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{{short description|Indian television actress}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pankhuri Awasthy Rode
| image = Pankhuri Awasthy in January 2020.jpg
| caption = Awasthy Rode in 2020
| birth_name = Pankhuri Awasthy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|03|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| nationality =
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Gautam Rode]]|5 February 2018}}
| children = 2
| other names =
| yearsactive = 2014–present
| known_for = ''[[Razia Sultan (TV series)|Razia Sultan]]''<br/>''[[Suryaputra Karn]]''<br/>''[[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]]'' <br/>''[[Gud Se Meetha Ishq]]''
| website =
}}

'''Pankhuri Awasthy Rode''' (born 31 March 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly works in [[Hindi]] television. She made her acting debut in 2014 with ''[[Yeh Hai Aashiqui]]'' portraying Saima. Awasthy Rode is best known for her portrayal of [[Razia Sultan]] in ''[[Razia Sultan (TV series)|Razia Sultan]]'' and [[Draupadi]] in ''[[Suryaputra Karn]]''.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/How-Pankhuri-Awasthy-became-Razia-Sultan/articleshow/46274474.cms|title=Exclusive! How Pankhuri Awasthy became Razia Sultan|newspaper=Times of India|date=18 February 2015 |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>

Awasthy's other notable include portraying Vedika in ''[[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]]'' and Kajal Bhatt Khurana in ''[[Gud Se Meetha Ishq]]''. She made her film debut with ''[[Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan]]'' in 2021.

==Early life==
Awasthy Rode was born on 31 March 1991 in [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pankhuri Awasthy celebrates birthday with hubby Gautam Rode |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/videos/tv/hindi/pankhuri-awasthy-celebrates-birthday-with-hubby-gautam-rode/amp_videoshow/74918032.cms |access-date=22 February 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=31 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=TV एक्ट्रेस ने यूं सेलिब्रेट किया बर्थडे, हसबैंड से हैं 13 साल छोटी, PHOTOS |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bollywood/news/ENT-TV-IFTM-actress-pankhuri-awasthy-celebrates-birthday-with-gautam-rode-5843184-PHO.html |access-date=16 March 2019 |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=3 April 2018 |language=hi}}</ref> She grew up in [[Delhi]] but moved to [[Bangalore]] for a job in marketing. In 2014, she ultimately moved to [[Mumbai]] to pursue a career in acting.<ref name="TOI"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Pankhuri Awasthy aka Vedika is feeling grateful as she completes 5 years in Mumbai |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/pankhuri-awasthy-aka-vedika-is-feeling-grateful-as-she-completes-5-years-in-mumbai/articleshow/71576352.cms |access-date=18 January 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=14 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In October 2017, Awasthy got engaged to actor [[Gautam Rode]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gautam Rode and Pankhuri Awasthy to tie the knot in Alwar. See pics |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/gautam-rode-and-pankhuri-awasthy-to-tie-the-knot-in-alwar-see-pics/story-uUx2L4Q2fKGNQrjwpTTMUN.html |access-date=18 January 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=5 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Awasthy and Rode got married on 5 February 2018 in [[Alwar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gautam Rode wedding: The actor ties the knot with girlfriend Pankhuri Awasthy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/gautam-rode-ties-the-knot-with-pankhuri-awasthy-see-pics-and-videos/articleshow/62800339.cms |access-date=16 March 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=6 February 2018}}</ref> In April 2023, the couple announced their pregnancy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Richa |title=Pankhuri Awasthy And Gautam Rode Expecting Twins. "I Had Manifested This," She Says |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pankhuri-awasthy-and-gautam-rode-expecting-twins-i-had-manifested-this-she-says-4039255 |access-date=4 June 2023 |work=NDTV |date=16 May 2023}}</ref> On 25 July 2023, the couple became parents to twins, a boy and a girl.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Arya |first1=Prachi |title=Gautam Rode and Pankhuri Awasthy welcome twins, a boy and a girl |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/gautam-rode-and-pankhuri-awasthy-welcome-twins-a-boy-and-a-girl-2411986-2023-07-26 |access-date=27 July 2023 |magazine=India Today |date=26 July 2023}}</ref>

== Career ==
Awasthy Rode played the role of Seher in ''[[MTV Fanaah|MTV Fanaah Season 2]]''. After that, she played the role of ''Razia Sultan'' in [[&TV]]’s historical drama ''[[Razia Sultan (TV series)|Razia Sultan]]''. She also played ''[[Draupadi]]'' in the mythological drama ''[[Suryaputra Karn]]''. In 2017, she played the lead role of ''Amla'' in [[Star Plus]]’s show [[Kya Qusoor Hai Amala Ka?]], which is an Indian adaptation of famous Turkish show ''[[Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?]]''.

