Sakshi Tanwar

Television Living TMDB #1238200

Date of birth: 1973-01-12
Place of birth: Alwar, India
Nationality: India
Education: Not available (TMDB does not publish education data)
Career span: 2000–2025 (from credited release years)
Known for: Dangal · Kaun Banega Crorepati · Samrat Prithviraj · The Royals · Koffee with Karan
Also known as: Saakshi Tanwar
TMDB popularity: 0.95
Last synced: 2026-08-01 15:35 UTC

Biography

Sakshi Tanwar is an Indian actress and television presenter. She is known for her work in the television soaps Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii and Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. In 2016, she starred in the Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal

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Filmography (24 titles)

The Royals (2025) TV

As: Padmaja Devi/Paddy Rating: 6.4/10 (25 votes) Genres: Drama, Comedy Box office: Not available

When charming Prince Aviraaj meets Sophia, a self-made girl boss, the worlds of royalty and startups collide in a whirlwind of romance and ambition.

Top billed cast (12)

Bhumi Pednekar Sophia Shekhar
Ishaan Khatter Aviraaj Singh/Fizzy
Sakshi Tanwar Padmaja Devi/Paddy
Vihaan Samat Digvijay Singh/Diggy
Udit Arora Kunal Mehta
Lisa Mishra Niki Kaushik
Sumukhi Suresh Keertana
Kavya Trehan Divyaranjini Singh/Jinnie
Jagdish Rajpurohit Girdhari Sa
Sukesh Anand Pankaj Sa
Zeenat Aman Bhagyashree Devi
Adinath Kothare Zubin Daruwala

Ulajh (2024) Film

As: Roshni Sengupta (Special Appearance) Rating: 5.5/10 (16 votes) Genres: Drama, Thriller Box office: Not available

The journey of a young IFS officer, belonging to a prominent family of patriots, who gets embroiled in a dangerous personal conspiracy while far from her home turf, at a career-defining post.

Top billed cast (15)

Janhvi Kapoor Suhana Bhatia
Gulshan Devaiah Nakul/Humayun
Roshan Mathew Sebin Josephkutty
Meiyang Chang Jacob Tamang
Adil Hussain Dhanraj Bhatia
Rajesh Tailang Salim Sayeed
Jitendra Joshi Prakash Kamat
Jaimini Pathak Sanjeev Bajpai
Rajendra Gupta Manohar Rawal
Alyy Khan Ambassador Kazi
Rushad Rana Shazad Alam - Pakistani PM
Sakshi Tanwar Roshni Sengupta (Special Appearance)
Natasha Rastogi Saroj Bhatia
Swastika Chakraborty Suhana's Bua
Rajeev Hubert Hamid Sahab

Sharmajee Ki Beti (2023) Film

As: Jyoti Sharma Rating: 5.5/10 (2 votes) Genres: Comedy, Drama Box office: Not available

Sharmajee Ki Beti intricately weaves the lives of Jyoti, Kiran, and Tanvi, all with the common surname of Sharma as they navigate urban loneliness, societal pressures, and gender expectations. Amidst their struggles, teenagers, Swati and Gurveen journey through puberty and maternal neglect, adding depth to this humorous and heart-warming tale of resilience, aspirations, and coming-of-age.

Top billed cast (15)

Saiyami Kher Tanvi Sharma
Sakshi Tanwar Jyoti Sharma
Divya Dutta Kiran Sharma
Sharib Hashmi Sudhir Sharma
Parvin Dabas Vinod Sharma
Arista Mehta Gurveen Sharma
Vanshika Taparia Swati Sharma
Ravjeet Singh Rohan
Sushant Ghadge Chotu
Tripti Sahu Surina
Guneet Wahan Shamma
Nazneen Madan Dr. Shreya Talpade
Vinayak Ketkar Casting Agent
Subhasis Chakraborty Jyoti’s Colleague 1
Sunita Malhotra Kiran’s Mother

Samrat Prithviraj (2022) Film

As: Kamala Devi Rating: 6.6/10 (30 votes) Genres: Action, Drama, History Box office: Not available

The true story of legendary Hindu warrior king "Prithviraj Chauhan" including his early military successes, love story with Sanyogita & clashes with Muhammad of Ghor, a ruler of the Ghurid dynasty who led the foundation of Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent.

