Sugandha Garg
Portrait picture of Sugandha Garg at Aarakshan movie media preview. Her brunette hair is loose over her shoulders and she is wearing black rimmed 'Clark Kent' style glasses.
Sugandha Garg in 2012
Born
(1982-05-13) 13 May 1982

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Other namesSugandha Ram
Occupation(s)Actress, TV Host, Singer, Director, Photographer
Years active2008–2022
Spouse
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(m. 2006; div. 2018)​
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Sugandha Garg (born 13 May 1982) is an Indian actress, singer and television host. She was last seen in Indian web series Guilty Minds.

Career

Garg appeared as Shaleen in the film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008).[2] 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.[3] In Ceylon (Inam in Tamil), she has played the role of a Sri Lankan refugee.[4] About her performance in the film, Sivan stated that "nobody could have done what she has done here".[5]

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.[6] She later hosted the shows Whats with Indian men along with Indrani Dasgupta and It happens only in India on Fox Traveller.[7] She has also performed in theatre plays I Have Gone Marking and Sometimes.[8] She performed the Assamese song "Tokari" with Papon in Coke Studio @ MTV, Season 2.

Personal life

Garg with her then-husband Raghu Ram at The Antiquity-Club Fusion
Garg with her ex-husband Raghu Ram at The Antiquity-Club Fusion in 2012

Garg graduated from Maitreyi College, Delhi University.[9] Garg married Raghu Ram, a television producer and MTV Reality Show Host in 2006.[10] They have been officially divorced as on 30 Jan 2018.[11]

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
2008Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane NaShaleen
2009Let's DanceAnoushka
2009Mumbai CallingTV series
2010My Name Is KhanKomal (reporter)
2010Tere Bin LadenZoya Khan
2011PatangPriya
2014CeylonRajiniBilingual film (English, Tamil)
2015Coffee BloomAnika
2016Tere Bin Laden 2Zoya Khan
2016JugniVibhavari

Web series

YearSeriesRoleLanguage PlatformNotes
2020–present Aarya Hina Khan Hindi Disney+ Hotstar
2022 Guilty Minds Vandana Kathpalia Hindi Amazon Prime Video [12]


Discography

YearTitleBand/SoloCo-singerLyrics
2012 Tokari Coke Studio @ MTV Season 2 Papon[13]
2022 Ghalib Single Sugandha Garg[14]
2022 Sawal Single Sugandha Garg[15]
2023 Mazzaak Single Sugandha Garg

References

  1. ↑ Chaurasia, Ankita (6 January 2016). "Reason behind Raghu Ram-Sugandha Garg's divorce revealed". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na Theatrical Release". Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "'It's MyTime'". Hindustan Times. 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Supporting actors turn heroes in Tamil films - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Sudhish Kamath (16 November 2013). "A special point of view". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "My next is an international film: Sugandha". The Times of India. 18 December 2010.
  7. ↑ "Girl on the Go - Indian Express". Archive.indianexpress.com. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "A playful weekend in Kolkata - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "I will always be a Delhi girl, says Sugandha Garg | NDTV Movies.com". Movies.ndtv.com. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Ghosh, Debasmita (4 May 2012). "Sugandha wants to act with Raghu". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Break In marriage". 5 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Desai, Rahul (25 April 2023). "Guilty Minds, On Amazon Prime Video, Breaks The Echo Chamber And Raises The Bar". www.filmcompanion.in. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "10 of the Biggest Hits of Coke Studio India". www.news18.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  14. ↑ India, Rolling Stone (22 September 2022). "#RSDailyMusic: Here's What We're Listening to Today". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  15. ↑ 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". Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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