Alka Kaushal

Alka Kaushal
Alka Kaushal
Born	Alka Badola; 2 September 1969 (age 55); Delhi, India
Occupation(s)	Actress, producer
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Ravi G. Kaushal
Family	Vishwa Mohan Badola (father) ; Varun Badola (brother) ; Kalindi Badola (sister) ; Rajeshwari Sachdev (sister-in-law)

Alka Kaushal (born Badola, Template:Lang-hi) is an Indian actress and producer, known for her work in Marathi cinema. She is also popular for her roles in TV shows such as Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan and Qubool Hai.^[2]^[3]^[4] She has played supportive roles in numerous Hindi TV serials, mainly negative characters or vamps.^[5]

Personal life

Alka is the eldest of three children born to well-known stage artist Vishwa Mohan S. Badola and Susheela Badola. Her younger sister, Kalindi, is a radio jockey on Radio Mirchi; and her brother Varun is also a TV actor. Alka attended the National School of Drama Repertory in her hometown Delhi, and later moved to Mumbai to pursue a career on Indian television.

Alka is married to TV producer and director, Ravi G Kaushal; the couple have started their own production house, Mangalam Arts.

Acting career

She made her television debut with Ramesh Sippy's Gathaand was later seen in Tum Pukar Lo, Manzilein Apni Apni and Prratima. Her variety includes serials like Faasle, 9 Malabar Hill, Sansar, Kartavya and Kammal where she plays a lawyer. She is also seen in Zee TV's serial Qubool Hai. She was out of Qubool Hai for six months from December 2014—June 2015, but was back for a little while to get the shows TRP higher, but she left the show to focus on her role in Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur as Parvati Gadodia. Now she is playing Tarkeshwari Singh/Tharka Bua on Sarojini to get her revenge on Singh family.

Filmography

As actor

Television

Year	Show	Channel	Role
2016	Sarojini	Zee TV	Tarkeshwari Singh (Antagonist)
2015–2016	Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur	Colors TV	Parvati Gadodia (Antagonist)
2012–2015	Qubool Hai	Zee TV	Razia Gaffor Ahmed Suiddiqui (Antagonist)
2014	Hamari Sister Didi	Sony Pal	Mrs. Kapoor
2011–2012	Don't Worry Chachu	SAB TV
2009–2010	Jyoti	Imagine TV
2002–2009	Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan	Star Plus	Sukanya Wadhwa
	Naya Daur	Zee TV
	Gaatha	Star Plus
	Akbar the Great
	Tum Pukar Lo
	Faasle
	9 Malabar Hill
	Sansar
	Kartavya
2004–2005	Prratima	Sahara One
2002–2003	Kammal	Zee TV
1999	India's Most Wanted	Zee TV

Films

Queen (2014) as Mrs. Mehra ^[6]
Dharam Sankat Mein (2015)
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) as Kareena Kapoor's Mother

As producer

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References

^ "Alka Kaushal". Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ Harneet Singh (20 November 2002). "Kumkum's Sukanya bua is in town ... and so is Shanti's Ayesha". he Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ "Alka Kaushal, Shubhangi Gokhale & Rajendra Chawla in DJ's A Creative Unit's show". The Times of India. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ Ano Patel (27 April 2013). "The new showstealers". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ "Characters of vamps are very interesting, says Alka Kaushal". The Times of India. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ Alka Kaushal at Bollywood Hungama

External links

Alka Kaushal on [www.nettv4u.com nettv4u]

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[1] "Alka Kaushal". Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[2] Harneet Singh (20 November 2002). "Kumkum's Sukanya bua is in town ... and so is Shanti's Ayesha". he Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[3] "Alka Kaushal, Shubhangi Gokhale & Rajendra Chawla in DJ's A Creative Unit's show". The Times of India. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[4] Ano Patel (27 April 2013). "The new showstealers". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[5] "Characters of vamps are very interesting, says Alka Kaushal". The Times of India. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[6] Alka Kaushal at Bollywood Hungama

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