Neha Mahajan

Neha Mahajan is an Indian actress and model known for her works predominantly in Marathi and Hindi films, in addition to Marathi theatre.^[1][2] Mahajan made her debut in 2012, with the English-language Canadian-British production Midnight's Children directed by Deepa Mehta.

Neha Mahajan
Neha Mahajan at the premiere of Coffee Ani Barach Kahi
Born	Talegaon Dabhade, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actress sitarist
Years active	2004–present
Parent	Pandit Vidur Mahajan

In 2013, Mahajan played Ophelia in Madhav Vaze's stage production of Hamlet in Marathi.^[3] She then appeared in Ajoba (2013), and Feast of Varanasi (2014).^[4] In 2015, she made her Mollywood debut as Vishaya in the indie drama The Painted House.^[5] Most recently Neha appeared in the 2019 Netflix series Leila, a dystopian drama. She was also seen in Rohit Shetty's action film Simmba.^{[citation needed]} In 2020, she made her Hollywood debut in the action-thriller Extraction.

Early life

Mahajan is the daughter of Sitar artist Pandit Vidur Mahajan, and has been accompanying him on his sitar performances while also performing solo. She was born in Talegaon Dabhade, Pune in the state of Maharashtra.^[6] Mahajan attended Trimble Tech High School in Texas, and earned her master's degree in philosophy from the University of Pune. She has been involved in theater and cinema and has worked in Marathi, English, Hindi and Malayalam language films.

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
2012	Midnight's Children	English	Young Naseem
2014	Ajoba	Marathi
	Feast of Varanasi	Hindi	Maya
2015	Coffee Ani Barach Kahi	Marathi	Abha
	Nilkanth Master		Yashoda
	The Painted House	Malayalam	Vishaya
2016	Aai Tujha Aashirwad	Marathi
	Friends
	Youth		Yutika
	One Way Ticket		Urvashi
2017	TTMM – Tujha Tu Majha Mi		Rajashree
2018	Gaon	Hindi	Sango
	Simmba		Kavya
2019	Leila		Pooja	Netflix series
2020	Extraction	English	Neysa Rav	Netflix film
2021	Koi Jaane Na	Hindi	Bindiya
2023	Gadad Andhar	Marathi
2024	Babu	Marathi		[7]