Swara Bhaskar

Swara Bhaskar

Swara Bhaskar in 2007
Born April 9, 1988
Delhi, India
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present
Parent(s) Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar (Father)
Ira Bhaskar (Mother)

Swara Bhaskar (born April 9, 1988) is an Indian film actress who works in the Hindi cinema. She came to prominence after playing the roles of Payal, in the 2011 rom-com film Tanu Weds Manu and Bindiya in the 2013 romantic drama Raanjhanaa. Both films garnered her critical acclaim and two nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Early Life and education

Swara was born in Delhi to a Telugu Naval officer Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar and his Bihari[1][2] wife Ira Bhaskar who is a professor of cinema studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Her maternal grandmother was from Varanasi.[3]

Bhaskar grew up in Delhi,[4] where she did her schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya [5] and subsequently studied English literature at Delhi University's Miranda House where she was classmate with another actress Minisha Lamba. She did her masters in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).[6][7][8]

Career

Before Swara started acting in films she was associated with N. K. Sharma's "Act One" theater group in Delhi.[9] She shifted to Mumbai in 2008,[3] started her film career with a 2009 film Madholal Keep Walking.[4][10] She was finally noticed by audience as well as critics in the film Tanu Weds Manu in which she played the role of Payal, lead actress Kangana Ranaut's best friend,[2] for which she won several nominations and also the Best Supporting Actress award conferred by the Zee Cine Awards.[11] Swara played the lead role in Listen... Amaya (2013), which also saw the reunion of actors Farooq Sheikh and Deepti Naval after 28 years.[12]

In 2013, she appeared in Raanjhanaa, along with Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor, and received praise for her role as Bindiya.[13]

Her upcoming films include, Sabki Bajegi Band directed by Anirudhh Chawla and Machhli Jal Ki Rani Hai by Debaloy De.[3] She was recently spotted shooting for the Abbas Tyrewala-directed Mango, starring Chandan Roy Sanyal and Monali Thakur, being produced under the banner of Kaleidoscope Entertainment.[14] She also hosted Samvidhaan (TV Series) in 2014.[15] She has also been selected to act in suraj barjatya's next movie named "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo".[16] She is also part of Ashwini Iyer Tiwari's upcoming film Nil Battey Sannata, which is entirely shot in Agra.[17]

On her trip to Lahore, Pakistan in April 2015, she appeared as guest in one of the Pakistani TV comedy show 'Mazaaq Raat' which was aired on 27th April 2015.[18]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Madholal Keep Walking Sudha M. Dubey
2010 Guzaarish Radhika Talwar
2010 The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project Swara Bhaskar / Maya
2011 Tanu Weds Manu Payal Sinha Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
Won-Zee Cine Awards 2012 for Best Supporting Actress
2011 Chillar Party Battle Hour Anchor
2013 Listen... Amaya Amaya Krishnamoorthy
2013 Aurangzeb Suman
2013 Raanjhanaa Bindiya Dubbed in Tamil as Ambikapathy
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
Won-Zee Cine Awards 2014 for Best Supporting Actress
Won-Screen Awards 2014 for Best Supporting Actress
2014 Mango Tarini Post-production
2013 Machhli Jal Ki Rani Hai Ayesha Saxena
2013 Sabki Bajegi Band
2014 X Filming
2015 Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Filming

Awards

She won the 2014 Screen Awards for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) for the film Raanjhanaa. .[19] She also won the Zee Cine Awards 2014 for the same film.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Swara Bhaskar Interview". Behindwood.com. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bollywood is obsessed with looks: Swara Bhaskar". The Hindu. March 16, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "‘Films are forever’". The Hindu. June 18, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Off The Block". Aug 28, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Personal Agenda: Swara Bhaskar, actress". Hindustan Times. Nov 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  6. ↑ "No sex for a role: Swara Bhaskar". Times of India. April 9, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ "I was always a dramebaaz child: Swara Bhaskar". The Times of India. Jul 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Bindiya and Murari have some of the best dialogues in the film: Swara Bhaskar - Hindustan Times". July 4, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Swara Bhaskar on Madholal Keep Walking". NDTV. August 21, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Only fittest can survive in Bollywood: Swara Bhaskar". Times of India. January 19, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ "We need to look at our own roles in society: Swara Bhaskar". Times of India. January 31, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Playing Amaya". The Hindu. February 1, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Not seen someone as secure as Sonam Kapoor: Swara Bhaskar". The Times Of India. Jun 21, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "‘Mango’ time for Rannvijay, Ranvir Shorey and Swara Bhaskar". Zee News. July 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  15. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Swara-Bhaskar-anchors-Shyam-Benegals-Samvidhaan/articleshow/28568105.cms?referral=PM
  16. ↑ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2443387/Salman-Sooraj%27s-next-titled-Prem-Ratan-Dhan-Payo
  17. ↑ "Swara Bhaskar shoots for Nil Battey Sannata in Agra". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  18. ↑ ""London, New York, Paris Sab Fail Hain LAHORE Kay Aagay" - Indian Actress Swara Bhaskar". Siasat.pk. April 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  19. ↑ "Screen Awards 2014: The complete list of winners". Retrieved 25 February 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  20. ↑ "Zee Cine Awards 2014". Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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