Pooja Banerjee

Pooja Banerjee (born 8 November 1991) is an Indian television actress known for participating in MTV India's Roadies 8 and portraying Nivedita Basu in Star Plus's Kasautii Zindagii Kay.[2][3]

Not to be confused with Puja Banerjee.
Pooja Banerjee
Banerjee in 2018
Born (1991-11-08) 8 November 1991
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Years active2011 - present
Spouse(s)
Sandeep Sejwal (m. 2017)
[1]

Early life

Banerjee completed her schooling from Centre Point School and college from Hislop College, Nagpur. She pursued her graduation in Bachelor of Commerce and completed her post graduation in Masters in English literature. She has also represented Maharashtra at the national level swimming tournaments. She swam the 5 km sea race at the Arabian Sea and 14 km river race at river Hooghly.[4] Banerjee has also played a swimmer, Rewa Mathur in Swim Team.[5][6]

Personal life

Banerjee is married to Olympian swimmer Sandeep Sejwal.[7] He won a bronze medal in 50m breaststroke at the 2014 Asian games held in incheon. He was awarded the Arjuna award by then president of India Pranab Mukherjee.[8]

Television
YearShowRoleChannelReference
2011 Roadies 8 Contestant MTV India
2012 Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum Tejal Mazumdar Star Plus [9]
2013 The Adventures of Hatim Perizaad Life OK [10]
2015–2016 Swim Team Rewa Mathur Channel V India [11]
2015 Halla Bol Season 2 Meera
Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan Anarkali Disney Channel India
2016 Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha Noori Life OK
2017 Chandra Nandini Vishakha Star Plus [12]
Chandrakanta Sooryakanta Colors TV [13]
2018 Dil Hi Toh Hai Aarohi / Tara Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 Sony TV [14]
Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha Rajkumari Sonprabha &TV
2018–present Kasautii Zindagii Kay Nivedita Basu Sengupta Star Plus
2019 Nach Baliye 9 Contestant

Music Video
YearAlbumSongCo-star
2016 Aap Se Mausiiquii "Aap Se Mausiiquii" Himesh Reshammiya

Web
YearTitleRolePlatformReference
2018 Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain Bani Mehra ALT Balaji [15]
2019 Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain 2 [16]

References
  1. "Swimming is his first love: Pooja Banerjee on national swimmer husband Sandeep Sejwal - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. "Pooja Banerjee's love for bikes".
  3. "Behind the scenes: Erica Fernandes and Pooja Banerjee deck up to celebrate Durga Puja in Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2 - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "'I am really exhausted when I reach home'".
  5. "Pooja Banerjee: I am not here to show skin".
  6. "Jodha Akbar and other TV shows: How the actors cope with shooting in hot, open locales".
  7. "Pooja Banerjee Truly Believes In 'Pyaar Dosti Hai'; Says, 'I Know My Husband Since Standard 4'- EXCLUSIVE".
  8. "Pooja Banerjee: Being married to a swimmer means an extremely disciplined and healthy lifestyle". www.hindustantimes.com. 30 August 2018.
  9. Pooja Banerjee to enter EK Dusre Se Karte Hain -Times Of India
  10. "It's all about the name for Pooja Banerjee".
  11. "In Pics: National level swimmer Pooja Banerjee turns glamorous for 'Swim Team'". 24 March 2015.
  12. "Pooja Banerjee on doing Chandra Nandini: I was dying to do a negative character". The Indian Express. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  13. Team, Tellychakkar. "Colors' Chandrakanta to take big leap; Pooja Banerjee to enter the show". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  14. "Pooja Banerjee To Play Heartbroken Girl In Dil Hi Toh Hai". www.koimoi.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  15. "It was a challenge to be mean in Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain: Pooja Banerjee | IWMBuzz". IWMBuzz. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  16. "Kasautii Zindagii Kay's siblings Parth Samthaan and Pooja Banerjee to romance in this show". India Today.
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