Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi films and television. She started her career with television shows like Kahin to Hoga and Kajjal. She is known for her roles in movies and shows like Hate Story 2 (2014), Ugly (2013), Parched (2015) and 24 (2016) along with many other films. In 2018, she was seen in the Hindi web series Haq Se.

Career

Chawla first was one of the final 25 of the Channel [V]'s reality show [[Popstars|Coke [V] Popstars]] season 2 in 2003. Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial ''Kahin To Hoga''. She also appeared in the reality dance show ''Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena'' in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth. Before this, she appeared in the television serial ''Kasautii Zindagi Kay'' in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial ''Kaajjal'', till 2007. She hosted the television show ''Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars''. Then she made her film debut with Kannada film ''Paramesha Panwala''. In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film ''Dharti'' which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films ''Taur Mittran Di'', ''Saadi Love Story'', ''Singh vs Kaur'', ''Lucky Di Unlucky Story'' and ''Disco Singh'' (2014). She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's ''Himmatwala''. In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film ''Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal'' and also appeared in ''Puthiya Thiruppangal''. She then appeared in Anurag Kashyap's thriller ''Ugly''. In 2014, she also played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller ''Hate Story 2'', a sequel to ''Hate Story'' (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially. Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in the film ''Creature 3D''. Her latest Tamil film was ''Jaihind 2''. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film ''Welcome Back'' and in a Punjabi film ''Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi'' opposite Jimmy Shergill. She also played the role of Bijli in ''Parched'' (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'' but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani.In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with ALT Balaji's web series ''Haq Se'' opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested Kashmir, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.

Television debut

Chawla first was one of the final 25 of the Channel [V]'s reality show [[Popstars|Coke [V] Popstars]] season 2 in 2003. Chawla made her television debut as Charu in the Indian serial ''Kahin To Hoga''. She also appeared in the reality dance show ''Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena'' in 2008, where she paired up with Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth. Before this, she appeared in the television serial ''Kasautii Zindagi Kay'' in 2004. In 2006, she played the lead protagonist in the TV serial ''Kaajjal'', till 2007. She hosted the television show ''Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars''. Then she made her film debut with Kannada film ''Paramesha Panwala''. In 2011, she appeared in the Punjabi film ''Dharti'' which was released in April 2011. Thereafter she has appeared in the Punjabi films ''Taur Mittran Di'', ''Saadi Love Story'', ''Singh vs Kaur'', ''Lucky Di Unlucky Story'' and ''Disco Singh'' (2014). She did her first item number "Dhoka Dhoka" in Sajid Khan's ''Himmatwala''. In 2013, she appeared in Tamil film ''Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal'' and also appeared in ''Puthiya Thiruppangal''. She then appeared in Anurag Kashyap's thriller ''Ugly''.

2014–2017

In 2014, she also played in Vishal Pandya's erotic revenge thriller ''Hate Story 2'', a sequel to ''Hate Story'' (2012) where she portrayed the role of Sonika Prasad, a girl who takes the revenge with those peoples who abused her physically and mentally, as well as who murdered her boyfriend Akshay Bedi (played by Jay Bhanushali), the film was her first women centric film and was successful critically and commercially. Then she appeared in song "Sawan Aaya Hai" opposite Rajneesh Duggal in the film ''Creature 3D''. Her latest Tamil film was ''Jaihind 2''. She appeared in a song "Tuti Bole Wedding Di" in the Hindi film ''Welcome Back'' and in a Punjabi film ''Hero Naam Yaad Rakhi'' opposite Jimmy Shergill. She also played the role of Bijli in ''Parched'' (2015). In 2016, Surveen appeared and participated in ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'' but later got voted out in a double elimination along with Arjun Bijlani.

2018–present

In 2018, Chawla made her debut in digital space with ALT Balaji's web series ''Haq Se'' opposite Rajeev Khandelwal. Set in the turbulent terrorist infested Kashmir, the story revolves around the Mirza sisters. Surveen plays Mehr Mirza, the eldest of the four sisters in the series.

Personal life

Chawla married Akshay Thakker in 2015 in Italy. She revealed about her wedding two years later via Twitter on 27 December 2017.