Juhi Babbar

Juhi Babbar Soni (née Babbar) is an Indian film and television actress. She has contributed to theatre both as an actor and director. She is the daughter of the actor Raj Babbar.

Early life Juhi Babbar was born to actor, Raj Babbar, and theatre actress, Nadira Babbar. She graduated from NIFT, Mumbai. Urdu writers, Syed Sajjad Zaheer and Razia Sajjad Zaheer were her maternal grandparents.

Personal life

Juhi's first husband was Bejoy Nambiar, a screenplay writer. She married Bejoy on 27 June 2007. The couple divorced in January 2009. She then fell in love with the TV actor Anup Soni. She met Anup while working in a play produced by Juhi's mother Nadira Babbar. Soni was then married to Ritu, with whom he had two daughters. Juhi and Anup Soni got married on 14 March 2011, after finalizing his divorce. Juhi and Soni have a son, born in 2012.

Career Juhi made her film debut in Kash Aap Hamare Hote opposite Sonu Nigam. In 2005, she did a Punjabi film with Jimmy Shergill, Yaara Naal Baharan. The film did well in Punjab and with the overseas Punjabi audience. Juhi then did a silent film with Malayalam actor Mohanlal. In 2006, she was seen in the film Unns with actor Sanjay Kapoor and Rituparna Sengupta. She appeared in her next film It's My Life as Sonia Jaisingh opposite actors Harman Baweja, Genelia D'Souza and Nana Patekar. In 2009, Juhi played the role of a house wife in the TV comedy Ghar Ki Baat Hai produced by Shah Rukh Khan.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2003 Kash Aap Hamare Hote Amrita Singh 2005 Yaaran Naal Baharan Harman Kaur Punjabi film Reflections Female lead Silent short film 2006 Unns: Love... Forever Advocate Natasha Patel 2013 It's My Life Sonia Jaisingh 2018 Aiyaary Wife of Colonel Abhay Singh 2023 Faraaz Simeen Farrey Zoya 2025Tu Meri Poori KahaniSwaraThe Great Shamsuddin Family Humaira 2012 Pencil Se Brush Tak English / Hindi MF Hussain's wife

Director Year Title Language NotesRef 2007 Pukar English / Hindi Play created for CRY (Child Rights and You) that is based on child labour

Awards Year Award Category Work Result NotesReferences2010 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Rashtriya Puraskar Under-35 Contribution towards Indian arts and theatre