Donal Bisht

Donal Bisht is an Indian television actress and model known for portraying Sharanyaa in Ek Deewaana Tha and Ishika Patel in Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop. In 2021, she participated in Bigg Boss 15.

Donal Bisht
Bisht at the launch of Jhatka club in 2017
Born (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994[1]
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2015–present
Known forRoop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop
Ek Deewaana Tha
Bigg Boss 15[2]

Early life

Donal was born on 27 August 1994 in Alwar, Rajasthan to Jaisingh Bisht and Jasumati Bisht, in a Hindu Rajput family whereas her native place is Uttarakhand. She has an elder brother, Ranjan Bisht.

She worked as a journalist for the news channel, and was also an anchor for DD National's Chitrahaar.[3]

Career

Bisht started her acting career in 2015 by appearing in Star Plus's Airlines as a journalist.[4] In the same year, she played Dr. Shelly in anthology series Twist Wala Love.[5] She got her first break as Sakshi in Life OK's Kalash-Ek Vishwaas.[6]

In 2017, she got her first lead role of Sharanya Bisht in Sony TV's Ek Deewaana Tha opposite Namik Paul and Vikram Singh Chauhan.[7][8]

From 2018 to 2019, Bisht played Ishika Patel in Colors TV's Roop – Mard Ka Naya Swaroop opposite Shashank Vyas.[9] In 2019, she replaced Jasmin Bhasin to portray Happy Mehra in Star Plus's Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji.[10]

In October 2021, she participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss 15 as a contestant. She was evicted by Day 18.

Media

In 2019, Bisht was ranked 18th in The Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Women on TV.[11]

Filmography

Television
Year Show Role
2015 Airlines Journalist
Twist Wala Love Dr. Shelly Gaitonde
2015–2017 Kalash–Ek Vishwaas Sakshi Deol
2017–2018 Ek Deewaana Tha Sharanya Bisht/Radhika
2018 Laal Ishq Riya
2018–2019 Roop – Mard Ka Naya Swaroop Ishika Patel
2019 Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji Happy Mehra
2021 Bigg Boss 15 Contestant

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Show Result
2018 Gold Awards Best Jodi (With Namik Paul) Ek Deewaana Tha Nominated
2019 Most Fit Actor (Female) Self Nominated

References
  1. "Donal Bisht celebrates her birthday in Noida". The Times of India. 30 August 2018.
  2. "Ek Deewana Tha's Donal Bisht all set to meet the man of her dreams". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. "Donal Bisht's character in show inspired by Deepika Padokune". The Free Press Journal. 9 April 2018.
  4. "Airlines: A real life journalist enters". The Times of India. 5 January 2015.
  5. "Harshith Arora and Donal Bisht to feature in Channel V's Twist Wala Love". Telly Chakkar. 6 June 2015.
  6. Maheshwari, Neha (18 July 2015). "Donal Bisht replaces Shritama in TV show – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. "Ek Deewana Tha's Donal Bisht narrowly escapes a major accident". The Times of India. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. Iyengar, Anusha (24 October 2017). "Ek Deewaana Tha review: Namik Paul, Donal Bisht and Vikram Singh Chauhan horror love story starts off with clichés but looks promising". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  9. Trivedi, Tanvi (3 July 2018). "Donal Bisht to play the lead in 'Roop'". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  10. Maheshwari, Neha (19 January 2019). "Donal Bisht steps into Jasmin Bhasin's shoes to play Happy in 'Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji'". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  11. "Meet TV's most desirable actresses". The Times of India. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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