Sandhya Mridul
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Sandhya Mridul is an India
n actress who appears in Bollywood
films and television, most known for her roles in films like, movies like Saathiya (2002) and Page 3
(2005), and was first runners up in reality dance show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2) (2007).
to Advocate P. R. Mridul and his wife. Later, the family moved to New Delhi
. At age Ten, she left home to attend school at Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School
in Jaipur
. At age 14, her father, a lawyer by profession and later a judge of the high court, died and she was brought up by her elder brother Justice Siddharth Mridul who is a sitting judge of Delhi High Court
. She also has another elder brother named Pankaj.
She graduated in Mathematics, did her post graduation in marketing and went on to do a corporate job with KLM in Mumbai.
. After that, additional roles followed in serials like Banegi Apni Baat, Koshish and Hu Ba Hu.
She made her breakthrough in films with Yash Raj Films
, in Saathiya in 2002. The film was critically and commercially successful and critics appreciated her performance. Her character Dina was an important supporting role that got her noticed.
She also appeared in Extraa Innings, the programme during the Cricket World Cup 2003.
In 2004, she acted in Pratap Sharma's "Zen Katha", a play based on the life of Buddha
in Mumbai opposite Rajeev Gopalkrishnan.
Her show, Koshish Ek Asha in which she played the role of the female protagonist has been dubbed in Chinese and in the year 2005, it was telecast in China. Through this show, Sandhya became a household name in China by 2005.
She decided to walk away from Television soap Operas because the roles felt repetitive. Of her decision to quit TV, she remarked, "If you want to play the protagonist these days, you have to be the bahu. I’m not ready to do that again. I can’t be wearing heavy saris with dark pink lipstick all my life."
In 2005 she starred in Page 3
with Konkona Sen Sharma
and Tara Sharma
. She played an air hostess in the film. Her performance was again praised by the critics and the film was a hit at the box office.
Since 2006, she has focused exclusively on film roles. She played Maya, a restless soul who keeps on moving in and out of things in an off-beat film called Strings. She also acted 13th Floor which is an interesting story of two people stuck in the 13th floor of a lift. As a trained Bharatnatyam dancer, Sandhya's desire to show her dancing skills is also being fulfilled in the film Chowki. In Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
, she plays a wife stuck in a marriage with a gay man. In the thriller Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante
by Tanvir Khan, she acts with Irfan Khan. In The Great Indian Butterfly
, she shows her talent again in this movie, how a young Indian couple climbing the ladder of the corporate rate race in a nation.
Her versatility and her penchant for taking non-conformist roles have made her a darling of cross-over films. She proved her talent again in another off-beat film called Via Darjeeling
in which she plays an alcoholic. "I would like to step into the shoes that Smita Patil left behind", says Mridul about where she sees herself in the Bollywood acting space.
She has also been judged the runners-up at the popular dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2). This decision did court some controversy since one of the judges, Urmila Matondkar
declared that Mridul should have won. There were also allegations of rigging and interference on the decision to declare Prachi the winner of the show. Mridul said of the decision, "Don't tell me that I lost. Like I have said before, you lose only when you lose heart, and I haven't. I may have only lost out on a trophy and cash but I have won many hearts."
In 2008, she served as a member of the jury in the 14th Television Festival held in Shanghai
. She was youngest and lone Indian in the festival.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n actress who appears in Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
films and television, most known for her roles in films like, movies like Saathiya (2002) and Page 3
Page 3 (film)
Page 3 is a 2005 Indian film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar about the Page 3 Culture and media in the city of Mumbai. It stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Sandhya Mridul, Tara Sharma, Anju Mahendru, and Boman Irani...
(2005), and was first runners up in reality dance show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2) (2007).
Personal life and education
Mridul, also called 'Sandy', was born in MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
to Advocate P. R. Mridul and his wife. Later, the family moved to New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
. At age Ten, she left home to attend school at Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School
Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School
Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ School, is located in Jaipur, India and was established by and named after Her Highness Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur...
in Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
. At age 14, her father, a lawyer by profession and later a judge of the high court, died and she was brought up by her elder brother Justice Siddharth Mridul who is a sitting judge of Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court
The High Court of Delhi was established on 31 October 1966. The High Court of Delhi was established with four judges. They were Chief Justice K. S. Hegde, Justice I. D. Dua, Justice H. R. Khanna and Justice S. K. Kapur.-History:...
. She also has another elder brother named Pankaj.
She graduated in Mathematics, did her post graduation in marketing and went on to do a corporate job with KLM in Mumbai.
Career
She first arrived back in Mumbai to be a marketing executive. Mridul first started her career with the popular TV serial SwabhimaanSwabhimaan
Swaabhimaan was an Indian afternoon soap opera aired in 1995, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.-Plot:...
. After that, additional roles followed in serials like Banegi Apni Baat, Koshish and Hu Ba Hu.
She made her breakthrough in films with Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films is an Indian Entertainment company set up by Yash Chopra, an Indian film director and producer who is considered an entertainment mogul in India.-Initial years:...
