Barkha Bisht Sengupta

Barkha Bisht Sengupta
Born	(1979-12-28) 28 December 1979 Hisar, Haryana, India
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Indraneil Sengupta (2007–present)

Barkha Bisht (Punjabi: ਬਰਖਾ ਬਿਸ਼ਟ; born 28 December 1979) is an Indian television actress. She is married to co-star Indraneil Sengupta.^[1] She hosted Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe on Sony Entertainment Television.

Personal life

Barkha with husband Indraneil Sengupta

Barkha is an Indian Army Brat, who spent her formative years roaming from one military town to another with her father, who was a Colonel. She is the youngest of three sisters, the eldest being a hotel management professional and the elder a fashion designer. She was very popular amongst her childhood friends, especially in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William. She was also voted as the NDA Queen, in Dec 2000, where she was escorted by her old friend, S Ganguly. She is married to Indraneil Sengupta, her fellow actor and co-star from Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam and Doli Saja Ke. The couple tied the knot on 2 March 2008 after a two-year courtship. On Oct 2011, she gave birth to a baby girl named Meera.^[1]

Career

She started her career on television with a show called Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi, aired on MTV India. This was followed by a show on Star Plus called Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam, where she played the lead roles of Shyama, Radha and Radhika. She has also hosted a film-news based programme called Popkorn on Zoom TV.^[2] She has played the lead role of Anupama in Doli Saja Ke on Sahara One channel.^[3] She also played cameo roles on the shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa and Kavyanjali. She participated in a show called Saas vs Bahu on Sahara One which was a dance show where saas' (on-screen mothers-in-law) competed with bahus (on-screen daughters-in-law). Her next performance was as the central character Dhani in Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai.

Television and film

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