Neeru Bajwa

Neeru Bajwa
Born Neerujit Kaur Bajwa
(1980-08-26) 26 August 1980
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Punjabi
Citizenship Canada
Occupation Actor, producer
Years active 1998 – present
Height 5' 5"
Spouse(s) Harmikpal (Harry) Jawandha
Children 1

Neeru Bajwa (Punjabi: ਨੀਰੂ ਬਾਜਵਾ) is a Canadian born Punjabi actress. She started her career with Dev Anand in the bollywood film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved onto working in Indian Soap Opera's and Punjabi Films.

In her documentary film Bollywood Bound she admits to being a high school drop out who had little interest in studies and was always inspired by the glamour of Bollywood, so she moved to Mumbai to fulfil her dreams.[1]

She married Harmikpal (Harry) Jawandha on February 8, 2015.[2]

Career

Her single (Dharmic) called "Guru Nanak Dev Ji" which was released in June 2014, was composed by Sukshinder Shinda.

She started her career in Indian Soap Opera's in 2003 with Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi[3] on DD1 before moving on to Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani on Zee TV followed by Jeet on Star Plus and then Guns and Roses on Star One .[4] She also appears in the CID Serial ( CID Special Bureau ) as fiance of ACP Ajatshatru and has been seen in drama Bone Marrow.

She appeared in her first Punjabi video in 2002 for Punjabi singer Kamal Heer for the song Kainthey Wala. She went on to do several other Punjabi videos for different artists like Hey Soniye with Silinder Pardesi, Juggy D, Rishi Rich.. She also appeared in a Pakistani music video "hum kis gali ja rahay hain" sung by Atif Aslam.

She made her debut in Bollywood in 1998 with Dev Anand in the film Main Solah Baras Ki and then came back to the Bollywood screen in 2010 with Prince. She was also seen in Phoonk 2 and Miley Naa Miley Hum. She had also worked in movie Special Chabbis.

She made her Punjabi Film debut in 2004 opposite Harbhajan Mann in the movie Asa Nu Maan Watna Da and did two more films with him before going on to work with other Punjabi actors like Jimmy Shergill, Amrinder Gill, Gippy Grewal, Diljit Dosanjh and Tarun Khanna. She is the top female actor in Punjabi Cinema, she has acted in many blockbusters, her film Jatt and Juliet released in June 2012 became the highest grosser in Punjabi Cinema, her film Jihne Mera Dil Luteya is the third highest grosser in Punjabi Cinema and her film Mel Karade Rabba is the fourth highest grosser. In January 2013, she was seen in the multi starer film Saadi Love Story produced by Jimmy Shergill productions, directed by Dheeraj Rattan who's written several Punjabi blockbusters and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, and Surveen Chawla. She paired up opposite Diljit Dosanjh again in the film Jatt and Juliet 2 which broke all the previous opening day collection record for Punjabi cinema.[5] On 2 August, her movie, Naughty Jatts was released in which she featured along with Binnu Dhillon, Arya Babbar and Roshan Prince. The movie got mixed reviews from the critics.[6]

Producer

She started a new production house named "Fresh Air Movies" on 14 Feb 2013. Diljit Dosanjh & Gurdas Mann will be starring in her first movie as a producer.

After the romantic film of "Akh Labdi". Her new film with Preet Harpal is Nakhre Da Google releasing in June 2014. The label will be in T-Series.After that she want to be.

Films

Year Movie Role Language
1998 Main Solah Baras Ki Salma Hindi
2003 Bollywood Bound Herself English
2004 Asa Nu Maan Watna Da Neeru Punjabi
2006 Dil Apna Punjabi Laadi Punjabi
2009 Munde U.K. De Reet Brar Punjabi
2009 Heer Ranjha Heer Punjabi
2010 Mel Karade Rabba Seerat Randhawa Punjabi
2010 Prince Maya Hindi
2010 Phoonk 2 Arushi Hindi
2010 Akh Labdi Amar Punjabi
2011 Jihne Mera Dil Luteya Noor Bajwa Punjabi
2011 Miley Naa Miley Hum Manjeet Ahluwalia Hindi
2012 Pata Nahi Rabb Kehdeyan Rangan Ch Raazi Simran Punjabi
2012 Jatt & Juliet Pooja Punjabi
2012 Pinky Moge Wali Pinky Punjabi
2012 Saadi Love StorySpecial Appearance (Taniya) Punjabi
2013 Special Chabbis Cameo roleHindi
2013 MirchiSpecial Appearance of Mirchi song Telugu
2013 Jatt & Juliet 2 Pooja Punjabi
2013 Naughty Jatts Simmi Khera Punjabi
2013 R.S.V.P Manpreet Kaur Punjabi
2014 Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar prabhjeet Punjabi
2014 Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De Disha Dhillion Punjabi
2014 Proper Patola Preeti, Jeeti (Double Role) Punjabi
2015 Sardaar Ji Pinky Punjabi
2016 Channo Kamli Yaar Di Channo Punjabi

Awards and nominations

Year Film Award Ceremony Category Result
2011 Mel Karade Rabba PTC Punjabi Film Awards Critics Best Actress Won
Best Actress Nominated
2012 Jihne Mera Dil Luteya PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Actress Won
2013 Jatt & Juliet PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Actress Won
2013 Pinky Moge Wali PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Actress Nominated
2014 Jatt & Juliet 2 PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Actress Won
2015 Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Actress Nominated
2015 Proper Patola PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Actress Nominated
2016 Sardaarji PTC Punjabi Film Awards Best Actress Pending

References

  1. ↑ Townend, Paul. "Bollywood Bound Movie Review". Canadian Independent Film & Television Publishing Association. Retrieved 1 May 2002.
  2. ↑ http://punjabimania.com/the-secret-is-out-neeru-bajwa-is-now-married/
  3. ↑ Chhabra, Arvind. "Simply Punjabi – Neeru Bajwa". India Today. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Reality Shows – Just Good Friends". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). 24 February 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
  5. ↑ "Jatt and Juliet 2 smashes Box office". Ballewood.in. Retrieved 16 August 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  6. ↑ "Naughty Jatts - Review". Ballewood.in. Retrieved 16 August 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)

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