, in Saathiya in 2002. The film was critically and commercially successful and critics appreciated her performance. Her character Dina was an important supporting role that got her noticed.
She also appeared in Extraa Innings, the programme during the Cricket World Cup 2003.
In 2004, she acted in Pratap Sharma's "Zen Katha", a play based on the life of Buddha
Buddha
In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...
in Mumbai opposite Rajeev Gopalkrishnan.
Her show, Koshish Ek Asha in which she played the role of the female protagonist has been dubbed in Chinese and in the year 2005, it was telecast in China. Through this show, Sandhya became a household name in China by 2005.
She decided to walk away from Television soap Operas because the roles felt repetitive. Of her decision to quit TV, she remarked, "If you want to play the protagonist these days, you have to be the bahu. I’m not ready to do that again. I can’t be wearing heavy saris with dark pink lipstick all my life."
In 2005 she starred in Page 3
Page 3 (film)
Page 3 is a 2005 Indian film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar about the Page 3 Culture and media in the city of Mumbai. It stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Sandhya Mridul, Tara Sharma, Anju Mahendru, and Boman Irani...
with Konkona Sen Sharma
Konkona Sen Sharma
Konkona Sen Sharma is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen. Sharma appears primarily in Indian arthouse and independent films, and her achievements in the genre have established her as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema.Making her...
and Tara Sharma
Tara Sharma
Tara Sharma is an Indian actress. She is half British and half Indian.-Personal life:Sharma is the daughter of the well-known author and actor, Partap Sharma, and Susan Sharma, and is an alumna of the London School of Economics and of the United World College of the Adriatic. She is married to ad...
. She played an air hostess in the film. Her performance was again praised by the critics and the film was a hit at the box office.
Since 2006, she has focused exclusively on film roles. She played Maya, a restless soul who keeps on moving in and out of things in an off-beat film called Strings. She also acted 13th Floor which is an interesting story of two people stuck in the 13th floor of a lift. As a trained Bharatnatyam dancer, Sandhya's desire to show her dancing skills is also being fulfilled in the film Chowki. In Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. is a Bollywood movie, released on 23 February 2007. It is produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani through Excel Entertainment and has marked the debut of Reema Kagti as a director. The movie has six different part in it...
, she plays a wife stuck in a marriage with a gay man. In the thriller Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante
Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante
Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante is a Bollywood film released in the year 2006 featuring Konkona Sen Sharma, Irfan Khan and Rajit Kapur in the lead roles. The film is a bollywood adaptation of the Charlize Theron-Kevin Bacon film Trapped, which was based on the Greg Iles novel 24 Hours.- Synopsis :Heart...
by Tanvir Khan, she acts with Irfan Khan. In The Great Indian Butterfly
The Great Indian Butterfly
The Indian Butterfly is a 2010 Bollywood film, written and directed by Sarthak Dasgupta. It is about finding peace, love, happiness in our life, which is within lies within our self according to the movie. Its a story of a typical modern class Indian couple and their journey to Goa where they had...
, she shows her talent again in this movie, how a young Indian couple climbing the ladder of the corporate rate race in a nation.
Her versatility and her penchant for taking non-conformist roles have made her a darling of cross-over films. She proved her talent again in another off-beat film called Via Darjeeling
Via Darjeeling
Via Darjeeling is a 2008 Bollywood film. It was directed by debutant Arindam Nandy. It stars Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Sandhya Mridul and Rajat Kapoor as the lead protagonists.-Cast:*Kay Kay Menon as Ankur Sharma...
in which she plays an alcoholic. "I would like to step into the shoes that Smita Patil left behind", says Mridul about where she sees herself in the Bollywood acting space.
She has also been judged the runners-up at the popular dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2). This decision did court some controversy since one of the judges, Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar is an Indian film actress.Matondkar, who made her screen debut as a child artist in the 1980 film Kalyug, debuted as an adult in Narasimha...
declared that Mridul should have won. There were also allegations of rigging and interference on the decision to declare Prachi the winner of the show. Mridul said of the decision, "Don't tell me that I lost. Like I have said before, you lose only when you lose heart, and I haven't. I may have only lost out on a trophy and cash but I have won many hearts."
In 2008, she served as a member of the jury in the 14th Television Festival held in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
. She was youngest and lone Indian in the festival.
Filmography
- SwabhimaanSwabhimaanSwaabhimaan was an Indian afternoon soap opera aired in 1995, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.-Plot:...
(1995) TV Series - Shivani - Banegi Apni BaatBanegi Apni BaatBanegi Apni Baat is a Hindi television drama series that aired on Zee TV in 1994. The series was produced by Tony and Deeya Singh...
(1994) TV Series - Sakshi - AashirwadAashirwad (TV series)Aashirwad was a popular Hindi television serial that aired on Zee TV in 1998. The serial was based on story of two best friends who raise their next generation in different style from one another.-Plot:...
(TV series) (1998)- Geeta - KoshishKoshish (TV series)Koshish - Ek Aashaa was an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV from 2000-2002. The series was produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms, and was directed by Anurag Basu. During the time it was aired, the series was a big hit among audiences...
