Surveen Chawla

Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984^[1]) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi and Punjabi films and television.^[1] She is one of the highest paid Punjabi actress.^[2][3] She started her career with television shows like Kahin To Hoga and Kaajjal. She is known for her roles in movies and shows like Hate Story 2 (2014), Ugly (2013), Parched (2015) and 24 (2016) along with many other films. In 2018, she was seen in the Hindi web series Haq Se.

Surveen Chawla
Chawla in 2016
Born	(1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 40) Chandigarh, India
Education	Chandigarh College for Women, Chandigarh
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Akshay Thakker ​ (m. 2015)​

Career

Television debut

Chawla first was one of the final 25 of the Channel [V]'s reality show Coke [V] Popstars season 2 in 2003. Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial Kahin To Hoga. She also appeared in the reality dance show Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth.^[4] Before this, she appeared in the television serial Kasautii Zindagi Kay in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial Kaajjal, till 2007. She hosted the television show Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars.^[5][6] Then she made her film debut with Kannada film Paramesha Panwala. In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film Dharti which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films Taur Mittran Di, Saadi Love Story, Singh vs Kaur, Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Disco Singh (2014). She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's Himmatwala.^[7] In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal and also appeared in Puthiya Thiruppangal. She then appeared in Anurag Kashyap's thriller Ugly.

2014–2017

Chawla with her co-star Jay Bhanushali during the promotions of Hate Story 2 in 2014

In October 2014, Chawla appeared in the hit Punjabi song 'Mitran De Boot' along with Jazzy B.^[8] In 2014, she also played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller Hate Story 2, a sequel to Hate Story (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially.^[9] Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in the film Creature 3D. Her latest Tamil film was Jaihind 2. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film Welcome Back and in a Punjabi film Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi opposite Jimmy Shergill.^[10][11] She also played the role of Bijli in Parched (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani.^[12]

2018–present

In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with ALT Balaji's web series Haq Se opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested Kashmir, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.^[13]

Personal life

Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017.^[14]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes the films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Paramesha Panwala	Shruti	Kannada
2009	Raju Maharaju	Sneha	Telugu
2011	Dharti	Bani	Punjabi
2011	Hum Tum Shabana	Shabana	Hindi
2011	Taur Mittran Di	Keerat	Punjabi
2013	Saadi Love Story	Preeti	Punjabi
2013	Singh vs Kaur	Jasneet Kaur	Punjabi
2013	Himmatwala	Herself	Hindi	Special appearance in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
2013	Lucky Di Unlucky Story	Seerat	Punjabi
2013	Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal	Divya	Tamil
2013	Puthiya Thiruppangal	Anupama	Tamil
2013	Ugly	Rakhi Malhotra	Hindi
2014	Disco Singh	Sweety	Punjabi
2014	Hate Story 2	Sonika Prasad	Hindi
2014	Creature 3D	Herself	Hindi	Special appearance in song "Sawan Aaya Hai"
2014	Jai Hind 2	Nandhini	Tamil/Telugu/Kannada
2015	Hero 'Naam Yaad Rakhi'	Hina Kaur	Punjabi
2015	Welcome Back	Herself	Hindi	Special appearance in song "Tutti Bole Marriage Di"[15]
2015	Parched	Bijli	Hindi
2017	Chhuri		Hindi	Short film

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2003–2007	Kahin To Hoga	Charu		[16]
2005–2006	Kasautii Zindagi Kay	Kasak Bajaj		[16]
2006–2007	Kaajjal	Kaajjal Behl / Kaajjal Dev Pratab Singh		[16]
2008	Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena	Contestant		[17]
2010	Comedy Circus Ke Superstars	Host		[16]
2016	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9	Contestant		[18]
	24	Maya	season 2	[16]
2018	Teen Pehliiyan	Mamta		[19]
2018	Haq Se	Dr. Meher Mirza
2019	Famously Filmfare Punjabi	Host
2018–2019	Rangoli	Host/presenter		[20][21]
	Sacred Games	Jojo Mascarenas
2021	Decoupled	Shruti
2023	Rana Naidu	Naina Naidu		[22]

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2011	Dharti	PTC Punjabi Film Awards	Best Debut Female	Won	[23]
2015	Disco Singh		Best Actress	Won
2016	Parched	Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles for Grand Jury Prize	Best Actress	Won[a]	[24]
2017		Star Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[25]

Notes

1. Shared with Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Lehar Khan.