Juhi Babbar
Juhi Babbar Soni (née Babbar) is an Indian film and television actress. She has contributed to theatre both as an actor and director. She is the daughter of the actor Raj Babbar.
Juhi Babbar

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- Name
- Juhi Babbar
- Birthplace
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Occupation
- Actress
- Born
- 1979 · Lucknow.
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Hindi
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• Name — Juhi Babbar • Birthplace — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2003–present • Children — 1 • Parents — Raj Babbar Nadira Babbar • Relatives — See Babbar family
Early life
Early life
Juhi Babbar was born to actor, Raj Babbar, and theatre actress, Nadira Babbar. She graduated from NIFT, Mumbai. Urdu writers, Syed Sajjad Zaheer and Razia Sajjad Zaheer were her maternal grandparents.
Personal life
Personal life
• Illustration — Juhi Babbar and Anup Soni in Jan 2013 Juhi's first husband was Bejoy Nambiar, a screenplay writer. She married Bejoy on 27 June 2007. The couple divorced in January 2009. She then fell in love with the TV actor Anup Soni. She met Anup while working in a play produced by Juhi's mother Nadira Babbar. Soni was then married to Ritu, with whom he had two daughters. Juhi and Anup Soni got married on 14 March 2011, after finalizing his divorce. Juhi and Soni have a son, born in 2012.
Career
Career
Juhi made her film debut in Kash Aap Hamare Hote opposite Sonu Nigam. In 2005, she did a Punjabi film with Jimmy Shergill, Yaara Naal Baharan. The film did well in Punjab and with the overseas Punjabi audience. Juhi then did a silent film with Malayalam actor Mohanlal. In 2006, she was seen in the film Unns with actor Sanjay Kapoor and Rituparna Sengupta. She appeared in her next film It's My Life as Sonia Jaisingh opposite actors Harman Baweja, Genelia D'Souza and Nana Patekar. In 2009, Juhi played the role of a house wife in the TV comedy Ghar Ki Baat Hai produced by Shah Rukh Khan.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Language — Role — Notes • 2009 — Ghar Ki Baat Hai — Hindi — Radhika Yagnik
Actor
Actor
• Year — Title — Language — Role — Theatre — Ref • 2012 — Begum Jaan — English / Hindi — Granddaughter — Prithvi Theatre • 2012 — Pencil Se Brush Tak — English / Hindi — MF Hussain's wife
Director
Director
• Year — Title — Language — Notes — Ref • 2007 — Pukar — English / Hindi — Play created for CRY (Child Rights and You) that is based on child labour
Films
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 2003 — Kash Aap Hamare Hote — Amrita Singh • 2005 — Yaaran Naal Baharan — Harman Kaur — Punjabi film • Reflections — Female lead — Silent short film • 2006 — Unns: Love... Forever — Advocate Natasha Patel • 2013 — It's My Life — Sonia Jaisingh • 2018 — Aiyaary — Wife of Colonel Abhay Singh • 2023 — Faraaz — Simeen • Farrey — Zoya • 2025 — Tu Meri Poori Kahani — Swara • The Great Shamsuddin Family — Humaira
Awards
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Notes — References • 2010 — Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya Puraskar — Under-35 — Contribution towards Indian arts and theatre
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- 1.Dilip., Soni, Anoop. Babbar, Raj. Sheen. Arora, Tarun. Shravan, Nadeem. Sameer. Kumar, Raman. Khan, Nadeem. Pandit, Ashok. Day. Sheen : a refuge in my own country. Eros International. 2004. 56516753.
- 2.Britto, Anita. Juhi Babbar: My father is probably only male actor to launch his daughter in a film. indiatoday.in. India Today. 15 December 2025.
- 3.The Times of India. Transcript of live chat with Nadira Babbar, Theatre. indiatimes.com. June 2026.
- 4.Sonal Chawla. Bejoy and Juhi are now formally divorced. Mid Day. 22 January 2009.
- 5.Nimisha Tiwari. Is Juhi's marriage in trouble?. The Times of India. 23 July 2008.
- 6.Chawla, Sonal. Juhi Babbar is formally divorced. Mid-day.com. 22 January 2009.
- 7.What lead [sic] to Anup Soni – Ritu split?. The Times of India. 16 March 2011.
- 8.Babbar grandson. Filmfare. 23 October 2012.
- 9.Movies don't offer solutions to social problems: Raj Babbar.
- 10.Nikhat Kazmi. Uns movie. The Times of India. 18 November 2006.
- 11.Hindustan Times. Faraaz: Hansal Mehta shares poster of his next film, based on our 'polarised times'. 9 January 2023.
- 12.Purva Desai. Juhi in Begum Jaan at Prithvi theatre. The Times of India. 8 November 2012.
- 13.Manoj Badgeri. Juhi in Begum Jaan classics. The Times of India. 3 November 2012.
- 14.Roshni Olivera. Anup interview on reality show. The Times of India. 24 April 2012.
- 15.Juhi plays MF hussain's wife with Anup. The Times of India. 15 November 2011.
- 16.Raul Dias. Juhi directs Pukar. The Times of India. 7 October 2007.
- 17.Shilpa Bansal. Juhi won Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya Puraskar. The Times of India. 8 September 2010.
- 18.The Hindu. Sangeet Natak Akademi announces Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskars for 2009. thehindu.com. 14 July 2010.
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