Sharvari Wagh (born 14 June 1997), known

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as Sharvari, is an Indian actress who works in

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films. She began her career as an assistant director for

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and

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in 2015, before making her acting debut with Kabir Khan's war drama series ''

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'' (2020). Sharvari ventured into films with

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's comedy ''

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'' (2021), which won her the

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. She achieved her breakthrough with the commercially successful comedy horror film '' Munjya'' in 2024.

Early life

She was born in a

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family on 14 June 1997. Her parents are Shailesh Wagh, a builder and Namrata Wagh, an architect. She studied at

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's The Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly High School and Ruparel College.

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, former chief minister of

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, was her maternal grandfather.

Career

Sharvari worked as an assistant director in the movies ''Pyaar'' ''Ka'' ''Punchnama 2'', ''Bajirao'' ''Mastani'' and ''Sonu'' ''Ke'' ''Titu Ki'' ''Sweety''. She said she had been auditioning since 2014 for a main role in movies. She made her acting debut with the 2020

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series ''

'' opposite Sunny Kaushal. Sharvari made her film debut alongside

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and

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(YRF)'s crime comedy ''

'', which was released in 2021. Her performance earned her the

and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. ''

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'' noted, "Sharvari is pretty confident for her first film and has a great screen presence." It did not perform well at the box-office. Her next release was three years later, in the comedy horror film '' Munjya'' in 2024. Inspired by the Maharashtrian folktale of '' munjya'', the film served as an instalment of the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe.

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from ''

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'' opined, "Sharvari sticks to her brief -- beam in enthusiasm, scowl in prosthetics". Commercially, the film emerged as a

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and proved to be her breakout role. Sharvari had a brief role (billed as a special appearance) opposite debutante Junaid Khan in YRF's period drama ''

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'', a delayed production that was released on

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. In her third release of the year, Sharvari played the title role of a

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woman in the action drama '' Vedaa'', co-starring

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. In a mixed review of the film, Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in took note of how well she "channel edher heroine’s fighting spirit". It emerged as a

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, which ''

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'' attributed to its release alongside ''

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''. Sharvari will next join the

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in ''Alpha''.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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