Sarika

Sarika
Sarika
	Sarika in 2010
Born	Sarika Thakur; December 5, 1960 (age 63); New Delhi, India
Years active	1967—present
Spouse	Kamal Haasan (m. 1988; div. 2004)
Children	Shruti Haasan; Akshara Haasan

Sarika Thakur is an Indian actress and costume designer. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the English-language film Parzania.^[1] She was also awarded the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for her work in Hey Ram (2001).

Early life

Sarika was born in New Delhi into a family of Marathi and Rajput descent.^[2] Her father abandoned the family when she was very young. From then on, she became the breadwinner of the family. As she had to work for a living, she did not attend school.^[3]

Career

Sarika started her film career as a child actor at the age of 5,

Sachin, with whom she starred in many Hindi and Marathi films.^{[citation needed}

]

She gave birth to a baby girl,

Ipsita Ray Chakraverti in the film Sacred Evil – A True Story

which failed at the box office.

In year 2000, Sarika won the

Zoroastrian woman who loses her child during the 2002 riots of India, earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress. Khalid Mohamed wrote for Hindustan Times of her performance, "Sarika is marvellously restrained and lifelike, making you care for Parzania straight from the heart."^[5]

Sarika has starred as Sheetal Thadani in the movie Bheja Fry (2006), where she played the wife of Rajat Kapoor. She also had a small but important role in Manorama Six Feet Under. Her latest movie is Shoebite, which has been delayed for production, where she stars opposite Amitabh Bachchan.

Sarika made her television debut in

Sony TV's Yudh which stars Amitabh Bachchan

in the lead role.

Apart from acting, she also served as the costume designer, sound designer and associate director for Kuruthipunal (1995) under Raaj Kamal Films International.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2022	Uunchai	Mala Trivedi^[6]
2016	Baar Baar Dekho	Varsha Varma, Jai's mother
2014	Purani Jeans	Sherry Lawrence
2013	David
2013	Club 60	Dr. Saira Shaikh
2012	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Dr. Zoya Ali Khan
2012	Shoebite (Unreleased)	Aditi
2010	Society
2009	Kaccha Limboo
2008	Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors	Hari Puttar's Mother
	Yeh Mera India	Sushma Talreja
	Tahaan	(uncredited) Tahaan's Mother
2007	Manorama Six Feet Under	Manorama
2007	Bheja Fry	Sheetal R. Thadani
2006	Baabul	Pushpa Kapoor
2006	Sacred Evil	Ipsita
2005	Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow	Ira Haksar
2005	Parzania	Shehnaz
2004	American Daylight	Dolly
2003	Raghu Romeo	Party guest
2003	Punnagai Poove (Tamil)
1997	Aakhri Sanghursh	Seeta
1989	Santosh	Munni/Sarika
1989	Ajeeb Itefaq	Aparna/Arpana
1988	Kharidar
1986	Qatl	Rohini
	Swati	Dancer/Singer
	Shart	Ruhi
	Dilwaala	Sapna
	Mangal Dada
	Zinda Laash
1985	Ek Daku Saher Mein	Ranjana
	Ram Tere Kitne Nam	(uncredited) Lily (scene from Devta)
	Ek Bhool	(TV)
1984	Karishmaa	Neeta
	Gangvaa	Chameli
	Ram Tera Desh	Lily D'Souza
	Aasmaan
	Akalmand	Advocate Shobha
1984	Raaj Tilak	Gypsy
1983	Bade Dil Wala	Juhi Sinha/Juhi V. Gupta
	Nastik	(as Baby Sarika) Mala
	Kalka	Gauri
	Bagga Daku
	Razia Sultan
1982	Vidhaata	Neelima
	Badle Ki Aag	Asha
	Meharbaani
	Teesri Aankh	Rekha
	Yeh Vaada Raha	Rita Saxena
	Shriman Shrimati	Aruna Gupta
	Satte Pe Satta	Sheela
	Daulat	Sushma
	Dil Hi Dil Mein	Gulabo/Rani
1981	Khara Khota	With actor Raj Kiran
	Tik...Tik...Tik (Tamil)	Miss India Sherley
	Sannata
	Dahshat	Kiran
	Paanch Qaidi
	Kranti	Sheetal
	Nai Imarat
	Plot No. 5
	Sharada	Anita Kohli
1980	Jyoti Bane Jwala	Asha
	Nazrana Pyar Ka	Anuradha
	Pyaara Dushman
	Yeh Kaisa Insaaf?	Sudha
1979	Bin Phere Hum Tere	Shikha
	Griha Pravesh	Sapna
	Jaan-E-Bahaar	Kuku Rai
	Jaani Dushman	Bindiya
	Raakhi Ki Saugandh	Paro/Tina
	Til Til Dalekha
1978	Dil Aur Deewaar	Laxmi Rai
	tail chitr
	Geeta "Anpadh"
	Devata	Lily
	Madhu Malti
1977	Paradh	Marathi Film ( Shreeram Lagoo )
1976	Bundal Baaz	(uncredited) TV Newscaster
	Raksha Bandhan	Asha
	Zid
1975	Khushboo	Kali
	Geet Gaata Chal	Radha
	Kaagaz Ki Nao
	Vandana
1972	Haar Jeet	Child artist
1971	Chhoti Bahu	(uncredited) Gopi
1971	Jawan Muhabat	Child artist - Rekha Sareen
1970	Devi	(as Moppet Suraj) Deepak
1969	Beti	Little Nanda
	Balak	Child artist - Deepak "Deepu"
	Jyoti	(as Moppet Suraj) Munna/Nandan
	Satyakam	Child artist - Kabul S. Archarya
	Aashirwad	Child artist - Neena
1967	Hamraaz	Child artist - Sarika
1967	Majhli Didi	Uma – Hemangini

