Sunita Rajwar

Sunita Rajwar
Rajwar at the 9th Star Parivaar Awards, Venetian Macao in 2011
Born	Sunita Chand Rajwar (1969-11-06) 6 November 1969 Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Known for	Ek Chalis Ki Last Local and Yeh Rishta Kya Khalta hai
Home town	Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India
Spouse(s)	Alok Singh (2011–present)

Sunita Chand Rajwar (born 6 November 1969) is an Indian film, television and stage actress who graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 1997.^[1] She acted in Sanjay Khanduri's directorial debut Ek Chalis Ki Last Local as the gangster Chakli, where she was nominated for a Max Stardust Award 2008 in the category Breakthrough Performance – Female.^[2][3]

Early life

Rajwar was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh and raised in her hometown Haldwani, Uttarakhand. She is second of three children, went to Nirmala Convent School, and later pursued her post-graduation from D.B.S Kumaun University in Nanital. She graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD)^[4] in New Delhi in 1997.^[5]

Before joining National School of Drama, Rajwar used to perform plays in Nainital, where she met actor Nirmal Pandey, an alumnus of the National School of Drama in Delhi, who was looking for actresses for his fellowship play. Pandey suggested her to join NSD.

Career

After leaving the National School of Drama she moved to Mumbai appearing in several Bollywood movies such as Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon (2003), Buddha Mar Gaya (2007), Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2008), Sankat City (2008), The White Elephant (2009), Hiss (2010) and Kafa (2013). It was her role as Chakli, a Mumbai gangster, in Ek Chalis Ki Last Local that gained her a nomination for the Max Stardust Award 2008 in the category Breakthrough Performance – Female.^[2][6]

Rajwar became a household name with the TV serial Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, where she played a cute, bubbly character Dhaniya. She also acted in the two-minute thriller, Paap Ka Anth, which won gold in the Media category at the Abby Awards 2005.^[7] Currently she is playing antagonist in Ramayan as Manthara and in Hitler Didi as Jamuna Dhai.

Apart from daytime soaps such as Jub Love Hua, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Ramayan, and Hitler Didi, she has had roles in several television episodic series as well, Rishtay on Zee TV, the horror drama Aahat on Sony TV, the horror show Ssshhhh...Koi Hai on Star Plus, the action crime drama CID on Sony TV, Savdhaan India on Life Ok and commercials like "Mahindra Tractors" with Amitabh Bachchan, "Zee Movie Magic Masti," "Maxima Watch," and "Airtel."

Rajwar has had leading roles in The Last Lear, Lady From The Sea, Do kashtiyon ka Sawaar, The Farm, Dhruv Swamini, Janm Jay Ka Nag Yagya, Ras Priya, Do Aurtein, Paap Aur Prakash, Ashaad Ka Ek Din, Mummy, including Neena Gupta's Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pehli Kiran Tak.

Filmography

Theatrical releases

Television

References

External links

• Sunita Rajwar at the Internet Movie Database