Juhi Babbar

Juhi Babbar
Babbar in 2019
Born	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
Spouses	Bejoy Nambiar ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2009)​ Anup Soni ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Raj Babbar Nadira Babbar
Relatives	See Babbar family

Juhi Babbar Soni (née Babbar) is an Indian film and television actress. She has also contributed to theatre both as an actor and director. She is the daughter of Bollywood actor Raj Babbar.[1]

Personal life

Juhi Babbar and Anup Soni in Jan 2013

Juhi's first husband was Bejoy Nambiar, a screenplay writer, whom she married on 27 June 2007.[2][3] The couple divorced in January 2009.[4] She then fell in love with the TV actor Anup Soni, whom she met while both of them were working in a play produced by Juhi's mother Nadira Babbar. Soni was at that time married to Ritu and was the father of two daughters by her. On 14 March 2011, after his divorce was finalised, Juhi and Anup Soni were married.[5] Juhi and Soni have a son, born in 2012.[6]

Career

Juhi made her film debut in Kash Aap Hamare Hote opposite Sonu Nigam.[7] In 2005, she did a Punjabi film with Jimmy Shergill, Yaara Naal Baharan. The film did well in Punjab and with the overseas Punjabi audience. Juhi then did a silent film with Malayalam actor Mohanlal. In 2006, she was seen in the film Unns with actor Sanjay Kapoor and Rituparna Sengupta.[8] She appeared in her next film It's My Life as Sonia Jaisingh opposite actors Harman Baweja, Genelia D'Souza and Nana Patekar. In 2009, Juhi played the role of a house wife in the TV comedy Ghar Ki Baat Hai produced by Shah Rukh Khan.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Kash Aap Hamare Hote	Amrita Singh
2005	Yaaran Naal Baharan	Harman Kaur	Punjabi film
	Reflections	Female lead	Silent film
2006	Unns: Love... Forever	Advocate Natasha Patel
2013	It's My Life	Sonia Jaisingh
2018	Aiyaary	wife of colonel Abhay Singh
2023	Faraaz	Simeen (Faraaz’s mother)	[9]
2023	Farrey	Zoya

Television

Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
2009	Ghar Ki Baat Hai	Hindi	Radhika Yagnik

Theatre

Actor

Year	Title	Language	Role	Theatre	Notes	References
2012	Begum Jaan	English / Hindi	Granddaughter	Prithvi Theatre		[10][11]
2012	Pencil Se Brush Tak	English / Hindi	MF Hussain's wife[12]			[13]

Director

Year	Title	Language	Stars	Notes	References
2007	Pukar	English / Hindi		Play created for CRY (Child Rights and You) that is based on child labour	[14]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Notes	References
2010	Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya Puraskar	Under-35	Contribution towards Indian arts and theatre		[15]

References

1. Dilip., Soni, Anoop. Babbar, Raj. Sheen. Arora, Tarun. Shravan, Nadeem. Sameer. Kumar, Raman. Khan, Nadeem. Pandit, Ashok. Day (2004), Sheen : a refuge in my own country, Eros International, OCLC 56516753, retrieved 1 April 2022
2. Sonal Chawla (22 January 2009). "Bejoy and Juhi are now formally divorced". Mid Day. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
3. Nimisha Tiwari (23 July 2008). "Is Juhi's marriage in trouble?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
4. Chawla, Sonal (22 January 2009). "Juhi Babbar is formally divorced". Mid-day.com. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
5. "What lead [sic] to Anup Soni – Ritu split?". The Times of India. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
6. "Babbar grandson". Filmfare. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
7. Movies don't offer solutions to social problems: Raj Babbar^[usurped]
8. Nikhat Kazmi (18 November 2006). "Uns movie". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
9. "Faraaz: Hansal Mehta shares poster of his next film, based on our 'polarised times'". Hindustan Times. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
10. Purva Desai (8 November 2012). "Juhi in Begum Jaan at Prithvi theatre". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
11. Manoj Badgeri (3 November 2012). "Juhi in Begum Jaan classics". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
12. "Juhi plays MF hussain's wife with Anup". The Times of India. 15 November 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
13. Roshni Olivera (24 April 2012). "Anup interview on reality show". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
14. Raul Dias (7 October 2007). "Juhi directs Pukar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
15. Shilpa Bansal (8 September 2010). "Juhi won Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya Puraskar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

External links

• Juhi Babbar at IMDb