Juhi Babbar is an Indian film and television actress. She has also contributed to theatre both as an actor and director. She is the daughter of famous Bollywood actor Raj Babbar.[1]

Juhi Babbar
Babbar in 2019
Born
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Spouses
(m. 2007; div. 2009)
(m. 2011)
Children1
Parent(s)Raj Babbar
Nadira Babbar
RelativesSee Babbar family

Personal life

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Juhi Babbar and Anup Soni in Jan 2013

Juhi's first husband was Bejoy Nambiar, a screenplay writer, whom she married on 27 June 2007.[2][3] The couple divorced in January 2009.[4] She then fell in love with the TV actor Anup Soni, whom she met while both of them were working in a play produced by Juhi's mother Nadira Babbar. Soni was at that time married to Ritu and was the father of two daughters by her. On 14 March 2011, after his divorce was finalized, Juhi and Anup Soni were married.[5] Juhi and Soni have a son, born in 2012.[6]

Career

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Juhi made her film debut in Kash Aap Hamare Hote opposite Sonu Nigam.[7] In 2005, she did a Punjabi film with Jimmy Shergill, Yaara Naal Baharan. The film did well in Punjab and with the overseas Punjabi audience. Juhi then did a silent film with Malayalam actor Mohanlal. In 2006, she was seen in the film Unns with actor Sanjay Kapoor and Rituparna Sengupta.[8] She appeared in her next film It's My Life as Sonia Jaisingh opposite actors Harman Baweja, Genelia D'Souza and Nana Patekar. In 2009, Juhi played the role of a house wife in the TV comedy Ghar Ki Baat Hai produced by Shah Rukh Khan.

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Kash Aap Hamare HoteAmrita Singh
2005Yaaran Naal BaharanHarman KaurPunjabi film
ReflectionsFemale leadSilent film
2006Unns: Love... ForeverAdvocate Natasha Patel
2013It's My LifeSonia Jaisingh
2018Aiyaarywife of colonel Abhay Singh
2023FaraazSimeen (Faraaz’s mother)[9]
2023FarreyZoya

Television

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YearTitleLanguageRoleNotes
2009Ghar Ki Baat HaiHindiRadhika Yagnik

Theatre

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Actor

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YearTitleLanguageRoleTheatreNotesReferences
2012Begum JaanEnglish / HindiGranddaughterPrithvi Theatre[10][11]
2012Pencil Se Brush TakEnglish / HindiMF Hussain's wife[12][13]

Director

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YearTitleLanguageStarsNotesReferences
2007PukarEnglish / HindiPlay created for CRY (Child Rights and You) that is based on child labour[14]

Awards

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YearAwardCategoryWorkNotesReferences
2010Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya PuraskarUnder-35Contribution towards Indian arts and theatre[15]

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