Alka Kaushal

Alka Badola Kaushal is an Indian actress and producer, known for her work in Bollywood. She is also popular for her roles in TV shows such as Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan and Qubool Hai.[1][2][3] She has played supportive roles in numerous Hindi TV serials, mainly negative characters or vamps.[4] She played the role of Sushma Oberoi in Mose Chhal Kiye Jaaye.

Alka Kaushal
Born
Alka Badola

Delhi, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Producer
Years active1994–present
SpouseRavi G. Kaushal
Children1
RelativesVarun Badola (brother)

Personal life

Kaushal is the eldest of three children born to stage artist Vishwa Mohan S. Badola and Susheela Badola. She had attended the National School of Drama Repertory in her hometown Delhi, and later moved to Mumbai to pursue a career on Indian television. She is married to TV producer and director, Ravi G. Kaushal; the couple have started their own production house, Mangalam Arts.

In 2017, the actress and her mother were sent for two years to Sangrur district jail after the Sangrur (Punjab) court upheld the two-year jail term given to the television actress and her mother in a cheque-bounce case by a lower court. Alka and her mother had borrowed Rs.50 lakh from farmer Avtar Singh, to make a serial and gave him two cheques of Rs 25 lakh each which bounced and so he raised a case at a local court in Malerkotla in 2015, which sentenced the two to two years' imprisonment.[5] She was released from prison in 2018.[6]

Acting career

She made her television debut with Ramesh Sippy's Gathaand and later acted in Tum Pukar Lo, Manzilein Apni Apni and Prratima. Kaushal has worked in serials like Faasle, 9 Malabar Hill, Sansar, Kartavya and Kammal. She is also seen in Zee TV's serial Qubool Hai. She was out of Qubool Hai for six months. She has acted in Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur as Parvati Gadodia and Tarkeshwari Singh/Tharka Bua on Sarojini. In July and November 2020, She played Sita Choudhary in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Tara Bai in Colors TV's Barrister Babu respectively.

Since December 2020, she is playing Devi Sabherwal in Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani.

Filmography

As actress:

Television
YearShowRole
2002–2007Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa BandhanSukanya Wadhwa
2002–2003Kammal
2004–2005PrratimaAsha Dharmesh Thakur
2009–2010JyotiChoti Maa
2011–2012Don't Worry Chachu
2012–2015Qubool HaiRazia Gafoor Ahmed Siddiqui
2014Hamari Sister DidiMrs. Kapoor
2015–2016SwaraginiParvati Deendayal Gadodia
2016SarojiniTarkeshwari Singh
2017Santoshi MaaKranti Maa
2018Woh Apna SaAmbika Khanna
2019Bahu BegumGhazala Mirza
Shaadi Ke SiyapeFancy
2020Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata HaiSita Choudhury
Nazar 2Narmada Choudhary
Barrister Babu Tara Bai
2020–2021 Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani Devi Sabherwal
2021 Choti Sarrdaarni Rimple Babbar
2022 Mose Chhal Kiye Jaaye Sushma Harshvardhan Oberoi
2023-present Rabb Se Hai Dua Hamida Ahmed
2023 Jyoti... Umeedon Se Sajee Kaveri

Films
Year Film Role Notes
2014 Queen Mrs. Mehra
2015 Dharam Sankat Mein Dharam Pal's wife
2015 Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Kareena Kapoor's Mother
2018 Veere Di Wedding as Mrs. Santosh Bhandari
2018 Soorma as Tapsee mother
2018 Badhaai Ho as Ayushmann Khurrana's Aunt (Gudan bhua)
2020 Indoo Ki Jawani as Indoo's Mother
2022 Double XL as Rajshri's Mother

As producer

References
  1. Harneet Singh (20 November 2002). "Kumkum's Sukanya bua is in town ... and so is Shanti's Ayesha". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. "Alka Kaushal, Shubhangi Gokhale & Rajendra Chawla in DJ's A Creative Unit's show". The Times of India. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. Ano Patel (27 April 2013). "The new showstealers". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. "Characters of vamps are very interesting, says Alka Kaushal". The Times of India. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  5. "Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor Alka Kaushal and her mom sent to jail for two years". Hindustan Times. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  6. "Sidharth Shukla to Armaan Kohli: TV celebs who went behind bars". Hindustan India Today. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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