Barkha Bisht

Barkha Bisht is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi television, along with Bengali films and Hindi films. She made her first television appearance in Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi as Udita.^[1] She made her screen debut in Hindi Film Raajneeti (2010) and Bengali film debut in Dui Prithibi (2010). Barkha Bisht was married to actor Indraneil Sengupta.

Barkha Bisht
Bisht in 2018
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Spouse	Indraneil Sengupta ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2022)​
Children	1

Personal life

Barkha with ex-husband Indraneil Sengupta

Barkha spent her childhood in military towns specially in Kolkata, as her father was a colonel. She is a Garhwali and originally belongs to Dehradun in Uttarakhand. She is the youngest of three sisters, with the eldest and the middle sister being MBAs and corporate professionals . She married Indraneil Sengupta on 2 March 2008,^[2] her fellow actor and co-star from Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam and Doli Saja Ke and a film based in lockdown titled Choices.^[3][4]

In October 2011, she gave birth to a girl named Meira and was later divorced in 2022.^[5][6][7] Since 2022, she is dating actor and producer Ashish Sharma.^[8][9]

Career

She started her career on television with a show called Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi, which was aired on MTV India. This was followed by another television show on StarPlus called Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam, where she played the lead roles of Shyaama, Raadha and Radhika. She has also hosted a film-news based programme called Popkorn on Zoom TV.^{[citation needed]} She has played the lead role of Anupama in Doli Saja Ke on Sahara One channel.^{[citation needed]}

She has played cameo roles on the shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa and Kkavyanjali. She participated in a reality show called Saas v/s Bahu. Her next performance was the central character Dhani in Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai. She then played the character of Hanuman's mother Añjanā on the show Sankat Mochan Mahabali Hanumaan on Sony TV, and also played the lead role of Prema Shalini on SAB TV's Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se. She has also played the role of Bhairavi in Kaal Bhairav Rahasya Season 2. She acted in the serials Chandragupta Maurya and Paramavatar Shri Krishna by playing the roles of Tarini, the wife of Dhana Nanda and Draupadi respectively. She also played role of Nandini in star plus's Shaadi Mubarak.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Raajneeti	Dancer	in song "Ishq Barse"
2010	Dui Prithibi	Mandakini	Bengali film
2011	Ami Shubhash Bolchi	Charulata Bose, B Charu	Bengali film
2013	Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela	Kesar
2013	Villain		Bengali film
2014	Samrat & Co.	Revati Singh
2014	Action	Raka (Rekha)	Bengali film
2015	Black	Item number	Bengali film
2019	PM Narendra Modi	Jashodaben
2021	Choices
2023	1920: Horrors of the Heart	Radhika	Hindi
	Safed	Radha	Hindi
2024	Khadaan	Jamuna	Bengali

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Notes
2004–2005	Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi	Udita
2005	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Diya Sengupta
	Kkavyanjali	Arpita Nanda / Arpita Vansh Malhotra
	Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai	Simone
2006	Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa	Naina
	Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam	Shyama
		Radha Sharma
		Radhika
	Popkorn Newz	Host
2007	Aahat – Khel	Season 3 – Episode 3
	Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai – Tattoo Man	Tanya (Episode 20)
	Nach Baliye 3	Contestant
2007–2009	Doli Saja Ke	Anupama Kapoor / Anupama Chaitanya Shekhawat / Anupama Daksh Singhania
2008–2009		Tiya Kapoor
2008	Saas v/s Bahu	Contestant
	Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena		Along with Nikhil Chopra
2009	Dancing Queen
	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3	Guest Contestant
2010	Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai	Dhaani Ambar Raghuvanshi
2012	Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe	Host
2013	Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi	Pinky Jeet Ahuja
	Yeh Hai Aashiqui	English professor
2014	SuperCops Vs Super Villains	Arina/Samara/Binaki	Cameo role[11]
2014–2015	Tum Saath Ho Jab Apne	Mariam Tauseef Baig / Mariam Imran Siddiqui
	Box Cricket League 1	Contestant	Captain and Player of Chandigarh Cubs[12]
2015–2017	Sankat Mochan Mahabali Hanumaan	Añjanā
2016	Box Cricket League 2	Contestant	Player in Chandigarh Cubs[13]
2016–2017	Naamkarann	Asha Ashish Mehta / Ayesha Haider	[14]
2017	Tenali Rama	Goddess Kali	Cameo season 1[15]
2018	Partners Trouble Ho Gayi Double	Shikha	Cameo
	Laal Ishq	Shalu	Episodic role
	Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se	Prema Shalini	[16]
	Kaal Bhairav Rahasya Season 2	Bhairavi
2019	Chandragupta Maurya	Tarini
	Paramavatar Shri Krishna	Draupadi
2020–2021	Shaadi Mubarak	Nandini Chirtubal
2022	Swaraj	Rani Abbakka
2024	Mera Balam Thanedaar	Meethi
	Safal Hogi Teri Aradhana	Damini
	Tenali Rama	Goddess Kali	Cameo season 2

