Natasha Rastogi

Natasha Rastogi (born Natasha Khanna) is an Indian actress and director.

She started her acting career by debuting in Monsoon Wedding as Sona Verma, directed by Mira Nair, that won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden Globe Award nomination. She has played many roles on screen and on stage. She was awarded the Best Actress Award in Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards 2007 for Nati Binodini, directed by Amal Allana. She appeared in Do Dooni Chaar as Salma in 2010. She has acted in the TV series Gulaal as Panbaa.

Early life Natasha was born in a Hindu family to Rachna Khanna and Dr. Triloki Nath Khanna, a professor of Hindi in Zakir Husain College, Delhi. She graduated with a Bachelor's in Art from the College of Art, Delhi.

Career Natasha started her career as a drama teacher in Modern School (New Delhi) in 1992. As a part of her job, she was assigned the responsibility of directing and choreographing plays including the signature event, valedictory function. She choreographed musical ballets involving 280 students for 12 years. Some of these plays were namely Nav Prabhat, Spring –The Reawakening, Swarnim Vriksh, Amrit Manthan, Sunderland Mein Alice, Ek Aur Panchtantra, Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, Sunoh Kahani, Wings of Desire and Dhun ka Jadoogar. Working with everyone involved in the play, from costume designer to script writer, from makeup artist to music director, she honed her skills as an artist.

After 12 years of service, Natasha joined Amal Alana's theater group. Since then she has been a part of a theater group that has travelled across the globe doing plays in places like London, Mexico, Lahore and including every metropolitan city in India.

Filmography

Films Year Title Role Notes 2001 Monsoon Wedding Sona Verma 2004 American Daylight Chai Pani Etc 2006 Khosla Ka Ghosla Women Social Liberation head 2010 Do Dooni Chaar Salma My Name Is Khan 2012 Ishaqzaade Parvati Chauhan 2014 Kaanchi Teji Amit Sahni Ki List Amit's Mother Jigariyaa Shaamu's mother 2015 Talvar 2017 Naam Shabana Farida Begum Khan Behen Hogi Teri Gattu's mother 2018 High Jack Mrs. Taneja 2020 Raat Akeli HaiMrs Raghuveer Singh 2021PagglaitAlka Pandey Love in the Times of Corona Voot Select anthology film; segment "Tea and a Rose" 2023 Thank You for ComingDr. Bina Kapoor 2024 UlajhSaroj Bhatia 2025 AzaadNani Gustaakh IshqMotherThe Great Shamsuddin FamilyNabeelaReleased on JioHotstar

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