Shilpa Saklani

Shilpa Saklani Agnihotri (née Saklani) is an Indian television actress. She known for her role as Ganga Sahil Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Vidhi in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. She was a contestant on the reality shows Nach Baliye 1 and Bigg Boss 7.

Shilpa Saklani Agnihotri
Saklani in 2013
Born	Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	1999–present
Known for	Ek Tukdaa Chaand Ka Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Lavanya Kkusum Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Spouse	Apurva Agnihotri ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	1

Career

Shilpa started her career with Tere Liye, a movie starring Arjun Punj in 2001 which failed at the box office. In 2002, she played a brief role in Na Tum Jaano Na Hum. She joined Ekta Kapoor's Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Ganga from 2002 until the end of the show in 2008. She was later seen in Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat and played the lead role in Lavanya.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Saklani participated in Nach Baliye 1 with Apurva. Saklani acted in shows Kkusum, Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. In 2009, she participated in Imagine TV's Pati Patni Aur Woh. In 2012, she participated in Survivor India. In 2013, along with her husband Apurva, Saklani participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss in its seventh season. She survived for five week until she got evicted.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Saklani married television and film actor Apurva Agnihotri in 2004. The couple has a daughter.^[1][2]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
2001	Tere Liye	Ritu
2002	Na Tum Jaano Na Hum	Tina

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001–2002	Ek Tukdaa Chaand Ka	Yamini
2002–2008	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	Ganga Joshi/Ganga Sahil Virani
2003	Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat	Pooja	Episodes 74-98
2004		Tanu/Rachel D'Mello	Episodes 226-252
	Lavanya	Lavanya
2005	Kkusum	Kkusum Deshmukh/Kkusum Abhay Kapoor / Swati Abhinav Gautam
	Nach Baliye 1	Contestant	6th place
2005–2006	Shanno Ki Shaadi	Shalu	Cameo
2006	Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin	Vidhi	Cameo
2006–2007	Rin Mera Star Superstar	Host
2006–2007	Fame X	Host
2008	Mr. & Ms. TV	Contestant
	Saas v/s Bahu	Contestant
2009	Pati Patni Aur Woh	Contestant
2010	Jyoti	Ritu	Cameo
	Meethi Choori No 1	Contestant
2012	Survivor India	Contestant	18th place
	Haunted Nights	Shilpa	Episodes 6-10
	Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai	Radha Kelkar
2013	Welcome Baazi Mehmaan Nawaazi Ki	Contestant	Episodes 43-48
	Bigg Boss 7	Contestant	16th place
2014	Yeh Hai Aashiqui	Aditi	Episode 30
	Savdhaan India	Sonali Sandeep Rane	Episode 925
	Bigg Boss 8	Guest
2015	Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya	Aparna	Season 3; Episode 12
	Code Red	Ganga	Episode 78
	Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan	Nandini Pandey
	Darr Sabko Lagta Hai	Dr. Shehnaz Mistry	Episode 5
2015–2016	Power Couple	Contestant	7th place	[3]
2017	Chandrakanta — Ek Mayavi Prem Gaatha	Queen Ratnaprabha	Cameo
2018	Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai	Diti		[4]
	Kaleerein	Roma Kapoor		[5]
2018–2019	Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara	Vrinda Kuldeep Shekhawat
2020	Bigg Boss 14	Guest	Support for Abhinav Shukla
2023	Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal	Sudha Sameer Acharya
2024–present	Shrimad Ramayan	Kaikeyi		[6]
	Parineetii	Ambika Devi Singhania		[7]

References

1. "Apurva Agnihotri wishes wife Shilpa Saklani on their anniversary, shares a beautiful picture of their wedding!". The Times of India.
2. "These photos of Apurva and Shilpa Agnihotri will make you go awww!". The Times of India.
3. "Power Couple: List of Contestants". ABP Live. 27 October 2015.
4. "Shilpa Saklani to make her comeback with Mahakali". India Today Dot Com. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
5. "Kaleerein: Shilpa Saklani enters the show as Meera's mother-in-law". India Today. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
6. "Shilpa Saklani is television's new Kaikeyi; the actress will essay the role in Shrimad Ramayan". Retrieved 23 October 2023.
7. "'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi' fame Shilpa Saklani joins 'Parineetii' show". The Print. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

External links

• Shilpa Saklani at IMDb