Saumya Tandon
{{Short description|Indian actress and host (born 1984)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Saumya Tandon
| image = Saumya Tandon at Elle Beauty Awards 2016 (14) (cropped).jpg
| education =
| known_for = Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai!
| caption = Tandon in 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
| nationality =
| occupation = {{hlist|Model|actress|television personality}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Saurabh Devendra Singh|2016}}
| children = 1
| website = {{URL|https://saumyatandon.in/}}
| yearsactive = 2006{{ndash}}present
}}
Saumya Tandon (born 3 November 1984) is an Indian actress and television presenter, best known for her portrayal of Anita Vibhuti Narayan Mishra in the Hindi sitcom television series Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!.{{cite news |title=Happy Birthday Saumya Tandon: Lesser known facts about Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai fame actress |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/happy-birthday-saumya-tandon-lesser-known-facts-about-bhabi-ji-ghar-par-hai-fame-actress-932485 |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=PINKVILLA |date=3 November 2021 |language=en |archive-date=13 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713121458/https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/happy-birthday-saumya-tandon-lesser-known-facts-about-bhabi-ji-ghar-par-hai-fame-actress-932485 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/tv/stars/saumya-tandon-sets-the-internet-on-fire-with-her-bikini-pictures-from-mauritius/articleshow/101013782.cms |title=Saumya Tandon sets the internet on fire with her bikini pictures from Mauritius |work=The Times of India |date=15 June 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023}} She was a host on various TV shows including Dance India Dance, Bournvita Quiz Contest and Entertainment Ki Raat.
Early life
Tandon was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on 3 November 1984. The family shifted to Ujjain where she did her schooling from St. Mary's Convent School.{{cite news |title=Unseen Photo: कॉलेज के दिनों में ऐसी दिखती थीं टीवी की 'गोरी मेम' |url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/television/bhabi-ji-ghar-par-hai-actress-saumya-tandon-shares-college-photos-1767507 |access-date=8 March 2020 |work=NDTVIndia |date=28 October 2017}} Her father, B.G. Tandon, is a writer and was a professor in a university in Ujjain.{{cite news |title=स्टेज पर जाने से मना करने पर मां से चांटा खा चुकी हैं Tv की 'अनीता भाभी' |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/mp-bpl-hmu-saumya-tandon-childhood-memory-of-bhopal-and-ujjain-5158613-pho.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi |date=3 November 2015 |access-date=8 March 2020}}
Career
Tandon took up modelling assignments early in her career and was the "Femina Cover Girl First Runner Up" 2006{{Cite news |url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/ENT-TV-IFTM-saumya-tandon-interview-5804981-PHO.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415191123/https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/ENT-TV-IFTM-saumya-tandon-interview-5804981-PHO.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2018 |title=Did You Know 'Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain' Fame Saumya Tandon was a Femina Cover Girl First Runner Up? More Details About Her Inside! |date=3 February 2018 |work=dailybhaskar |access-date=15 April 2018 |language=en}} She also appeared in the Afghan serial Khushi in 2008 as part of the international project, where she played the lead of an Afghan woman doctor.{{cite news |last1=Satijia |first1=Garima |title=Actress Saumya Tandon Shares Photo From Afghanistan, Says She Is Unable To Contact Her Friends |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/actress-saumya-tandon-shares-photo-from-afghanistan-says-she-is-unable-to-contact-her-friends-547988.html |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=25 August 2021 |language=en-IN}}{{cite news |title=I am unable to reach my friends in Afghanistan, says Saumya Tandon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/i-am-unable-to-reach-my-friends-in-afghanistan-says-saumya-tandon/articleshow/85584377.cms |last1=Maheshwri |first1=Neha |website=The Times of India |date=25 August 2021 |access-date=17 February 2022}}{{cite news |title=Ex Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai Actress Saumya Tandon Shares Her Picture From Afghanistan; Says, 'I Am Unable To Reach My Friends' |url=https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/taliban-takeover-ex-bhabiji-ghar-par-hai-actress-saumya-tandon-shares-her-picture-from-afghanistan-says-i-am-unable-to-reach-my-friends-1478279 |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=ABP News |date=25 August 2021}} She co-hosted Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout (based on the Wipeout format) with Shah Rukh Khan in 2011.{{cite news |title=Kushal Punjabi Wins Zor Ka Jhatka |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20110170304&keyword=television&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=88011 |publisher=NDTV Movies |date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714162435/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20110170304&keyword=television&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=88011 |archive-date=14 July 2011}}{{cite news |title=Kushal Punjabi wins 'Zor Ka Jhatka' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/kushal-punjabi-wins-zor-ka-jhatka-361713.html |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=News18 |date=26 February 2011 |language=en}} She has hosted Dance India Dance for 3 seasons, for which she got the Best Anchor award too. She co-hosted Bournvita Quiz Contest, along with Derek O'Brien for three seasons. In Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, she played the role of Kareena's character's sister Roop.{{cite web |title=Saumya says no to play Geet's sister |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Saumya-says-no-to-play-Geets-sister/articleshow/7410347.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=30 April 2016 |date=2 February 2011}} She also hosted LG Mallika-e-Kitchen for three seasons.
