Bhumi Pednekar
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About
Award-winning actress known for her role as Sandhya Varma in the 2015 Bollywood film Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Her performance won her several Best Female Debut awards.
Before Fame
After attending Arya Vidya Mandir, she spent more than half a decade working as a casting director.
Trivia
Her role of Sandhya Varma required her to put on more than 10 kilograms. Her weight gain, and subsequent weight loss, garnered significant media attention.
Family Life
She's of Maharashtrian and Haryanvi descent. Her father, Satish Pednekar, was a former MLA and Home and Labour Minister of Maharashtra. Her mother, Sumitra Pednekar, worked as an anti-tobacco activist after the death of her husband from oral cancer. Bhumi has a younger sister named Samiksha, who is a lawyer and a model.
Associated With
She and Ayushmann Kurrana both starred in Dum Laga Ke Haisha.
