Swaroop Sampat
{{short description|Indian actress (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Dr. Swaroop Rawal
| image = Swaroop Sampat.jpg
| caption = Rawal in 2014
| imagesize =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|11|3}}
| birth_place = Gujarat, Bombay State, India
| birth_name = Swaroop Sampat
| star sign =
| spouse = {{marriage|Paresh Rawal|1987}}
| occupation= {{hlist|Actress|model|producer}}
| title = Miss India Universe 1979
| competitions =
Miss India 1979
(Winner)
| alma_mater=University of Worcester
| children = 2, including Aditya
}}
Swaroop Rawal (née Sampat; born 3 November 1958) is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who has acted in several Hindi language films.
She is known for her roles in the films Naram Garam and Nakhuda (both released in 1981) and is known for her performance in television serials like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984). She started her career as a model and won the title of Femina Miss India Universe 1979 and represented India at Miss Universe 1979 pageant.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}.{{Cite web |url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india-winners-2012-1964/1980-1971/articleshow/5022042.cms |title=1980-1971 - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes |website=Femina Miss India}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-right-recipe/article2243650.ece |title=The right recipe |date=14 April 2007 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=29 May 2018}}
Early life and education
File:Swaroop Sampat and Paresh Rawal.jpg]]
Swaroop was born to Bachu Sampat, an actor associated with Gujarati theatre, and Dr Mrudula Sampat, a surgical oncologist.{{Cite web |last=Chhabra |first=Aseem |date=16 July 2010 |title=The many lives of Swaroop Sampat Rawal |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tv-the-many-lives-of-swaroop-sampat-rawal/20100715.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217095509/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tv-the-many-lives-of-swaroop-sampat-rawal/20100715.htm |archive-date=17 December 2024 |access-date= |publisher=Rediff.com}} She belongs to a Bhatia family.{{Cite web |last=Karki |first=Manisha |date=30 May 2024 |title=Paresh Rawal Birthday: When Actor's Wife Swaroop Sampat Revealed He Is 'Possessive' |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/paresh-rawal-birthday-when-actors-wife-swaroop-sampat-revealed-he-is-possessive |website=The Free Press Journal |quote="I am a Bhatia and he is a Brahmin, but that hardly mattered."}}
During her college days, apart from studying sciences, she would act in theatre plays, such as a Gujarati adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Equus, during which she'd eventually meet her future husband Paresh Rawal.
Years later, after becoming a mother and temporarily stopping her acting career, Swaroop obtained a PhD. in Education{{cite web |url=http://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/6755.html |title=University of Worcester - TV SOAP STAR?S PhD RESEARCH BENEFITING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS |access-date=3 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024180747/http://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/6755.html |archive-date=24 October 2007}} from the University of Worcester.{{cite web |title=Swaroop Sampat-Profile |url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/photoshow/8115924.cms?curpg=2 |work=The Times of India |access-date=7 April 2015}} She did her doctoral thesis on using drama to enhance life skills in children with learning disabilities.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Teaching-life-skills-is-now-her-role/articleshow/5158046.cms |title=Teaching life skills is now her role | Ahmedabad News - Times of India |website=The Times of India |date=25 October 2009}} In 2010, she released a book on the subject, Learning Disabilities in a Nutshell: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, which had a foreword by actor Aamir Khan, who had touched upon similar themes in his 2007 movie Taare Zameen Par.
Acting career
Swaroop Sampat became successful with the hugely popular TV comedy show Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, where she played the role of Shafi Inamdar's wife. She had reportedly rejected another important serial on television at that time because she found the script of Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi very touching and was sure that it connected well with common people and showed their day-to-day activities and living with simplicity. It is a decision she is happy about as the serial turned out to be an all-time hit. She also appeared in the Kamal Haasan-Reena Roy starrer Karishma.
Swaroop modeled for Shringar, a kumkum company. She teaches acting to disabled children.
Other pursuits
She is a trainer, travelling across India to conduct workshops for teachers to impart this knowledge for the benefit of children.
She was selected by the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to head an educational program for children.{{cite web |url=http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_Culture/Gujarat-Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi-selected-Acto_4/2885564 |title=Narendra Modi Selects Actor Swaroop Sampat as Educational Program Head | GroundReport |access-date=3 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116171239/http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_Culture/Gujarat-Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi-selected-Acto_4/2885564 |archive-date=16 November 2009}}
She was selected as one of the top 10 Global finalists for the Global Teacher Prize conducted by Varkey Foundation, amongst 10,000 nominations from 179 countries worldwide.{{Cite web |title=મુકેશ અંબાણીથી ઓછી સંપતિ નથી પરેશ રાવલની પત્ની હિરોઈને પણ ટક્કર આપે છે… {{!}} Rahasya |date=22 November 2020 |url=https://rahasya.onlinestauts.com/paresh-raval-wife/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en-US |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512160829/https://rahasya.onlinestauts.com/paresh-raval-wife/ |url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Swaroop is married to actor Paresh Rawal. She directs and acts in plays starring her husband. They have two sons, Aniruddh and Aditya.
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Film ! Role |
| 1981
| Kusum |
| 1991
| 1981 | Nakhuda | Sonia Gupta |
| 1982
| Sawaal | Reshmi S. Singh |
| 1983
| Padma |
| 1984
| Lorie | Suman |
| 1984
| Karishma | Sapna |
| 1985
|Kavita |
| 1986
|Neeta |
| 1986
|Manisha |
| 2002
| Saathiya | Shanti |
| 2013
| Swati Sanghvi |
| 2016
| Kia's mother |
| 2019
|Suhashini Shergill |
| 2021
|The Great Socialist |
Television
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Show ! Role |
| 1984
| Renu |
| 1990s
| |
| 1995
| |
| 1990s
| Sarita |
| 1990s
|Biwi Toh Biwi Saala Rey Saala | Lakshmi |
| 1990s
| |
| 2022
| |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Swaroop Sampat}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080128200119/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=083a483e-feb4-498f-8a6d-b93ad37e92fb I wasn't an actress to begin with: Swaroop Sampat] interview at Hindustan Times
- {{Bollywood Hungama person|swaroop-sampat}}
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{{succession box
| before=Alamjeet Chauhan
| title=Miss India
| years=1979
| after=Sangeeta Bijlani
}}
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{{Miss Universe 1979 delegates}}
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Category:20th-century Indian actresses
Category:21st-century Indian actresses
Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema
Category:Alumni of the University of Worcester
Category:Femina Miss India winners
Category:Indian film actresses