Sarika

Sarika Thakur, better known as Sarika, is an Indian actress. Apart from acting, she also served as costume designer, sound designer & associate director for Kuruthipunal under Raaj Kamal Films International. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the English film Parzania.

Sarika
Born
Sarika Thakur

(1960-06-03) June 3, 1960
Years active1967—present
Spouse(s)
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(
m. 1988; div. 2004)
ChildrenShruti Haasan
Akshara Haasan

Early life

Sarika was born in New Delhi into a family of mixed Marathi and Himachali descent.[1] Her father abandoned the family when she was very young. From then on, she became the head of the family and had to work. She did not attend school.[2]

Career

Sarika started her film career as a child actor at the age of 5,[3] playing the role of a boy, Master Sooraj, during the 1960s in Bollywood. Her most notable and popular appearance as a child artist was in the year 1967 in the musical superhit Hamraaz, where she was seen as the daughter of Vimi named baby saarika. She appeared in many children's movies. Later, she moved on to films with Rajshri Productions Geet Gaata Chal with Sachin, with whom she starred in many Hindi and Marathi films.

In Sarika's acting career, she was often cast as a "westernized girl" in films due to her Non-Indian looks. She gave birth to a baby girl, Shruti Hassan in 1986. She gave up her acting career after her marriage to Kamal Haasan and moved to Chennai with him during the peak of her career. After separating from her husband, she made a comeback in Hindi films. She played Ipsita Ray Chakraverti in the film Sacred Evil – A True Story which failed at the box office.

In year 2000, Sarika won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for the film Hey Ram. Her performance in Parzania in which she plays the role of a Zoroastrian woman who loses her child during the 2002 riots of India, earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress. Khalid Mohamed wrote for Hindustan Times of her performance, "Sarika is marvellously restrained and lifelike, making you care for Parzania straight from the heart."[4]

Sarika has starred as Sheetal Thadani in the movie Bheja Fry (2006), where she played the wife of Rajat Kapoor. She also had a small but important role in Manorama Six Feet Under. Her latest movie is Shoebite, which has been delayed for production, where she stars opposite Amitabh Bachchan.

Sarika made her television debut in Sony TV's Yudh which stars Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role.

Filmography
Year FilmRole/Notes
2016 Baar Baar DekhoMrs. Varma
2014 Purani JeansSherry Lawrence
2013 David
2013 Club 60Dr. Sayra
2012 Jab Tak Hai JaanDr. Zoya Ali Khan
2012 ShoebiteAditi
2010 Society
2009 Kaccha Limbu
2008 Hari Puttar: A Comedy of TerrorsHari Puttar's Mother
2008 Y.M.I. Yeh Mera IndiaSushma Talreja
2008 Tahaan(uncredited) Tahaan's Mother
2007 Manorama Six Feet UnderManorama
2007 Bheja FrySheetal R. Thadani
2006 BaabulPushpa Kapoor
2006 Sacred EvilIpsita
2005 Kal: Yesterday and TomorrowIra Haksar
2005 ParzaniaShehnaz
2004 American DaylightDolly
2003 Raghu RomeoParty guest
2003 Punnagai Poove
1997 Aakhri SanghurshSeeta
1989 SantoshMunni/Sarika
1989 Ajeeb ItefaqAparna/Arpana
1988 Kharidar
1986 SwatiDancer/Singer
ShartRuhi
1986 DilwaalaSapna
1986 Mangal Dada
1986 Zinda Laash
1985 Ek Daku Saher MeinRanjana
1985 Ram Tere Kitne Nam(uncredited) Lily (scene from Devta)
1985 Ek Bhool(TV)
1984 KarishmaaNeeta
1984 Gangvaa
1984 Ram Tera DeshLily D'Souza
1984 Aasmaan
1984 AkalmandAdvocate Shobha
1984 Raaj TilakGypsy
1983 Bade Dil WalaJuhi Sinha/Juhi V. Gupta
1983 Nastik(as Baby Sarika) Mala
1983 Bagga Daku
1983 Razia Sultan
1982 VidhaataNeelima
1982 Badle Ki AagAsha
1982 Meharbaani
1982 Teesri AankhRekha
1982 Yeh Vaada RahaRita Saxena
1982 Shriman ShrimatiAruna Gupta
1982 Satte Pe SattaSheela
1982 DaulatSushma
1982 Dil Hi Dil MeinGulabo/Rani
1981 Sannata
1981 DahshatKiran
1981 Paanch Qaidi
1981 KrantiSheetal
1981 Nai Imarat
1981 Plot No. 5
1981 SharadaAnita Kohli
1980 Jyoti Bane JwalaAsha
1980 Nazrana Pyar KaAnuradha
1980 Pyaara Dushman
1980 Yeh Kaisa Insaf?Sudha
1979 Bin Phere Hum TereShikha
1979 Griha PraveshSapna
1979 Jaan-E-BahaarKuku Rai
1979 Jaani DushmanBindiya
1979 Raakhi Ki SaugandhParo/Tina
1979 Til Til Dalekha
1978 Dil Aur DeewaarLaxmi Rai
Tik...Tik...TikMiss India
1978 AnpadhGeeta "Anpadh"
1978 DevataLily
1978 Madhu Malti
1977 ParadhMarathi Film (Nutan Sachin & Shiram Lagu)
1976 Bundal Baaz(uncredited) TV Newscaster
1976 Raksha BandhanAsha
1975 KhushbooKali
1976 Zid
1975 Geet Gaata ChalRadha
1975 Kaagaz Ki Nao
1975 Vandana
1972 Haar JeetChild artist
1971 Chhoti Bahu(uncredited) Gopi
1971 Jawan MuhabatChild artist - Rekha Sareen
1970 Devi(as Moppet Suraj) Deepak
1969 BetiLittle Nanda
1969 BalakChild artist - Deepak "Deepu"
1969 Jyoti
1969 SatyakamChild artist - Kabul S. Archarya
1968 AashirwadChild artist - Neena
1967 HamraazChild artist - Sarika
1967 Majhli DidiUma – Hemangini

Television
YearShowChannelRole
2014Yudh (TV series)SonyGauri Sekhar
2015Darr Sabko Lagta Haiepisode eleven in &TVMiss Consica

Awards
Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Best Film Actress Award for the year 2005 to Ms. Sarika for her role in English Language Film "Parzania", at the 53rd National Film Awards function, in New Delhi on September 14, 2007.
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References
  1. "I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan". Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/girl-interrupted/story-MZ5FNHd6wjEeWYqGWWe49J.html
  3. "Times of India". Times of India. p. 6. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. Mohamed, Khalid (2006). "Parzania". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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