Rati Pandey

Rati Pandey is an Indian actress and anchor. Her well known television works include Porus, Hitler Didi, Miley Jab Hum Tum, Begusarai, Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai and Shaadi Street.

Early life and background

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. 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.^[1]

Career

Rati 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.^[2] 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 (jointly produced by Endemol and Sunshine Productions). Nupur Bhushan 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 in the show.^[3]

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.^[4]

In 2011, Rati was offered a lead role in the show Hitler Didi. She has played several different characters in the show.^[5]

After a sabbatical of two years, Rati returned to television with Begusarai, in which she was seen playing a negative character 'Komal'.^[6] She is currently seen in Sony TV's show Porus, playing the lead role of Queen Anusuya.^[7]

Apart from daily soaps, Rati has also appeared in reality shows including Laughter Ke Phatke^[8] and Zara Nachke Dikha on Star One, SAB TV's show Movers and Shakers (Hosted by Shekhar Suman),^[9] Colors TV's Bigg Boss 6 Grand Finale (Hosted by Salman Khan)^[10] 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.^[11] She also hosted Zee TV's 20th Diwali Special Episode and a brief segment of Zee Rishtey Awards 2012 together with Rithvik Dhanjani.^[12]

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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