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Saadhika Randhawa also known as Saadhika is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n actress.

Saadhika made her debut in 1997 with Saawan Kumar's "Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya" opposite Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan (actor)
Ayub Khan is an Indian actor. He is the son of Nasir Khan and Begum Para. His father is the brother of actor Dilip Kumar Mohammed Yusuf Khan , Ehsan Khan and Aslam Khan. His mother was the sister of Amrita Singh's mother Rukhsana Sultana...

. Saadhika appeared in a number of films (including Hafta Vasuli, Kaaboo, Ab Ke Baras, Pyaasa
Pyaasa (2002 film)
Pyaasa is a 2002 Hindi film directed by A. Muthu. The film tells the story of Suraj , a young man, full of dreams, aspirations, desire, but no money. He is desperate for money...

, 2 October, Kash... Aap Humaare Hote and Shikaar, Bullet: Ek Dhamaka
) until 2005 and then disappeared from the spotlight. Recently, she tried her comeback with a teenage comedy "Phir Tauba Tauba" but the movie was also a big flop.

Early life

Hailing from a Sikh army background. Her father initially wanted her to become an engineer but when she got the offers from Bollywood he supported her. She has a sister, model Jesse Randhawa
Jesse Randhawa
Jesse Randhawa is an Indian model and actress.-Early life:Jasmeet Kaur Randhawa, a.k.a. Jesse Randhawa, was born on August 11, 1975 in jaipur to Mehar and narinder singh randhawa, and li. She belongs to a Jat Sikh family of the Randhawa Gotra...

.

Career

Saadhika made her entry into the glamour world when she won the Jaipur Queen's Crown in 1993. It was here that Saawan Kumar noticed and signed her for Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya. After that she went on to star in the film Shikar, and performed an item number in the film Satta
Satta
Satta is a 2001 album by Boozoo Bajou-Track listing:# "Yma" – 6:29# "Camioux" – 5:32# "Night Over Manaus" – 6:19# "Divers" – 5:02# "Bakar" – 5:14# "Down And Out" – 6:06# "Yoruba Road" – 5:36# "Under My Sensi" – 6:01# "Lava" – 4:51...

. Soon the actress was exploring offers from the industry down South.

Saadhika feels that her greatest mistake was moving down South because she was written-off from Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

. She says that she lost out on some good offers in Bollywood because of her inability to manage things, but now she wants to concentrate only on Bollywood.

Saadhika is ready to work in all kinds of languages. But she wants to do some big banner films because that's perhaps the right way to reach out to large audiences. Besides doing several stage shows, Saadhika has also worked in Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi , born August 18, 1967, is an Indian Bhangra pop singer.Mehndi was a student of traditional Punjabi music and his first album broke sales records in India. Since 1995 he has recorded several highly successful albums in India, and also sung as a playback singer for several Hindi movies...

's music album Nabi Buba Nabi.

After 11 years in the film industry Saadhika played her second innings in Bollywood, from "Ananth" opposite "Krishna" (Govinda
Govinda (actor)
Govinda is a Filmfare award-winning Indian actor and politician. He has appeared in over 120 Hindi language films. At the start of his career, his acting and dancing skills gained him widespread attention among film viewers. He later gained worldwide fame as a Bollywood icon through comedy films...

's nephew), Raj Sippy's "Khujali" to "Aye Watan".

She is also sizzling the screen in Bhojpuri cinema. Her films Pyar Ke Bandhan and Purab with Manoj Tiwari are hits and now her next few films Pandav opposite Ravi Kissen, and Abhay Sinha’s Janam Janam Ka Saath with both Ravi Kissen and Manoj Tiwari, will be ready for release soon.

Personal life

Saadhika is single.

She is a Punjabi
Punjabi people
The Punjabi people , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), also Panjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan group from South Asia. They are the second largest of the many ethnic groups in South Asia. They originate in the Punjab region, which has been been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world including, the...

 and loves Punjabi food like rajma-chawal as well as Chinese
Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine is any of several styles originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa...

 and Italian
Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE. Italian cuisine in itself takes heavy influences, including Etruscan, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Jewish and Arab cuisines...

 food.

Filmography

  • Sariya, Thavara Tamil (2010)
  • Phir Tauba Tauba (2008) - Rubina
  • Love In India (2007)
  • Rivaaz (2007)
  • Bullet: Ek Dhamaka (2005) - Agent Bobby
  • Shikaar
    Shikaar
    -Films:*Shikar *Shikaar starring Raj Babbar*Shikkar, 2010 film starring Mohanlal-Other:*A form of hunting in colonial India called shikar*Shikar, a tala *Shikar, a 2003 novel by Jack Warner...

     (2004) - Kamya
  • 2 October (2003)
  • Kash... Aap Hamare Hote (2003) - Simone
  • Satta
    Satta
    Satta is a 2001 album by Boozoo Bajou-Track listing:# "Yma" – 6:29# "Camioux" – 5:32# "Night Over Manaus" – 6:19# "Divers" – 5:02# "Bakar" – 5:14# "Down And Out" – 6:06# "Yoruba Road" – 5:36# "Under My Sensi" – 6:01# "Lava" – 4:51...

     (2003) - Guest Appearance
  • Pyaasa
    Pyaasa (2002 film)
    Pyaasa is a 2002 Hindi film directed by A. Muthu. The film tells the story of Suraj , a young man, full of dreams, aspirations, desire, but no money. He is desperate for money...

     (2002) - Suman
  • Hafta Vasuli (1998) - Radha
  • Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya (1997)
  • Sanam Harjai (1995)

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