The popular television and film actress Sandhya Mridul celebrated her 45th birthday on March 28, 2020. Sandhya is best known for the roles she did in films like Saathiya (2002) and Page 3 (2005). She was the first runner up on the popular dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa – 2 in 2007.
Sandhya recently appeared in the drama web series Mentalhood produced by Ekta Kapoor for her online streaming platforms ZEE5 and ALTBalaji. The web series that was released on 11 March 2020, features Karisma Kapoor in a pivotal role alongside Sanjay Suri, Shilpa Shukla and Shruti Seth. The series portrays the multitasking nature of different types of mothers and their ways in ensuring the best upbringing of their children.
Sandhya Mridul Biography
Sandhya was born on 28 March 1975 in Mumbai to P. R. Mridul and Aruna Mridul. Sandhya’s family moved to New Delhi as her father P.R. Mridul was a lawyer and later a high court judge. She attended Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School in Jaipur and later Mater Dei Convent School in New Delhi. She has two elder brothers Siddharth Mridul, a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court, and Pankaj Mridul. Sandhya was brought up by Siddharth after her father died at the age of 14.
Sandhya graduated in Mathematics from Lady Sriram College in Delhi and later did an MBA in marketing. She had worked as a marketing executive with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in Mumbai before starting her acting career. Her acting debut was in DD National’s 1995 soap opera Swabhimaan directed by Mahesh Bhatt.
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One of her breakthrough in the film was the supporting character of ‘Dina Sharma’ she did in Shaad Ali’s 2002 romantic drama film Saathiya starring Vivek Oberoi and Rani Mukerji in lead roles. The film in which Shah Rukh Khan and Tabu made special appearances grossed INR 291 million worldwide. In 2005, she appeared in Madhur Bhandarkar’s hit drama film Page 3 alongside Konkona Sen Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Tara Sharma, Anju Mahendru, and Boman Irani. The film was awarded the Golden Lotus Award for Best film at the 52nd National Film Awards in 2004. In 2008, she was seen alongside Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak and Rajat Kapoor as lead protagonists in Arindam Nandy’s film Via Darjeeling.
She was cast in Bhushan Patel’s 2014 erotic horror film Ragini MMS 2 featuring Sunny Leone and Saahil Prem in lead roles. The film grossed INR 470 million in the first three weeks. In 2014, she appeared in the supporting role of ‘Sangeeta Chaudhry’ in Manoj J. Bhatia’s comedy-romance film Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai starring Akshay Anand, Nitin Arora and Sammir Dattani.
Her other notable appearances as a supporting actress are in Tanveer Khan’s 2006 suspense thriller film Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante featuring Konkona Sen Sharma, Irfan Khan and Rajit Kapur in the lead roles and Reema Kagti’s 2007 comedy-drama film Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. She received critical appreciations for her performance in Sarthak Dasgupta’s 2007 romance drama film The Great Indian Butterfly.
She appeared in Star Plus TV’s 2016-2017 hit family thriller drama series P.O.W. – Bandi Yuddh Ke created by Nikkhil Advani.
Sandhya Mridul Achievements and Awards
Sandhya received the Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards’ ‘Best Actress in a Supporting Role’ in 2006 for the film Page 3. She was nominated at the Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Page 3.
Sandhya Mridul Personal Life
Sandhya is in a relationship with actor and director Mrinal Dutt who is 14 years younger than her. Her favourite past times are reading and travelling and her favourite sport is badminton and swimming. Her favourite cuisine is Chinese and her favourite restaurant is China Gate restaurant in Mumbai.
During the Cricket World Cup in 2003, she appeared as a presenter in the show Extraa Innings. The role of female protagonist she played in Zee TV’s 2000-2002 soap opera Koshish Ek Asha was dubbed in Chinese in 2005 for telecasting in China. The show established her as a household name in China. She was the first runner up of the television reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa produced by BBC Worldwide Productions and aired on Sony Entertainment Television. In 2008, she was the youngest and only Indian jury of the 14th Television Festival held in Shanghai in 2008.
Sandhya recently slammed China through a twitter post for re-opening wet markets that sell bats, dogs and other animals for human consumption just after the country recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. Her tweet recorded “Are you serious? Eat yourself instead!” along with a punch emoticon to show her anger over the decision. This was a reaction to the shocking reports that the novel coronavirus originated in Wuhan district of China from a bat.
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