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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Barkha Bisht Sengupta
| image = Barkha Sengupta in 2018.jpg
| caption = Sengupta in 2018
| other_names = Barkha Bisht Sengupta
| birth_name = Barkha Bisht
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| occupation = Actress, model
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Indraneil Sengupta]]|2008||end= Separated}}
| children = 1
}}

'''Barkha Bisht Sengupta''' is an [[Indian Television]] and Film Actress. She works in Hindi TV serials and [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]] Movies. Barkha Bisht made her first TV appearance in ''[[Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi]]'' as Udita.<ref>{{Cite web |title=There is a flaw in the TV industry, it sticks to a certain format: Barkha Sengupta - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/there-is-a-flaw-in-the-tv-industry-it-sticks-to-a-certain-format-barkha-sengupta/articleshow/79285881.cms |access-date=4 June 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> She made her screen debut in Hindi Film ''[[Raajneeti]]'' (2010) and Bengali film debut in ''[[Dui Prithibi (2010 film)|Dui Prithibi]]'' (2010). Barkha Bisht was married to actor [[Indraneil Sengupta]].

== Personal life ==
[[File:Indraniel barkha sengupta.jpg|thumb|right|Barkha with husband [[Indraneil Sengupta]] ]]
Barkha spent her childhood in military towns specially in Kolkata, as her father was a colonel. She is a [[Garhwali people|Garhwali]] and originally belongs to [[Dehradun]] in [[Uttarakhand]]. She is the youngest of three sisters, the eldest being a hotel management professional and the elder a fashion designer. She was very popular amongst her childhood friends, especially in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William, Kolkata. She was also voted as the NDA Queen, in December 2000, where she was escorted by her old friend, S.Ganguly. She is married to [[Indraneil Sengupta]], her fellow actor and co-star from ''[[Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam]]'' and ''[[Doli Saja Ke]]'' and a film based in lockdown titled Choices.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/barkha-sengupta-on-10-years-of-being-together-with-indraneil-i-can-still-manage-to-blow-him-away/articleshow/60020250.cms |title=Barkha Sengupta on 10 years of being together with Indraneil: I can still manage to blow him away - Times of India ► |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indraneil Sengupta, Barkha Sengupta reunite in lockdown film |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/indraneil-sengupta-barkha-sengupta-reunite-in-lockdown-film/1874009 |access-date=27 April 2021 |website=outlookindia.com/}}</ref> The couple tied the knot on 2 March 2008 in Haridwar after a two-year courtship.

In October 2011, she gave birth to a baby girl named Meira.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} Barkha and Indraneil separated in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indraneil Sengupta's Ex-Wife, Barkha Bisht Says She Is A Single Parent And Last 2 Years Weren't Easy |url=https://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/amp-articles/indraneil-senguptas-ex-wife-barkha-bisht-says-she-is-a-single-parent-and-last-2-years-werent-easy-35420 |website=BollywoodShaadis |date=2022-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220180000/https://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/amp-articles/indraneil-senguptas-ex-wife-barkha-bisht-says-she-is-a-single-parent-and-last-2-years-werent-easy-35420 |archive-date=2023-02-20 |url-status=live |last1=Muhuri |first1=Oindrila}}</ref>

She is currently dating actor and producer Ashish Sharma. They started dating in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barkha Sengupta falls in love? Something is brewing between her and Ashish Sharma? (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/barkha-sengupta-falls-in-love-something-is-brewing-between-her-and-ashish-sharma-exclusive-101677131687394.html |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2023-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319022037/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/barkha-sengupta-falls-in-love-something-is-brewing-between-her-and-ashish-sharma-exclusive-101677131687394.html |archive-date=2023-03-19 |url-status=live |last1=Mishra |first1=Vinay}}</ref>

== Career ==
She started her career on television with a show called ''[[Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi]]'', aired on [[MTV India]]. This was followed by a show on [[StarPlus]] called ''[[Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam]]'', where she played the lead roles of Shyaama, Raadha and Radhika. She has also hosted a film-news based programme called ''Popkorn'' on [[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom TV]].<ref>[http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/nov/nov205.htm Zoom launches 'Popkorn Newz'], ''indiantelevision.com'', 17 November 2006.</ref> She has played the lead role of Anupama in ''[[Doli Saja Ke]]'' on [[Sahara One]] channel.<ref>[http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/may/may55.php Sahara One launches 'Doli Saja Ke' on father-daughter relationship], ''indiantelevision.com'', 5 May 2007.</ref> She also played cameo roles on the shows ''[[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]]'', ''[[Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa]]'' and ''[[Kkavyanjali]]''. She participated in a reality show called ''[[Saas v/s Bahu]]''. Her next performance was the central character Dhani in ''[[Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai]]''. She then played the character of Hanuman's mother [[Añjanā]] on the show ''[[Sankat Mochan Mahabali Hanumaan]]'' on [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony TV]], and also played the lead role of Prema Shalini on [[SAB TV]]'s ''[[Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se]]''. She has also played the role of Bhairavi in ''[[Kaal Bhairav Rahasya Season 2]]''. She also acted in the serials ''[[Chandragupta Maurya (2018 TV series)|Chandragupta Maurya]]'' and ''[[Paramavatar Shri Krishna]]'' by playing the roles of Tarini, the wife of [[Dhana Nanda]] and [[Draupadi]] respectively. She also played role of Nandini in star plus's Shaadi Mubarak.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

