Sagarika Ghatge Khan (néeGhatge) is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Hindi films. She is known for her role of Preeti Sabharwal in Chak De! India. In 2015, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 and emerged as a finalist.[2] Ghatge is a national-level field hockey player.
Early life
Ghatge was born to Vijaysinh Ghatge (not Vijayendra Ghatge,[3] as sometimes reported) and Urmila Ghatge in a Maharashtrian Family in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, where she stayed till the age of eight. She then shifted to Ajmer, Rajasthan to attend Mayo College Girls School.[4] She is related to a former royal house of India through Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, with her father being from the former royal family of Kagal and her grandmother, Sita Raje Ghatge, being the daughter of Tukojirao Holkar III of Indore. She has a brother. She was a national level hockey player.[5]
On 24 April 2017, Ghatge announced her engagement to cricketer Zaheer Khan.[6] The two got married in November 2017.[7]
Career
In 2007, Ghatge made her acting debut in Chak De! India, where she portrayed Preeti Sabharwal due to which she became the brand ambassador of Reebok India.[8] She has appeared in fashion magazines and various fashion shows.
Ghatge then appeared in the 2009 film, Fox as Urvashi Mathur. She later portrayed Kamiah in Miley Naa Miley Hum. Ghatge then starred opposite Emraan Hashmi in the 2012 film Rush. She next appeared in Satish Rajwade's Premachi Goshta in 2013. This film, in which Ghatge appeared alongside Atul Kulkarni, was her first Marathi movie.
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