Neetu Pandey is an Indian film and television actress. She has made recurring appearances in Life OK’s crime series “Savdhaan India: Crime Alert” (2012) and Sony’s “Crime Patrol Dial 100” (2016). Apart from this, she is also known for playing the role of Narmada Rathore in STAR Plus popular TV series Imlie (2022).
Wiki/Biography
Neetu Pandey was born on Wednesday, November 28, 1979, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (44 years; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius. She was hooked on acting at a young age. When she grew up, she dreamed of becoming an actress. She got married when she was 17, when she was in Grade 11, but continued to live with her parents. Her family follows the tradition of ‘Gohna’ where the bride returns to her parents’ home after her marriage and stays there till a time decided by both parties. She completed her 12th grade and moved to her in-laws’ house.
Neetu Pandey old photos
She married into a large family of seven or eight people and was busy taking care of the housework. Soon she had a daughter. While raising her daughter, she completed her graduation from the correspondence course from Kanpur University (now CSJM University). In 2008, she moved to Mumbai. At that time, her daughter was still very young. Therefore, she juggles her work in Mumbai with spending time with her daughter in Lucknow.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′4″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family and caste
She belongs to a Hindu Brahmin family.
Parents and siblings
Not much is known about her parents. She has two sisters, Lallu and Bandana Punn.
Neetu Pandey’s father
Neetu Pandey with her mother and sisters
Neetu Pandey and her sister Bandana Punn
wife and children
On May 27, 1996, at the age of 17, she married Sunil Pandey. She has a daughter, Shubhra Pandey, who is a radio talk show host on Red FM (India).
Neetu Pandey with her husband and daughter
religion
Neetu Pandey follows Hinduism.
Profession
Beginning and drama
She started to enter the entertainment industry in 2002. Before that, she was a teacher. She began working as a teacher when her daughter entered school at the age of three. Every day on her way home from school, she would visit Batendu Nadia Academy (BNA), a drama school in Lucknow. One day she visited BNA and attended a summer workshop to study acting and drama. Her classes used to be in the evening, from 3 to 6 p.m. Neetu’s conservative in-laws were unaware of her dream of pursuing an acting career. She said in an interview that her sister-in-law Poonam supported her at every stage. Poonam and Neetu lied to their in-laws that they were going to attend evening computer classes, when in fact, Poonam and Neetu visited BNA together. However, Poonam and Neetu’s lie lasted only for a month. After this, their parents-in-law found out that Neetu was attending an acting workshop and banned her from attending. Neetu convinced them to let her attend this workshop as she had already attended half of it. Her first play was Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor, in which she played the role of the Queen. Initially, she was cast as “Darcy” (the queen’s lady-in-waiting), but the woman who was supposed to play the queen’s role went on a business trip, giving Neetu a chance to play the lead role. Thereafter, she continued to work as a theater artist and starred in numerous theater productions in Lucknow and Mumbai such as Punit Asthana’s Sandhya Chhaya (2014) and Behter Hai Maut (2016) written and directed by Jetendra Mittal
Neetu Pandey stars in the 2016 drama Behter Hai Maut written and directed by Jetendra Mittal
television
While working as a theater artist, she started working in Doordarshan where she was a B-grade artist. She has hosted 3-4 shows for Doordarshan like Krishi Darshan. She also hosts ETV’s show Salaam UP. On December 24, 2008, she moved with her friends to Mumbai, the center of India’s entertainment industry, to seek better opportunities. On December 27, 2008, she had her first shoot in Mumbai. She got this opportunity through a coordinator named Saurabh Sharma. She began her career as a television actress, playing a doctor on the show. In an interview, she mentioned that she got a check for Rs 4,000 after the shoot and immediately used part of it to buy a small temple for Rs 350. Before this, she auditioned at Vishal Kapoor’s office but had no luck. Since then, she has played various small roles in many TV series. At that time, her daily income was 1,500-2,000. From 2010 to 2011, she played four different characters in Sony Entertainment Television’s police procedural drama “CID.” She has made several appearances in Life OK’s crime show Savdhaan India: Crime Alert (2012), Channel V India’s Gumrah End of Innocence (2015) and Sony’s Crime Patrol Dial 100. 100) (2016).
Neetu Pandey in an episode of Crime Patrol Dial 100
Her other television shows include STAR Plus’s Har Yug Mein Aayega Ek – Arjun (2012). In 2020, she appeared in DD Kisan’s show Kiske Roke Ruka Hai Savera.
Neetu Pandey in Kiske Roke Ruka Hai Savera in DD Kisan (2020)
In 2022, she played the role of Narmada Rathore, Aryan and Arpita’s mother in STAR Plus’ popular TV series Imlie.
Neetu Pandey (second from left) plays Narmada Rathore in Imlie (2022)
Meanwhile, she also appeared in Zee TV Aggar Tum Na Hote, playing Anand’s mother. In 2023, she started playing the role of Deva’s mother Jyoti in Colors TV’s soap opera Chand Jalne Laga. In 2024, she played the role of Kaikasi in Sony’s mythological TV series “Shrimad Ramayan”.
In 2005, she made her film debut with the romantic comedy “Main” in the film “Meri Patni…Aur Woh!” ” in which she plays the role of one of Veena’s family members. The film stars Rajpal Yadav, Rituparna Sengupta and Kay Kay Menon.
Neetu Pandey plays a member of the Veena family in the movie Main, Meri Patni…Aur Woh! (2005)
She played Gilani’s wife in the 2009 gangster film “Babarr” and Aslam’s mother in the 2018 action thriller “Satyameva Jayate”.
Neetu Pandey plays Gilani’s wife in the action film Satyameva Jayate (2009)
She played Mrs. Jha in “Bhonsle” (2018), Sarla in “Marudhar Express” (2019) and Jay’s mother in “Phulmania” (2019). His other films include Sorgul (2016), Happy Bhaag Jayegi (2016), T for Taj Mahal (2018), Babuji Aur Humsab (2021), Satyameva Jayate 2 (2021), Hurdang (2022), Naach Baiju Naach (2022) ) ) and Lohardaga (2023). In 2021, she appeared in the Netflix anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans.
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