Fatima Sana Shaikh

Fatima Sana Shaikh (born 11 January 1992) is an Indian film actress. She is known for her works in Hindi-language cinema, and television.[2][3] Fatima appeared as a child artist in films such as Chachi 420 and One 2 Ka 4.[4] Years later, she played Zoya in the Indian drama film Tahaan which received "The German Star of India award" at "Bollywood and Beyond" festival at Stuttgart Germany in 2009.[5]

Fatima Sana Shaikh
Shaikh in 2018
Born (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992[1]
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana), India
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present

In 2016, she portrayed Indian freestyle wrestler, Geeta Phogat in the sports drama film Dangal which was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival, and second BRICS festival.[6] She played Zafira Baig, a warrior-archer Thug in the epic action-adventure film, Thugs of Hindostan.[7]

Early life

Fatima Sana Shaikh was born in Hyderabad and brought up in Mumbai. While her father is Vipin Sharma a Hindu from Jammu, her mother is a Muslim from Srinagar. Shaikh identifies herself as an atheist.[8]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1997IshqAs child artist
Chachi 420Bharti RatanAs child artist
1998Bade DilwalaBaby SanaAs child artist
2001One 2 Ka 4Inspector Abbas' youngest daughterAs child artist
2008TahaanZoya
2012Bittoo BossPriya
2013Akaash VaniSumbul[9]
2015Nuvvu Nenu OkkatavudamSrutiTelugu film
2016DangalGeeta PhogatLead role
2018Thugs of HindostanZafira BaigLead role
2020Palkein KholoMusic video
2020LudoPinkyReleased on Netflix[10]
2020Suraj Pe Mangal BhariTudshee RaneLead role[11]
Television
Show Roles Notes
Best Of Luck Nikki Richa Shivoy Special Appearance in Boys Meet Girls
Ladies Special Geeti
Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo Suman

Accolades
Year Film Awards Category Result Reference
2017 Dangal Screen Awards Best Actress (Popular) Nominated
News 18 Movie Awards Best Debut (Female) Won [12]
Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards Best Action Actress Won [13]

References
  1. "Fatima Sana Shaikh: Lesser known facts about the actress". The Times of India. TOI. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. "Meet Aamir Khan's wrestler daughters". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. "Fatima Sana Shaikh: Lesser known facts about the actress". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. DelhiApril 3, Samrudhi Ghosh New; April 3, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 21:36. "Fatima Sana Shaikh on her #MeToo story: It happened when I was very young". India Today. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Tahaan won The German Star Of India award, 2009". Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Hindustan Times
  6. Aneja, Atul (25 June 2017). "China's 'Dangal' mega-success echoes at second BRICS film festival". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. "Thugs of Hindostan Movie Review: Bloated And Tacky Despite Amitabh Bachchan Plus Aamir Khan". Ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  8. "I am an atheist, I believe in karma: actress Fatima Sana Shaikh". The Siasat Daily. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. "Movie Review: Akaash Vani". Mid Day. Mumbai. 26 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  10. "Anurag Basu's upcoming film Ludo featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao to release on 24 April 2020". Firstpost. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  11. "सूरज पे मंगल भारी ने दर्शकों को द‍िखाया स‍िनेमाघरों का रास्‍ता, द‍िलजीत बोले #ChaloCinema". News18 India. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  12. "NEWS18 MOVIE AWARDS 2017". Network 18. news18.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  13. "Dangal girls Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra win action award in China". Mid Day. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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