Shivaleeka Oberoi

Shivaleeka Oberoi (born 24 July 1995)^[1] is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films.^[2] Her early acting work includes Yeh Saali Aashiqui (2019) and Khuda Haafiz (2020).^[3][4]

Shivaleeka Oberoi
Oberoi in 2022
Born	(1995-07-24) 24 July 1995 (age 29) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2014–present
Spouse	Abhishek Pathak ​ (m. 2023)​

Early life and education

Oberoi's mother, Sarina Oberoi, was a teacher. Her grandfather Mahavir Oberoi, who died when her father was very young, had produced a Bollywood film Sheba and Hercules in 1967.^[5]

Oberoi was educated at Arya Vidya Mandir School and Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai. She graduated from Mumbai University where she studied Majors in English and Psychology. While she was graduating she did a 3-month diploma course from Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares acting institute.^[5]

Career

Soon after graduation, she started working at Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and became an assistant director on Kick (2014) and Housefull 3 (2016).^[6] After that, she started auditioning for films and took up ads and modelling assignments before she got her debut film.^[7]

Before venturing into acting, Oberoi worked as an assistant director at the Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment productions for Kick (2014) and Housefull 3 (2016). She made her acting debut in 2019 with the romantic thriller film Yeh Saali Aashiqui, co-starring Vardhan Puri, grandson of Amrish Puri.^[8] The film was directed by Cherag Ruparel and produced by Pen India Limited and Amrish Puri Films.^[9] Her second film Khuda Hafiz with Vidyut Jammwal, directed by Faruk Kabir released on 14 August 2020.^[10][11]

Personal life

It was reported that Oberoi got engaged to her long-term boyfriend actor Karam Rajpal on 15 January 2018.^[12] In November 2019, she denied the reports of engagement and called these reports false.^[13]

Oberoi with husband Abhishek Pathak in 2023

On 24 July 2022, Oberoi got engaged to filmmaker Abhishek Pathak.^[14][15] In February 2023, they married in Goa.^[16]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Kick	—	Assistant director	[17]
2016	Housefull 3	—		[18]
2019	Yeh Saali Aashiqui	Mitali "Mitee" Deora	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut	[19]
2020	Khuda Haafiz	Nargis Rajput Choudary		[20]
2022	Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2			[21]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Ref.
2021	Saiyyonee	Yasser Desai, Rashmeet Kaur	[22]
	Soulmate	Akull, Aastha Gill	[23]
2022	Choti Choti Galtiyan	Papon	[24]
	Rehna Tere Paas	Armaan Malik	[25]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2020	Filmfare Awards	Best Female Debut	Yeh Saali Aashiqui	Nominated	[26]