Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi and Punjabi films and television. She is one of the highest paid Punjabi actresses. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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
In October 2014, Chawla appeared in the hit Punjabi song 'Mitran De Boot' along with Jazzy B. 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. 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. 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.
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.
Personal life Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017. She gave birth to a daughter on 15 April 2019
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 Telugu2011 Dharti Bani Punjabi Hum Tum Shabana Shabana Hindi Taur Mittran Di Keerat Punjabi2013 Saadi Love Story Preeti Singh vs Kaur Jasneet Kaur Himmatwala Herself Hindi Special appearance in song "Dhoka Dhoka" Lucky Di Unlucky Story Seerat Punjabi Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal Divya Tamil Ugly Rakhi Malhotra Hindi2014 Disco Singh Sweety Punjabi Hate Story 2 Sonika Prasad Hindi Creature 3D Herself Special appearance in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" Jaihind 2 / Abhimanyu Nandhini TamilKannadaTelugu2015 Hero 'Naam Yaad Rakhi' Hina Kaur PunjabiWelcome Back cameo (item song) Hindi Special appearance in song "Tutti Bole Marriage Di"Parched Bijli 2017Chhuri Short film
Television
Year Show Role Notes Ref(s) 2003–2007 Kahin To Hoga Charu 2005–2006 Kasautii Zindagi Kay Kasak Bajaj 2006–2007 Kaajjal Kaajjal Behl / Kaajjal Dev Pratab Singh 2008 Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Contestant 2010 Comedy Circus Ke Superstars Host 2016 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Contestant 24 Maya season 2 2018 Teen Pehliiyan Mamta 2018 Haq Se Dr. Meher Mirza2019Famously Filmfare PunjabiHost 2018–2019 Rangoli Host/presenter Sacred GamesJojo Mascarenas2021DecoupledShruti2023–PresentRana NaiduNaina Naidu2025Criminal Justice: A Family MatterAnju NagpalMandala MurdersAnanya BharadwajAndhera Ayesha
Awards and nominations Year Work Award Category Result Ref. 2011 Dharti PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Debut Female 2015 Disco Singh Best Actress 2016 Parched Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles for Grand Jury Prize Best Actress 2017 Star Screen Awards Best Supporting Actress
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