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Swara Bhaskar (born April 9, 1987) is an Indian film actress who works in the Hindi cinema. She came to prominence after playing the roles of Payal, in the 2011 rom-com film Tanu Weds Manu and Bindiya in the 2013 romantic drama Raanjhanaa. Both films garnered her critical acclaim and two nominations for Filmfare Award for Best ing Actress.

Swara Bhaskar

Contents ◾ 1 Early Life and education ◾ 2 Career

◾ 3 Filmography ◾ 4 Awards

◾ 5 References

◾ 6 External links

Swara Bhaskar in 2007 Born

Early Life and education Swara was born in Delhi to a Telugu Naval officer Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar and [1][2]

his Bihari wife Ira Bhaskar who is a professor of cinema studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Her maternal grandmother was from Varanasi.

April 9, 1987 Delhi, India

Occupation

Actress

Years active

2009 - present

Parents

Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar (Father) Ira Bhaskar (Mother)

[3]

Bhaskar grew up in Delhi,[4] where she did her schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya [5] and subsequently studied English literature at Delhi University's Miranda House where she was classmate with another actress Minisha Lamba. She did her masters in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).[6][7][8]

Career Before Swara started acting in films she was associated with N. K. Sharma's "Act One" theater group in Delhi. [9] She shifted to Mumbai in 2008,[3] started her film career with a 2009 film Madholal Keep Walking.[4][10] She was finally noticed by audience as well as critics in the film Tanu Weds Manu in which she played the role of Payal, lead actress Kangana Ranaut's best friend,[2] for which she won several nominations and also the Best ing Actress award conferred by the Zee Cine Awards.[11] Swara played the lead role in Listen... Amaya (2013), which also saw the reunion of actors Farooq Sheikh and Deepti Naval after 28 years.[12] In 2013, she appeared in Raanjhanaa, along with Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor, and received praise for her role as Bindiya.[13] Her films include, Sabki Bajegi Band directed by Anirudhh Chawla and Machhli Jal Ki Rani Hai by Debaloy De.[3] She was recently spotted shooting for the Abbas Tyrewala-directed Mango, starring Chandan Roy Sanyal and Monali Thakur, being produced under the banner of Kaleidoscope Entertainment.[14] She also hosted Samvidhaan (TV Series) in 2014.[15] She has also been selected to act in suraj barjatya's next movie named "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo".[16] She is also part of Ashwini Iyer Tiwari's film Nil Battey Sannata, which is entirely shot in Agra.[17]

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Filmography Year

Title

Role

Notes

2009

Madholal Keep Walking

Sudha M. Dubey

2010

Guzaarish

Radhika Talwar

2010

The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project

Swara Bhaskar / Maya

2011

Tanu Weds Manu

Payal Sinha

2011

Chillar Party

Battle Hour Anchor

2013

Listen... Amaya

Amaya Krishnamoorthy

2013

Aurangzeb

Suman

Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best ing Actress Won-Zee Cine Awards 2012 for Best ing Actress

2013

Raanjhanaa

Bindiya

Dubbed in Tamil as Ambikapathy Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best ing Actress Won-Zee Cine Awards 2014 for Best ing Actress Won-Screen Awards 2014 for Best ing Actress

2014

Mango

Tarini

Post-production

2013

Machhli Jal Ki Rani Hai

Ayesha Saxena

2013

Sabki Bajegi Band

2014

X

Filming

2015

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Filming

Awards She won the 2014 Screen Awards for the Best Actor in a ing Role (Female) for the film Raanjhanaa. .[18] She also won the Zee Cine Awards 2014 for the same film.[19]

References 1. ^ "Swara Bhaskar Interview" (http://behindwoods.com/new-

5. ^ "Personal Agenda: Swara Bhaskar,

videos/tamil-actress/swara-bhaskar/swara-bhaskar-

actress" (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-

interview.html). Behindwood.com. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

Stories/Personal-Agenda-Swara-Bhaskar-actress/Article1-

2. ^

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"Bollywood is obsessed with looks: Swara

1157084.aspx). Hindustan Times. Nov 29, 2013. Retrieved

2013-12-01. Bhaskar" (http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/16/stories/2011031657220500.htm). 6. ^ "No sex for a role: Swara The Hindu. March 16, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2013. 3. ^ a b c "‘Films are

Bhaskar" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-

forever’" (http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/films-are-

09/news-interviews/29400031_1_jnu-hain-film). Times of

forever/article4826634.ece). The Hindu. June 18, 2013.

India. April 9, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2013.

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"Off The

Block" (http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/offthe-block/673558/). Aug 28, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2013.

7. ^ "I was always a dramebaaz child: Swara Bhaskar" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-0709/news-interviews/40444011_1_archie-comics-raanjhanaaswara-bhaskar). The Times of India. Jul 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

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8. ^ "Bindiya and Murari have some of the best dialogues in the film: Swara Bhaskar - Hindustan

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14. ^ "‘Mango’ time for Rannvijay, Ranvir Shorey and Swara Bhaskar" (http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/mango-

Times" (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Bindiyatime-for-rannvijay-ranvir-shorey-and-swaraand-Murari-have-some-of-the-best-dialogues-in-the-film-Swara-

bhaskar_138160.html). Zee News. July 2, 2013. Retrieved

Bhaskar/Article1-1086901.aspx). July 4, 2013. Retrieved 2013-

2013-12-01.

12-01. 9. ^ "Swara Bhaskar on Madholal Keep

15. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-

Walking" (http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/swara-bhaskar-

interviews/Swara-Bhaskar-anchors-Shyam-Benegals-

on-madholal-keep-walking-46128). NDTV. August 21, 2010.

Samvidhaan/articleshow/28568105.cms?referral=PM

Retrieved February 3, 2013. 10. ^ "Only fittest can survive in Bollywood: Swara Bhaskar" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-

16. ^ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2443387/SalmanSooraj%27s-next-titled-Prem-Ratan-Dhan-Payo 17. ^ "Swara Bhaskar shoots for Nil Battey Sannata in

19/news-interviews/36431205_1_15th-london-commercial-

Agra" (http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/swara-bhaskar-

films-swara-bhaskar). Times of India. January 19, 2013.

shoots-for-nil-battey-sannata-in-agra/). IANS.

Retrieved February 3, 2013. 11. ^ "We need to look at our own roles in society: Swara

news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014. 18. ^ "Screen Awards 2014: The complete list of

Bhaskar" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-

winners" (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/screen-awards-2014-the-

31/news-interviews/36658069_1_swara-bhaskar-roles-kangana-

complete-list-of-winners/445419-8-66.html). Retrieved 25

ranaut). Times of India. January 31, 2013. Retrieved February 4,

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12. ^ "Playing

19. ^ "Zee Cine Awards

Amaya" (http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/playing-

2014" (http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/zee-cine-awards-

amaya/article4368819.ece). The Hindu. February 1, 2013.

2014-shah-rukh-khan-deepika-padukone-s-chennai-express-

Retrieved February 4, 2013.

outruns-farhan-akhtar-487398). Retrieved 25 February 2014.

13. ^ "Not seen someone as secure as Sonam Kapoor: Swara Bhaskar" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-0621/news-interviews/40118460_1_raanjhanaa-swara-bhaskarsonam-kapoor). The Times Of India. Jun 21, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

External links ◾ Swara Bhaskar (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3283923/) at the Internet Movie Database ◾ Swara Bhaskar (https://twitter.com/ReallySwara) on Twitter

◾ Swara Bhaskar (http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/index/id/32185) at Bollywood Hungama

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