In 2015, Tandon started playing the role of Anita in the comedy serial Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!. She is also known as "gori mem" from the serial.{{cite news |last1=Bhandari |first1=Kabir Singh |title=Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai's Saumya Tandon reveals her diet, fitness and beauty secrets |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/bhabhiji-ghar-par-hai-s-saumya-tandon-reveals-her-diet-fitness-and-beauty-secrets/story-xMqwYj1JYa9BF5meTAIIxO.html |access-date=17 June 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=17 October 2017 |language=en}} In 2018, she hosted Entertainment Ki Raat Season 2 on Colors TV.{{Cite news |last=Awaasthi |first=Kavita |date=15 April 2018 |url=http://hindustantimes.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/iphone/homepage.aspx#_article07159df2-b867-401a-a3bc-fb73feb29f08/waarticle07159df2-b867-401a-a3bc-fb73feb29f08/07159df2-b867-401a-a3bc-fb73feb29f08//true/Saumya+Tandon+ |title=I Love The Stage : Soumya Tandon |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=15 April 2018}}
On 21 August 2020, she quit Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain!.{{cite news |last1=Trivedi |first1=Tanvi |title=Saumya Tandon: I don't see myself being a part of 'Bhabi Ji...' for another five years - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/saumya-tandon-i-dont-see-myself-being-a-part-of-bhabhiji-for-five-more-years/articleshow/77639592.cms |access-date=20 August 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=20 August 2020 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Confirmed! Saumya Tandon Quits Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain, Says 'August 21 is My Last Day of Shoot' |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/confirmed-saumya-tandon-quits-bhabiji-ghar-par-hain-says-august-21-is-my-last-day-of-shoot-4117122/ |access-date=23 August 2020 |work=India.com |date=20 August 2020}}
Personal life
Tandon is very reluctant to talk about her private life.{{cite news |last1=Suri |first1=Rishabh |title=Saumya Tandon: I will never participate in Bigg Boss as I am a very private person |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/saumya-tandon-i-will-never-participate-in-bigg-boss-as-i-am-a-very-private-person/story-uDDvNZYOjDPAS6LdrX7F9N_amp.html |access-date=17 June 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=23 October 2017 |language=en}} In 2016, she married her boyfriend Saurabh Devendra Singh.{{cite news |title=Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai actor Saumya Tandon ties the knot |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/bhabhiji-ghar-par-hain-actor-saumya-tandon-ties-the-knot-4424629/ |access-date=17 June 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=13 December 2016}} Before marriage, she dated him for 10 years.
Tandon gave birth to a boy in 2019.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/bhabhi-ji-ghar-par-hain-actress-saumya-tandon-blessed-with-a-baby-boy/articleshow/67597249.cms |title=Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain actress Saumya Tandon blessed with a baby boy |date=19 January 2019 |work=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=19 January 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/bhabiji-ghar-par-hain-actress-saumya-tandon-blessed-with-a-baby-boy-2007307.html |title=Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain Actress Saumya Tandon Blessed with a Baby Boy |date=19 January 2019 |work=News18 |access-date=19 January 2019}}
Filmography
= Films =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007
| Roop Dhillon | |{{Cite news |last=Goyal |first=Divya |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/babhi-ji-ghar-par-hai-actress-saumya-tandon-is-pregnant-says-she-feels-like-a-superhero-without-a-ca-1946672 |title=Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai Actress Saumya Tandon |date=13 November 2018 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=14 March 2018}} | |||
| 2011
|Welcome to Punjab |Preet | |
= Television =
Tandon started her career with TV serial Aisa Des Hai Mera and subsequently hosted a number of TV shows.{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/new-mom-saumya-tandon-pens-a-powerful-post-on-women-s-day-1473047-2019-03-08 |title=New mom Saumya Tandon pens a powerful post on Women's Day |date=8 March 2019 |work=India Today |access-date=14 March 2019}}
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2006
| Rusty Deol | |
| 2007
| Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni | Ria Sahani | Negative role |
| 2008
| Khushi | Khushi |
| 2009–2012
| rowspan="5"|Host |
| 2011–2014
| |
| 2010–2013
| seasons 2–4 |
| 2011
| |
| 2011
| Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout | |
| 2014
| Comedian |Special appearance |
| 2015–2020
| Anita Vibhuti Narayan Mishra | |
| 2018
| Host | |
See also
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|2777374}}
- {{Bollywood Hungama person|saumya-tandon}}
- {{URL|https://saumyatandon.in/|Official website}}
{{Dance India Dance}}
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Category:Actresses from Bhopal
Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Indian television actresses
Category:Indian soap opera actresses
Category:Indian women television presenters
Category:Indian game show hosts
Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema
Category:Actresses in Hindi television