Rajeshwari Sachdev

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rajeshwari Sachdev

• Rajeshwari Sachdev is an Indian actor and singer. She has received the National Film Award for best supporting actress in the Hindi film ‘Sardari Begum.’

• Her father was associated with the theatre group Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) in Mumbai. As a kid, Rajeshwari used to accompany her father to IPTA and from there she started developing an interest in acting after watching the performance of various theatre artists. Later, she was chosen to participate with the IPTA’s Balmanch Theatre Group. She then participated in a number of theatre productions as a theatre artist.

  

• She began her Bharatanatyam training at the age of 5 in Mumbai at the Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir. She did her training for about 14 years.

• She used to take part in a variety of athletic and dancing competitions while she was in school. The first prize she ever received was for best school athlete.

  

• Rajeshwari is known for performing in the Hindi theatre plays Shabd Leela and Gauhar.

  

• She has appeared in various Hindi films like ‘Mammo’ (1994), ‘English Babu Desi Mem’ (1996), ‘Hari-Bhari’ (2000), ‘Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero’ (2005), ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’ (2008), and ‘Issaq’ (2013).

  

• She has also acted in a few Hindi TV serials such as ‘Om Namah Shivay’ (1997; aired on DD National), ‘Laut Aao Trisha’ (2014; Life OK), ‘Balika Vadhu’ (2015; aired on Colors), ‘Peshwa Bajirao’ (2017; Sony), and ‘Shaadi Mubarak’ (2020; Star Plus).

• Rajeshwari, along with the Indian actor Annu Kapoor, hosted the popular Zee TV musical show ‘Antakshari’ from 1994 to 2001.

• She is also a singer, and in 2000, she released the Punjabi music album ‘Mukhda Piya Ka.’

  

• In 2001, she met the Indian actor Varun Badola on the sets of the Indian musical game show ‘Antakshari.’ In 2004, they did a film together. They became friends on the sets of the film and soon, fell in love with each other. Within a few months of dating, the couple got married.

• In 2004, she released the music album ‘Ummang,’ in which folk songs from different states of India were included. Later, she performed live at various stage shows and other events.

  

• She also acted in the 2005 Hindi television film ‘Phir Se.’

• In 2005, Rajeshwari, along with her husband Varun Badola, participated in the celebrity couple dance reality TV show ‘Nach Baliye.’

  

• She hosted the Sony TV contest ‘K for Kishore’ in 2007.

  

• She acted in the 2009 English film ‘7 Days in Slow Motion.’

  

• Rajeshwari has also appeared in Marathi films such as ‘Runh: The Debt’ (2015), ‘Welcome Zindagi’ (2015), ‘Firebrand’ (2018), and ‘Nazar Andaz’ (2022).

  

• She was invited as a guest speaker at the talk show TEDx MICA in 2017.

  

• Some of her Hindi short films as an actor are ‘Taxi… an Uncertain Conversation’ (2021) and ‘Stories on the Next Page’ (2022).

  

• She is a dog lover and has two pet dogs named Sargeant and Sadhu.

  

• Rajeshwari and the Indian actress Neha Dhupia were once featured on the cover of Femina magazine.

  

Shaadi Mubarak (2020)