Surveen Chawla


Surveen Chawla is an Indian film actress and dancer. She started her career with television soap operas in the earlier days and ended up in appearing in the films. She is known for her roles in movies and serials like Hate Story 2, Ugly, Parched and 24 etc. along with many others films. In 2018, she was seen in web series Haq Se.

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. 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. 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 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, 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. 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.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2008Paramesha PanwalaShrutiKannada
2009Raju MaharajuSnehaTelugu
2011DhartiBaniPunjabi
2011Hum Tum ShabanaShabanaHindi
2011Taur Mittran DiKeeratPunjabi
2013Saadi Love StoryPreetiPunjabi
2013Singh vs KaurJasneet KaurPunjabi
2013HimmatwalaHerselfHindiSpecial appearance in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
2013Lucky Di Unlucky StorySeeratPunjabi
2013Moondru Per Moondru KadhalDivyaTamil
2013Puthiya ThiruppangalAnupamaTamil
2013UglyRakhi MalhotraHindi
2014Disco SinghSweetyPunjabi
2014Hate Story 2Sonika PrasadHindi
2014Creature 3DHerselfHindiSpecial appearance in song "Sawan Aaya Hai"
2014Jai Hind 2NandhiniTamil
2015Hero 'Naam Yaad Rakhi'Hina KaurPunjabi
2015Welcome BackHerselfHindiSpecial appearance in song "Tutti Bole Marriage Di"
2015ParchedBijliHindi
2017ChhuriHindiShort film

Television

YearSerialRoleNotes
2003–2007Kahin To HogaCharu
2005–2006Kasautii Zindagi KayKasak Bajaj
2006–2007KaajjalKaajjal Behl / Kaajjal Dev Pratab Singh
2008Ek Khiladi Ek HaseenaHerself
2010Comedy Circus Ke SuperstarsHost
2016Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9Contestant
201624Mayaseason 2
2018Teen PehliiyanMamtaStory "Copy"
2018–2019Sacred GamesJojo Mascarenas
2018–2019RangoliHost/presenter

Web series

YearSeriesRolePlatform
2018Haq SeDr. Meher MirzaALT Balaji

Awards and nominations

YearShow/FilmAwardCategoryResultNotesSource
2011DhartiPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Debut Female
2015Disco SinghPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest actress
2016ParchedIndian Film Festival of Los Angeles Best actressshared with Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Lehar Khan
2017ParchedStar Screen AwardsBest Supporting Actress