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'''Sandhya Mridul''' (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actress who appears in [[Bollywood]] films and television. She is most known for her roles in films like ''[[Saathiya (film)|Saathiya]]'' (2002) and ''[[Page 3 (film)|Page 3]]'' (2005) and was first runner up on the reality dance show ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa#Season 2|Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2)]]'' (2007).

==Early life==
Sandhya, also called 'Sandy', was born in [[Mumbai]] to P. R. Mridul and his wife. Later, the family moved to [[New Delhi]]. At age ten, she left home to attend school at [[Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School]] in [[Jaipur]]. She later attended Mater Dei Convent School in New Delhi. At age 14, her father, a lawyer and later a [[judge]] of the high court, died and she was brought up by her elder brother Siddharth Mridul who is a sitting judge of [[Delhi High Court]]. She has another elder brother named Pankaj.<ref name=tele>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050702/asp/weekend/story_4921194.asp A shoulder to lean on: Elder brother Siddharth has been like a father to actress Sandhya Mridul], ''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]'', 2 July 2005.</ref><ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/sandhya-mridul-170506.html "My acting school was my balcony" – Sandhya Mridul] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120717144115/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/sandhya-mridul-170506.html |date=17 July 2012 }}, [[IndiaFM]], Wednesday, 17 May 2006.</ref>

She attended Lady Sriram College, Delhi. She graduated in Mathematics, did her post graduation in marketing and went on to do a corporate job with KLM in Mumbai.<ref>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=89967 Aisa bhi hota hai]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 2 July 2004.</ref>

==Career==
Mridul first arrived back in Mumbai to be a marketing executive. She first started her career with the popular TV serial ''[[Swabhimaan]]''. After that, additional roles followed in serials like ''Banegi Apni Baat'', ''Koshish'' and ''Hu Ba Hu''.

She made her breakthrough in movies with [[Yash Raj Films]], in ''[[Saathiya (film)|Saathiya]]'' in 2002. It was critically and commercially successful and critics appreciated her performance. Her character Dina was an important supporting role that got her noticed.

She also appeared in ''Extraa Innings'', the programme during the [[Cricket World Cup]] 2003.

In 2004, she acted in Pratap Sharma's ''Zen Katha'', a play based on the life of [[Buddha]] in Mumbai opposite Rajeev Gopalkrishnan.

Mridul's show ''Koshish Ek Asha'' in which she played the role of the female protagonist has been dubbed in Chinese; in 2005, it was telecast in China. Through this show, Sandhya became a household name in China.

She decided to walk away from television soap operas because the roles felt repetitive. Of her decision, she remarked, "If you want to play the protagonist these days, you have to be the bahu. I'm not ready to do that again. I can't be wearing heavy saris with dark pink lipstick all my life."<ref name="In love, it's all or nothing: Sandhya Mridul">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.in/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=ff080e5e-6001-4796-b7e9-c73de985676f&&Headline=In+love%2c+it%E2%80%99s+all+or+nothing+for+Sandhya+Mridul|title=all or nothing for Sandhya Mridul|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531193644/http://www.hindustantimes.in/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=ff080e5e-6001-4796-b7e9-c73de985676f&&Headline=In+love,+it%E2%80%99s+all+or+nothing+for+Sandhya+Mridul |date=31 May 2012 |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|archive-date=31 May 2012}}</ref>

In 2005 she starred in ''[[Page 3 (film)|Page 3]]'' with [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] and [[Tara Sharma]]. She played an air hostess. Her performance was again praised by the critics and the film was a hit at the box office.

Since 2006, she has focused exclusively on film roles. She played Maya, a restless soul who keeps on moving in and out of things in an off-beat film called ''Strings''. She acted in ''[[13th Floor (film)|13th Floor]]'', an interesting story of two people stuck in lift on the 13th floor. As a trained Bharatnatyam dancer, Sandhya's desire to show her dancing skills is being fulfilled in ''[[Chowki]]''. In ''[[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]]'', she plays a wife stuck in a marriage with a gay man. In the thriller ''[[Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante]]'' by Tanvir Khan, she acts with [[Irrfan Khan|Irfan Khan]]. In ''[[The Great Indian Butterfly]]'', she shows her talent in how a young Indian couple climbing the ladder of the corporate rat race.

