Roop Durgapal is an Indian television actress. She is best known for her role as Sanchi in the serial Balika Vadhu.^[1]

Early life and career[edit]

Roop Durgapal was born in Almora, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand), India.^[2] She earned a Bachelor of Technology degree^[3] in Instrumentation and Control Engineering^[4][5] at Graphic Era Institute of Technology in 2006,^[4][6] and worked at Infosys before starting her career in acting.^[7]

Durgapal played Sanchi in the serial Balika Vadhu from 2012^[8] to 2015.^[9][10] She has played characters in Babosa Mere Bhagwan, Shama,^[11] and played Dari Dari Pari in the children's show Baal Veer.^[8]

Balika Vadhu is going off air, folks. And yes, we are sad. One of the longest running shows on Indian television, the serial has even entered the Limca Book of Records. How cool is that! Balika Vadhu is the sensitive story of child bride Anandi from childhood to adulthood. Married at the tender age of eight. She was forced to accept and accustom herself to a family of strangers. Storyline Set in rural Rajasthan, 'Balika Vadhu' traces the arduous journey of child bride Anandi from the brink of childhood to womanhood. Married at the tender age of eight, Anandi had to accept and accustom herself to a new family of strangers and accept her roles as a friend, lover, wife and a daughter in law during childhood itself.

In March 2015, she made a guest appearance as an ichchhadhari naagin, a mythical shapeshifting snake, in Akbar Birbal.^[12] She has also appeared in television advertisements.^[13]

In February 2016, she played the role of Kavya Maheshwari in Swaragini on Colors, and in April 2016 she played Natasha Gujral in Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi on Sony TV.^[14][15]

In June 2016, once again she made a guest appearance in Big Magic's Akbar Birbal as Birbal, playing a man's role for the first time.^[16] It was announced in August 2016 that the actress would be joining the serial Gangaa in the role of Supriya.^[17]

In October 2018, Durgapal played the lead role of a lawyer, Sharmishtha, in Zing TV's love stories based episodic show Pyaar Pehli Baar, which was a revamp of 'Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (TV series)'.

Durgapal has joined Zee Tv's series Tujhse Hai Raabta, playing a Maharshtrian girl, Ketki, for the first time in July, 2019.^[18]

In September 2019, it was announced that she will be joining the team of CIF, on Dangal TV^[19] as the new Forensic Doctor, Sakshi Shrivastava. In October 2019, she became a part of the romantic horror show Laal Ishq on &tv.^[20]

In February 2020, Roop played the protagonist Sonia in another supernatural story 'Patal Danav' of Laal Ishq on &tv. In March 2020, for the third time, Roop played the protagonist Aleesha in supernatural story 'Mayavi Shakhi' of Laal Ishq on &tv.

Durgapal was nominated as 'Most Tez Taraar Personality' in the 2013 Colors Golden Petal Awards.^[21]

Television[edit]

• 2012–2013 Baal Veer as Dari Pari
• 2012–2015 Balika Vadhu as Sanchi Kabra (née Shekhar)
• 2015 Akbar Birbal as Ichhadhari Nagin
• 2016 Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur as Kavya Maheshwari (née Malhotra)
• 2016 Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi as Natasha Gujral
• 2016 Akbar Birbal as Birbal
• 2016-2017 Gangaa as Supriya Chaturvedi
• 2017 Waaris as Sakshi
• 2018 Pyaar Pehli Baar as Sharmishtha
• 2019 Tujhse Hai Raabta as Ketki Deshmukh (Episode 247-Episode 256; Episode 260-Episode 271)
• 2019 CIF as Dr. Sakshi Srivastav^[19]
• November 2019 Laal Ishq as Kajal^[20]
• February 2020 Laal Ishq as Sonia
• March 2020 Laal Ishq as Aleesha

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'8 times Balika Vadhu actress Roop Durgapal went bold in a bikini'. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017.
2. ^Roop Durgapal [@roop123] (31 March 2014). '@dhundh i was born in Devbhumi Almora,uttrakhand :)' (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. ^Das, Soumitra (6 May 2014). 'Roop Durgapal doesn't like typical 'bahu' roles!'. Times of India. The Times Group. Times News Network. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
4. ^ ^ab'Alumni Meet 2010'. Graphic Era University. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
5. ^'Photo Gallery - GEU Welcomes Ms Roop Durgapal'. Graphic Era University. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
6. ^'Alumni Speak'. Graphic Era University. 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
7. ^'Roop Durgapal, GEU alumni of B.Tech 2006 and a renowned TV and Commercial Advertisement artist visits campus'. Graphic Era University. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
8. ^ ^abTiwari, Vijaya (29 September 2012). 'Roop Durgapal in Baal Veer'. Times of India. The Times Group. Times News Network. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
9. ^Trivedi, Tanvi (7 February 2015). 'Roop Durgapal to quit Balika Vadhu'. Times of India. The Times Group. Times News Network. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
10. ^'Balika Vadhu fame Sanchi aka Roop Durgapal gets a new look!'. Daily Bhaskar. D B Corp Ltd. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
11. ^'I would never run after a guy, says Roop Durgapal'. Zee News. Mumbai: Essel Group. Indo-Asian News Service. 28 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
12. ^Maheshwri, Neha (18 March 2015). 'Roop Durgapal turns into a snake-woman'. Times of India. The Times Group. Times News Network. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
13. ^Das, Soumitra (5 April 2014). 'I like Gujarati food: Roop Durgapal'. Times of India. The Times Group. Times News Network. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
14. ^'Roop Durgapal to enter Swaragini - Times of India'. timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
15. ^''Balika Vadhu' Fame Roop Durgapal to Enter 'Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi''. bhaskar.com. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
16. ^'Roop Durgapal to play Birbal now - Times of India'. timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
17. ^'Roop Durgapal to join Gangaa'. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-8-30
18. ^'Roop Durgapal joins cast of 'Tujhse Hai Raabta' - Times of India'. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
19. ^ ^ab'Dangal's crime fiction show CIF to stream on Facebook'. indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
20. ^ ^ab'Balika Vadhu actress Roop Durgapal to do romantic horror story - OrissaPOST'. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
21. ^'Colors Golden Petal Awards 2013'. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