Web series

Year	Show	Role	Ref
2022	Modern Love: Mumbai	Dilbar	^[7]

Television

Year	Show	Role
2014	Yudh	Gauri Sekhar
2015	Darr Sabko Lagta Hai	Miss Consica

Awards

National Film Award for Best Actress
- Parzania (2005)
National Film Award for Best Costume Design
- Hey Ram (2000)

References

^ "53rd National Film Awards – 2006". Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 30. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^ Gupta, Priya. "I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Girl Interrupted". Hindustan Times. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Celebs with dark past". The Times of India. p. 6. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
^ Mohamed, Khalid (2006). "Parzania". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Parineeti Chopra plays the role of a tourist guide in Nepal in Sooraj Barjatya's Uunchai; film shot at world's most DANGEROUS airport". Bollywood Hungama. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
^ "Sarika on Playing Older Woman Attracted to Younger Man in Modern Love Mumbai: It's More Than Just an Affair'Exclusive". News 18. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

External links

Sarika at
IMDb
Sarika at Bollywood Hungama

[1] "53rd National Film Awards – 2006". Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 30. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

[2] Gupta, Priya. "I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[3] "Girl Interrupted". Hindustan Times. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[:0-4] "Celebs with dark past". The Times of India. p. 6. Retrieved 31 March 2014.

[5] Mohamed, Khalid (2006). "Parzania". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[6] "Parineeti Chopra plays the role of a tourist guide in Nepal in Sooraj Barjatya's Uunchai; film shot at world's most DANGEROUS airport". Bollywood Hungama. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

[7] "Sarika on Playing Older Woman Attracted to Younger Man in Modern Love Mumbai: It's More Than Just an Affair'Exclusive". News 18. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

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v t e National Film Award for Best Actress
1967–1980	Nargis (1967) Sharada (1968) Madhabi Mukherjee (1969) Rehana Sultan (1970) Waheeda Rehman (1971) Sharada (1972) Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1973) Shabana Azmi (1974) Sharmila Tagore (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Smita Patil (1977) Sharada (1978) Shoba (1979) Smita Patil (1980)
1981–2000	Rekha (1981) Shabana Azmi (1982) Shabana Azmi (1983) Shabana Azmi (1984) Suhasini (1985) Monisha (1986) Archana (1987) Archana (1988) Sreelekha Mukherji (1989) Vijayashanti (1990) Moloya Goswami (1991) Dimple Kapadia (1992) Shobana (1993) Debashree Roy (1994) Seema Biswas (1995) Tabu (1996) Indrani Haldar and Rituparna Sengupta (1997) Shabana Azmi (1998) Kirron Kher (1999) Raveena Tandon (2000)
2001–present	Shobana and Tabu (2001) Konkona Sen Sharma (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Tara (2004) Sarika (2005) Priyamani (2006) Umashree (2007) Priyanka Chopra (2008) Ananya Chatterjee (2009) Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar and Saranya Ponvannan (2010) Vidya Balan (2011) Usha Jadhav (2012) Geetanjali Thapa (2013) Kangana Ranaut (2014) Kangana Ranaut (2015) Surabhi Lakshmi (2016) Sridevi (2017) Keerthy Suresh (2018) Kangana Ranaut (2019) Aparna Balamurali (2020) Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon (2021)

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