Surekha Sikri or Surekha Sikri Rege is India

India

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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...

, theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

 and TV

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 actor. She has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

The National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress winners:...

 twice, for her role in Tamas in 1988 and for Mammo

Mammo

Mammo is a film by Shyam Benegal released in 1994. The film stars Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri and Rajit Kapur.The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 1995. Farida Jalal won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, while Surekha Sikri won the National Film Award...

 in 1995.

Early life and background

Surekha Sikri graduated from National School of Drama

National School of Drama

National School of Drama is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India, established . It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and became an independent school in 1975...

 (NSD) in 1968, and worked with the NSD Repertory Company for over a decade before shifting base to Mumbai. Recently, she lost her husband Hemant Rege due to heart failure.

Career

Surekha Sikri was the recipient of 1989 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists. The award consists since 2003 of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram , and a tamrapatra...

. In Dec 2008, she was awarded "Best actress in negative role" for the serial Balika Vadhu

Balika Vadhu

-Plot:Balika Vadhu—Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte is a highly popular Indian television series that airs every Monday to Friday at 8pm on Colors TV. It is also telecast in Raj TV as Man Vasanai in Tamil and Chinnari Pellikuthuru in Telugu...

 (Colors TV), in the IDEA ITA Awards 2008.

TV series

Current

• Balika Vadhu
  Balika Vadhu
  -Plot:Balika Vadhu—Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte is a highly popular Indian television series that airs every Monday to Friday at 8pm on Colors TV. It is also telecast in Raj TV as Man Vasanai in Tamil and Chinnari Pellikuthuru in Telugu...
  
  ...Kalyani Devi
• MAA Exchange...Herself

Past

• Saat Phere
  Saat Phere
  Saat Phere was a Hindi television serial that was broadcasted on Zee Tv from 2005 to 2009. The show became very popular and cemented Zee Tv's lost status and also later its popularity brought it back in channel toppers. The last episode was broadcast on 28 May 2009...
  
  ...Bhabo
• Banegi Apni Baat
  Banegi Apni Baat
  Banegi Apni Baat is a Hindi television drama series that aired on Zee TV in 1994. The series was produced by Tony and Deeya Singh...
  
  
• Just Mohabat
• Kesar
  Kesar
  Kesar is an Indian television serial that aired on STAR Plus, based on the life of a young girl from rural Punjab named Kesar. Kesar concluded on May 31, 2007 but is currently being repeated from the beginning on the TV Asia channel in USA.-Plot:...
  
  ...Saroj
• Saher
• Samay
• C.I.D. (TV series)...Maithali
• Godan(TV series)
• Just Mohabbat
  Just Mohabbat
  Just Mohabbat was a Hindi television drama-series that first aired on Sony TV channel in 1996. The series was directed by Tony and Deeya Singh. The story revolved around the life of Jai , a kid who stays in a hostel in Dehradun away from his parents Raj and Maya...
  
  ...Mrs.Pandit

Filmography

• Kissa kursi ka (1978)
• Anaadi Anant (1986)
• Tamas (1986)
• Parinati
  Parinati
  Parinati is a 1986 Hindi film directed by Prakash Jha.this film is based on a follk tale .it was nandita das`s first movie.-Awards:* Silver Lotus - Best Costume Design - 1988...
  
   (1988)
• Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro
  Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro
  Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro is a 1989 Indian film directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, with Pavan Malhotra as lead. The film won the 1990 National Film Award for Best Cinematography.-Plot:...
  
   (1989)
• Nazar
  Nazar
  Nazar may refer to:* Nazar , or evil eye stone, is an amulet of stone or glass which is believed to protect against evil eye, widely used in Turkey* Nazar , a masculine given name....
  
   (1991)
• Mammo
  Mammo
  Mammo is a film by Shyam Benegal released in 1994. The film stars Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri and Rajit Kapur.The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 1995. Farida Jalal won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, while Surekha Sikri won the National Film Award...
  
   (1994)
• Naseem
  Naseem (film)
  Naseem, , is an 1995 Hindi film directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza based on his own story.Naseem is considered an important socio-political film that marks a turning point in the Hindu-Muslim dynamics in India as it is based around the Babri Masjid demolition of 1992. It stands amidst great films of...
  
   (1995)
• Sardari Begum
  Sardari Begum
  Sardari Begum is a 1996 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Kiron Kher, Amrish Puri and Rajit Kapur and Rajeshwari Sachdev....
  
   (1996)
• Sarfarosh
  Sarfarosh
  Sarfarosh was a critically and commercially successful action film, released in 1999. It was directed by John Matthew Matthan and starred Aamir Khan, Sonali Bendre and Naseeruddin Shah. John started working on Sarfarosh in 1992...
  
   (1999)
• Hari-Bhari
  Hari-Bhari
  Hari-Bhari is 2000 Hindi film by Shyam Benegal, starring Shabana Azmi, Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Surekha Sikri and Nandita Das in lead roles....
  
  (2000)
• Cotton Mary
  Cotton Mary
  Cotton Mary is a 1999 film directed by Ismail Merchant, best known as the producer half of Merchant Ivory and Madhur Jaffrey, actress and author of cookery books. It was filmed in India.-Plot:...
  
   (2000)
• Deham (2001)
• Zubeidaa
  Zubeidaa
  Zubeidaa is a 2001 Indian film directed by Shyam Benegal and written by Khalid Mohammed. It stars Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpai, Surekha Sikri, Rajit Kapoor, Lillete Dubey, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, and Shakti Kapoor...
  
   (2001)
• Raghu Romeo
  Raghu Romeo
  Raghu Romeo is a 2003 Bollywood film directed by Rajat Kapoor, starring Vijay Raaz, Saddiya Siddiqui, Maria Goretti, Manu Rishi and Saurabh Shukla.-Plot:...
  
   (2003)
• Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
  Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
  Mr. and Mrs. Iyer is a 2002 Indian drama film written and directed by Aparna Sen and produced by N. Venkatesan. The film features Aparna Sen's daughter Konkona Sen Sharma as Meenakshi Iyer, a Tamil Iyer Brahmin who is a Hindu. Rahul Bose portrays the character of Raja Chowdhury, a Muslim wildlife...
  
   (2003)
• Raincoat
  Raincoat (film)
  Raincoat is a 2004 Hindi film directed by Rituparno Ghosh, and starring Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai. It tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living...
  
   (2004)
• Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004)
• Jo Bole So Nihaal (2005)
• Humko Deewana Kar Gaye
  Humko Deewana Kar Gaye
  Humko Deewana Kar Gaye is a 2006 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kanwar and stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor and Manoj Joshi also star in the movie in supporting roles. The film is produced by the Indian music company, T-Series. The movie's score and soundtrack is...
  
   (2006)

External links

• Surekha Sikri at New York Times
• Surekha Sikri at Allmovie