Sana Saeed

Sana Saeed (born 22 September 1988)^[1] is an Indian actress and model, who appears in Bollywood films and Indian television.^[2] Her first appearance was as a child artist in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and continued to do so in films like Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000) and Badal (2000). She also appeared in television shows such as Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na (2008) and Lo Ho Gayi Pooja Iss Ghar Ki (2008).

Sana Saeed
Saeed at the Global Peace Fashion Show, 2013
Born	(1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 36)[1] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actress Model
Years active	1998–2019,2022

In 2012, Saeed made her big screen debut as an adult in a supporting role in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, which emerged as a box-office commercial success.^[3] She participated in the reality shows Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6 (2013), Nach Baliye 7 (2015) and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 (2016).

Career

She has appeared as a child artist in critically and commercially successful films such as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Badal (2000) and Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000). Saeed also hosted the famous kids program Fox Kids telecasted on Star Plus in which she played the role of Chatur Chachi. She also appeared in television shows such as Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na on Sony TV and Lo Ho Gayi Pooja Iss Ghar Ki on SAB TV.

She came sixth in the dance reality show and was praised for her energy levels in dancing. Jhalak Dikhla Jaa.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, She made her screen debut in a supporting role in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year along with the main leads Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt.^[4] She got noticed due to her child star memory in spite of her small role. Film critic Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama wrote, "Sana Saaed looks glamorous and does well".^[5] film critic Komal Nahta commented, "Sana Saeed only gets to pout and flaunt her body as Tanya.".^[3][6] The film was released on 19 October 2012 in over 1400 screens across the country and garnered positive to mixed reviews from critics and good box office collections.^[7] Boxofficeindia declared the film as a semihit after three weeks.^[8] She placed 5th in Nach Baliye 7.

In May 2018, Sana appeared in Zee TV's talk show Juzz Baatt as a guest along with Adnan Khan, Arjit Taneja and Karan Jotwani.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	Anjali Khanna	Child artist
2000	Badal	Preeti
	Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega	Special appearance
2012	Student Of The Year	Tanya Israni	[9]
2014	Fugly	Unnamed	Song: "Lovely Jind Wali" [10]
	Caught In The Web	Herself	Short film [11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–2003	Fox Kids	Chatur Chachi
2002–2003	Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan	Anjali
2003	Kahiin To Hoga	Sakshi
2004	Hey...Yehii To Haii Woh!	Deepika
2005	Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar	Sara
2006	Kkavyanjali	Herself	Guest
2007	Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai	Riya
2008	Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na	Chaaya Joshi
2008–2009	Lo Ho Gayi Pooja Iss Ghar Ki	Pooja
2009–2010	Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai	Priya
2010	Dhoondh Legi Manzil Humein	Herself	Guest
2011	Sasural Genda Phool	Shweta
2012	Bigg Boss 6	Herself	Guest
2013	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6	Contestant	6th place
	MTV Splitsvilla	Herself	Guest
	Yeh Hai Aashiqui	Nandini
2014	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7	Herself	Guest
2015	Nach Baliye 7	Contestant	5th place
2016	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7		1st runner-up
2017	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9	Herself	Guest
2018	Laal Ishq	Maya Sharma
	Comedy Circus	Herself
2019	Khatra Khatra Khatra	Herself	Guest
	Kitchen Champion 5
2022	The Khatra Khatra Show

References

1. "12 child artistes who turned into beautiful divas". Mid-Day. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
2. "Sana Saeed home". Mumbai Mirror. The Times of India. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
3. Joginder Tuteja (22 October 2012). "Karan scores hat trick with SOTY scoring very well at the Box Office". Koimoi.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
4. Neha Sharma; Navdeep Kaur Marwah (4 January 2011). "The new stars of Bollywood". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
5. Taran Adarsh. "Student Of The Year Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
6. Roshni Devi (19 October 2012). "Student Of The Year Review". Koimoi.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
7. "Student of the Year Movie Review". reviewgang.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
8. "Student of the Year". Box Office India. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
9. "Sana Saeed in Student of the Year [Kuch Kuch Hota Hai's Anjali]". Mumbai. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
10. "Sana Saeed Does Item Song for Akshay Kumar's Film". IndiaWest. PTI. 20 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
11. "Sana Saeed's short film released on a video sharing website". Mid-Day. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

External links

• Sana Saeed at IMDb
• Sana Saeed at Bollywood Hungama
• Sana Saeed on Instagram