SANDHYA MRIDUL

Sandhya Mridul was born in Jaipur and later moved to New Delhi. She arrived in Mumbai years ago and after a successful stint in the corporate world found her true calling as an actress, since then she has enthralled audiences with her pivotal performances, dancing skills, vivacity and honesty while making her mark in every medium– be it television, film, theater or live performances. She quickly became wildly popular on the small screen with her performances in serials like Swabhimaan, Banegi Apni Baat, Koshish and Hu Ba Hu. Her show, Koshish Ek Asha in which she played the role of the female protagonist has been dubbed in Chinese and in the year 2005. She made her breakthrough in films with Yash Raj Films, in Saathiya in 2002. The film was critically and commercially successful and critics appreciated her performance. Her character Dina was an important supporting role that got her noticed and award nominations. She played a smart and honest airhostess, Pearl Sequeira, in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Page 3 in 2005. She has also been judged the runner-up at the popular dance show Jhalak Dhiklaa Jaa (season 2, 2007). In 2004, she acted in Pratap Sharma’s “Zen Katha”, a play based on the life of Buddha in Mumbai opposite Rajeev Gopalkrishnan. She starred with Mahesh Manjrekar in Double Deal directed by Mahesh Dattani, a play that is an adaptation of Richard Stockwell’s “A Killing Time”. Double Deal garnered immense success and acclaim both in India and abroad.