Sunita Rajwar – Wikipedia

Indian actress (born 1969)

Sunita Chand Rajwar is an Indian film, television and stage actress who graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 1997.^[1] She acted in Sanjay Khanduri’s directorial debut Ek Chalis Ki Last Local as the gangster Chakli, where she was nominated for a Max Stardust Award 2008 in the category Breakthrough Performance – Female.^[2][3]

Early life[edit]

Rajwar was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh and raised in her home town Haldwani, Uttarakhand.^{[citation needed]} She is second of three children, went to Nirmala Convent School, and later pursued her post-graduation from Kumaun University in Nanital. She graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD)^[4] in New Delhi in 1997.^[5]

After leaving the National School of Drama she moved to Mumbai appearing in several Bollywood movies such as Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon (2003), Buddha Mar Gaya (2007), The White Elephant (2009), Dark comedy Bollywood Hindi movie Sanket City directed by Pankaj Advani (2009) and Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2008), It was her role as Chakli, a Mumbai gangster, in Ek Chalis Ki Last Local that gained her a nomination for the Max Stardust Award 2008 in the category Breakthrough Performance – Female.^[2][6]Hisss (2010), Played pivotal role of Mad Granny ‘Pagli Dadi’ KAFAL: Wild Berries 2013.

She acted in the two-minute thriller, PAAP KA ANTH, which won gold in the Media category at the Abby Awards 2005.^[7] She is recently seen in her latest TV commercial ASKME APP With Ranbir Kapoor. She has done many other commercials in the past like “Mahindra Tractors” with Amitabh Bachchan, “Zee Movie Magic Masti,” “Maxima Watch,” and “Airtel.”^{[citation needed]}

She was in Ramayan as Manthara, Hitler Didi (2015) as Jamuna Dhai and Daksha Chachi in Santoshi Ma (2017). Rajwar became a household name with the TV serial Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. Apart from Jub Love Hua, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Ramayan and Hitler Didi, she has had roles in several television series, Rishtay on Zee TV, the horror drama Aahat on Sony TV, the horror show Ssshhhh…Koi Hai on Star Plus, the action crime drama CID on Sony TV and Savdhaan India on Life OK Channel.^{[citation needed]}

Rajwar has played lead roles in plays like The Last Lear, Lady From The Sea, Do Kashtiyon Ka Sawaar, The Farm, Dhruv Swamini, Janm Jay Ka Nag Yagya, Ras Priya, Do Aurtein, Paap Aur Prakash, Ashaad Ka Ek Din, Mummy, including Neena Gupta’s Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pehli Kiran Tak.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[edit]

Theatrical releases[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Director
2003	Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon	Chutki’s Friend	Chandan Arora (RGV Production)
2007	Buddha Mar Gaya	Munna’s Sister	Rahul Rawail
2008	Ek Chalis Ki Last Local	Gangster Chakli	Sanjay Khanduri
2009	Sanket City	Gulabo	Pankaj Advani
2009	The White Elephant	Kamakshi	Aizaj khan
2010	Hisss	Drunken’s wife	Jennifer Chambers Lynch
2013	Khafal: Wild Berries	Pagli Dadi	Children’s Film Society,India (CFSI)
2018	Kedarnath	Daddo	Abhishek Kapoor
2018	Stree	Mother of Janna	Amar Kaushik
2019	Bala	Manju Bajpai Shukla	Amar Kaushik
2020	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan [8]	Champa Tripathi	Hitesh Kewalya
2021	Urf Ghanta	Ghanta’s chachi	Aayush Saxena

Writer / assistant director[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Directed by
2005	Mein, Meri Patni…Aur Woh!	Assistant Director	Chandan Arora
2010	Tequila Nights	Dialogue Writer	Pankaj Saraswat
2010	Striker	Story / Screenplay	Chandan Arora

TV commercials[edit]

Year	Ad	Production	Directed by
2005	PAAP KA ANTH	Soda Films Production	Rajesh Krishnan
2010	ASKME APP	Rajkumar Hirani Films	Rajkumar Hirani

Television[edit]

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