows, Jain has also appeared in several adult and erotic web series including ''

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'', '' XXX'' and ''Twisted''. In 2019, she portrayed a reporter in the commercially successful crime thriller film ''

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''.

Personal life

Jain was born in

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, and her mother name is Archana Jain. Her brother Dhairya Jain is an entrepreneur. Jain was earlier in relationship with

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for few months in 2018. In 2019, she was engaged to Raahul Sarraf, a diamond merchant. But later the marriage was called off.

Career

Television

During the beginning period of her career Jain signed consecutively episodic roles in '' Gudgudee'' as Pinky, ''

Balika Vadhu ''Balika Vadhu'' () is an Indian soap opera that aired on Colors TV between 21 July 2008 to 31 July 2016 with 2,245 episodes. The story is set in rural Rajasthan and revolves around the life of a child bride from childhood to womanhood. Backg ...

'' as Ananya, ''

Rehna Hai Teri Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein ''Rehna Hai Teri Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein'' is an Indian soap opera that aired on Imagine TV in India between August 2009 and September 2010 airing weekdays at 9pm. It is a story of an orphan girl, Suman, who wants to be part of a joint family a ...

'' as Rashmi, '' Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'' as

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, ''

Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein ''Mrs Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein'' (eng: Mrs Kaushik's Five Daughters-In-law) is an Indian television series that aired on Zee TV, from 20 June 2011, to 15 March 2013. Plot The story revolves around an upper middle-class Rajasthani people, Rajas ...

'' as Shreya and ''

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'' as Garima. After playing the supporting part of Julie Chaturvedi in '' Aaj Ki Housewife Hai...Sab Jaanti Hai'' (2012–13), she appeared as herself in episodic of ''MTV Timeout with Imam'' and ''Love Dosti Dua''. From 2013 to 2014, Jain simultaneously acted in two television shows: the mythological show ''

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'' and

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''. She played

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in the former and Arya Jagannath in the latter. In 2015 she featured in three television serials: ''

Yeh Hai Mohabbatein ( ''This Is Love'') is an Indian romance drama produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Karan Patel, Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, Ruhanika Dhawan and Aditi Bhatia. The story was initially based on Manju Kapur's 2011 novel ''Cust ...

'', '' Hello Pratibha'' and '' 2025 Jaane Kya Hoga Aage''. She began 2016 via a special cameo in '' Kavach...Kaali Shaktiyon Se''. In June 2016, Jain joined the social

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based series ''

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'' as Raavi Singh and was praised for her performance. However, she quit the show in March 2018 and was replaced by Pooja Singh. Next she portrayed the important character of Nisha in supernatural show ''

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'' as well as episodic roles in ''

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'', '' Navrangi Re!'' and ''

Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran ''Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran'' is an Indian mythological television series produced by Nikhil Dwivedi. Series aired on Colors TV from 2 June 2019 to 24 May 2020. Plot Krishna answers Radha's questions and tells tales from Srimad Bhagavatam i ...

''.

Films

Jain made her debut into

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with ''Hivade Me Fute Laadu'' (2016) and then played a reporter in the critically acclaimed as well as commercially successful

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'' (2019). Her 2021 only film release is ''Aafat-e-Ishq''.

Web series

Jain entered digital world in 2020 with

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web series ''

'' on

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, in which her role was of Kamlesh. In ALT Balaji's another erotic web series '' XXX 2'' the same year, she starred as the sensible and smart Kavya who is unhappy with her marriage. Her next digital project was

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's web series '' Twisted 3'' which saw her portray Jiya Mehta onscreen. She also agreed to feature in ''

Mastram ''Mastram'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language biographical film directed by Akhilesh Jaiswal, and starring Rahul Bagga and Tara Alisha Berry. The film is about an aspiring litterateur turning into an initially reluctant finally full-fledged ...

'', available on

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Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jain, Garima 1993 births Living people Indian television actresses People from Indore