Prabha Sinha
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Prabha Sinha is an India
n film
and television
actress actress. She entered the television scene around the same time there was a boom of soap operas. She gained popularity with her performance in Mahesh Bhatt
's Swabhimaan
(1995) written by Shobha De
.
. Coming from a family of mostly doctors and lawyers, she entered the television scene accidentally after she had 2 daughters (both Software Engineers in US now). She also likes doing social work.
which was DD’s second daily soap just after Shanti
. It was later telecasted on Star plus
. She starred in Itihaas which was Balaji’s first daily soap on DD. Itihaas was centered around the story of three sisters, one of which was played by her. This was followed by Parampara on Zee TV, a Siddhant cine vision production (Manish Goswami). Another notable performance by Prabha was in television serial Palchin on Star plus
, directed by Neena Gupta
, opposite Arun Govil
and Mohan Bhandari. Aurat was telecasted on DD. This was a B.R. Chopra Production. Zameer on Zee TV was opposite Virendra Singh and Mohan Gokhale
. Chonch ladi re chonch ran on 9 Gold, this was Prabhas first venture in comedy, it was directed by Anuj Kapoor) and opposite Benjamin Gilani
. Ittefaq telecasted on Zee Tv
and it was opposite yester-year filmstar Rajesh Khanna
. She was the protagonist in the serial Sanskruti on Star Plus
(Cine Vista) along with actress Savita Prabhune opposite Vijayendra Ghatge
. Karawaas on Zee TV, opposite Arun Govil
. Ashiqui on Zee TV, opposite Arun Govil (directed by Arun Frank ). Kahani Nahin, Jeevan Hai on ETV. Kundali on Star Plus, ( Balaji prod ) opposite Sai balal was an interesting story about two sisters and she played the role of their mother-in-law. She also starred in hit television series Kumkum on Star plus BAG Films which ran for a very long duration. She also starred in hit television series KKusum on Sony TV Balaji Production. Bazar, Intezaar aur sahi on DD opposite Rajeev Verma
(Samvaad Video). Kaisi lagi lagan on Cine Vista on Sahara TV. Chhoti Bahu on Zee Tv was DJ’s production, opposite Surendra Pal
. Her role in Shubh Kadam was also admired.
, the cast also included Rekha, Rakesh Roshan
and Randhir Kapoor
and it was directed by Saawan Kumar. Followed by Good Boy Bad Boy, a Subhash Ghai
production where she played Emraan Hashmi
's mother. Other movies included Amrita which was an NFDC
film and Akheer directed by Bhisham Kohli.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actress actress. She entered the television scene around the same time there was a boom of soap operas. She gained popularity with her performance in Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....
's Swabhimaan
Swabhimaan
Swaabhimaan was an Indian afternoon soap opera aired in 1995, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.-Plot:...
(1995) written by Shobha De
Shobha De
Shobha Rajadhyaksha known as Shobhaa Dé , Previously Shobha Kilachand is an Indian columnist and novelist.-Early life:...
.
Biography
Grand daughter of Rai Bahadur Mukteshwar Prasad, she excelled in academics with first class first honors in SociologySociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
. Coming from a family of mostly doctors and lawyers, she entered the television scene accidentally after she had 2 daughters (both Software Engineers in US now). She also likes doing social work.
TV career
Best known for her portrayal of the character Sheela in the television serial Swabhimaan opposite Deepak ParasharDeepak Parashar
Deepak Parashar is an India based model and actor.-Career:Parashar appeared in soap opera Kahiin To Hoga, and donned the "royal robes" of a Mughal badshah in the costume drama Chandramukhi....
which was DD’s second daily soap just after Shanti
Shanti
Shanti, Santhi or Shanthi means peace, rest, calmness, tranquility, or bliss.The poet T.S. Eliot, in his poem The Waste Land translated it as "The Peace which passeth understanding."...