Top billed cast (15)

Akshay Kumar Prithviraj Chauhan
Manushi Chhillar Sanyogita
Sanjay Dutt Kaka Kanha
Sonu Sood Chand Vardai
Manav Vij Muhammad Ghori
Ashutosh Rana Jayachandra
Sakshi Tanwar Kamala Devi
Aishwarya Raj Bhakuni Ragini
Lalit Tiwari Anangpal Tomar
Manoj Joshi Saudagar
Govind Pandey Jayachandra's Senapati
Arun Bali Arnoraja
Rajendra Gupta Thakurbaba
Kranti Prakash Jha Hadda Hamir
Kamaljeet Rana Baluk Rai

Mai: A Mother's Rage (2022) TV

As: Sheel Chaudhary Rating: 7.3/10 (22 votes) Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery Box office: Not available

A grieving mother discovers the criminals behind her daughter's tragic death, and transforms from meek to merciless to get the real story.

Top billed cast (12)

Sakshi Tanwar Sheel Chaudhary
Wamiqa Gabbi Supriya Chaudhary
Anant Vidhaat Sharma Prashant
Vivek Mushran Yash Chaudhary
Seema Pahwa Kalpana
Raima Sen Neelam
Prashant Narayanan Jawahar Vyas
Ankur Ratan SP Farooque Siddiqui
Vaibhav Raj Gupta Shankar
Omkar Jaiprakash Keshav
Anubha Fatehpuria Mrs. Chaudhary
Ikhlaque Khan Role not available

Taken For Granted (2022) Film

As: Seema Batra Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Amongst the clusters of houses in Old Delhi resides in the amusing Batra family. Homemaker & Salon owner ‘Seema Batra’ manages the home and family (her husband, 2 children and in-laws) with utmost sincerity. Till one day Seema takes an ingenious decision after an incident at home where she feels taken for granted and needs a break from responsibilities of the daily family routine. This sudden pronouncement creates an upheaval within the family.

Top billed cast (8)

Sakshi Tanwar Seema Batra
Anuraag Arora Sandeep Batra
Mahi Burman Minti
Kabir Khanna Kabir
Anuradha Kalia Dadi
Sanjiv Chopra Dada
Kavita Bhatia Customer
Tejaswini Bhalekar Hairstylist

Dial 100 (2021) Film

As: Prerna Sood Rating: 6.4/10 (11 votes) Genres: Mystery, Thriller Box office: Not available

The Police emergency control room receives a call from a woman, who sounds troubled and wants to commit suicide. As officer Nikhil tries to calm her down, he discovers that the hysterical woman has bought a gun. When asked, she tells him to stay tuned to find out about her real intentions. But as time progresses, Nikhil figures out that the woman has sinister intentions and his family is in danger.

Top billed cast (7)

Manoj Bajpayee Nikhil Sood
Neena Gupta Seema Pallav
Sakshi Tanwar Prerna Sood
Svar Kamble Dhruv Sood
Nandu Madhav Chandu
Urmila Mahanta Gayatri
Abhijeet Chavan Gharat

Mission Over Mars (2019) TV

As: Nandita Hariprasad Rating: 6.0/10 (2 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Based on true events, Mission Over Mars depicts the inspiring story of four women who played a pivotal role in the Mars Orbiter Mission. And how they fight both professional and personal battles, to triumph for India ki sabse oonchi udaan.

Top billed cast (6)

Sakshi Tanwar Nandita Hariprasad
Palomi Ghosh Meghan Reddy
Ashish Vidhyarthi K Muralidharan
Mona Singh Moushumi Ghosh
Nidhi Singh Neetu Sinha
Ankur Rathee Gautam Gulati

Mohalla Assi (2018) Film

As: Not available Rating: 6.2/10 (5 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

An idealist Sanskrit teacher deals with issues like commercialization of religion as things around him change and he struggles to keep up. But is he ready to pay the price?

Top billed cast (5)

Sunny Deol Role not available
Ravi Kishan Role not available
Sakshi Tanwar Role not available
Saurabh Shukla Role not available
Mukesh Tiwari Role not available

Half the Sky (2018) Film

As: Not available Rating: 10.0/10 (1 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Not available

Top billed cast (9)

Mandisa Nduna Ntombi
Maria Helena Dias Role not available
Jai Baptista Role not available
Sakshi Tanwar Role not available
Wang Luodan Role not available
Liu Bei Role not available
Olga Dobrina Valentina
Aurelie Stratton Role not available
Ping Zong Role not available

Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat (2017) TV

As: Not available Rating: 8.3/10 (3 votes) Genres: Drama, Family Box office: Not available

An alcoholic reluctant to recover, a head strong counsellor who won't quit, and a life changing trip to the hills.

