# Surveen Chawla

Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi and Punjabi films and television. She is one of the highest paid Punjabi actress. She started her career with television shows like Kahin To Hoga and Kaajjal. She is known for her roles in movies and shows like Hate Story 2 (2014), Ugly (2013), Parched (2015) and 24 (2016) along with many other films. In 2018, she was seen in the Hindi web series Haq Se.

## Career
### Television debut

Chawla first was one of the final 25 of the Channel [V]'s reality show Coke [V] Popstars season 2 in 2003. Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial Kahin To Hoga. She also appeared in the reality dance show Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth. Before this, she appeared in the television serial Kasautii Zindagi Kay in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial Kaajjal, till 2007. She hosted the television show Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars. Then she made her film debut with Kannada film Paramesha Panwala. In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film Dharti which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films Taur Mittran Di, Saadi Love Story, Singh vs Kaur, Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Disco Singh (2014). She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's Himmatwala. In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal and also appeared in Puthiya Thiruppangal. She then appeared in Anurag Kashyap's thriller Ugly.

### 2014–2017

In October 2014, Chawla appeared in the hit Punjabi song 'Mitran De Boot' along with Jazzy B. In 2014, she also played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller Hate Story 2, a sequel to Hate Story (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially. Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in the film Creature 3D. Her latest Tamil film was Jaihind 2. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film Welcome Back and in a Punjabi film Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi opposite Jimmy Shergill. She also played the role of Bijli in Parched (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani.

### 2018–present

In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with ALT Balaji's web series Haq Se opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested Kashmir, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.

## Personal life

Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017.

## Filmography
### Films

Key :
| † | Denotes the films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
| 2008 | Paramesha Panwala | Shruti | Kannada | |
| 2009 | Raju Maharaju | Sneha | Telugu | |
| 2011 | Dharti | Bani | Punjabi | |
| 2011 | Hum Tum Shabana | Shabana | Hindi | |
| 2011 | Taur Mittran Di | Keerat | Punjabi | |
| 2013 | Saadi Love Story | Preeti | Punjabi | |
| 2013 | Singh vs Kaur | Jasneet Kaur | Punjabi | |
| 2013 | Himmatwala | Herself | Hindi | Special appearance in song "Dhoka Dhoka" |
| 2013 | Lucky Di Unlucky Story | Seerat | Punjabi | |
| 2013 | Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal | Divya | Tamil | |
| 2013 | Puthiya Thiruppangal | Anupama | Tamil | |
| 2013 | Ugly | Rakhi Malhotra | Hindi | |
| 2014 | Disco Singh | Sweety | Punjabi | |
| 2014 | Hate Story 2 | Sonika Prasad | Hindi | |
| 2014 | Creature 3D | Herself | Hindi | Special appearance in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" |
| 2014 | Jai Hind 2 | Nandhini | Tamil/Telugu/Kannada | |
| 2015 | Hero 'Naam Yaad Rakhi' | Hina Kaur | Punjabi | |
| 2015 | Welcome Back | Herself | Hindi | Special appearance in song "Tutti Bole Marriage Di" |
| 2015 | Parched | Bijli | Hindi | |
| 2017 | Chhuri | | Hindi | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 2003–2007 | Kahin To Hoga | Charu | |
| 2005–2006 | Kasautii Zindagi Kay | Kasak Bajaj | |
| 2006–2007 | Kaajjal | Kaajjal Behl / Kaajjal Dev Pratab Singh | |
| 2008 | Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena | Contestant | |
| 2010 | Comedy Circus Ke Superstars | Host | |
| 2016 | Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 | Contestant | |
| 2016 | 24 | Maya | season 2 |
| 2018 | Teen Pehliiyan | Mamta | |
| 2018 | Haq Se | Dr. Meher Mirza | |
| 2019 | Famously Filmfare Punjabi | Host | |
| 2018–2019 | Rangoli | Host/presenter | |
| 2018–2019 | Sacred Games | Jojo Mascarenas | |
| 2021 | Decoupled | Shruti | |
| 2023 | Rana Naidu | Naina Naidu | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Dharti | PTC Punjabi Film Awards | Best Debut Female | Won |
| 2015 | Disco Singh | PTC Punjabi Film Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| 2016 | Parched | Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles for Grand Jury Prize | Best Actress | Won |
| 2017 | Parched | Star Screen Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |