Surveen Chawla

Surveen Chawla

Chawla at Filmfare Glamour & Style Awards in 2016
Born 1 August[1]
Chandigarh, India
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2003 – present

Surveen Chawla is an Indian film actress and dancer who works in indian cinemas. She started her career through the television soap operas in the earlier days and ended up in appearing in the films. She is known for her portrayals in the movies and serials like Hate Story 2 (2014), Ugly (2013), Parched (2015) and 24 (season 2) (2016) etc along with many others.

Career

Television debut

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.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5] 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 - present

 Jay and Surveen poses for the camera
Chawla with her co-star Jay Bhanushali during the promotions of Hate Story 2 in 2014

In 2014, Chawla 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.[6] Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in film Creature 3D. Her latest Tamil film was Jaihind 2. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in Hindi film Welcome Back and in a Punjabi film Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi opposite Jimmy Shergill.[7][8] She also played the role of Bijli in Parched (2015).

Filmography

Movies

Key
Films that are in production 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
2015 Hero 'Naam Yaad Rakhi' Hina Kaur Punjabi
2015 Welcome Back Herself Hindi Special appearance in song "Tutti Bole Marriage Di"[9]
2015 Parched Bijli Hindi

Television

Year Serial(s) Role Channel(s)
2003-2007 Kahin To Hoga Charu Sinha / Charu Sujal Tushar Garewal Star Plus
2001-2008 Kasautii Zindagi Kay Kasak Bajaj
2006-2007 Kaajjal Kaajjal Behl / Kaajjal Dev Pratab Singh Sony
2008 Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Herself Colors
2010 Comedy Circus Ke Superstars Host Sony
2016 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Contestant Colors
24 (Season 2) Jai Singh Rathod's love-interest

Awards and nominations

Year Film Award Category Result Notes Source
2011 Dharti PTC Punjabi Film Awards Dove Best Debut Female Won [10]
2015 Disco Singh PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best actress Won
2016 Parched 6th Festival 2 Valencinnes France Best actress Won shared with Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Lehar Khan [11]
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Grand Jury Prize) Won [12]

References


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