Rati Pandey

Rati Pandey was born in Assam, lived there for seven years, and completed her primary schooling there. She then moved to Patna where she studied in St. Karen's High School, Patna. She completed further schooling from the Kendriya Vidyalaya school in Sadiq Nagar, New Delhi. Rati studied commerce at the Miranda House at Delhi University, where she specialized in Economics..

Rati Pandey started her career as a participant in the reality show Idea Zee Cinestars ki Khoj in 2006. She also appeared in Sony TV's crime based thriller C.I.D, and Sahara One's horror show Raat Hone Ko Hai.[1] She has appeared in TV commercial of Champions Appliances as well.

Rati's television career continued with Deepti Bhatnagar's Shaadi Street on Star One, in which she played the lead role "Nandini". After that, she played the lead role of Prarthna Thakraal in Zee TV's show Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai produced by Shreya Creations.

In 2008, she got the role of Nupur Bhushan in the show Miley Jab Hum Tum. Nupur was a bubbly girl who became popular with fans; when the producers wrote the character out of the show, the show's fans convinced them to let Nupur return to the show.[2]

After the end of Miley Jab Hum Tum in 2010, Rati participated in the dance reality show Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan on NDTV Imagine. She also participated in a travel-based reality show on Star Plus called Ritz Jee Le Ye Pal.[3]

In 2011, Pandey was offered a lead role in the show Hitler Didi. She portrayed several different characters in the show.[4]

Apart from daily soaps, Rati has also appeared in reality shows including Laughter Ke Phatke[5] and Zara Nachke Dikha on Star One, SAB TV's show Movers and Shakers (Hosted by Shekhar Suman),[6] Colors TV's Bigg Boss 6 Grand Finale (Hosted by Salman Khan)[7] and Sony TV's Comedy Circus. She has also been part of Zee Rishton ki Antakshari 2012.

Rati hosted the 10th Indian Television Academy Awards in 2010 along with Arjun Bijlani.[8] She also hosted Zee TV's 20th Diwali Special Episode and a brief segment of Zee Rishtey Awards 2012 together with Rithvik Dhanjani.[9]

After a sabbatical of two years, Pandey returned to television in 2016 with Begusarai, where she played 'Komal'.[10] In 2017, she portrayed the role of Queen Anusuya in Sony TV's Porus.[11] In 2019, Pandey played the role of Vidya in Star Plus's Divya Drishti.[12] In the same year, she was also seen in a special cameo appearance on TV show 'Tenali Rama' as Princess Devyani.[13] In 2020, Rati will be seen portraying the role of Goddess Parvati in Swastik Production's upcoming show "Devi" on Dangal TV.[14]

In October 2020, she took the replacement lead female role of Star Plus’s Shaadi Mubarak opposite Manav Gohil which was played by Rajshree Thakur .

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