Neeru Bajwa

Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1980) is a Canadian actress, director and producer who has worked in Indian cinema mainly in Punjabi and Hindi films. One of the highest-paid actress of Punjabi cinema, Bajwa started her career in 1998 with Dev Anand's Hindi film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved on to working in Hindi television and Punjabi films. Bajwa has since worked in commercially successful Punjabi films like Jatt & Juliet, Jatt & Juliet 2 (2013), Sardaar Ji (2015), Laung Laachi (2018), Shadaa (2019), Kali Jotta (2023) and Jatt & Juliet 3 (2024).

She is a three-time PTC Punjabi Film Award winner and received the Critics’ Award for Best Actress at the inaugural Filmfare Awards Punjabi for Channo Kamli Yaar Di (2017). She made her Hollywood debut with the supernatural thriller It Lives Inside (2023).

Early life Born on 26 August 1980 to Indian immigrants Jaswant Bajwa and Surinder Bajwa in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Bajwa has two sistersRubina, an actress; Sabrina, a cloth designer and a brother Suhail. In her documentary film Bollywood Bound, Bajwa admits to being a high school (from L.A. Matheson Secondary School) drop-out who had little interest in studies and was always inspired by the glamour of Bollywood, so she moved to Mumbai to fulfill her dreams.

Career Bajwa started her career in Indian soap operas in 2005 with Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi on DD1 before moving on to Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani on Zee TV followed by Jeet on Star Plus and then Guns and Roses on Star One.

In January 2013, Bajwa appeared in the multi-starer Punjabi film Saadi Love Story, produced by Jimmy Sheirgill productions, directed by Dheeraj Rattan and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, and Surveen Chawla. She paired up opposite Diljit Dosanjh again in the film Jatt and Juliet 2 which broke all the previous opening day collection records for Punjabi cinema. In August 2013, her film, Naughty Jatts was released in which she featured along with Binnu Dhillon, Arya Babbar and Roshan Prince. The film got mixed reviews from critics.

Bajwa debuted as a director in 2017 with the Punjabi film Sargi, which stars her sister Rubina Bajwa in the leading role alongside Jassi Gill and Babbal Rai. The title track of Laung Laachi (2018), featuring Bajwa and sung by Mannat Noor, became the first Indian song to surpass one billion views on YouTube in December 2019 and has crossed 1.5 billion views as of June 2025. In 2022, Bajwa starred in and produced Beautiful Billo, in which she shared the screen with her sister Rubina Bajwa. In 2024, Bajwa acted in Shayar, co-starring Satinder Sartaaj. The same year Jatt & Juliet 3, starring her and Dosanjh, became the fastest Punjabi film to cross the ₹100-crore (US $12.5 million) worldwide mark, setting a new industry record.

Since April 2021, Bajwa is hosting a Punjabi show Jazba. She also owns a production company called Neeru Bajwa Entertainment.

Personal life Bajwa married Harry Singh Jawandha on 8 February 2015. The couple had their first child, a girl, in August 2015. In 2020, Bajwa gave birth to twins, both girls.

Her brother-in-law is tech entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal.

Filmography +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

As director Year Film CastNotes 2017 Sargi Jassi Gill, Babbal Rai, Karamjit Anmol, Rubina BajwaDebut

Television Year Series Role Notes 2003 Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani Kiran 2003–2004 Jeet Nandini 2004–2005 Guns & Roses Divya 2005–2006 Nach Baliye 1 Contestant 2021 Jazba Host/presenter Punjabi-language show