. It was later telecasted on Star plus
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...
. She starred in Itihaas which was Balaji’s first daily soap on DD. Itihaas was centered around the story of three sisters, one of which was played by her. This was followed by Parampara on Zee TV, a Siddhant cine vision production (Manish Goswami). Another notable performance by Prabha was in television serial Palchin on Star plus
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...
, directed by Neena Gupta
Neena Gupta
Neena Gupta is an Indian film and television actress and director-producer. She won the 1994 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Woh Chokri. She is a popular actress in Indian commercial cinema, but it is her work with art filmmakers of India, like Shyam Benegal that got her...
, opposite Arun Govil
Arun Govil
Arun Govil is an award-winning Indian actor, producer and director. He has acted in various Hindi, Bhojpuri, Oriya and Telugu movies. He is best known for playing Rama in Ramanand Sagar's hit television series Ramayan .-Personal life:Arun Govil was born in Ramnagar near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh...
and Mohan Bhandari. Aurat was telecasted on DD. This was a B.R. Chopra Production. Zameer on Zee TV was opposite Virendra Singh and Mohan Gokhale
Mohan Gokhale
Mohan Gokhale was an Indian film, television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as Sparsh, Bhavni Bhavai and Mirch Masala. He became popular because of his role in the Doordarshan television serial Mr. Yogi...
. Chonch ladi re chonch ran on 9 Gold, this was Prabhas first venture in comedy, it was directed by Anuj Kapoor) and opposite Benjamin Gilani
Benjamin Gilani
Benjamin Gilani is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre. He portrayed Jawaharlal Nehru in the 1993 film Sardar. He also acted in the movie "Hum Dum"....
. Ittefaq telecasted on Zee Tv
Zee TV
Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...
and it was opposite yester-year filmstar Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....
. She was the protagonist in the serial Sanskruti on Star Plus
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...
(Cine Vista) along with actress Savita Prabhune opposite Vijayendra Ghatge
Vijayendra Ghatge
Vijayendra Ghatge is an actor from Indian TV and movie industry. He has acted in Buniyaad among other serials and several of movies such as Prem Rog and Devdas. He is descendant of Holkars family,the ex-royal family of Indore thru his mother Sita Raje Ghatge. He is the father of Chak De India...
. Karawaas on Zee TV, opposite Arun Govil
Arun Govil
Arun Govil is an award-winning Indian actor, producer and director. He has acted in various Hindi, Bhojpuri, Oriya and Telugu movies. He is best known for playing Rama in Ramanand Sagar's hit television series Ramayan .-Personal life:Arun Govil was born in Ramnagar near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh...
. Ashiqui on Zee TV, opposite Arun Govil (directed by Arun Frank ). Kahani Nahin, Jeevan Hai on ETV. Kundali on Star Plus, ( Balaji prod ) opposite Sai balal was an interesting story about two sisters and she played the role of their mother-in-law. She also starred in hit television series Kumkum on Star plus BAG Films which ran for a very long duration. She also starred in hit television series KKusum on Sony TV Balaji Production. Bazar, Intezaar aur sahi on DD opposite Rajeev Verma
Rajeev Verma
Rajeev Verma is an Indian actor born June 28 in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has done work both in film and television. Rajeev Verma has been acting for over two decades and he mostly depicts a father in most films. He is currently working in one of the best show of television.. "geet -...
(Samvaad Video). Kaisi lagi lagan on Cine Vista on Sahara TV. Chhoti Bahu on Zee Tv was DJ’s production, opposite Surendra Pal
Surendra Pal
Surendra Pal is an Indian film and television character actor who is best known for his television roles of Dronacharya in Mahabharat, Amatya Rakshas in Chanakya and Tamraj Kilvish in Shaktiman.Surendra Pal was born in 1953....
. Her role in Shubh Kadam was also admired.
Film career
Her first role in a movie was in Mother 98 which was opposite bollywood filmstar JeetendraJeetendra
Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...