== Filmography ==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Raajneeti]]'' || Dancer || in song "Ishq Barse"
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Dui Prithibi (2010 film)|Dui Prithibi]]'' || Mandakini || Bengali film
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Ami Shubhash Bolchi]]'' || Charulata Bose, B Charu || Bengali film
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela]]'' || Kesar ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Villain (2013 film)|Villain]]'' || || Bengali film
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Samrat & Co.]]'' || Revati Singh ||
|-
| 2014 || ''Action'' || Raka (Rekha) || Bengali film
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Black (2015 Bengali film)|Black]]'' || Item number || Bengali film
|-
| 2019
|''[[PM Narendra Modi]]''
| Jashodaben ||
|-
|2023
|''[[1920: Horrors of the Heart]]''
|
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Serial
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''[[Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi]]''
| Udita
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| ''[[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]]''
| Diya Sengupta
|
|-
| ''[[Kkavyanjali]]''
| Arpita Nanda / Arpita Vansh Malhotra
|
|-
| ''[[Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai]]''
| Simone
|
|-
| rowspan = "5" | 2006
| ''[[Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa]]''
| Naina
|
|-
| rowspan = "3" | ''[[Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam]]''
| Shyama
|
|-
| Radha Sharma
|
|-
| Radhika
|
|-
| ''[[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Popkorn Newz]]''
| Host
|
|-
| rowspan = "3" | 2007
| ''[[Aahat]]'' – Khel
| Season 3 – Episode 3
|
|-
| ''[[Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai]]'' – Tattoo Man
| Tanya (Episode 20)
|
|-
| ''[[Nach Baliye#Season 3|Nach Baliye 3]]''
| Contestant
|
|-
| 2007–2009
| rowspan = "2" | ''[[Doli Saja Ke]]''
| Anupama Kapoor / Anupama Chaitanya Shekhawat / Anupama Daksh Singhania
|-
| 2008–2009
| Tiya Kapoor
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''[[Saas v/s Bahu]]''
| rowspan="3" | Contestant
|
|-
| ''[[Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (TV series)|Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena]]''
| Along with [[Nikhil Chopra]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''[[Dancing Queen (2008 Indian TV series)|Dancing Queen]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3]]''
| Guest Contestant
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai]]''
| Dhaani Ambar Raghuvanshi
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe]]''
| Host
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[[Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi]]''
| Pinky Jeet Ahuja
|
|-
| ''[[Yeh Hai Aashiqui]]''
| English professor
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014–2015
| ''[[Tum Saath Ho Jab Apne]]''
| Mariam Tauseef Baig / Mariam Imran Siddiqui
|
|-
| ''[[Box Cricket League#Team Members: Season 1|Box Cricket League 1]]''
| Contestant
| Captain and Player of Chandigarh Cubs<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/box-cricket-league-teams-bcl-2014-team-details-with-tv-actors-names-of-celebrities-221217/ |title=Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities |work=india.com |access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2015–2017
| ''[[Sankat Mochan Mahabali Hanumaan]]''
| [[Añjanā]]
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Box Cricket League#Team members: Season 2|Box Cricket League 2]]''
| Contestant
| Player in Chandigarh Cubs<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/box-cricket-league-teams-bcl-2016-team-details-with-tv-actors-names-of-celebrities-1028570/ |title=200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin |work=India.com |access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2016–2017
| ''[[Naamkarann]]''
| Asha Ashish Mehta / Ayesha Haider
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Viraf Patel and Barkha Bisht to star in Mahesh Bhatt's show 'Namkaran' |last=Pitale |first=Sonali Joshi |work=mid-day |date=28 July 2016 |access-date=20 August 2016 |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/viraf-patel-and-barkha-bisht-to-star-in-mahesh-bhatts-show-namkaran/17473150}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Tenali Rama (TV series)|Tenali Rama]]''
| [[Kali]]
| Cameo<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/barkha-bisht-turns-goddess-kali-in-tenali-rama/articleshow/58944570.cms |title=Barkha Bisht turns Goddess Kali in 'Tenali Rama' - Times of India |website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2018
| ''[[Partners Trouble Ho Gayi Double]]''
| Shikha
| Cameo
|-
| ''[[Laal Ishq (Indian TV series)|Laal Ishq]]''
| Shalu
| Episodic role
|-
| ''[[Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se]]''
| Prema Shalini
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/shrimaan-shrimati-phir-se-to-premiere-today-heres-what-you-can-expect-from-the-show/articleshow/63269921.cms |title=Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se to premiere today; here's what you can expect from the show |work=The Times of India |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kaal Bhairav Rahasya Season 2]]''
| Bhairavi
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[Chandragupta Maurya (2018 TV series)|Chandragupta Maurya]]''
| Tarini
|
|-
| ''[[Paramavatar Shri Krishna]]''
| [[Draupadi]]
|
|-
| 2020–2021
| ''[[Shaadi Mubarak]]''
| Nandini Chirtubal
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Swaraj: Bharat Ke Swatantrata Sangram ki Samagra Gatha]]''
| [[Abbakka Chowta|Rani Abbakka]]
|
|-
|}

== Web series ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Series !! Role !! Language !! Notes
|-

| 2020
| ''[[Ratri Ke Yatri]]''
| Nishaat
| Hindi
|
|-
|-
|2020
|''[[Love and Affairs]]''
|Roshni
|Bengali
|
|-
|-
|2019
|''[[Kamini (series)|Kamini]]''
|Kamini
|Bengali
|{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
|-
|2019
|''[[Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala]]''
|Seema
|Hindi
|
|-
|2022
|''[[Duranga]]''
|Prachi Banne
|Hindi
|
|-
|2022
|''[[Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy]]''
|Begum Anar
|Hindi
|
|-
|2023
|''[[ Hunter Tootega Nahi Todega ]]''
|Swati
|Hindi
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Asur (web series)|Asur]]''
|Vrinda Shrivastav
|Hindi
|
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|2371046|Barkha Bisht}}

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