External links[edit]

Balika Vadhu Serial

• Roop Durgapal on IMDb
• Roop Durgapal on Instagram

Balika Vadhu Cast Original Names with Images information given here. The first episode of Balika Vadhu was broadcast/premiered on July 21, 2008 on Colors TV. It is one of the best and most popular TV dramas on Colors TV. Sunjoy Wadhwa and Comall Sunjoy are the producers of this TV drama. In this article, we have provided real names/original names of Balika Vadhu characters with their photographs. So, let’s see and enjoy. Please do not forget to share with your friends.

Balika Vadhu Cast Original Names with Images

Anandi Shivraj Shekhar original name is Toral Rasputra

Jagdish Bhairon Singh original name is Shashank Vyas

Ganga Jagdish Singh original name is Aasiya Kazi

Nimboli Kundan Singh original name is Gracy Goswami

Kundan Ahkira Singh original name is Sparsh Shrivastav

Kalyani Devi original name is Surekha Sikri

Shivam Shivraj Shekhar original name is Viren Vazirani

Mannu Jagdish Singh original name is Harsh Mehta
Akhira Singh original name is Sunil Singh
Harki Akhira Singh original name is Rudrakshi Gupta
Mangla Devi original name is Rajeshwari Sachdev
Kamli Akhira Singh original name is Farah Hussain
Naina original name is Meenakshi Arya

Former Cast / Old Cast of Balika Vadhu TV Series

Anandi Jagdish Singh original name is Avika Gor

Jagdish Singh original name is Avinash Mukherjee

Shivraj Anoop Shekhar original name is Siddharth Shukla

Anandi Jagdish Singh / Anandi Shivraj Shekhar original name is Pratyusha Banerjee

Ganga Jagdish Singh original name is Sargun Mehta

Ganga Jagdish Singh original name is Sriti Jha

Bhairon Dharamveer Singh original name is Anup Soni
Sumitra Bhairon Singh original name is Smita Bansal
Basant Mahavir Singh original name is Satyajit Sharma
Niranjan original name is Rahoul Lohani
Nandakishor Basant Singh original name is Sanjay Basak
Nandakishor Basant Singh original name is Rishi Sonecha

Premkishor Shekhar original name is Sudhir Pandey

Subhadra original name is Sushmita Mukherjee

Alok Premkishor Shekhar original name is Jaineeraj Rajpurohit

Iravati Alok Shekhar original name is Sonal Jha

Meenakshi Anoop Shekhar original name is Anita Kulkarni

Anoopraj Premkishor Shekhar original name is Avinash Wadhawan

Amol Shivraj Shekhar original name is Shubham Jha
Anoopraj Premkishor Shekhar original name is Akshay Anand
Amol Shivraj Shekhar original name is Khushmeet Gill
Mannu Jagdish Singh original name is Dhairya Ashani
Saanchi Kabra / Saanchi Shekhar original name is Roop Durgapal
Vivek Kabra original name is Vimarsh Roshan
Saurabh Kabra original name is Sonal Handa
Suman Kabra original name is Shalini Arora
Mr. Roshan Kabra original name is Bobby Parvez
Rakhi Kabra original name is Farhina Parvez Jarimari
Gauri Jagdish Singh / Gauri Singh original name is Deblina Chatterjee
Gauri Jagdish Singh / Gauri Singh original name is Anjum Farooki

Hardik original name is Gaurav Bajaj
Gulli original name is Sonam Lamba
Gulli original name is Jha Nidhi
Gehna Basant Singh original name is Sheetal Khandal
Gehna Basant Singh original name is Neha Marda
Sona original name is Geetanjali Mishra
Shivani Rajadhyaksha original name is Nivedita Bhattacharya
Lal Singh original name is Semal Bhatt
Sugna Shyam Singh original name is Janvi Chheda
Sugna Shyam Singh original name is Vibha Anand
Shyam Madan Singh original name is Sachin Shroff
Shyam Madan Singh original name is Vikrant Massey
Varun Shyam Madan Singh original name is Rudra Soni Manav
Varun Shyam Madan Singh original name is Shivansh Kotia

Madan Singh original name is Amar Sharma
Radha Madan Singh original name is Asmita Sharma

Balika Vadhu Serial Actress Name

Mahi Anoop Shekhar original name is Abhishek Tewari

Ratan Singh original name is Chandresh Singh
Het Singh original name is Sanjay Batra
Khajaan Singh original name is Chetanya Adib
Bhagwati Khajaan Singh original name is Bhairavi Raichura
Mahavir Singh original name is Rajendra Gupta
Badi Jiji original name is Farida Jalal
Prata original name is Jehangir Vakil
Phooli Bharat Singh original name is Mamta Chaturya
Asha Abhishek Singh original name is Neha Gossain
Natu original name is Dinesh Soni
Anuj original name is Mohit Abrol
Palash original name is Harsh Chhaya
Rasika original name is Shweta Mahadik
Pramila original name is Kamalika Guha Thakurta
Ashima original name is Reena Aggarwal
Balachander original name is Pavitra Sarkar
Sandhya original name is Sadiya Siddiqui
Teepri original name is Sakshi Tanwar

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