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Surveen Chawla(I)

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Surveen Chawla in Parched (2015)
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Surveen Chawla is an Indian film actress and dancer. She started her career with television soap operas in the earlier days and ended up in appearing in the films. She is known for her roles in movies and serials like Hate Story 2 (2014), Ugly (2013), Parched (2015) and 24 (2016) etc. along with many others films. In 2018, she was seen in web series Haq Se.

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 Kannada 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 Taur Mittran Di, 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 Anurag Kashyap's thriller Ugly.

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 Rajneesh Duggal in film Creature 3D. Her latest Tamil film was Jaihind 2. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in Hindi film Welcome Back and in a Punjabi film Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi opposite Jimmy Shergill. She also played the role of Bijli in Parched (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani.

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 Kashmir, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.
BornAugust 1, 1984
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      • 7 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Known for

    Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, and Lehar Khan in Parched (2015)
    Parched
    7.5
    • Bijli
    • 2015
    Decoupled (2021)
    Decoupled
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Shruti Sharma Iyer
    Dharti (2011)
    Dharti
    7.2
    • Surveen
    • 2011
    Anil Kapoor in 24: India (2013)
    24: India
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Maya

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    Actress



    • Criminal Justice: A Family Matter
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Mandala Murders
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Rana Naidu
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Andhera
      • Post-production
      • TV Series



    • Venkatesh Daggubati and Rana Daggubati in Rana Naidu (2023)
      Rana Naidu
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Naina
      • 2023
    • Decoupled (2021)
      Decoupled
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Shruti Sharma Iyer
      • 2021
    • Sacred Games (2018)
      Sacred Games
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Jojo Mascarenas
      • Jojo Mascarenhas
      • Unidentified Woman
      • 2018–2019
    • Copy (2018)
      Copy
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • Mamta
      • 2018
    • Haq Se (2018)
      Haq Se
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Meher Mirza
      • 2018
    • Anurag Kashyap, Tisca Chopra, and Surveen Chawla in Chhuri (2017)
      Chhuri
      7.0
      Video
      • 2017
    • Anil Kapoor in 24: India (2013)
      24: India
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Maya
      • 2016
    • Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, and Lehar Khan in Parched (2015)
      Parched
      7.5
      • Bijli
      • 2015
    • Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, and Shruti Haasan in Welcome Back (2015)
      Welcome Back
      4.3
      • Snigdha Gupta Mehta - cameo appearance in song 'Tutti Bole Wedding Di'.
      • 2015
    • Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi (2015)
      Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi
      5.4
      • 2015
    • Arjun Sarja and Surveen Chawla in Jaihind 2 (2014)
      Jaihind 2
      5.1
      • 2014
    • Dr. Zeus, Jazzy B., and Surveen Chawla in Jazzy B & Kaur B: Mitran De Boot (2014)
      Jazzy B & Kaur B: Mitran De Boot
      Music Video
      • 2014
    • Surveen Chawla in Arjun: Mohabbat Barsa De (2014)
      Arjun: Mohabbat Barsa De
      8.8
      Music Video
      • 2014
    • Surveen Chawla in Hate Story 2 (2014)
      Hate Story 2
      4.4
      • Sonika
      • 2014
    • Surveen Chawla and Diljit Dosanjh in Disco Singh (2014)
      Disco Singh
      5.6
      • Sweety
      • 2014

    Producer



    • Decoupled (2021)
      Decoupled
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer (showrunner)
      • 2021

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    Decoupled
    Trailer 1:59
    Decoupled
    Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal (2013) Trailer
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    Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal (2013) Trailer
    Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi (2015) Trailer
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    • Height
      • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
    • Born
      • August 1, 1984
      • Chandigarh, India
    • Spouse
      • Akshay Thakker2015 - present
    • Children
      • Eva

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      She admitted she faced the casting couch in the southern film industry, but she never gave up and continued her hard work.

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