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Prabha Sinha is an Indian
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. She entered the television scene around the time there was a boom of soap operas. She gained popularity with her performance in
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's ''
Swabhimaan ''Swaabhimaan'' (; ) is an Indian soap opera directed by Mahesh Bhatt and Debaloy Dey and was scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath. Plot Swaabhimaan divulges the story of an attractive woman - Svetlana - who finds herself in a battle wh ...
'' (1995), written by
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Biography

Granddaughter of Rai Bahadur Mukteshwar Prasad, she excelled in academics with first class first honors in
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. Coming from a family of mostly doctors and lawyers, she entered the television scene accidentally after she had 2 daughters (both Software Engineers in US now). She also likes doing social work.


TV career

Best known for her portrayal of the character ''Sheela'' in the television serial ''Swabhimaan'', opposite Deepak Parashar, which was DD's second daily soap just after '' Shanti''. It was later telecasted on
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. She starred in ''Itihaas'', which was Balaji's first daily soap on DD. ''Itihaas'' was centered on the story of three sisters, one of which was played by her. This was followed by ''Parampara'' on Zee TV, a Siddhant cine vision production ( Manish Goswami). Another notable performance by Prabha was in the television serial ''Palchin'' on
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, directed by Neena Gupta, opposite
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and Mohan Bhandari. '' Aurat'' was telecasted on DD. This was a B.R. Chopra Production. In ''Zameer'' on Zee TV, she was opposite Virendra Singh and Mohan Gokhale. ''Chonch Ladi Re Chonch'' ran on 9 Gold, this was her first venture in comedy, it was directed by Anuj Kapoor and opposite Benjamin Gilani. In ''Ittefaq'' telecasted on
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, she was opposite yesteryear film star
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. She was the protagonist in the serial ''Sanskruti'' on
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( Cine Vista) along with actress
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, opposite Vijayendra Ghatge. ''Karawaas'' on Zee TV, opposite
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. ''Ashiqui'' on Zee TV, opposite Arun Govil (directed by Arun Frank). ''Kahani Nahin, Jeevan Hai'' on ETV. ''Kundali'' on Star Plus, (Balaji prod.) opposite Sai Balal, was an interesting story about two sisters and she played their mother-in-law. She also starred in the hit television series ''Kumkum'' on Star plus BAG Films, which ran for a very long duration. She also starred in the hit television series ''KKusum'' on Sony TV Balaji Production. ''Bazar'', ''Intezaar Aur Sahi'' on DD, opposite
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(Samvaad Video). ''Kaisi Lagi Lagan'' on Cine Vista on Sahara TV. ''Chhoti Bahu'' on Zee Tv was DJ's production, opposite Surendra Pal. Her role in ''Shubh Kadam'' was also admired.


Film career

Her first role in a movie was in ''Mother 98'', which was opposite Bollywood film star
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, the cast also included Rekha,
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and Randhir Kapoor and it was directed by Saawan Kumar. It was followed by ''Good Boy Bad Boy'', a
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production, where she played Emraan Hashmi's mother. Other movies included ''Amrita'', which was an NFDC film and ''Akheer'', directed by Bhisham Kohli.


Filmography


Soap operas

* '' Parampara'' (1993 - 1999) * ''
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'' (1995) * ''
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'' * '' Itihaas'' * '' Pal Chinn'' as Sandhya Singh (1999 - 2000) * '' Aurat'' * '' Zameer'' * '' Chonch Ladi Re Chonch'' * '' Ittefaq'' (2002) * '' Sanskruti'' (2001) * '' Karawaas'' * '' Ashiqui'' * '' Vishwaas'' * '' Kundali'' (2002) * '' Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan'' as Veena Kulbhushan Wadhwa (2002 - 2009) * '' Kkusum'' as Reema Raman Kanwar (2002 - 2003) * ''Ayushmaan'' as Dr. Kavya's Mother (2005) * '' Baazar'' * '' Intezaar Aur Sahi'' * '' Kaisi Laagi Lagan'' * '' Koie Jane Na'' (2004) * '' Chotti Bahu - Sindoor Bin Suhagan'' as Vaishali Raj Purohit (2008 - 2010) * '' Kaisi Laagi Lagan'' (2008) * '' Shubh Kadam'' (2009) * '' Saath Saath'' * '' Zee Horror Show'' (As Nandini, in Critically acclaimed episode Saaya) * '' Reporters (Indian TV series)''


Movies

* ''
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'' (1999) * '' Good Boy Bad Boy'' (2007) * ''
Amrita ''Amrita'' (, IAST: ''amṛta''), ''Amrit'' or ''Amata'' in Pali language, Pali, (also called ''Sudha'', ''Amiy'', ''Ami'') is a Sanskrit word that means "immortality". It is a central concept within Indian religions and is often referred to i ...
'' * '' Akheer''


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinha, Prabha Indian film actresses Indian stage actresses Indian television actresses 1950 births Living people Actresses in Hindi television Actresses in Hindi cinema 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses