Nushrat Bharucha

BIOGRAPHY

Nushrat Bharucha (born 17 May 1985) is an Indian actress known for her work in Bollywood films. She was born in a Dawoodi Bohra Muslim family to Tanvir Bharucha and Tasneem Bharucha in Mumbai, India. She began her acting career in the year 2002 at the age of 16. As a student of Jai Hind college, she walked into a talent management firm hoping to volunteer as a scout but instead, they hired her to act in Kittie Party (2002), a television show being broadcast on Zee TV. But, the long work hours and poor treatment of newcomers led her to quit the show in a year. During her college days, Nushrat was involved in organizing events and the backstage production of plays. For one such event in the year 2009, she managed to get a leading facewash brand as a sponsor for a talent show. After five days of auditions, the brand announced that they had selected Nushrat to be their 'Fresh Face', as a consequence of which she featured in a couple of advertisements and a feature film.

CAREER

Nushrat began her acting career in the year 2002 at the age of 16. Nushrat Bharucha began her film career in 2006 with the movie Jai Santoshi Maa and then in 2009 with the box-office flop Kal Kissne Dekha. Her next release, Dibakar Banerjee's Love Sex Aur Dhokha, was a commercial success. In 2011, she appeared in Luv Ranjan's buddy drama Pyaar Ka Punchnama, featuring an ensemble cast in which she was cast opposite Kartik Aaryan. It proved to be a commercial success with a revenue of ?500 million (US$7.2 million). Bharucha then starred in Ranjan's 2013 unsuccessful romantic drama Akaash Vani as the titular female lead opposite Aaryan and Sunny Nijar. Her first film of 2015, Darr @ The Mall opposite Jimmy Sheirgill, was a major box-office disaster. Later that year, she appeared in a sequel to Pyaar Ka Punchnama entitled Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, which paired her opposite Aaryan again. It was commercially profitable earning over ?880 million (US$13 million) worldwide.

FILMOGRAPHY

TELEVISION

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

After her megahit movie Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, she got offers for numerous films one after another. Presently, Nushrat Bharucha’s film Sonu Ke Tito Ki Sweety released, which substantiated to be a super hit movie. It emerged as one of her most successful as well