Chhavi Pandey

Chhavi Pandey
Pandey in 2018
Born (1986-07-18) 18 July 1986 (age 38)
Patna, Bihar, India
Occupation(s)Actress
singer
Years active2011–present

Chhavi Pandey is an Indian television actress known for playing Tara in Life OK's Ek Boond Ishq, Namrata Singh in Star Bharat's mystery thriller Kaal Bhairav Rahasya and Prarthana Kashyap in Sony TV's Ladies Special 2[1][2] and Uttara/Maya in Anupamaa.

Career

Pandey has learnt Kathak (Indian classic dance) and is a professional singer as well. She has learned classical music and light music and is a national scholar from ministry of culture New Delhi in classical music.

Pandey first appeared in India's Got Talent Season 1 on Colors TV in 2008 and finished as a semi-finalist. She then did a Bhojpuri movie Bidesia opposite Dinesh Lal Yadav. Pandey was in 2011 considered to play the role of Aliya in Star Plus show Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein which was later played by Deblina Chatterjee. In January 2012 she was in the Star Plus show Sang Mere Dol Tu,[3] a pilot of the show was made but the show was scrapped by the end of 2012.[4] Pandey in August 2012 signed in Star Plus show Daag (later named Ek Hasina Thi) opposite actor Vatsal Seth, but due to some problems she later left the show and was replaced by Sanjeeda Sheikh.

In September 2013, Pandey appeared in the Life OK show Ek Boond Ishq opposite actor Viraf Patel. Pandey played Smita in Teri Meri Love Stories on Star Plus. In 2015, she portrayed the lead role of Darpan Karnik in serial Bandhan – Saari Umar Humein Sang Rehna Hai.

Later in 2016 she appeared in the show Silsila Pyaar Ka on Star Plus. From 2017 to 2018 she appeared on suspense thriller Kaal Bhairav Rahasya that aired on Star Bharat as Namrata Singh, the main female antagonist in the serial. In late 2018, she was offered the role of Maharani Padmini in Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha, but she later refused the role. From 2018 to 2019 she played the lead role of Prarthana Kashyap in Ladies Special. From January 2023 to July 2023, she played the role of Uttara alias Maya in Anupamaa.[5] She is currently playing the role of Poornima in Dangal's serial Poornima.

Television

Year Serial Role
2008 India's Got Talent 1 Contestant
2012 Teri Meri Love Stories Dr. Smita Kumari Bansal
2013–2014 Ek Boond Ishq Tara Singh Shekhawat
2014 Yeh Hai Aashiqui Drishti
2015 Bandhan – Saari Umar Humein Sang Rehna Hai Darpan Karnik/Riya Khare
2016 Silsila Pyaar Ka Kajal Saxena
2017 Shaurya Veer Eklavya Ki Gatha Sanatri
2017–2018 Kaal Bhairav Rahasya Namrata Singh
2018–2019 Ladies Special Prarthana Kashyap
2019–2020 Apna News Aayega Chulbuli Pandey
2019 Namah Devi Parvati
2020 Tera Kya Hoga Alia Tara Kohli
2020–2021 Prem Bandhan Janaki Srivastav Shastri / Jaya Kapoor
2021–2022 Shubh Laabh - Aapkey Ghar Mein[6] Devi Lakshmi
Divya
2022 Devi Alakshmi
2023 Anupamaa Uttara/Maya[7]
2023–2024 Poornimaa Poornimaa Siddharth Singh

References

  1. ^ "I dreamt of becoming a singer: Chhavi Pandey". peepingmoon. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  2. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Here's how Chhavi Pandey brought her character alive in Prem Bandhan". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Singer from state makes it big on small screen". The Telegraph. Kolkota. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Shows that launched, bombed and scrapped in 2012". The Times of India. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Chhavi Pandey to play Choti Anu's real mother in Anupamaa, will cause trouble in Anuj-Anupama's lives". The Times of India. 18 January 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Shubh Laabh, Coming Soon". YouTube. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Chhavi Pandey to play Choti Anu's real mother in Anupamaa, will cause in Anuj-Anupama's lives". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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