Shilpa Shukla
Born	February 22, 1982 (1982-02-22) (age 27) Bihar, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997- present
Spouse(s)	Mohit Tripathi

Shilpa Shukla is an actress known for playing the role of Bindiya Naik, a member of the Indian women's national hockey team, in the sports-oriented movie Chak De India, starring Shahrukh Khan. Shilpa has also acted in award winning movies such as Khamosh Pani (International Title: Silent Waters) and Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.

She is currently shooting for Star Gold's "Sabse favourite kaun" with co-stars Chitrashi Rawat and Tanya Abrol.

Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Early life and education

She was born in Bihar and brought up in New Delhi. Her brother Tenzin Priyadarshi (originally Priyadarshi Shukla) is a renowned monk and is currently the Buddhist Chaplain at MIT. Her father N.K. Shukla is a senior Income Tax official. She attended Delhi Public School, RK Puram till Class XII, then went to Miranda House, University of Delhi.

[edit] Career

She started her acting career with eminent theatre Director Arvind Gaur of the Asmita Theatre Group, where she met her would be husband Mohit Tripathi, a talented Young actor of Asmita. Her major plays are Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions and Tara ,Govind Deshpande's (GPD) Antim Diwas, Ashok Lal's Ek Mamooli Aadmi,Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan (Taledanda) and Neil Simon's Log-Baag.^[1]. After making his film debut with the critically acclaimed Khamosh Pani in 2003, she next appeared in Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi also in 2003. Though popular acclaim came her way, when she played a negative role of Bindu Naik in Sharukh Khan starrer, Chak De! India in 2007, which got her a Filmfare Award nomination.

In 2009, she was a contestant in the Season 3 of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, an Indian version of ABC's reality dance competition show, Dancing with the Stars.

[edit] Personal life

She is married and stays in Mumbai.

[edit] Filmography

• Season's Greetings (2010)
• Chal Chalein (2009) - Advocate Nandita Prakash ^[2]
• Chak De India - Bindiya Naik (2007) - Bindia Naik ^[3]
• Frozen (2007) - Karma's Wife
• Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi - (2003) - Mala
• Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) - (2003) - Zubeida

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Won
  • 2008: Stardust Awards : The New Menace: Chak De India
• Nominations
  • 2008: Filmfare Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Chak De India ^[4]
  • 2008: International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA): Best Negative Role (female): Chak De India
  • 2008: Zee Cine Awards: Best Actor in a Negative Role (female): Chak De India ^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official blog of Shilpa Shukla
• Bollyspice interview
• Shilpa Shukla at the Internet Movie Database

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