In 2019, she played an episodic role in the [[Colors TV]]'s show ''[[Kaun Hai?]]'' as Pauloma / Anvesha and also appeared in the [[& TV]]'s show ''[[Laal Ishq (Indian TV series)|Laal Ishq]]''. From June 2019 to January 2020 she played the role of Vedika Agarwal in [[Star Plus]]'s drama ''[[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=After hiatus of 2 years, Pankhuri Awasthy to make a comeback on TV with 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai' |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-after-hiatus-of-2-years-pankhuri-awasthy-to-make-a-comeback-on-tv-with-yeh-rishta-kya-kehlata-hai-2757821 |access-date=8 June 2019 |work=DNA India |date=6 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/yeh-rishta-kya-kehlata-hais-vedika-aka-pankhuri-awasthy-receives-hate-messages-from-fans-of-shivangi-joshi-and-mohsin-khan/articleshow/70497465.cms |title=Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai's Vedika aka Pankhuri Awasthy receives hate messages from fans of Shivangi Joshi and Mohsin Khan |date=2 August 2019 |work=Times Of India |access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/yeh-rishta-kya-kehlata-hais-pankhuri-awasthy-aka-vedika-posts-new-pic-from-naira-and-kartiks-bedroom-fans-get-upset/articleshow/71275847.cms|title=Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai's Pankhuri Awasthy aka Vedika posts new pic from Naira and Kartik's bedroom, fans get upset |date=24 September 2019|work=Times Of India|url-status=live|access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref>

Rode made her debut in [[Hindi cinema]] with ''[[Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan]]'', which was released on 21 February 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan's Script Was Hilarious, Says Pankhuri Awasthy |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/subh-mangal-zyada-savdhaans-script-was-hillarious-says-pankhuri-awasthy-2336687.html |access-date=31 January 2020 |work=News18 |date=8 October 2019}}</ref> In 2022, she portrayed Kajal Bhatt Khurana in ''[[Gud Se Meetha Ishq]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patowari |first1=Farzana |title=Pankhuri Awasthy to play a tour guide in Gud Se Meetha Ishq |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/pankhuri-awasthy-to-play-a-tour-guide-in-gud-se-meetha-ishq/articleshow/89964921.cms |access-date=4 June 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pankhuri Awasthy on Gud Se Meetha Ishq: Kaju and Neil's love story is like a divine intervention |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/tv/hindi/pankhuri-awasthy-on-gud-se-meetha-ishq-kaju-and-neils-love-story-is-like-a-divine-intervention/videoshow/90843397.cms |access-date=4 June 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=14 April 2022}}</ref>

In 2021, She joined [[Sony SAB|Sab TV]]'s show [[Maddam Sir]] in the role of [[Assistant sub-inspector of police|ASI]] Mira, a humanoid robot.

