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Nushrratt Bharuccha (born Nushrat Bharucha; 17 May 1985)[1] is an Indian actress who works in Hindi cinema. She has appeared in films like Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, Dream Girl, Chhorii, Ajeeb Daastaans and Janhit Mein Jaari.

Nushrratt Bharuccha
Bharuccha in 2022
Born	Nushrat Bharuccha (1985-05-17) 17 May 1985 (age 37) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

Early life

Nushrat Bharucha was born on 17 May 1985 in a Dawoodi Bohra family of Bombay. She is the only child of her father Tanvir Bharucha, a businessman and her mother Tasneem Bharucha, a housewife. Nushrat has graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from Jai Hind College in Mumbai. [2][3]

Career

2002–2014: Early career and struggles

Bharuccha made her acting debut with a minor role in the 2002 television series Kittie Party.[4] She got her first Hindi film with Jai Santoshi Maa (2006) and did the music video "Zindagi Kahin Gum Hai" by Zubeen Garg in 2007.[5] She had a cameo in Kal Kissne Dekha (2009) and did the Telugu film Taj Mahal (2010).[6] Her final television role occurred in Seven as Drishika Kashyap.[7]

Bharuccha had her first leading role in Hindi films with Dibakar Banerjee and Ekta Kapoor's anthology Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010), that did moderately well.[8] She next starred opposite Kartik Aaryan in Luv Ranjan's directorials Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011) and Akaash Vani (2013), both of which underperformed, as like her next disaster Darr @ the Mall (2014) with Jimmy Sheirgill.

2015–present: Breakthrough

Bharuccha rose to success by appearing with Aaryan for the third time in Ranjan's Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015). The film turned out to be her first commercial hit, earning over ₹88 crore worldwide. However, her other release Meeruthiya Gangsters (2015) and the Tamil film Valeba Raja (2016) underperformed.

In 2018, she came into huge limelight for portraying a grey shaded character opposite Aaryan and Sunny Nijjar in Ranjan and Bhushan Kumar's romcom Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. It proved to be a surprise blockbuster at the box-office, earning ₹150 crores worldwide. She retained this widespread success with Kapoor, Bhushan Kumar and Raaj Shaandilyaa's ₹200 crores-grossing comedy Dream Girl (2019), where she played Ayushmann Khurrana's love interest.[9] Both Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety and Dream Girl entered the 100 Crore Club in India and rank among her highest grossing releases.[10]

Also in 2019, Bharuccha performed an item number "Peeyo Datt Ke" alongside Sidharth Malhotra in the Milap Zaveri and Bhushan Kumar's romantic thriller Marjaavaan which was sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh.[11] She starred in two music videos, Atif Aslam's "Baarishein" and Guru Randhawa's "Ishq Tera".[12][13]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India that led long closure of theatres, Bharuccha's next sports film Chhalaang (2020) directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by Bhushan Kumar and Ajay Devgn, was directly released on OTT platform Amazon Prime Video.[14][15] She played Rajkummar Rao's ladylove in the film that met with mixed reviews.

In 2021, she headlined Yo Yo Honey Singh's music video "Saiyaan Ji" and featured in two OTT films.[16] Firstly she was seen in Karan Johar and Raj Mehta's Netflix anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans and then in Vishal Furia and Bhushan Kumar's Amazon Prime horror film Chhorii, both of which earned her critical praise for her acting.[17][18] Chhorii marked her first film as a solo female-centric character.

The following year, Bharuccha appeared firstly in the love triangle Hurdang (2022) alongside Sunny Kaushal and Vijay Varma.[19] A huge box office failure, it was directed by Nikhil Nagesh Tiwari and produced by Bhushan Kumar.[20] That year, she also earned critical praise for appearing in the female-centric social comedy Janhit Mein Jaari.[21][22]

Upcoming films

She will next feature in the historical drama Ram Setu with Akshay Kumar and Jacqueline Fernandez, set to release on Diwali 2022.[23][24] This will be followed by Chhorii 2, a sequel to Chhorii. She will also team up with Akshay Kumar, Diana Penty and Emraan Hashmi in Johar and Mehta's 2023 comedy Selfiee.[25]

Personal life

In June 2020, Bharucha changed the spelling of her name to Nushrratt Bharuccha, due to numerological reasons.[26]

Filmography

Films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Jai Santoshi Maa	Mahima
2009	Kal Kissne Dekha	Riya
2010	Taj Mahal	Shruthi	Telugu film; credited as Shruti
	Love Sex Aur Dhokha	Shruti Dhaiya
2011	Pyaar Ka Punchnama	Neha
2013	Akaash Vani	Vani Ahuja
2014	Darr @ the Mall	Ahana
2015	Meeruthiya Gangsters	Mansi
	Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2	Ruchika "Chiku" Khanna
2016	Valeba Raja	Sweety	Tamil film
2018	Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety	Sweety Sharma
2019	Dream Girl	Mahi Rajput
	Marjaavaan	Herself	Special appearance in song "Peeyu Datt Ke"
2020	Jai Mummy Di	Laali Khanna	Cameo
	Chhalaang	Neelima Mehra
2021	Ajeeb Daastaans	Meenal
	Chhorii	Sakshi
2022	Hurdang	Jhulan
	Janhit Mein Jaari	Manokamna
	Ram Setu	Gayatri Kulshrestha
2023	Selfiee	TBA	Completed[27]
	Akelli	TBA	Filming[28]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2007	"Zindagi Kahin Gum Hai"	Zubeen Garg
2019	"Baarishein"	Atif Aslam
	"Ishq Tera"	Guru Randhawa
2021	"Saiyaan Ji"	Yo Yo Honey Singh

Television

Year	Title	Role
2002	Kittie Party	Chiku
2010	Seven	Drishika Kashyap

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2010	Stardust Awards	Superstar of Tomorrow– Female	Kal Kissne Dekha	Nominated
2012		Best Breakthrough Performance – Female	Pyaar Ka Punchnama	Nominated
	Zee Cine Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female		Nominated
2015	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in a Comedy Role – Female	Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2	Won
		Most Entertaining Ensemble Cast		Won	[29]
2021	Busan International Film Festival	Best Actress	Ajeeb Daastaans	Nominated	[30]
2022	Gold Awards	Best Actress of the Year - Critics	Chhorii	Won
	Lokmat Stylish Awards	Most Stylish Performer of the Year	—	Won	[31]

References

External links

• Nushrratt Bharuccha at IMDb 
• Nushrratt Bharuccha at Bollywood Hungama
• Nushrratt Bharuccha on Twitter

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