Sheeba Chaddha

Sheeba Chaddha (born 1972) is an Indian film, stage and television actress.[1]

Sheeba Chaddha
[[File:Sheeba Chaddha Chaddha.jpg|frameless|upright=1]] Chaddha in 2010
Born	1972 (age 47–48) Delhi, India
Alma mater	Hans Raj College
Occupation	actress
Years active	1998–present

Chaddha was born in 1973,[2] and grew up in Delhi, where she developed interest in theatre and started taking theatre workshops.[3] She majored in English literature from Hans Raj College (University of Delhi).[4]

(from right) Rituraj Singh, Rati Pandey, Sonu Sood, Sheeba Chaddha and Sumit Vats, on the sets of Hitler Didi during the promotion of film Maximum (2012)

Making her film debut with Dil Se.. (1998), over the years, Chaddha has acted as a character actor in films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Parzania (2007), Delhi 6 (2009), Luck by Chance (2009) and Talaash (2012).[5] In 2011, she also appeared in short film, Prakata Het Yad in gibberish, with actor Rituraj Singh. The film won he Audience Choice award in the Short Films category at River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival.[1] She appeared in the 2012 film Talaash as Nirmala, a sex worker. The year 2015 saw her triumph with a quirky turn as Nain Tara Tiwary (Buaji) in Sharat Katariya's Dum Laga Ke Haisha.

Her early appearance on television, was on Love Marriage (2002), thereafter, she made a comeback in television in 2007 playing a business tycoon in Kasturi.[2] This was followed by series like Na Aana Is Des Laado (2009–2012), Kitani Mohabbat Hai (2009), Kahani Saat Pheron Ki (2007), Kuch Toh Log Kahenge (2001–2013) and Lakhon Mein Ek (2012).[3]

In June 2012, she joined the cast of popular television series, Hitler Didi on Zee TV.[6]

She has also acted in stage plays, Rajat Kapoor's C for Clown (2007),[2] Atul Kumar's The Blue Mug (2010) with Rajat Kapoor, Munish Bhardwaj, and Vinay Pathak, Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranvir Shorey,[7] played Desmadona in Roysten Abel's Othello in Black& White and a 2012 production of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, wherein she played the lead role of Hedda.[5] She is also involved in running a theatre group, "The Company Theatre" in Mumbai.[4] She is currently involved with an internet television series, Permanent Roommates, which is under the banner of The Viral Fever (TVF).

Filmography

Key

	Denotes films/shows/series that have not yet been released
Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Dil Se..	Amar's mother
1999	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Anupama
2000	Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani	News reporter
2002	Kali Salwar
2003	Jism
	In Othello
2004	Ek Hasina Thi
	Murder
2007	Parzania
2009	Delhi-6	Rajjo
	Luck by Chance		Guest appearance
2010	West Is West	Rehana Khan
2011	Zokkomon	Rajrani
2012	Love You to Death	Maya
	Talaash	Nirmala
2015	Dum Laga Ke Haisha	Nain Tara
2017	Raees	Amina Alam (Raees' mother)
	Indu Sarkar	Mekhla
	What Will People Say	Nisha's Aunt
2018	Rajma Chawal	Kabir’s Aunt
	Raid	Prabha Devi
	Badhaai Ho	Sangeeta Sharma (Reene's mother)
	Zero	Beena Singh (Bauua's mother)
2019	Gully Boy	Safeena's mother
	Jabariya Jodi	Abhay's mother
	Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar	Sunita Dahiya
2020	Shakuntala Devi	Tarabai

Television

• Shri Krishna (1993–1995)
• Hip Hip Hurray (1998 - 2001)
• Love Marriage (2002)
• Kasturi (2007)
• Na Aana Is Des Laado (2009–2012)
• Kitani Mohabbat Hai (2009)
• Kahani Saat Pheron Ki (2009)
• Kuch Toh Log Kahenge (2011–2013)[3]
• Hitler Didi (2012)
• Lakhon Mein Ek (2012)
• Pavitra Rishta (2013–2014)
• Hello Pratibha (2015)
• Bandini
• Chandra Nandni (2017)

Web Series

• "Bandish Bandits" (an Amazon Prime original) as Mohini
• "Mirzapur" as Vasudha Pandit
• "Permanent Roommates" (Season 2, Episode 1)
• "Tanhaiyan" as Raza's mother (khala)
• "Adulting" as Nikhat's mother (Season 1, Episode 2)
• “Taj Mahal 1989 ” as Mumtaz (mausi) season1 ,year 2020 , total 7 Episodes on NETFLIX
• She has appeared in many videos playing variouscharacters for the popular YouTube channel FilterCopy

References

1. Dipti Nagpaul D'souza (15 March 2012). "Language no bar". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 July 2013. ..renowned theater artiste Sheeba Chaddha
2. Kimi Dangor (11 June 2007). "Back with a bang: Sheeba Chadha". India Today. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
3. "Sheeba's brotherly love!". The Times Of India. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
4. "Sheeba Chadha — artist details". MumbaiTheatreGuide. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
5. "Essaying conflicts". The Hindu. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
6. "Sheeba Chaddha enters Hitler Didi". Sify.com News. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
7. Piyasree Dasgupta (31 March 2010). "Memory Central". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

External links

• Sheeba Chaddha on IMDb