Her versatility and her penchant for taking non-conformist roles have made her a darling of cross-over films. She proved her talent again in another off-beat film called ''[[Via Darjeeling]]'' in which she plays an alcoholic. "I would like to step into the shoes that [[Smita Patil]] left behind", says Mridul about where she sees herself in the [[Bollywood]] acting space.<ref name="I'd like to step into the shoes of Smita Patil">[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1038908.cms 'I'd like to step into the shoes of Smita Patil'] [[The Times of India]], 2 March 2005.</ref>

She was judged the runner-up at the popular dance show ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa#Season 2|Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2)]]''. This decision did court some controversy since judge [[Urmila Matondkar]] declared that Mridul should have won.<ref name="I felt Sandhya Mridul should win">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollycircle.com/index.php/hindi-videos/i-felt-sandhya-mridul-should-win-urmila-matondkar/%5D,|title=Bollycircle.com|website=www.bollycircle.com}}</ref> There were allegations of rigging and interference on the decision to declare [[Prachi Desai]] the winner of the show. Mridul said of the decision, "Don't tell me that I lost. Like I have said before, you lose only when you lose heart, and I haven't. I may have only lost out on a trophy and cash but I have won many hearts."<ref name="Prachi is more popular because of her bahurani image">[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/dec/17sandhya.htm 'Prachi is more popular because of her bahurani image'] [[Rediff]], 17 December 2007.</ref>

In 2008, she served as a member of the jury in the 14th Television Festival held in Shanghai. She was youngest and lone Indian in the festival.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/news/Sandhya-Mridul-on-jury-of-Shanghai-Television-Festival/323987/ Sandhya Mridul on jury of Shanghai Television Festival] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120910023711/http://www.screenindia.com/news/Sandhya-Mridul-on-jury-of-Shanghai-Television-Festival/323987/ |date=10 September 2012 }} [[Screen (magazine)|Screen]], 20 June 2008.</ref> In 2014, Sandhya worked in [[Ragini MMS 2]], in which she kissed [[Sunny Leone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mensxp.com/entertainment/gossip/22139-sunny-leone-sandhya-mriduls-steamy-kiss-in-ragini-mms-2_.html|title=Sunny Leone & Sandhya Mridul's Steamy Kiss In Ragini MMS 2}}</ref>

In 2016, she is portraying the role of Nazneen Khan in POW Bandhi Yudh Ki, mother of two children who single-handedly brings them up while her husband Imaan Khan (played by [[Satyadeep Misra]]) is missing in action since the [[Kargil War]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film/TV
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1994
|''[[Banegi Apni Baat]]''
|Sakshi
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Swabhimaan]]''
|Shivani
|
|-
|1997
|''Hamen Jahan Pyar Mile''
|
|
|-
|1997
|''Jeene Bhi Do Yaaro''
|
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Aashirwad (TV series)|Aashirwad]]''
|Geeta
|
|-
|1999 || ''Muskaan''|| Kashish ||
|-
|2000
|''[[Koshish (TV series)|Koshish – Ek Aashaa]]''
|Kajal Khanna
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Hubahu]]''
|Aditi and Ananya
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Saathiya (film)|Saathiya]]''
|Dina Sharma
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II]]''
|Inspector Agni Sinha
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin]]''
|Yana
|
|-
|2004
|''Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai''
|Sangeeta Chaudhry
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Page 3 (film)|Page 3]]''
| Pearl Sequiera
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Socha Na Tha]]''
|Sonal
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye]]''
| Rachna Singh
|
|-
|2006
|''13th Floor''
|Naina
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante]]''
|Roohi K. Vaidya
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.]]''
|Madhu
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Say Salaam India]]''
| Sonali
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa#Season 2|Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2)]]''
|Herself
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Mr. Black Mr. White]]''
|Teenie
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Via Darjeeling]]''
|Mallika Tiwari
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Ustaadon Ka Ustaad]]''
|Herself
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Quick Gun Murugun]]''
|Masala News Reporter
|
|-
|2010
|''[[The Great Indian Butterfly]]''
|Meera K. Kumar
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Hum Tum Aur Ghost]]''
|Mini
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Force (2011 film)|Force]]''
|Swati
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Ragini MMS 2]]''
|Monali
|
|-
|2013
|''[[That Day After Every Day]]''
| Didi
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Angry Indian Goddesses]]''
| Suranjana
|
|-
|2016
| ''[[P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke]]''
|Nazneen Khan
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Section 375]]''
|Shilpa Saluja
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Nirvana Inn]]''
| Leela
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Mentalhood]]''
|Anuja Joshi/Ajo
|Web series on [[ZEE5]] & [[ALT Balaji]]
|-
|2021
|''[[Tandav (TV series)|Tandav]]''
|Professor Sandhya Nigam
|Web series on [[Amazon Prime]]
|}

==Unreleased films==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Role
|-
|2009
|''[[BBD (film)|BBD]]''
|TV Host
|-
|2009
|''Chowky''
|Unknown
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Film !! Result
|-
|2006
|[[BFJA Awards]]
|Best Actress in a Supporting Role
|''Page 3''
|{{won}}
|-
|2006
|[[Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|''Page 3''
|{{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131109145116/http://www.sandhyamridul.com/ Official Site]
* {{IMDb name|id=1269584|name=Sandhya Mridul}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121025010258/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-06-03/news-interviews/27983679_1_focus-konkona-genre Unconventionally yours, Sandhya Mridul] [[The Times of India]]

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