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Pooja Banerjee
Pooja Banerjee | |
|---|---|
 Banerjee at Star Parivaar Awards 2018 | |
| Born | 8 November 1991 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Spouse(s) | ( m. 2017) |
Pooja Banerjee Sejwal (born 8 November 1991) is an Indian television actress.[2] She is known for portraying Tejal Mazumdar in Star Plus's Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum and Nivedita Basu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2.[3] She presently portrays Rhea Mehra in Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya.[4] She participated in MTV India's MTV Roadies 8 in 2011 and Nach Baliye 9 in 2019.
Early life[edit]
Banerjee completed her schooling from Centre point school and college from Hislop College, Nagpur. She pursued her graduation in Bachelor of Commerce and completed her post graduation in Masters in English literature. She has also represented Maharashtra at the national level swimming tournaments. She swam the 5 km sea race in the Arabian Sea and 14 km river race in river Hooghly.[5] Banerjee has also played a swimmer, Rewa Mathur, in Swim Team.[6][7]
Personal life[edit]
Banerjee is married to Olympian swimmer, Sandeep Sejwal.[8] He won a bronze medal in 50m breaststroke at the 2014 Asian games held in Incheon. He was awarded the Arjuna award by then president of India, Pranab Mukherjee.[9]
Television[edit]
| Year | Show | Role | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | MTV Roadies 8 | Contestant | |
| 2012 | Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum | Tejal Mazumdar | [10] |
| 2012 | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | Guest (as Tejal) | |
| 2013 | The Adventures of Hatim | Perizaad | [11] |
| Ghar Aaja Pardesi | Rudrani | ||
| 2014–2015 | Box Cricket League 1 | Contestant | [12] |
| 2015–2016 | Swim Team | Rewa Mathur | [13] |
| 2015 | Halla Bol 2 | Meera | |
| Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan | Anarkali | ||
| 2016 | Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha | Noori | |
| 2017 | Chandra Nandini | Vishakha | [14] |
| Chandrakanta | Sooryakanta | [15] | |
| 2018 | Box Cricket League 3 | Contestant | |
| Dil Hi Toh Hai | Aarohi | [16] | |
| Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha | Rajkumari Sonprabha | ||
| 2018–2020 | Kasautii Zindagii Kay | Nivedita Basu Sengupta | |
| 2019 | Box Cricket League 4 | Contestant | |
| Nach Baliye 9 | |||
| 2020–present | Kumkum Bhagya | Rhea Siddharth Kohli | [17] |
Music video[edit]
| Year | Album | Song | Co-star |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Aap Se Mausiiquii | "Aap Se Mausiiquii" | Himesh Reshammiya |
Web series[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Platform | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dil Hi Toh Hai | Aarohi | ALTBalaji | |
| Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain | Bani Mehra | ALTBalaji
and |
[18] | |
| 2019 | Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2 | [19] | ||
| 2020 | Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 3 | |||
| The Casino | Riya Marwah | ZEE5 |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Swimming is his first love: Pooja Banerjee on national swimmer husband Sandeep Sejwal - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Swimming is his first love: Pooja Banerjee on national swimmer husband Sandeep Sejwal - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Pooja Banerjee's love for bikes".
- ↑ "Behind the scenes: Erica Fernandes and Pooja Banerjee deck up to celebrate Durga Puja in Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2 - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "'I am really exhausted when I reach home'".
- ↑ "Pooja Banerjee: I am not here to show skin".
- ↑ "Jodha Akbar and other TV shows: How the actors cope with shooting in hot, open locales". Archived from the original on May 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Pooja Banerjee Truly Believes In 'Pyaar Dosti Hai'; Says, 'I Know My Husband Since Standard 4'- EXCLUSIVE".
- ↑ "Pooja Banerjee: Being married to a swimmer means an extremely disciplined and healthy lifestyle". www.hindustantimes.com. 30 August 2018.
- ↑ Pooja Banerjee to enter EK Dusre Se Karte Hain -Times Of India
- ↑ "It's all about the name for Pooja Banerjee".
- ↑ "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". india.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "In Pics: National level swimmer Pooja Banerjee turns glamorous for 'Swim Team'". 24 March 2015.
- ↑ "Pooja Banerjee on doing Chandra Nandini: I was dying to do a negative character". The Indian Express. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ↑ Team, Tellychakkar. "Colors' Chandrakanta to take big leap; Pooja Banerjee to enter the show". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ↑ "Pooja Banerjee To Play Heartbroken Girl In Dil Hi Toh Hai". www.koimoi.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ↑ "Pooja Banerjee replaces Naina Singh in 'Kumkum Bhagya'". m.timesofindia.com. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ "It was a challenge to be mean in Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain: Pooja Banerjee | IWMBuzz". IWMBuzz. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ↑ "Kasautii Zindagii Kay's siblings Parth Samthaan and Pooja Banerjee to romance in this show". India Today.