Surveen Chawla

Career

Television debut

Chawla first was one of the final 25 of the Channel [V]'s reality show Coke [V] Popstars season 2 in 2003. Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial Kahin To Hoga. She also appeared in the reality dance show Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth. Before this, she appeared in the television serial Kasautii Zindagi Kay in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial Kaajjal, till 2007. She hosted the television show Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars. Then she made her film debut with Kannada film Paramesha Panwala. In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film Dharti which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films Taur Mittran Di, Saadi Love Story, Singh vs Kaur, Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Disco Singh (2014). She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's Himmatwala. In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal and also appeared in Puthiya Thiruppangal. She then appeared in Anurag Kashyap's thriller Ugly.

2014–2017

In October 2014, Chawla appeared in the hit Punjabi song 'Mitran De Boot' along with Jazzy B. In 2014, she also played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller Hate Story 2, a sequel to Hate Story (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially. Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in the film Creature 3D. Her latest Tamil film was Jaihind 2. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film Welcome Back and in a Punjabi film Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi opposite Jimmy Shergill. She also played the role of Bijli in Parched (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani.

2018–present

In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with ALT Balaji's web series Haq Se opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested Kashmir, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.

Personal life

Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017. She gave birth to a daughter on 15 April 2019

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

References

1. (10 August 2018). "Surveen Chawla's Andaman-Nicobar beach pictures will give you vacation goals".
2. "Sargun Mehta to Surveen Chawla: The richest Punjabi actresses and their net worth". Amar Ujala.
3. "9 highest paid actors in Punjabi cinema". DNA India.
4. (21 September 2008). "Colors launches 'Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina'". Business Standard India.
5. "I always look out for beauty and benefit in a role: Surveen Chawla".
6. "Comfortable in my skin, not showing it off: Surveen Chawla".
7. "Meet Ajay Devgn's five item girls in Himmatwala - NDTV Movies".
8. "Mitran De Boot is a Jazzy B, Dr Zeus and Kaur B hit ft. Surveen Chawla". desiblits.com.
9. (23 April 2013). "Jay and Suvreen's scuba diving experience".
10. Hungama, Bollywood. (17 November 2014). "Surveen Chawla to do item number in Welcome Back? - Bollywood Hungama".
11. (10 January 2017). "Jimmy Shergill & Surveen Chawla in latest 'Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi'".
12. (2 October 2016). "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9: Arjun Bijlani & Surveen Chawla both eliminated! Nora Fatehi enters Top 5 finalists!". India.com.
13. (2 February 2018). "Haq Se first impression: Performances hold the fort in this riveting drama". The Indian Express.
14. (27 December 2017). "Actor Surveen Chawla opens up about her Italian wedding which had Punjabi Bollywood songs too".
15. (19 April 2019). "Surveen Chawla blessed with a baby girl".
16. (18 November 2014). "Surveen Chawla performs special number in 'Welcome Back'".
17. (20 July 2014). "Surveen Chawla: I want to do seasonal TV shows, not fiction".
18. (26 October 2008). "Harbhajan, Mona Singh; winners of Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena".
19. (14 July 2016). "Surveen Chawla starts training for Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9".
20. (19 April 2018). "All you want to know about Sujoy Ghosh's upcoming TV project Teen Pehliyan".
21. "दूरदर्शन के शो 'रंगोली' की होस्ट बनीं सुरवीन चावला".
22. "In the age of Netflix, can Doordarshan leverage nostalgia?".
23. "The shooting for action-drama Rana Naidu, starring VenkateshDaggubati, Surveen Chawla & RanaDaggubati has been completed".
24. (29 May 2025). "Criminal Justice Season 4 Twitter reviews: Pankaj Tripathi fans annoyed with only 3 episodes".
25. "Mandala Murders teaser: Vaani Kapoor-Surveen Chawla's series raises the burning question on life and death".
26. "PTC Punjabi Film Awards". Cine Punjab.com.
27. (November 2023). "2016 Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles Announces Award Winners".
28. (5 December 2016). "Dear Sonam Kapoor, you deserved to win your first award for Neerja at Star Screen".