Kratika Sengar

Kratika Sengar Dheer (born 3 July 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly appear on Indian Television. She made her debut in 2007 with Kasautii Zindagii Kay playing the role of Prerna Gill and also appeared in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Sanchi "Sugandi".

Kratika Sengar Dheer
Kratika in 2016
Born (1986-07-03) July 3, 1986 (age 37)
OccupationActress
Years active2007–2021
Spouse
(m. 2014)
Children1

Kratika got her breakthrough in Jhansi Ki Rani. She later acted in Punar Vivah, in Service Wali Bahu and in Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki. She also appeared in the 2014 Bollywood film My Father Godfather.

Early life

Kratika Sengar was born on 3 July 1986[1][2] in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.[citation needed] She went to Methodist High School, Kanpur, and then moved to Delhi and graduated in Mass Communication from Amity University, Noida.[3][4]

Personal life

Kratika Sengar married Nikitin Dheer, son of actor Pankaj Dheer, on 3 September 2014 in an arranged marriage. In November 2021, Sengar announced her pregnancy. The couple welcomed their first child, a girl on 12 May 2022.[5][6]

Career

Debut and early career (2007–2011)

Kratika Sengar started her acting career in 2007, in the series Kasautii Zindagii Kay, and in "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" in 2008.[7] She then bagged another Balaji Telefilms show Kya Dill Mein Hai in 2008. Later, she had a small guest appearance in Sony TV's comedy show Bura Na Mano Holi Hai. She also appeared in the reality show Lux Kaun Jeetega Bollywood ka Ticket.

In 2009, Sengar got her first main lead role with Zee TV's show Jhansi Ki Rani. She did a small cameo appearance in Balaji's show Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil. In 2010 she also appeared in an episodic appearance in Aahat.

Success and lead roles (2012–2015)

Sengar at Punar Vivah success party

In 2012, Kratika made her comeback to television with Zee TV's show Punar Vivah opposite Gurmeet Choudhary. The show ended on 17 May 2013. While playing Aarti, she made an appearance on Qubool Hai to promote her show. In January 2014, she made a special appearance in Star Plus' show is Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera. Later in the year, she entered Life OK's show Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev starring Mohit Raina and Mouni Roy before the show ended.

She made her film debut in 2014 with My Father Godfather. In 2015, Kratika acted in Zee TV's next Service Wali Bahu.

Establishment and further career (2016–present)

In 2016, Sengar appeared in Ekta Kapoor's show Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki. Her character was replaced by Shivani Tomar. She came back in September 2016. The show went off air on 27 July 2018.[8]

In 2017, she acted as the Narrator in the show Chandrakanta. In 2021, she appeared in Choti Sarrdaarni.

Filmography

Television

YearSerialRoleNotes
2007Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu ThiSanchi
2008Sugandhi Virani
2007–2008Kasautii Zindagii KayPrerana Gill GarewalDebut show, Supporting role / Recurring Role from 2007
2008Kya Dill Mein HaiNainaNegative lead
Bura Na Mano Holi HaiHerselfGuest
Lux Kaun Jeetega Bollywood ka TicketContestant
Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa DilSimran DasguptaCameo
2010–2011Jhansi Ki RaniManikarnika "Manu" Tambe / Rani Lakshmi BaiLead role
2010AahatChitra DevasthalEpisodic role
2012–2013Punar VivahAarti Goyal/Aarti Dubey/Aarti ScindiaLead role
2012Qubool HaiGuest
2014Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...VeeraHerselfDance performance
Devon Ke Dev...MahadevManasaSupporting role
2015Service Wali BahuPayal RaiLead role
2016Kasam Tere Pyaar KiTanushree "Tanu" Khurana BediLead role
2016–2018Tanuja Sikand Bedi
2018Kritika Kohli
2017ChandrakantaNarrator
2021Choti SarrdaarniSandhyaCameo

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014My Father GodfatherJhanvi[9][10]

References