Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in

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and Punjabi films and television. She is one of the highest paid Punjabi actress. She started her career with television shows like '' Kahin To Hoga'' and '' Kaajjal''. She is known for her roles in movies and shows like '' Hate Story 2'' (2014), '' Ugly'' (2013), ''

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'' (2015) and '' 24'' (2016) along with many other films. In 2018, she was seen in the

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'' Haq Se''.

Career

Television debut

Chawla first was one of the final 25 of the Channel s reality show Coke Popstars season 2 in 2003. Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial '' Kahin To Hoga''. She also appeared in the reality dance show '' Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena'' in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth. Before this, she appeared in the television serial '' Kasautii Zindagi Kay'' in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial '' Kaajjal'', till 2007. She hosted the television show '' Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars''. Then she made her film debut with

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film '' Paramesha Panwala''. In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film '' Dharti'' which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films ''

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'', '' Saadi Love Story'', '' Singh vs Kaur'', '' Lucky Di Unlucky Story'' and '' Disco Singh'' (2014). She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's '' Himmatwala''. In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film '' Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal'' and also appeared in '' Puthiya Thiruppangal''. She then appeared in

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's thriller '' Ugly''.

2014–2017

In October 2014, Chawla appeared in the hit Punjabi song 'Mitran De Boot' along with Jazzy B. In 2014, she also played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller '' Hate Story 2'', a sequel to '' Hate Story'' (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially. Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite

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in the film '' Creature 3D''. Her latest Tamil film was '' Jaihind 2''. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film '' Welcome Back'' and in a Punjabi film '' Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi'' opposite

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. She also played the role of Bijli in ''

'' (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'' but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani.

2018–present

In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with ALT Balaji's web series '' Haq Se'' opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested

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, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.

Personal life

Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chawla, Surveen 1984 births Living people 21st-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses Indian web series actresses Indian television actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Punjabi cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Chandigarh Actresses in Hindi television