Snigdha Pandey is an Indian actress.
Early life
Snigdha Pandey is a
Bollywood
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film and television actress originally from
Kolkata
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. Snigdha Pandey was a junior level (under 16) player at the Indian Tennis Academy,
Sports Authority of India
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is the apex national sports body of India, established in 1982 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India for the development of sports in India. SAI has 2 Sports Academic institutio ...
in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
. However, she gave up Tennis to focus on her education.
Career
Snigdha holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the
University of Delhi
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE ...
and a Master's in Economics from
Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...
She started pursuing acting while in college and was a part of theatre group 'Act One' run by
N.K Sharma in Delhi. She got her first break with a Pivotal Cameo in Hindi Film
Straight (2009 film) playing Protagonist's Runaway Bride who leaves him high and dry on their wedding day, starting a string of mishaps that plague him throughout the film. Then followed many successful stints with Television starting with
Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain
Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain is an Indian edutainment show on NDTV Imagine that premiered on 24 March 2008. It was produced by BIG Synergy.
Synopsis
''Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain'' is an edutainment show that teaches the English language in an entertai ...
, an Indian edutainment show on
NDTV Imagine
Imagine TV was a Hindi general entertainment channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, and based in New Delhi.
The channel was known for shows such as '' Ramayan (2008), Chandragupta Maurya, ''Swayamvar'', '' Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo'', ''M ...
that premiered on March 24, 2008. Her more noticeable roles have been as the Conniving and Manipulative Negative Lead Rama Bajpai in
''Navya'', Positive, feisty and tenacious Bela in ''
Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se
''Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se'' (English: ''Two Hearts Connected By One Thread'') is an Indian television drama, which premiered on 12 August 2013. The show was aired on Zee TV Monday through Friday nights. The show was musically treated by Dony Ha ...
'' and most recently as the devious and suave Villain Sunidhi in ''
Hello Pratibha''.
Throughout her career she has worked with many eminent directors and producers like
N. Chandra in the screen adaptation of
Boond Aur Samudra the classic novel by
Amrit Lal Nagar
Amritlal Nagar (17 August 1916 – 23 February 1990) was one of the prominent Hindi writers of the twentieth century.Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani (29 September 1946 – 27 July 2010) was an Indian film actor, best known for his role in Sai Paranjpe's '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981) and Kundan Shah's cult comedy '' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983), for which he won Filmfare Best Com ...
in
Siddhartha Basu's Edutainment show
Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain
Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain is an Indian edutainment show on NDTV Imagine that premiered on 24 March 2008. It was produced by BIG Synergy.
Synopsis
''Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain'' is an edutainment show that teaches the English language in an entertai ...
and
Stree Teri Kahani produced by
Saira Bano
Saira Banu (born 23 August 1944) is a former Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi language films. She was one of the most popular actresses in her heyday in the Indian film industry in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Career
Saira Banu was the ...
She has been recognized for effectively portraying diverse sets of characters and has command over many Indian Dialects as well as the privilege of having acted in multiple languages. She played the lead role in an
Uzbeki
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film Muhabbatnoma, released in
Uzbekistan
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, She was most recently seen as the serious and intellectual Protagonist, Snata Mitra in 2019
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the ...
movie
Dotara (film). Dealing with the serious issues of Naxalism and insurgency in North Bengal, Snigdha successfully pulled off a character requiring great sensitivity and restraint, playing her role in a settled, understated way, never overpowering the Subject of the film, which was the main focus. The film ran successfully all over West Bengal and North Bengal for 5 weeks to packed houses and Snigdha's work was widely appreciated.
Filmography
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Dotara (film) as Protagonist Snata Mitra
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Hello Pratibha as Sunidhi Agarwal
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Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain
Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain is an Indian edutainment show on NDTV Imagine that premiered on 24 March 2008. It was produced by BIG Synergy.
Synopsis
''Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain'' is an edutainment show that teaches the English language in an entertai ...
as Deepti Pandya
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Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal as Rama Bajpai
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Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se
''Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se'' (English: ''Two Hearts Connected By One Thread'') is an Indian television drama, which premiered on 12 August 2013. The show was aired on Zee TV Monday through Friday nights. The show was musically treated by Dony Ha ...
as Bela Sehariya
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Chhajje Chhajje Ka Pyaar as Pinky
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Straight (2009 film) as Payal
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Kashmakash Zindagi Ki as Sheetal
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Stree Teri Kahani as Sunaina
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Boond Aur Samudra as Nando
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Muhabbatnoma (Uzbek Kino 2010) as Female Lead Mumtaz Beghum
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Mera Dil Deewana as Tanya
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Jahan Pe Basera Ho as Preety, Aditya's girlfriend
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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