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Pooja Banerjee Sejwal (born 8 November 1991) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television.[1] She began her television career as a contestant in MTV Roadies and subsequently starred as Tejal Majumdar in her first lead show, Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum.[1][2]

Pooja Banerjee
Banerjee at Star Parivaar Awards 2018
Born	(1991-11-08) 8 November 1991 (age 30) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present
Known for	Kumkum Bhagya Kasautii Zindagii Kay Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain
Spouse	Sandeep Sejwal ​ (m. 2017)​ [1]
Children	1

She gained initial fame by teaming up with Ekta Kapoor for few temporary supporting roles in Chandrakanta, Chandra Nandini and Dil Hi Toh Hai.[3] Shortly thereafter, Banerjee became a household name and gained wider popularity with her roles in Kapoor's hugely successful shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Nivedita Basu and Kumkum Bhagya as Rhea Mehra.[4][5] Since 2018, she was also playing the pivotal character of Bani Mehra in 3 seasons of Kapoor's web series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain.[6]

Career

Initial career (2011–16)

Banerjee started her acting career in 2011, participating in MTV Roadies season 8.[1] Her 1st fiction show came in 2012 with Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum on StarPlus, in which she portrayed the lead role of Tejal Majumdar.[1][7] In 2013, she was cast in fantasy show The Adventures of Hatim on Life OK as Perizaad.[8]

That year Banerjee acted in Sahara One show Ghar Aaja Pardesi in the role of Rudraani.[9][10] Shortly thereafter, she went on to be a contestant in the first season of Box Cricket League and appear as Rewa Mathur in Channel V's youth drama Swim Team.[11][12][13]

Establishment as Lead Actress (2016–present)

In 2016, Banerjee found her first break as Noorie Shastri opposite Pearl V Puri in Life OK drama show Naagarjuna.[14] In 2017, she was cast in supporting roles as the antagonistic Vishakha in the historical romance Chandra Nandini and as Suryakanta in the fantasy drama Chandrakanta.[15][16]

She next returned to reality television as a contestant in fourth season of Box Cricket League and was cast in June 2018 to play Aarohi Verma in the romance Dil Hi Toh Hai, a character that she later reprised in season 2 that was streamed directly on ALT Balaji.[17][18] She also had a cameo appearance as Sonprabha in the fantasy drama Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha.[19]

In September 2018, Banerjee appeared as the stylish yet married Nivedita Basu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, that ended after a successful two years run in October 2020.[20][21]

From 2018 to 2020, she was also seen starring as Bani Mehra in the web series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain, and participated in Nach Baliye season 9 in 2019.[22] In 2020 she featured in the web series The Casino.[23]

From July 2020 to February 2022, Banerjee played the grey-shaded lead character of Rhea Mehra in the daily soap Kumkum Bhagya[24]

Personal life

Banerjee married professional Indian Swimmer, Sandeep Sejwal on 28 February 2017. The couple had their first child, a baby girl who they named Sana on 12 March 2022.[25]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2011	MTV Roadies	Contestant
2012	Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum	Tejal Mazumdar	[26]
2013	The Adventures of Hatim	Perizaad	[27]
	Ghar Aaja Pardesi	Rudrani
2014–2015	Box Cricket League 1	Contestant	[28]
2015–2016	Swim Team	Rewa Mathur	[29]
2015	Halla Bol 2	Meera
	Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan	Anarkali
2016-2017	Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha	Noori Shastri
2017	Chandra Nandini	Vishakha	[30]
	Chandrakanta	Sooryakanta
2018	Box Cricket League 3	Contestant
	Dil Hi Toh Hai	Aarohi
	Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha	Sonprabha
2018–2020	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Nivedita Basu Sengupta
2019	Box Cricket League 4	Contestant
	Nach Baliye 9
2020–2022	Kumkum Bhagya	Rhea Mehra	[31]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2018-2020	Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain	Bani Mehra
2019	Only for singles	Appu
2020	The Casino	Riya Marwah	[32]

References

External links

• Pooja Banerjee at IMDb
• Pooja Banerjee on Instagram

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