Sukhmani Sadana is an Indian writer and actress from

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. She is also The Editor-in-Chief of an International Digital Magazine called F.A.C.E. Sukhmani studied in

Welham Girls School Welham Girls' School is a private boarding school for girls located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. History The school was established in 1957. Welham was named after the little Welsh village from where its founder, H.S. Oliphant hailed. ...

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and graduated from

Lady Shri Ram College Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi, and has a legacy in women's education. History Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife ...

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. She also studied at

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. She played the role of Uttara Bakshi in the TV series ''

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'' that aired on

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Career

She worked as a copywriter in Ogilvy,

writing ads for brands such as

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. She has written the script for ''

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'', a horror film. She has also written films for

Kunal Kohli Kunal Kohli is an Indian film director, producer, actor and writer in Bollywood. He is best known as the director of ''Hum Tum'' (2004) and ''Fanaa'' (2006). He also owns the production house Kunal Kohli Productions, whose first was his '' Thod ...

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, Balaji,

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. She won an award for ‘Best Actress’ in Digital Awards 2017 for her web series

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. She appeared in Sacred Games as Bunty's sister Mikki. She also did a guest appearance in

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''. Sukhmani has hosted more than 100 travel shows with channels such as

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, National Geographic,

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and Travel XP. She hosted live events with celebrities including

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, and Ayushman Khurana. She also hosted the 2019

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. She acted in TV shows, such as ''Heart Break Hotel'' and ''Parchayee'', short stories by

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. She acted and wrote the web series ''Udan Patolas'' for

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. Her releases in Acting in 2022 are the web series

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, which is based on the novel ‘Those Pricey Thakur Girls’, for Disney + Hotstar, where she replaced Gauhar Khan. And another web series

Apaharan ''Apaharan'' (English: ''Abduction'') is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Prakash Jha and stars Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu and Nana Patekar in the lead roles. It is the story of a complex relationship and clashing ideo ...

for Zee5 and Alt where she played a negative role. She also acted in

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where she played the role of Jaideep Ahlawat's wife. And her fourth release this year as an actress is Udan Patolas on Amazon Mini Tv. In writing her release in 2022 has been the film

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with R. Madhavan and Shah Rukh Khan where she was in the writer's team, Udan Patolas on Amazon Mini tv that she wrote and her next film is

Jogi Jogi may refer to: Art and entertainment * ''Jogi'' (2005 film), a Kannada film * "Jogi" (Panjabi MC song), 2003 * "Jogi" (The Sketches song), a song by Pakistani Sufi-rock band The Sketches *"Jogi", a main song performed by Arko featuring Yasser D ...

, a film on Netflix featuring Diljit Dosanjh, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

As writer

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sadana, Sukhmani 1990 births Living people Indian television actresses Indian women screenwriters Welham Girls' School alumni