Alka Kaushal

Alka Kaushal
Born Alka Badola
(1969-09-02) 2 September 1969[1]
Delhi, India
Occupation Actress, producer
Years active 1994–present
Known for Queen
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Qubool Hai
Spouse(s) Ravi G. Kaushal
Family Vishwa Mohan Badola (father)
Varun Badola (brother)
Kalindi Badola (sister)
Rajeshwari Sachdev (sister-in-law)

Alka Kaushal (born Badola, Hindi: अल्का कौशल) is an Indian actress and producer, known for her work in Marathi cinema. She is also popular for her roles in TV shows such as Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan and Qubool Hai.[2][3][4] She has played supportive roles in numerous Hindi TV serials, mainly negative characters or vamps.[5]

Personal life

Alka is the eldest of three children born to well-known stage artist Vishwa Mohan S. Badola and Susheela Badola. Her younger sister, Kalindi, is a radio jockey on Radio Mirchi; and her brother Varun is also a TV actor. Alka attended the National School of Drama Repertory in her hometown Delhi, and later moved to Mumbai to pursue a career on Indian television.

Alka is married to TV producer and director, Ravi G Kaushal; the couple have started their own production house, Mangalam Arts.

In 2017 the actress and her mother were sent for two years to Sangru district jail after the Sangrur (Punjab) court upheld the two years’ jail term awarded to the television actress and her mother in a cheque bounce case by a lower court. Alka and her mother had borrowed Rs.50 lakh from farmer Avtar Singh, to make a serial and gave him two cheques of Rs 25 lakh each which bounced and so he moved a local court in Malerkotla in 2015, which sentenced the two to two years imprisonment.[6]

Acting career

She made her television debut with Ramesh Sippy's Gathaand was later seen in Tum Pukar Lo, Manzilein Apni Apni and Prratima. Her variety includes serials like Faasle, 9 Malabar Hill, Sansar, Kartavya and Kammal where she plays a lawyer. She is also seen in Zee TV's serial Qubool Hai. She was out of Qubool Hai for six months from December 2014—June 2015, but was back for a little while to get the shows TRP higher, but she left the show to focus on her role in Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur as Parvati Gadodia. Now she is playing Tarkeshwari Singh/Tharka Bua on Sarojini to get her revenge on Singh family.

Filmography

As actor

Television
Year Show Channel Role
2016 Sarojini Zee TV Tarkeshwari Singh (Antagonist)
2015–2016 Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur Colors TV Parvati Gadodia (Antagonist)
2012–2015 Qubool Hai Zee TV Razia Gaffor Ahmed Suiddiqui (Antagonist)
2014 Hamari Sister Didi Sony Pal Mrs. Kapoor
2011–2012 Don't Worry Chachu SAB TV
2009–2010 Jyoti Imagine TV
2002–2009 Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan Star Plus Sukanya Wadhwa
Naya Daur Zee TV
Gaatha Star Plus
Akbar the Great
Tum Pukar Lo
Faasle
9 Malabar Hill
Sansar
Kartavya
2004–2005 Prratima Sahara One
2002–2003 Kammal Zee TV
1999 India's Most Wanted Zee TV
Films

As producer

References

  1. ↑ "Alka Kaushal". Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  2. ↑ Harneet Singh (20 November 2002). "Kumkum's Sukanya bua is in town ... and so is Shanti's Ayesha". he Times of India. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
  3. ↑ "Alka Kaushal, Shubhangi Gokhale & Rajendra Chawla in DJ's A Creative Unit's show". The Times of India. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
  4. ↑ Ano Patel (27 April 2013). "The new showstealers". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Characters of vamps are very interesting, says Alka Kaushal". The Times of India. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
  6. ↑ "Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor Alka Kaushal and her mom sent to jail for two years". hindustantimes.com. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Alka Kaushal on Bollywood Hungama


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