, the cast also included Rekha, Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan (Hindi: राकेश रोशन (born Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath on 6 September 1949 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a producer, director and former actor in Bollywood films who was born in a Punjabi Hindu Kayastha family...
and Randhir Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor is a Bollywood actor, producer and director. His nickname is Daboo.-Early life:Randhir Kapoor hails from the legendary Kapoor family. He is the eldest son of Raj Kapoor. He is a fourth generation Kapoor and comes from a distinguished Punjabi Hindu family who have been part of the...
and it was directed by Saawan Kumar. Followed by Good Boy Bad Boy, a Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. His most notable films include Kalicharan ,Karz , Hero , Meri Jung , Karma ,Ram Lakhan ,Saudagar , Khalnayak , Pardes and Taal...
production where she played Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
's mother. Other movies included Amrita which was an NFDC
NFDC
The National Film Development Corporation of India is the central agency established in 1975, to encourage good cinema in India based in Mumbai...
film and Akheer directed by Bhisham Kohli.
Soap operas
- ParamparaParamparaParampara denotes a succession of teachers and disciples in traditional Indian culture and Indian religions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism...
(1993) - SwabhimaanSwabhimaanSwaabhimaan was an Indian afternoon soap opera aired in 1995, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.-Plot:...
(1995) - Itihaas
- Palchin (2000)
- AuratAuratAurat meaning "woman" in Urdu and Hindi.* Awrah : genitalia and other parts of the body to be clothed as required by Islam.- Fiction :* Aurat , by Mehboob Khan* Aurat , starring Premnath...
- ZameerZameerZameer is Hindi film made in 1974, released in 1974. Produced by B.R. Chopra, the film is directed by Ravi Chopra. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan , Saira Banu, Shammi Kapoor, Madan Puri and Vinod Khanna. The music for this film was composed by Sapan Chakraborty...
- Chonch ladi re chonch
- IttefaqIttefaqThe Daily Ittefaq is a daily newspaper which is one of the most published and circulated newspaper published from Bangladesh. This newspaper printed in Bengali by Ittefaq Group of Publications Limited...
- Sanskruti (2001)
- Karawaas
- Ashiqui
- KundaliKundaliKundali is an Indian-produced television soap opera that originally aired on Metro Gold under DD Metro in 2002. After the channel closed, the series was taken over by STAR Plus, and aired from the beginning...
(2002) - Kumkum (TV series)Kumkum (TV series)Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan was an Indian television soap opera that aired from Monday - Friday at 1.00pm on STAR Plus in India/U.S. and 10:30 am in the UK. Although it's an afternoon soap, certain tracks of Kumkum gained more TRPs than a Prime-time soap...
(2002-2009) - KkusumKkusumKkusum... Ek Aam Ladki Ki Kahani was a popular daily Indian television drama telecasted on Sony Entertainment Television and produced on Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. It premiered in May 2001 and concluded in November 2005. The show was written by different writers at different times...
(2003) - Baazar
- Intezaar aur sahi
- Kaisi Laagi LaganKaisi Laagi LaganKaisi Laagi Lagan is an Indian television series that premiered on Sahara One on October 13, 2008, based on the story of a cursed marriage.-Plot:...
- Koie Jane Na (2004)
- Chotti Bahu - Sindoor Bin Suhagan (2008)
- Kaisi Laagi LaganKaisi Laagi LaganKaisi Laagi Lagan is an Indian television series that premiered on Sahara One on October 13, 2008, based on the story of a cursed marriage.-Plot:...
(2008) - Chotti Bahu - Sindoor Bin Suhagan (2008-2010)
- Shubh KadamShubh KadamShubh Kadam is an Indian television series that aired on Sahara One, which followed the on-going series, Kaisi Laagi Lagan. The title of the second season was changed to focus more on the married life of Pratha & Raghav instead of their college lives....
(2009)