Web series

Year	Series	Role	Language	Notes
2020	Ratri Ke Yatri	Nishaat	Hindi
2020	Love and Affairs	Roshni	Bengali
2019	Kamini	Kamini	Bengali	[17]
2019	Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala	Seema	Hindi
2022-2023	Duranga	Prachi Banne	Hindi
2022	Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy	Begum Anar	Hindi
2023	Hunter Tootega Nahi Todega	Swati	Hindi
2023	Asur	Vrinda Shrivastav	Hindi
2024	Naam Gum Jayega		Hindi
2025	Power of Paanch[18]	dual role as Tanu Shergill and Tabu Luthra	Hindi

References

1. "There is a flaw in the TV industry, it sticks to a certain format: Barkha Sengupta - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
2. "Barkha Bisht On Divorce To Indraneil Sengupta: "One Of The Toughest Decisions Of My Life"". NDTV.
3. "Barkha Sengupta on 10 years of being together with Indraneil: I can still manage to blow him away - Times of India ►". The Times of India.
4. "Indraneil Sengupta, Barkha Sengupta reunite in lockdown film". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
5. "Barkha Bisht finally confirms divorce from Indraneil Sengupta after 13 years of marriage". India Today.
6. "Barkha Bisht Confirms Divorce With Indraneil Sengupta, Calls It One Of 'Toughest Decisions' Of Her Life". Outlook India.
7. "From Indraneil Sengupta-Barkha Bisht to Subhangi Atre-Piyush Poorey; TV couples who divorced after several years of marriage". The Times of India.
8. Mishra, Vinay (23 February 2023). "Barkha Sengupta falls in love? Something is brewing between her and Ashish Sharma? (Exclusive)". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023.
9. "Barkha Bisht Confirms Divorce From Indraneil Amid Ashish Sharma Dating Rumours, Says 'I'm A Single...'". News18. 26 April 2023.
10. "Telly Tattle: Barkha Bisht Sengupta to enter Shaadi Mubarak". Mid-day. 27 October 2020.
11. "Barkha's villain act". The Times of India. 16 March 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
12. "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". india.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
13. "200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin". India.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
14. Pitale, Sonali Joshi (28 July 2016). "Viraf Patel and Barkha Bisht to star in Mahesh Bhatt's show 'Namkaran'". mid-day. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
15. "Barkha Bisht turns Goddess Kali in 'Tenali Rama' - Times of India". The Times of India.
16. "Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se to premiere today; here's what you can expect from the show". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
17. "Barkha Sengupta on OTT, TV and films: National television contents are very regressive". OTTPlay.
18. "Barkha Bisht On Finding Real-Life Parallels And Relevance In Power of Paanch: Being a Single Mother... - EXCLUSIVE". Times Now. 26 January 2025.

External links

• Barkha Bisht at IMDb