Sharvari Wagh (born 14 June 1996) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She began her career in 2015 as an assistant director for Luv Ranjan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, before making her acting debut with Kabir Khan's web series The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye (2020). Wagh made her film debut in Yash Raj Films's Bunty Aur Babli 2 (2021), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Early life

She was born in a Marathi family in 1996. Her parents are Shailesh Wagh, a builder and Namrata Wagh, an architect. She studied at Mumbai's The Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly High School and Ruparel College. Manohar Joshi, former chief minister of Maharashtra, was her maternal grandfather.

Career

Wagh has worked as an assistant director in the movies ''Pyaar'' ''Ka'' ''Punchnama 2'', ''Bajirao'' ''Mastani'' and ''Sonu'' ''Ke'' ''Titu Ki'' ''Sweety''. She said she had been auditioning since 2014 for a main role in movies. She made her acting debut with the 2020 Amazon Prime series ''The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye'' opposite Sunny Kaushal.Wagh made her film debut alongside Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan and Siddhant Chaturvedi in ''Bunty Aur Babli 2'', which was released in 2021. Her performance earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. ''Hindustan Times'' noted, "Sharvari is pretty confident for her first film and has a great screen presence."Wagh will next appear in ''Maharaja'' along with Junaid Khan and Shalini Pandey. She will also feature in the action film ''Vedaa'' with John Abraham.