Shoma Anand is a veteran Indian film and television actress. She played the role of Bina Mathur in the 1995 Hindi television series Hum Paanch; aired on Zee TV.
Wiki/Biography
Shoma Anand was born on Sunday, February 16, 1958, in Amritsar, Punjab (age 62 years 2020). Her zodiac sign is Aquarius. She dropped out of college during her freshman year.
appearance
Height: 5′3″
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family and caste
Parents and siblings
Her father is a businessman. She has three sisters and a brother. She is the youngest of her siblings.
Old photos of Huma Anand
Relationships, husbands and children
She was reportedly dating Bollywood director Ketan Desai while filming the Bollywood film Coolie (1983).
Ketan Desai
Rumor has it that in 1984, she married NRI Bobby (from Canada). In 1987, she married Bollywood director Tariq Shah. The couple has a daughter, Sarah Shah.
Soma Anand’s husband Tariq Shah
Her husband Tariq Shah passed away due to double pneumonia on April 3, 2021, in a private hospital in Mumbai.
Profession
She made her film debut in the Bollywood film “Barood” (1976), opposite Rishi Kapoor.
Soma Anand in Barud
She appeared in many films including Judaai (1980), Himmatwala (1983), Ghar Ek Mandir (1984), Aag Aur Shola (1986), Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharni (1989), “Hungama” (2003) and “Kal Ho Naa Ho” (2003).
She has appeared in several Hindi television series such as Hum Paanch (1995), Bhabhi (2002), Shararat (2003) and Jeannie Aur Juju (2012).
Shoma Anand as Hum Paanch
sign
Shoma Anand’s signature
Facts/Trivia
- Her real name is Neelam Arora.
- In 1968, she moved to Bombay from Amritsar.
- She studied dance with Shambhu Sen (father of music director Samir Sen).
- Her father’s friend Janki Das invited her to audition for the film Barood (1976).
- Publicist Deep Sagar asked her to change her name to Neelu Bobby, but after meeting Barood (1976) director Pramod Cha She refused to change her name after Pramod Chakraborthy and made her Bollywood debut as Shoma Anand.
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