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2020
|''[[Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan]]''
|Kusum Nigam
|
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan's Script Was Hilarious, Says Pankhuri Awasthy |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/subh-mangal-zyada-savdhaans-script-was-hillarious-says-pankhuri-awasthy-2336687.html |access-date=18 January 2020 |work=News18 |date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2014
|''[[Yeh Hai Aashiqui]]'' - ''My Dil Goes Left Right Left''
| Saima (Episode 47)
|rowspan="2"|Episodic role
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/yeh-rishtas-pankhuri-awasthy-bags-her-first-film-a-look-at-her-journey-from-razia-sultan-to-shubh-mangal-zyada-saavdhan/photostory/71200361.cms|title=Yeh Rishta's Pankhuri Awasthy bags her first film: A look at her journey from Razia Sultan to Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan|date=19 September 2019|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
|''[[MTV Fanaah|MTV Fanaah Season 2]]''
| Seher
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Razia Sultan (TV series)|Razia Sultan]]''
| [[Razia Sultana|Razia Sultan]]
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/tv-show-about-women-emperor-razia-sultan-launched/|title=TV show about women emperor Razia Sultan launched|last=PTI|publisher=Indian Express|date=4 February 2015|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2015–2016
| ''[[Suryaputra Karn]]''
| [[Draupadi]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sengar|first=Resham|date=27 January 2016|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/scoops/348694/draupadi-aka-pankhuri-awasthy-shares-her-experience-shooting-cheer-haran-sequence|title=Draupadi aka Pankhuri Awasthy shares her experience of shooting "cheer-haran" sequence for Suryaputra Karn|website=PINKVILLA|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Kya Qusoor Hai Amala Ka?|Kya Qusoor Hai Amala Ka]]''
| Amala
|
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patowari |first1=Farzana |title=Pankhuri Awasthy: I have learnt from Gautam how to be free of inhibition |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/pankhuri-awasthy-i-have-learnt-from-gautam-how-to-be-free-of-inhibitions/articleshow/90149484.cms |access-date=24 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=11 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Kaun Hai?]]''
| Pauloma / Anvesha <ref group ="Note">The show was earlier titled as 'Khauff', to which the citation refers.'</ref>
|Episode: "The Mysterious Doll Of Putulgunj"
|<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rajguru|first=Sumit|date=29 May 2019|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/after-marrying-gautam-rode-pankhuri-awasthy-to-make-comeback-on-tv-in-khauff-opposite-abhishek-malik|title=After marrying Gautam Rode, Pankhuri Awasthy to make comeback on TV in Khauff opposite Abhishek Malik|work=Free Press Journal|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Laal Ishq (2018 TV series)|Laal Ishq]]''
| Episode 27
|Episode: "Mayong"
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=जैन |first1=किरण |title=खास बातचीत: पंखुड़ी अवस्थी बोलीं- एक वक्त था जब टेलीविजन एक्टर्स को स्टीरिओटाइप किया जाता था, लेकिन अब वक्त बदल गया |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/entertainment/bollywood/news/pankhuri-awasthi-there-was-a-time-when-television-actors-were-stereotyped-but-now-the-time-has-changed-129139313.html |access-date=24 March 2022 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=21 November 2021 |language=hi}}</ref>
|-
| 2019-2020
| ''[[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]]''
| Vedika
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/yeh-rishta-kya-kehlata-hai-pankhuri-awasthy-kickstarts-her-new-journey-shares-picture-sets-454657|title=Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai: Pankhuri Awasthy kickstarts her new journey; shares a picture from on sets|date=9 June 2019|website=PINKVILLA|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2021–2023
| ''[[Maddam Sir]]''
| [[Assistant sub-inspector of police|ASI]] Mira / Mira G
|
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Pankhuri Awasthy aka ASI Mira of Maddam Sir on a mission as an undercover agent for show's upcoming track |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/pankhuri-awasthy-aka-asi-mira-of-maddam-sir-on-a-mission-as-an-undercover-agent-for-shows-upcoming-track/articleshow/87986224.cms |access-date=24 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=29 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Gud Se Meetha Ishq]]''
| Kajal "Kaju" Bhatt Khurana
|
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.abplive.com/videos/entertainment/gud-se-meetha-ishq-pankhuri-awasthy-roped-in-hot-news-1514154/amp#aoh=16464518930954&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s|title=Gud Se Meetha Ishq: Pankhuri Awasthy Roped In|work=ABP Live|date=19 February 2022|access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref>
|}

===Web series===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2022
|''PNP Junction''
|Priya
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Piyush Gupta and Pankhuri Awasthy's debut web series PNP Junction marks return of College Days |access-date=13 July 2022 |url=https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/piyush-guptas-debut-web-series-pnp-junction-marks-return-of-college-days/1035857/%3famp |work=The Print}}</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
|rowspan="2"|2015
|[[Indian Telly Awards]]
|[[Indian Telly Award for Fresh New Face - Female|Fresh New Face - Female]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Razia Sultan (TV series)|Razia Sultan]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/tv-awards/indian-telly-awards/2015/115 |title=Indian Telly Awards 2015 Winners: Complete list of winners |website=The Times of India |access-date=10 May 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gold Awards]]
|[[Gold Award for Debut in a Lead Role (Female)|Debut in a Lead Role (Female)]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sarkar|first=Prarthna|date=22 June 2015|title=Zee Gold Awards 2015 Highlights, Complete Winners' List: 'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein' Bags Most Honours; Karan-Divyanka's Romance Steals the Show|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/zee-gold-awards-2015-highlights-complete-winners-list-yeh-hai-mohabbatein-bags-most-honours-636621|access-date=25 February 2022|website=IBTimes India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[Indian Television Academy Awards]]
|Popular Actress (Drama)
|''[[Gud Se Meetha Ishq]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=22nd Indian Television Academy Awards Nominations - Vote Now|access-date=9 September 2022|work=Indian Television Academy Awards|url=https://ita2022.indiantelevisionacademy.com/}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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