Barkha Singh

Barkha Singh is an Indian model, youtuber and actress.[1] She began her career as a child artist at the age of 10 and has since been associated with big brands such as Amazon, Cadbury, Coca-Cola and Clinic Plus. She has appeared in multiple national and international television commercials and is also known for her cameos in movies such as Mujhse Dosti Karoge!, Parineeta, Apna Asmaan and Samay: When Time Strikes. Singh is an animal activist. Apart from acting, she has also hosted online game shows.

Barkha Singh
Singh in 2021
Born (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992
bikaner rajasthan
Alma materSt. Xavier's College, Mumbai, University of California, Berkeley
OccupationActress, Model, Host
Years active2006–present

Early life

Born in Bikaner, Rajasthan, academically very inclined, Singh is a merit holder in her higher secondary exams in Maharashtra. She is a graduate with honors in Mass Media from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She attended summer programme classes in Marketing and Business at University of California, Berkeley. She holds a master's degree in Sociology.[2]

Career

Barkha Singh started her career as a child artist. She played the younger Kareena Kapoor as Tina in Mujhse Dosti Karoge.[3] Barkha Singh is well known for her role as Gia Sen in the show Girls on Top broadcast on MTV India.[4][5] She also played her cameo role in the serial MTV Fanaah as Vedika. Barkha is known for her character in the serial Yeh Hai Aashiqui and Love by Chance, as well as her role of Surbhi Varun Shukla in the soap opera Bhagyalaxmi on &TV. She had also worked as a VJ (media personality) in Channel V India.

She started her own YouTube page in January 2018, posting several travel and fashion blogs. She has gained fame from doing several popular web shows like Work Life Balance, Engineering Girls.[6]

Filmography

Television
Year Show Role Ref.
2013 Yeh Hai Aashiqui Neeti
2014 MTV Fanaah Vedika
2014 Love by Chance Kaavya
2014 CID Myra
2015 Bhagyalaxmi Surbhi Varun Shukla
2015 Secret Diaries: The Hidden Chapters Bindya
2015 Aahat 6 Simran
2016 Girls on Top Gia Sen [7]
2017 Jaat Ki Jugni Jyoti
2018 Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan Jeff
2018 Breathe Vrushali

Films
Year Film Role Note
2002 Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Tina Child artist
2003 Samay: When Time Strikes Anjalee Child artist
2019 House Arrest Pinky Netflix Film
2020 The Dealer Dealer Barkha Short film on YouTube
2021 Silence... Can You Hear It? Pooja Choudhary ZEE5 film[8]
2021 OTP The Lottery: Chapter 2 Ritu Short film on YouTube
2022 36 Farmhouse Antara Raj Singh ZEE5 film[8]
2022 The Great Weddings of Munnes TBA Filming[9]

Web Series
Year Series Role Platform
2018 Engineering Girls S1 Tejaswini "Sabu" Rathi The Timeliners
2019 Home Sweet Office Adhira Dice Media, Pocket Aces
2019 Please Find Attached Sanya Dice media, Pocket Aces
2020 Please Find Attached 2[10] Sanya Dice Media, Pocket Aces
2021 Murder Meri Jaan[11] Sonal Disney+ Hotstar[12]
2021 Engineering Girls S2[13] Tejaswini "Sabu" Rathi ZEE5

References
  1. "Barkha Singh: Acting has always been my first love". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Barkha Singh, the young Kareena Kapoor from Mujhse Dosti Karoge, recalls 'tough' audition process". Bollywood Bubble. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. "MTV Splitsvilla 9 is back with a bang!". indiatoday.intoday.in. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Suthar, Author: Manisha (16 September 2019). "Ayush Mehra and Barkha Singh in Dice Media's Work Life Balance". IWMBuzz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  7. "Saloni, Ayesha, Barkha nostalgic about their journey on MTV Girls On Top". The Times of India. 4 October 2016.
  8. Barve, Ameya (13 February 2021). "Manoj Bajpayee's 'Silence... Can You Hear It?' to premiere on ZEE5 in March". India TV. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  9. "Abhishek Banerjee and Barkha Singh come together for Raaj Shaandilyaa's The Great Weddings of Munnes". Bollywood Hungama. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  10. "Web series are here to stay: Barkha Singh". Deccan Herald. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  11. Sinha, Kumar Raviraj (6 May 2021). "Playing Sonal in 'Murder Meri Jaan' on Hotstar was quite challenging: Barkha Singh". National Herald. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  12. Sinha, Kumar Raviraj (6 May 2021). "Playing Sonal in 'Murder Meri Jaan' on Hotstar was quite challenging: Barkha Singh". National Herald. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  13. "Watch Engineering Girls Web Series, Show Online in HD On ZEE5". ZEE5. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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