Sana Amin Sheikh

Sana Amin Sheikh is an Indian actress and radio jockey, who appears mainly in Hindi television shows and films.[1] Sana made her acting debut with Kya Mast Hai Life playing Ritu Shah. She has appeared in over 30 television serials, and has established herself among the most popular Television stars. Sana has played lead roles in shows including Jeet Jayenge Hum, Gustakh Dil, Million Dollar Girl, Bhootu Season 1, Krishnadasi and Perfect Pati among others. She played Antagonist/Supporting role in shows like Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi 3, Tere Shehar Mein, Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya. Amin made her Bollywood debut with Singham as Anjali Bhosle and has also played supporting parts in Table No. 21 , Island City and Bamfaad.

Sana Amin Sheikh
Sheikh at the Golden Petal Awards in 2016
Born
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actress
Radio Jockey
SpouseAijaz Sheikh (2016–2022) (divorced)

Early life

Sana is from Mumbai. Her great-grandfather, Ashraf Khan, was an actor and a singer in Gujarati theatre, and played the narrator in filmmaker Mehboob Khan's film Roti.

Personal life

She was married to television director Aijaz Sheikh from 2016 to 2022.[2][3][4][5]

Career

Sheikh is working as an RJ in Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM since August 2004. Whilst listening to Mirchi one day in class, she heard an RJ inviting listeners to audition to be a radio jockey. After a successful audition, she was immediately asked to join the station as an RJ. She hosted a show 'Khoobsurat, Sana ke saath and 'TRP – Television Radio Par RJ with Mirchi Love and Ishq FM.

Sheikh began acting as a child artist and played the lead role of young Savi in Hasratein on Zee TV and played the character of Vaishali in the serial Junoon on DD channel in 1995. She emerged again in 2009 and gained fame for playing one of the leads Ritu Shah on the Disney Channel India Original Series, Kya Mast Hai Life. She then played lead the role of Suman as the lead actress in the television serial Jeet Jayenge Hum, which was aired on Sony Entertainment Television (India). Another drama series she took part in, once again being the lead actress, was Zee television's Mera Naam Karegi Roshan, as Reet. She has been a part of the famous Star Plus drama Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya, performing the role of Ganga.She was seen playing a negative role in Colors' Sasural Simar Ka as Naina for a few episodes and then was seen as a lead girl again in life OK's Gustakh Dil. She made her Bollywood debut in Rohit Shetty's Singham. She also worked in Channel V's Million Dollar Girl as the lead character Avanti Bansal. She played lead role of Aradhya in Colors TV's popular show Krishnadasi. She played the lead as Shuchi Sharma in the serial Bhootu.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Junoon Vaishali
1995 Hasratein Savi Child actress
2009–2010 Kya Mast Hai Life Rithu Shah Parallel Lead
2009–2010 Jeet Jayenge Hum Suman Lead Role
2010 Mera Naam Karegi Roshan Reet Lead Role
2011 Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya Ganga Supporting Role
2012–2013 Sasural Simar Ka Naina Antagonist
2013–2014 Gustakh Dil Laajwanti "Lajjo" Bhardwaj Lead Role
2015 Bhanwar Reshmi Pande Episodic Lead role
Code Red Talaash Aarohi Patil Episodic Lead role
Million Dollar Girl Avanti Bansal Lead Role
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Manali Episodic Role
Tere Shehar Mein Kangana and Kanika Gupta Dual Role / Antagonist
2016 Krishnadasi Aradhya Lead Role
Comedy Nights Live Herself Guest appearance
Comedy Nights Bachao
2017, 2018 Naamkaran Mitali Sharma Extended Cameo Role
2017–2018 Bhootu Season 1 Shuchi Sharma Lead Role
2018 Laal Ishq Manjari Episodic Lead Role[6][7]
Kaun Hai? Yamini Episodic Lead Role
2019 Perfect Pati Vidhita Rajawat / Vidhita Pushkar Rathore Lead Role
2019 Nazar Bhasmika / Urvashi Antagonist
2021 Crime Alert Madhu Lead Role
2021 Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi 3 Sanjana Arora Antagonist

Negative Role

Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2023 Scam 2003 Nafisa Telgi SonyLIV series

Films
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2011 Singham Anjali Bhosle Film debut
2013 Table No. 21 Neeti
2015 Island City Vaidehi
2020 Bamfaad Walia ZEE5 film [8]
2021 Main Mulayam Singh Yadav Malti Mulayam Singh Yadav [9]

See also

References
  1. Bhandari, Jhanvi. "Sana Amin Sheikh lashes out at fans for calling her a non Muslim". The Times of India.
  2. [ https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-sana-amin-sheikhs-marriage-of-six-years-ends-says-when-two-people-are-not-happy-living-under-a-roof-it-is-best-to-separate/articleshow/94475581.cms]
  3. Uniyal, Parmita (20 January 2016). "Why Krishnadasi actress Sana Amin Sheikh didn't take break post her wedding". India Today. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. "Sana Amin Sheikh: Child actors lose their innocence after working in TV shows". Hindustan Times. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. "Acting comes naturally to me: Sana Amin Sheikh". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. IANS (24 May 2019). "Episodic shows more convenient: Sana Amin Sheikh". Business Standard India. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  7. "Krishnadasi star Sana Amin Sheikh feels episodic shows are more convenient". India Today. Indo-Asian News Service. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. "Exclusive: Bamfaad Actress Sana Sheikh Says She Can Totally Relate With Walia's Simplicity". &TV. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  9. Hungama, Bollywood (6 April 2020). "Main Mulayam Singh Yadav movie teaser out now : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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