(TV series) (2001) - Kaajal - HubahuHubahuHubahu is a Hindi language Indian television series based on the story of two twin sisters who exchange places for a week. The story is an adaption of the 1985s hit American two-part made-for-tv movie Deceptions, starring known Hollywood actors Stephanie Powers and Barry Bostwick, in which Powers...
(2002) TV Series - Aditi and Ananya - Jassi Jaissi Koi NahinJassi Jaissi Koi NahinJassi Jaissi Koi Nahin was a popular show on Sony Entertainment Television. The series was an Indian-themed version of the Colombian drama Yo Soy Betty La Fea .-Plot:...
(2004) TV Series -Yana - Saathiya (2002) ... Dina Sharma
- Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part IIWaisa Bhi Hota Hai Part IIWaisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II , is a 2003 Indian movie starring Arshad Warsi. Shashanka Ghosh, the creative driver behind the launch of MTV and Channel V in India, marks his debut as a director with this film. Running in many parallel threads, the movie is in equal parts a comedy, satire, crime, and a...
(2003) - Inspector Agni Sinha - Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai (2004) - Sangeeta Chaudhry
- Page 3Page 3 (film)Page 3 is a 2005 Indian film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar about the Page 3 Culture and media in the city of Mumbai. It stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Sandhya Mridul, Tara Sharma, Anju Mahendru, and Boman Irani...
(2005) ... Pearl Sequiera - Socha Na ThaSocha Na ThaSocha Na Tha is a Hindi language movie, released on 4 March 2005. It debuts Abhay Deol and stars Ayesha Takia & Apoorva Jha. It is the first movie Imtiaz Ali directed...
(2005) - Kuch Meetha Ho JayeKuch Meetha Ho JayeKuch Meetha Ho Jaye is a 2005 Romantic Bollywood film directed by Samar Khan as his debut film. It starred Arshad Warsi, Mahima Chaudhry, Parvin Dabas in lead roles while Shahrukh Khan had a supporting role as himself.- Sypnosis :A plane-load of passengers are stranded in distant Ganganagar in...
(2005) - 13th Floor (2006)...Naina
- Deadline: Sirf 24 GhanteDeadline: Sirf 24 GhanteDeadline: Sirf 24 Ghante is a Bollywood film released in the year 2006 featuring Konkona Sen Sharma, Irfan Khan and Rajit Kapur in the lead roles. The film is a bollywood adaptation of the Charlize Theron-Kevin Bacon film Trapped, which was based on the Greg Iles novel 24 Hours.- Synopsis :Heart...
(2006) ... Roohi K. Vaidya - Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. is a Bollywood movie, released on 23 February 2007. It is produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani through Excel Entertainment and has marked the debut of Reema Kagti as a director. The movie has six different part in it...
(2007) ... Madhu - Say Salaam IndiaSay Salaam IndiaSay Salaam India is an 2007 Indian Hindi language movie, written and directed by Subhash Kapoor, and starring Sanjay Suri, Milind Soman and Sandhya Mridul ....
(2007) - Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2) ... Reality Show- India's Dancing with the Stars
- Mr. White Mr. BlackMr. White Mr. Black (film)Mr. White Mr. Black is a 2008 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Deepak Shivdasani, starring Sunil Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Anishka Khosla, Rashmi Nigam, Sharat Saxena, Ashish Vidyarthi and Sadashiv Amrapurkar...
(2008) - Via DarjeelingVia DarjeelingVia Darjeeling is a 2008 Bollywood film. It was directed by debutant Arindam Nandy. It stars Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Sandhya Mridul and Rajat Kapoor as the lead protagonists.-Cast:*Kay Kay Menon as Ankur Sharma...
(2008) ... Mallika Tiwari - Ustaadon Ka UstaadUstaadon Ka UstaadUstaadon Ka Ustaad is a Hindi television reality show that is broadcasting on Sony TV starting April 7, 2008.- Format :This is 1 week long show that is packed with the best of singing, dancing, comedy and loads of entertainment seen on different channels put together in one unique show...
(2008) - Reality Dance series - Quick Gun Murugun (2009) - Masala News Reporter
- The Great Indian ButterflyThe Great Indian ButterflyThe Indian Butterfly is a 2010 Bollywood film, written and directed by Sarthak Dasgupta. It is about finding peace, love, happiness in our life, which is within lies within our self according to the movie. Its a story of a typical modern class Indian couple and their journey to Goa where they had...
(2009) Unreleased - BBD (2009) ... TV Host Unreleased
- Chowky (2009) Unreleased
- ForceForce (film)-Critical response:The album received positive reviews from music critics, with particular praise being given to "Khwabon Khwabon". Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama gave 3 out of 5 stars and said "Force delivers as promised and turns out to be an impressive soundtrack...
(2011) as Swati
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | BFJA Awards | Best Actress In a Supporting Role | Page 3 | |
| 2006 | Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were... |
Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role... |
Page 3 |
External links
- Unconventionally yours, Sandhya Mridul The Times of IndiaThe Times of IndiaThe Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...