Pooja Banerjee

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Pooja Banerjee
Pooja Banerjee at Star Parivaar Awards 2018.jpg
Banerjee at Star Parivaar Awards 2018
Born (1991-11-08) 8 November 1991 (age 30)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2017)​
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Pooja Banerjee Sejwal (born 8 November 1991) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television.[2] She is known for portraying Tejal Mazumdar in Star Plus's Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum and Nivedita Basu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2.[3] She presently portrays Rhea Mehra in Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya.[4] She participated in MTV India's MTV Roadies 8 in 2011 and Nach Baliye 9 in 2019.

Early life[]

Banerjee completed her schooling from Centre point school and college from Hislop College, Nagpur. She pursued her graduation in Bachelor of Commerce and completed her post graduation in Masters in English literature. She has also represented Maharashtra at the national level swimming tournaments. She swam the 5 km sea race in the Arabian Sea and 14 km river race in river Hooghly.[5] Banerjee has also played a swimmer, Rewa Mathur, in Swim Team.[6][7]

Personal life[]

Banerjee married Olympian swimmer, Sandeep Sejwal on 28 February 2017.[8] He won a bronze medal in 50m breaststroke at the 2014 Asian games held in Incheon. He was awarded the Arjuna award by then president of India, Pranab Mukherjee.[9]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Ref.
2011 MTV Roadies 8 Contestant
2012 Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum Tejal Mazumdar [10]
2012 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya Guest (as Tejal)
2013 The Adventures of Hatim Perizaad [11]
Ghar Aaja Pardesi Rudrani
2014–2015 Box Cricket League 1 Contestant [12]
2015–2016 Swim Team Rewa Mathur [13]
2015 Halla Bol 2 Meera
Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan Anarkali
2016 Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha Noori
2017 Chandra Nandini Vishakha [14]
Chandrakanta Sooryakanta
2018 Box Cricket League 3 Contestant
Dil Hi Toh Hai Aarohi
Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha Rajkumari Sonprabha
2018–2020 Kasautii Zindagii Kay Nivedita Basu Sengupta
2019 Box Cricket League 4 Contestant
Nach Baliye 9
2020–present Kumkum Bhagya Rhea Mehra [15]

Music video[]

Year Title Singer Ref.
2016 Aap Se Mausiiquii Himesh Reshammiya [16]

Web series[]

Year Title Role Ref.
2018 Dil Hi Toh Hai Aarohi [17]
Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain Bani Mehra
2019 Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2 [18]
2020 Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 3 [19]
The Casino Riya Marwah [20]

References[]

  1. ^ "Swimming is his first love: Pooja Banerjee on national swimmer husband Sandeep Sejwal - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Swimming is his first love: Pooja Banerjee on national swimmer husband Sandeep Sejwal - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Pooja Banerjee's love for bikes".
  4. ^ "Behind the scenes: Erica Fernandes and Pooja Banerjee deck up to celebrate Durga Puja in Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2 - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "'I am really exhausted when I reach home'".
  6. ^ "Pooja Banerjee: I am not here to show skin".
  7. ^ "Jodha Akbar and other TV shows: How the actors cope with shooting in hot, open locales". Archived from the original on May 2, 2015.
  8. ^ "Pooja Banerjee Truly Believes In 'Pyaar Dosti Hai'; Says, 'I Know My Husband Since Standard 4'- EXCLUSIVE".
  9. ^ "Pooja Banerjee: Being married to a swimmer means an extremely disciplined and healthy lifestyle". www.hindustantimes.com. 30 August 2018.
  10. ^ Pooja Banerjee to enter EK Dusre Se Karte Hain -Times Of India
  11. ^ "It's all about the name for Pooja Banerjee".
  12. ^ "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". india.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  13. ^ "In Pics: National level swimmer Pooja Banerjee turns glamorous for 'Swim Team'". 24 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Pooja Banerjee on doing Chandra Nandini: I was dying to do a negative character". The Indian Express. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  15. ^ "Pooja Banerjee replaces Naina Singh in 'Kumkum Bhagya'". m.timesofindia.com. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Himesh Reshammiya's new album Aap se Mausiiquii star Puja Banerjee finds him sweet, caring". The Indian Express. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  17. ^ "Ekta Kapoor's Dil Hi Toh Hai to premiere today; 5 reasons to watch the show". India Today. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  18. ^ "Kasautii Zindagii Kay's siblings Parth Samthaan and Pooja Banerjee to romance in this show". India Today.
  19. ^ "Pooja Banerjee all set to resume shoot amid coronavirus scare: Itna darr darr ke nahin reh sakte". India Today. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  20. ^ "Meet The Star Cast Of Upcoming ZEE5 Original Web Series The Casino #MyGameMyRules - Zee5 News". ZEE5. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

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