Sugandha Garg Explained

Sugandha Garg
Birth Place:Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation:Actress, TV Host, Singer, Director, Photographer
Spouse:[1]
Othername:Sugandha Ram
Yearsactive:2008–2023

Sugandha Garg is an Indian actress, singer and television host.[2] She was last seen in Indian web series Guilty Minds.

Career

Garg appeared as Shaleen in the film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008).[3] [4] She played the role of the best friend to Gayatri Patel in the movie Let's Dance, released on 19 June 2009, and appeared as a student reporter in My Name Is Khan. She has played a major role of Zoya the makeup artist in Tere Bin Laden, released on 16 July 2010. She also worked as a call center employee in the British comedy Mumbai Calling (7 epi) in 2009. In 2012 the actress was seen in film Patang.

Her upcoming films include Santosh Sivan's Ceylon, Shefali Bushan's Jugni, the sequel of Tere Bin Laden and Manu Warrier's Coffee Bloom.[5] In Ceylon (Inam in Tamil), she has played the role of a Sri Lankan refugee.[6] About her performance in the film, Sivan stated that "nobody could have done what she has done here".[7] [8] [9]

Garg has worked in television and hosted several shows and has been linked to many television personalities. She first hosted the show Haath Se Haath Mila for BBC when she was 18.[10] She later hosted the shows Whats with Indian men along with Indrani Dasgupta[11] and Season 2 of It happens only in India on Fox Traveller.[12] She has also performed in theatre plays I Have Gone Marking and Sometimes.[13] She performed the Assamese song "Tokari" with Papon in Coke Studio @ MTV, Season 2.

She played the role of lead Sushmita Sen's characters best friend in Aarya (TV series) as Hina Khan.[14] She is also Sangram's love interest in the series and Jeet's mother.[15] [16]

Personal life

Garg graduated from Maitreyi College, Delhi University.[17] Garg married Raghu Ram, a television producer and MTV Reality Show Host in 2006.[18] They have been officially divorced as on 30 January 2018.[19] [20] [21]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2008 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Shaleen
2009 Let's Dance Anoushka
2009 Mumbai Calling TV series
2010 My Name Is Khan Komal (reporter)
2010 Tere Bin Laden Zoya Khan
2011 Patang Priya
2014 Ceylon Rajini Named : Inam in Tamil / Bilingual film (English, Tamil)
2015 Coffee Bloom Anika
2016 Tere Bin Laden 2 Zoya Khan
2016 Jugni Vibhavari

Web series

Year Series Role Language PlatformNotes
2020–presentAaryaHina KhanHindiDisney+ Hotstar
2021Guilty MindsVandana KathpaliaHindiAmazon Prime Video[22]

TV

Year Series Role Language Notes
2003Haath Se Haath MilaCo-host (Along with Sameer Kocchar) English For Doordarshan [23]
2011What's With Indian MenCo-host (Along with Indrani Dasgupta)EnglishFOX History & Traveller's original series [24]

Discography

Year Title Band/Solo Co-singer Lyrics
2012TokariCoke Studio @ MTV Season 2Papon[25]
2022GhalibSingle Sugandha Garg[26]
2022SawalSingle Sugandha Garg[27]
2023MazzaakSingle Sugandha Garg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reason behind Raghu Ram-Sugandha Garg's divorce revealed . Chaurasia . Ankita . . 6 January 2016 . 6 September 2016 .
  2. Web site: What's With Indian Men? . 31 July 2024 . Women's Web . en.
  3. Web site: Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na Theatrical Release . 8 February 2010.
  4. Web site: 13 November 2023 . When Theatre Met Television: 5 Bollywood Actors Who Found Their Love On TV . 31 July 2024 . HerZindagi English . en.
  5. Web site: 'It's MyTime' . https://web.archive.org/web/20140218082706/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/it-s-mytime/article1-1185184.aspx . 18 February 2014 . Hindustan Times . 18 February 2014 . 20 March 2014.
  6. Web site: Supporting actors turn heroes in Tamil films . The Times of India . 20 March 2014.
  7. News: Sudhish Kamath . A special point of view . The Hindu . 16 November 2013 . 20 March 2014.
  8. News: 27 March 2014 . In conflict zone . 31 July 2024 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  9. News: 6 April 2014 . Yolande D'Mello . Reluctant diva . 31 July 2024 . Mumbai Mirror . en.
  10. News: My next is an international film: Sugandha . The Times of India . 18 December 2010.
  11. Web site: What's With Indian Men? . 31 July 2024 . Women's Web . en.
  12. Web site: Girl on the Go - Indian Express . The Indian Express . 14 May 2012 . 20 March 2014.
  13. Web site: A playful weekend in Kolkata . The Times of India . 27 November 2007 . 20 March 2014.
  14. Web site: IANS . IANS . Maya Sarao loved her character's 'no-nonsense attitude' in 'Aarya 3' . 31 July 2024 . ianslive.in.
  15. Web site: Srivastava . Soumya . Aarya 2: Sushmita Sen finally breaks bad, but takes 7 long, boring episodes to get there .
  16. Web site: Sharma . Suparna . 28 June 2020 . Aarya review Yes, women’s heads and feet turn in rage . 31 July 2024 . Deccan Chronicle . en.
  17. Web site: I will always be a Delhi girl, says Sugandha Garg | NDTV Movies.com . Movies.ndtv.com . 10 May 2012 . 20 March 2014 . 10 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141210083059/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/i-will-always-be-a-delhi-girl-says-sugandha-garg-209120.
  18. Web site: Ghosh . Debasmita . Sugandha wants to act with Raghu . https://web.archive.org/web/20130127012849/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Sugandha-wants-to-act-with-Raghu/Article1-850658.aspx . 27 January 2013 . Hindustan Times . New Delhi . 4 May 2012 . 7 December 2014.
  19. Web site: Break In marriage . 5 January 2016.
  20. Web site: Sugandha Garg, Raghu Ram Are 'Still Each Other's Support System' . 31 July 2024 . NDTV.com.
  21. Web site: Correspondent . HT . 30 January 2018 . Raghu Ram-Sugandha Garg end their marriage, announce their 'divorce goals' .
  22. Web site: Desai . Rahul . 25 April 2023 . Guilty Minds, On Amazon Prime Video, Breaks The Echo Chamber And Raises The Bar . 14 December 2023 . filmcompanion.in . en.
  23. Web site: 12 July 2020 . 6 TV Actors Who Should Act In More Bollywood Films As They Have Insane Talent . 31 July 2024 . MensXP . en-IN.
  24. Web site: archive . From our online . 16 May 2012 . The mind of the Indian man . 31 July 2024 . The New Indian Express . en.
  25. Web site: 10 of the Biggest Hits of Coke Studio India . 14 December 2023 . news18.com . en.
  26. Web site: India . Rolling Stone . 22 September 2022 . #RSDailyMusic: Here's What We're Listening to Today . 14 December 2023 . Rolling Stone India . en-US.
  27. Web site: Hungama . Bollywood . 4 July 2023 . 15 Years of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na EXCLUSIVE: Sugandha Garg admits that her character Shaleen was gay: "Girls, who are trying to figure out their sexual preferences, always, come up to me. They say, 'I have a question. Was Shaleen gay?'" 15: Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama . 14 December 2023 . en.

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