Neeru Bajwa

Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1980) is a Canadian actress, director and producer who has worked in Indian cinema mainly in Punjabi and Hindi films. One of the highest paid actress of Punjabi cinema,^[1][2] Bajwa started her career in 1998 with Dev Anand's Bollywood film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved on to working in Hindi television and Punjabi films.^[3]

Neeru Bajwa
Bajwa promoting Shadaa in 2019
Born	(1980-08-26) 26 August 1980 (age 44) Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupations	Actress director producer
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Harry Jawandha ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	3
Relatives	Rubina Bajwa (sister)

Early life

Born on 26 August 1980^[4][5][6] to Indian immigrants Jaswant Bajwa and Surinder Bajwa in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada,^[7] Bajwa has two sisters—Rubina, an actress; Sabrina, a cloth designer and a brother Suhail.^[8][9][10] In her documentary film Bollywood Bound, Bajwa admits to being a high school (from L.A. Matheson Secondary School)^[11] drop-out who had little interest in studies and was always inspired by the glamour of Bollywood, so she moved to Mumbai to fulfill her dreams.^[12]

Career

Bajwa started her career in Indian soap operas in 2005 with Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi^[13] on DD1 before moving on to Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani on Zee TV followed by Jeet on Star Plus and then Guns and Roses on STAR One.^[14]

In January 2013, Bajwa appeared in the multi-starer Punjabi film Saadi Love Story, produced by Jimmy Sheirgill productions, directed by Dheeraj Rattan and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, and Surveen Chawla. She paired up opposite Diljit Dosanjh again in the film Jatt and Juliet 2 which broke all the previous opening day collection records for Punjabi cinema.^[15] In August 2013, her film, Naughty Jatts was released in which she featured along with Binnu Dhillon, Arya Babbar and Roshan Prince. The film got mixed reviews from critics.^[16]

Bajwa debuted as a director in 2017 with the Punjabi film Sargi, which stars her sister Rubina Bajwa in the leading role alongside Jassi Gill and Babbal Rai.^[17] She also owns a production company called Neeru Bajwa Entertainment. In November 2019, Bajwa starrer and produced film Beautiful Billo went on floors, in which she will be sharing the screen with her sister Rubina Bajwa.^[18] Since April 2021, Bajwa is hosting a Punjabi show Jazba.^[19] In 2024, Bajwa acted in Shayar, co-starring Satinder Sartaaj.^[20] 5 Dariya News remarked on the brilliance of their performances quoting, "Shayar is a film just made for Satinder Sartaaj who in just his second punjabi film has proved his worth as an actor, but we can't take away the credits from Neeru Bajwa the way she anchored herself alongside Sartaaj was commendable."^[21]

Personal life

Bajwa married Harry Jawandha on 8 February 2015.^[22][23] The couple had their first child, a girl, in August 2015.^[24][25] In 2020, Bajwa gave birth to twins, both girls.^[26]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
1998	Main Solah Baras Ki	Tina	Hindi
2003	Bollywood Bound	Herself	English
2004	Asa Nu Maan Watna Da	Neeru	Punjabi	as Arshveer Bajwa
2006	Dil Apna Punjabi	Laadi	Punjabi
2009	Munde U.K. De	Reet Brar	Punjabi
	Heer Ranjha	Heer	Punjabi
2010	Mel Karade Rabba	Seerat Randhawa	Punjabi
	Prince	Priya	Hindi
	Phoonk 2	Arushi	Hindi
	Akh Labdi	Amar	Punjabi
2011	Jihne Mera Dil Luteya	Noor Bajwa	Punjabi
	Miley Naa Miley Hum	Manjeet Ahluwalia	Hindi
2012	Pata Nahi Rabb Kehdeyan Rangan Ch Raazi	Simran	Punjabi
	Jatt & Juliet	Pooja	Punjabi
	Pinky Moge Wali	Pinky	Punjabi
2013	Saadi Love Story	Tanya	Punjabi	Special appearance
	Special 26	Special appearance in song "Gore Mukhde Pe Zulfen Di Chaava"	Hindi
	Jatt & Juliet 2	Pooja	Punjabi
	Naughty Jatts	Simmi Khera	Punjabi
	Ronde Saare Vyah Picho	Manpreet Kaur, Mannu, Monika, Munni	Punjabi
2014	Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar	Prabhjeet	Punjabi
	Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De	Disha Dhillion	Punjabi
	Proper Patola	Preeti/Jeeti	Punjabi	Double role
2015	Sardaar Ji	Pinky	Punjabi
2016	Channo Kamli Yaar Di	Channo	Punjabi
2017	Jindua	Ish	Punjabi
2018	Laung Laachi	Laachi	Punjabi
	Aate Di Chidi	Eliza	Punjabi
2019	Uda Aida	Manjeet	Punjabi
	Shadaa	Vanjhali	Punjabi
2021	Paani Ch Madhaani	Sohni	Punjabi		[27]
	Shava Ni Girdhari Lal	Shamo	Punjabi		[28]
2022	Kokka	Ajooni	Punjabi		[29]
	Beautiful Billo	Billo	Punjabi		[30]
	Snowman: The Dark Side of Canada		Punjabi		[31]
	Maa Da Ladla	Sehaj	Punjabi
	Laung Laachi 2	Miriam	Punjabi		[32][33]
2023	Kali Jotta	Rabia	Punjabi
	Es Jahano Door Kitte Chal Jindiye	Arshveer	Punjabi	Also producer
	It Lives Inside	Poorna	English		[34]
	Buhe Bariyan	Prem Kaur	Punjabi	Also producer	[35]
2024	Shayar	Seero	Punjabi		[20]
	Jatt & Juliet 3	Pooja	Punjabi
	Shukrana	TBA	Punjabi		[36]

As director

Year	Film	Cast	Notes
2017	Sargi	Jassi Gill, Babbal Rai, Karamjit Anmol, Rubina Bajwa	Debut

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Label
2004	Heere Heere	Amolak Atwal	Moviebox
2006	Kanthe Vala[37]	Kamal Heer
	Hey Soniye	Slinder Pardesi	Tips Industries
2011	Daang	Gippy Grewal	Speed Records
2017	Raat Di Gedi[38]	Diljit Dosanjh
2020	Nach Nach[39]	Gippy Grewal	Humble Music
2020	Blink[40]	Nimrat Khaira	Brand B
2021	All Bamb[41]	Amrit Maan	Speed Records
2022	Punjabiyan Di Dhee[42]	Guru Randhawa	T-Series

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
2003	Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani	Kiran
2003–2004	Jeet	Nandini
2004–2005	Guns & Roses	Divya
2005	Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi	Rinku	[43]
2005–2006	Nach Baliye 1	Contestant	[44]