Top billed cast (2)

Ram Kapoor Role not available
Sakshi Tanwar Role not available

Dangal (2016) Film

As: Daya Kaur Rating: 7.9/10 (1183 votes) Genres: Drama, Family, Comedy Box office: Not available

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

Top billed cast (15)

Aamir Khan Mahavir Singh Phogat
Fatima Sana Shaikh Geeta Phogat
Sanya Malhotra Babita Kumari
Zaira Wasim Young Geeta
Suhani Bhatnagar Young Babita
Aparshakti Khurana Omkar
Girish Kulkarni Coach Pramod Kadam
Sakshi Tanwar Daya Kaur
Vivan Bhatena Harkinder
Ritwik Sahore Young Omkar
Ravi Aneja Referee
Anuraag Arora Mahavir's Brother
Mahesh Balraj Organiser
Anmol Charan Little Omkar
Karamveer Choudhary Father of Mahaveer Singh Fogat

Shor Se Shuruaat (2016) Film

As: Zainab Rating: 5.5/10 (2 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

"Shor Se Shuruaat" is an omnibus feature of mentored short films, around the central theme of "Shor"- noise. These films have been made by budding directors, mentored by some of India's leading filmmakers.

Top billed cast (10)

Sanjay Mishra Prisoner
Rasika Dugal Lina
Atul Kulkarni Azaad
Suchitra Pillai Celebrity
Sakshi Tanwar Zainab
Vijay Maurya Inspector
Saurabh Goyal Role not available
Suyash Joshi Role not available
Omkar Kulkarni Role not available
Siddharth Menon Sameer

Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (2015) Film

As: Nabila Rating: 8.9/10 (10 votes) Genres: Music Box office: Not available

Katyar Kaljat Ghusli is a 2015 Marathi film based on a play by the same name. Directed by Subodh Bhave, the film stars Sachin Pilgaonkar, Shankar Mahadevan, and Subodh Bhave in lead roles. The film marks the acting debut for Mahadevan and directorial debut for Bhave. The original play premiered in 1967 in Mumbai, where Hindustani classical vocalist Vasantrao Deshpande played one of the protagonists. In 2010, the play was relaunched with protagonists essayed by Rahul Deshpande, grandson of Vasantrao Deshpande and singer Mahesh Kale. The film's music is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and retained some of the songs from the original play composed by Jitendra Abhisheki.

Top billed cast (6)

Shankar Mahadevan Pandit Bhanushankar Shastri
Amruta Khanvilkar Zarina
Sakshi Tanwar Nabila
Subodh Bhave Sadashiv
Sachin Pilgaonkar Khansaheb Aftab Hussain Bareliwale
Mrunmayee Deshpande Uma

24: India (2013) TV

As: Shibani Mallick Rating: 7.6/10 (8 votes) Genres: Action & Adventure, Mystery Box office: Not available

Racing against the clock, ATU agent Jai Singh Rathod has 24 explosive hours in Mumbai to stop the assasination of the youngest ever Prime Minister.

Top billed cast (8)

Gurpreet Saini Mihir
Neil Bhoopalam Aditya Singhania
Raaghav Chanana Prithvi Singhania
Sapna Pabbi Kiran Rathod
Mandira Bedi Nikita Rai
Anil Kapoor Jai Rathod
Surveen Chawla Maya
Sakshi Tanwar Shibani Mallick

Haunted Nights (2012) TV

As: Victim of supernatural incidences Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Mystery Box office: Not available

Haunted Nights is a horror fiction show telecasted on Sahara One from 20 February 2012. This show is directed by Vikram Bhatt in his favorite genre. The show has a power packed star cast in various episodes of the show. Some of the actors who acted in the show are Rashami Desai, Shilpa Saklani, Manini De Mishra, Saakshi Tanwar, Gautami Kapoor, Amit Sareen Priya Marathe and male actors like Nivin Ramani. The show is produced by The Entertainment Hub which also produced Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara Lage on Sahara One.

Top billed cast (4)

Sakshi Tanwar Victim of supernatural incidences
Rashami Desai Victim of supernatural incidences
Manish Gandhi Ghost
Nivin Ramani Evil soul

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (2011) TV

As: Priya Sharma Rating: 8.0/10 (3 votes) Genres: Drama, Family, Soap Box office: Not available

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain is the sublime love story of an unexpected relationship. A marriage of compromise between two completely opposite personalities blossoms into a true partnership.

Top billed cast (4)

Shivangi Joshi Bhagyashree
Harshad Chopda Rishabh
Manoj Kolhatkar Vinayak Iyer
Pyumori Mehta Ghosh Padma Iyer

C Kkompany (2008) Film

As: Self Rating: 5.1/10 (14 votes) Genres: Comedy Box office: Not available

Akshay Kumar is a crime reporter, Mr. Joshi is a retired accountant trying to deal with his ungrateful son and Lambodar are friends. These three share their respective plight with one another and find solace in each others company. On one occasion, they play a harmless prank to tackle their problems. One thing leads to another, and before they realize, the incident becomes news. But things don’t stop there. They put their new founded fame to good use, and this in turn triggers off a series of incidents, which propel them to such heights that the three become the talk of the nation. Things get beyond their control, and the three are left with no choice but to be mute spectators to their newly acquired fame, especially since no one knows their identity.

