Lubna Salim

Lubna Salim
Born	India
Residence	Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress

Lubna Salim (née: Siddiqui) is an Indian theatre and television actress, best known for her role as Leela Thakkar on the popular, long-running Hindi serial Baa Bahoo Aur Baby. She has appeared in many other popular television programs including Bharat Ek Khoj, Daaman, Chhatrapati Shivaji and Mera Naam Karegi Roshan. She has performed in many plays including Azar ka kwab, Atmakatha, Shyam Rang, Lakeerein and Mera Kuch Saman. Recently she has done Hindi film OMG – Oh My God.

Early life and education

She is the daughter of the popular script writer Javed Siddiqui.^[1] She studied at Mithibai College Mumbai, and pursued theatre at the inter-collegiate level.

Career

She won the STAR Parivaar Award in 2007 and the Indian Telly Award in 2008 for her role in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby. In 2010, she acted in the play Lakeerein, written by Gulzar and directed by Salim Arif, opposite actor, Yashpal Sharma.^[2]

Personal life

She is married to Salim Arif, whom she met while working on the tele-serial Discovery of India, the couple have two sons,she took a sabbatical to raise her sons for a while,as of now,they both have passed out 12th grade from The Bishop's School,Pune.

Filmography

Films

OMG – Oh My God (2012)

Television

Citations

↑ "Actress hurt in car crash, cops don't file FIR". The Times of India. 21 July 2010.
↑ A play'ful' eve for Lucknow, 1 December 2010 The Times of India

References

In everyone's eye 2006, 11 January. The Times of India
Getting noticed, finally! 2006, 11 January. The Times of India
Yashpal Sharma hopes to break mould with small screen debut 2010, 8 July. Sify News
Baby's day out...with Baa and Bahoo 2005, 20 September. The Hindu

Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Popular	Rakshanda Khan (2004) Gauri Pradhan (2005) Tina Parekh (2006) Lubna Salim (2007) Smita Bansal (2008) Savita Prabhune (2009) Supriya Pilgaonkar (2010) Rupal Patel (2012) Pallavi Purohit (2013) Rajshree Thakur (2014)

Jury	Vaishali Thakkar (2010) Surekha Sikri (2012) Neelu Vaghela (2013) Shabana Azmi (2014)

Star Parivaar Award for Favorite Jethani

Popular	Not Awarded (2003) Supriya Pathak (2004) Riva Bubber (2005) Riva Bubber (2006) Lubna Salim (2007) Lubna Salim & Riva Bubber (2008) Medha Sambutkar (2009) Medha Sambutkar (2010) Bhairavi Raichura (2011) Not Awarded (2012) Not Awarded (2013) Not Awarded (2014)