- Sarika
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caption = Sarika in "Parzania "
name = Sarika
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location = flagicon|IndiaIndia
yearsactive = 1967 - present
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birthname = Suraj
othername = Baby Sarika, Sarika
nationalfilmawards=Best Costume Designer: "Hey Ram " (2000)
Best Actress: "Parzania " (2006)Sarika is an acclaimed National Award winning Indian actress.She started her film career as a child actress (baby Sooraj) as a boy in the 60's in Hindi movies. She appeared in many children's movies as well as B grade movies . She moved to better films with
Rajshri Productions "Geet Gaata Chal " with Sachin, with whom she starred in many films and is known to have a brief affair as well. After her break off withSachin , she was involved with an actor/modelDeepak Parasher . Later she married renowned Tamil/Hindi film actorKamal Hassan . Together they have two daughters Akshara, and Shruti, one of her daughterShruti Haasan , who has recently made her debut in movies as playback singer, for a Tamil movie called Kathiruppen.In her acting career, she was often cast as the vamp
Vidhaata or 'westernized' girl in films from 1980's. She gave up her career after marriage withKamal Hassan during the peak of her career. She has now made a comeback inHindi films after her divorce withKamal Hassan . She playedIpsita Ray Chakraverti in the filmSacred Evil which failed at the box office.In year
2000 , she won theNational Film Award for Best Costume Design for the film "Hey Ram ", her performance in "Parzania " in which she plays the role of aZoroastrian woman who loses her child during the 2002 riots of India, fetched her theNational Film Award for Best Actress .She also stars as Sheetal Thadani in the movie "
Bheja Fry " (2007).She also had a small but important role in
Manorama Six Feet Under .External links
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