Top billed cast (14)

Tusshar Kapoor Akshay Kumar
Anupam Kher Mr. Joshi
Rajpal Yadav Lambodar Jha
Mithun Chakraborty Datto Bhai
Raima Sen Priya
Ekta Kapoor Special Appearance
Mahesh Bhatt Special Appearance
Karan Johar Special Appearance
Sanjay Dutt Title Song
Celina Jaitly Item Number in Song Khoka
Dilip Prabhavalkar Sadashiv Pradhan
Sanjay Mishra Yadav
Vinay Apte Inspector Jwale
Sakshi Tanwar Self

Koffee with Karan (2004) TV

As: Self Rating: 5.9/10 (24 votes) Genres: Talk Box office: Not available

Koffee with Karan is an Indian talk show hosted by filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar and produced by Dharmatic Entertainment, the digital content division of Johar's production company Dharma Productions

Top billed cast (1)

Karan Johar Self - Host

Crime Patrol (2003) TV

As: Not available Rating: 7.8/10 (12 votes) Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure Box office: Not available

Crime Patrol attempts to bring stories of crime happening all around the country. However the case presentation would be a story telling form that would have the interest of a fiction drama presentation.

Top billed cast (5)

Rajendra Shisatkar Inspector
Anup Soni Host
Perin Monish Malde Role not available
Abhijit Sinha Role not available
Akshay Kapoor Inspector

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Devi (2002) TV

As: Gayatri Vikram Sharma / Goddess Durga Rating: 7.5/10 (2 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Devi is a Hindi-language television series that premiered on Indian television network Sony TV in 2003. This was the first television series that was produced by popular Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan's production house known as 'Devgan Software'. The series aired every Friday at 9pm IST, and is currently being repeated on SET India.

Top billed cast (5)

Sakshi Tanwar Gayatri Vikram Sharma / Goddess Durga
Juhi Parmar Kalika Shastri / Kalika Raj Malhotra
Mohnish Behl Vikram Sharma
Manish Goel Advocate Raj Malhotra
Madhoo Goddess Durga

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Kutumb (2001) TV

As: Maya Sanjay Mittal Rating: 3.5/10 (4 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Kutumb was a popular daily Indian television drama telecast on Sony Entertainment Television. The show was aired on October 29, 2001 and went off air on February 7, 2003. The show had two seasons, however, the seasons plot were not inter-related at all, more like two series. However, both series revolve around principal characters of Pratham and Gauri, and their love and "Kutumb"

Top billed cast (10)

Hiten Tejwani Pratham Mittal
Gauri Pradhan Tejwani Gauri Agarwal / Gauri Pratham Mittal
Sakshi Tanwar Maya Sanjay Mittal
Manorama Choti Dadi
Kishwer Merchant Swati
Ali Asgar Samay Mittal
Jayati Bhatia Kavita Ajay Mittal
Meghha Chheda Sanskruti
Shama Deshpande Gayatri Umesh Mittal
Lily Patel Badi Dadi

Kaun Banega Crorepati (2000) TV

As: Self Rating: 6.6/10 (33 votes) Genres: Reality Box office: Not available

Hosted by India's biggest superstar, Amitabh Bachchan, one of the biggest shows is here to entertain millions, change lives and make dreams come true.

Top billed cast (1)

Amitabh Bachchan Self - Host

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (2000) TV

As: Parvati Agarwal Rating: 2.2/10 (6 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii was an Indian soap opera that aired on STAR Plus. It ran 1700 episodes. It starred Sakshi Tanwar as Parvati Om Agarwal in the lead role of the series which tells the story of the successful Agarwal family. The final episode of the show aired on October 9, 2008.

Top billed cast (15)

Rinku Karmarkar Chhaya Agarwal
Lily Patel Dadi
Gautam Chaturvedi Gaurav Agarwal
Ali Asgar Kamal Agarwal
Nayan Bhatt Maaji
Aruna Irani Narayani Devi
Kiran Karmarkar Om Agarwal
Achint Kaur Pallavi Agarwal
Shweta Kawatra Pallavi Agarwal
Sakshi Tanwar Parvati Agarwal
Aamir Ali Sameer Kaul
Tina Parekh Shruti Kaul
Neelam Mehra Vandy Maasi
Mita Vashisht Trishna Agarwal
Preeti Gupta Mayuri Shikhar Mehra