Rubina Bajwa

Rubina Bajwa is a Canadian actress who works in Indian Punjabi films. The sister of Canadian actress Neeru Bajwa, she started her career in 2017 in her sister's film Sargi, for which she was awarded the Debut Female Actress Award in 2018 during the PTC Punjabi Film Awards.^[1][2]

Rubina Bajwa
Bajwa in 2019
Born	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2017 – present
Spouse	Gurbaksh Chahal ​ (m. 2022)​
Relatives	Neeru Bajwa (sister)

Career

Bajwa started her career in the 2017 Punjabi film Sargi, promoted and directed by her sister Neeru Bajwa.^[3] She then appeared in Laavaan Phere along with Roshan Prince in 2018, which received moderate success at the box office and had received mixed reviews by critics.^[4][5]

In 2019, Bajwa also appeared in Laiye Je Yaarian with Harish Verma^[6] and also in the film Munda Hi Chahida.^[7][8] She also had a role in Gidarh Singhi.^[9]

In 2022, Bajwa appeared with her sister, Neeru Bajwa in the movie, Beautiful Billo, produced by Neeru's production company,^{[citation needed]} and also appeared in Teri Meri Gal Ban Gayi, directed by Priti Sapru.^[10]

Personal life

Rubina Bajwa

Bajwa was born in an Indian Punjabi Jatt Sikh family in Vancouver, British Columbia to Jaswant Bajwa^[11] and Surinder Bajwa.^[12] She grew up in Vancouver and later came to India to shadow her sister Neeru Bajwa within the Punjabi cinema industry.^[13]

In 2019, Bajwa started dating Gurbaksh Chahal.^[14][15] In July 2022, the couple announced their engagement and their plans to be married in October^[16] and on 26 October 2022, they got married with a private ceremony in Mexico.^[17]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2017	Sargi	Sargi	Punjabi	Film Debut[3]
2018	Laavaan Phere	Neetu	Punjabi	[5]
	Aate Di Chidi		Punjabi	Special appearance in the song Mucch [18]
2019	Laiye Je Yaarian	Jaanpreet	Punjabi	[6]
	Munda Hi Chahida	Rani	Punjabi	[8]
	Dil Diyan Gallkan		Punjabi	Special Appearance [19]
	Gidarh Singhi	Simmi	Punjabi	[9]
	Teri Meri Gal Ban Gayi	Guri	Punjabi	[10]
2020	Parauneya Nu Dafa Karo	Raavi	Punjabi	[20]
	Beautiful Billo	Sonica	Punjabi	[21]
	Good Luck Jatta	Preeti	Punjabi	[22]
2021	Laavan Phere 2	Neetu	Punjabi	Filming[23][24]
2022	Beautiful Billo	Sonika	Punjabi	[25]
2023	Buhe Bariyan	Kammi	Punjabi

Music video

Song	Performer	Year	Ref
"Ve Aivein Taan Ni Rondi Tere Layi"	Babbal Rai	2017	[26]
"28 Kille"	Gippy Grewal	2018	[27]
"Peacock"	Jordan Sandhu	2019	[28]

Awards and nominations

Year	Film	Award Ceremony	Category	Result
2018	Sargi	Jio Filmfare Awards	Best Actress, Female Debut	Nominated[29]
2018	Sargi	PTC Punjabi Film Awards	Best Actress, Female Debut	Won