Surekha Sikri

Acting

Surekha Sikri

Born — Died

1945-04-19 — 2021-07-16

Place of birth

New Delhi, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Known for

C.I.D. poster
5.8

A team of dedicated men and women in the Crime Investigation Department will risk everything to solve Mumbai's toughest, most complicated crimes.

C.I.D.

1998

Balika Vadhu poster
4.7

Balika Vadhu — Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte, commonly abbreviated as Balika Vadhu is an Indian television drama series that premiered on 21 July 2008 on Colors TV. Originally airing from Monday through Friday, from mid 2013 it also began airing on Saturday. Toral Rasputra became the lead after Pratyusha Banerjee left on 27 February 2013.

Balika Vadhu

2008

Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil poster
7.7

Raghav and Naina, two individuals with a golden heart, who are fated to meet and fall in love in a foreign land, but destined to face challenges before their union.

Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil

2016

Tamas poster
9.5

Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town.

Tamas

1988

No artwork available
2.0

The focus of the series was college life. Flirtation, romance, the campus, teachers getting teased - all typical scenes from college– were shown. Hence many youngsters, school and college going students, became avid viewers of the show. The transition from college to professional life was shown for most of the characters. Simultaneously, contemporary business life was also showcased. How the rich oppress the poor, and how housewives and working women have different perspectives of life, formed some of the other themes of the narrative.

Banegi Apni Baat

1993

Sarfarosh poster
6.9

When terrorists kill a cop's brother and disable his father, he fights back against the smuggling of guns and drugs which plagues his country.

Sarfarosh

1999

Film credits

2000s · 9 titles

Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story poster
6.3

Charming and continually drunk millionaire sees a woman on the street and falls madly in love with her, she works as a striptease dancer and has a mentally handicapped brother. They fall in love, but he unfortunately has to marry someone else.

Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story

2004

Raincoat poster
7.4

Tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living.

Raincoat

2004

Jo Bole So Nihaal poster
3.7

When police officer Nihaal releases a notorious criminal, Romeo, by mistake, he expects to be fired, but is instead hired by the FBI to track down and identify Romeo, who is a terrorist on the Most Wanted list. Nihaal manages to find Romeo, but rather than turning him in, he helps him escape, and winds up on the Most Wanted list himself.

Jo Bole So Nihaal

2005

Kali Salwar poster
6.8

Sultana, a small town prostitute and her pimp Khudabaksh migrate to the metropolis, bringing with them their dreams and meagre belongings. Sultana goes about her bright and artful seductions but somehow misses her targets. Her business collapses. Desperately, Khudabaksh too tries his hand at many jobs but is unsuccessful. Sultana's loneliness and despair get objectified in her desire for a 'salwaar' that she needs to complete her black ensemble for the observance of mourning for Moharram.

Kali Salwar

2002

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer poster
6.9

Mrs. Iyer and her infant son are traveling to Kolkata with the help of photographer Rajah. When religious tensions flare up and the bus travelers become stranded under martial law, she makes a choice to save him that entwines their lives.

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

2002

Zubeidaa poster
5.2

Zubeidaa, an aspiring Muslim actress, marries a Hindu prince to become his second wife. Her tumultuous relationship with her husband, and her inner demons lead her to a decision which has fatal consequences for them all.

Zubeidaa

2001

Raghu Romeo poster
5.9

An employee at a strip club kidnaps his favorite actress to protect her from mob hit men.

Raghu Romeo

2004

Hari-Bhari poster
6.0

The film revolves around the story of five women, belonging to different generations, each looking for emancipation and the right to run their lives their own way. The film's main theme is the issue of women's 'fertility rights' empowerment.

Hari-Bhari

2000

Body poster
4.0

A jobless married man falls for a multinational company's offer to provide his family a life of luxury for the rest of their lives in exchange for body organs

Body

2001

1990s · 10 titles

Sarfarosh poster
6.9

When terrorists kill a cop's brother and disable his father, he fights back against the smuggling of guns and drugs which plagues his country.

Sarfarosh

1999

Nazar poster
6.0

A middle-aged antique dealer and money lender recollects his marriage to a 17-year-old orphan girl.

Nazar

1991

Sardari Begum poster
8.4

The police were called to investigate the death of a woman who was killed during a riot by a stone thrown by an agitated person. She was known in the community as "Sardari Begum", a popular singer and courtesan in her time. This story chronicles her youth, her contacts, and her lifestyle.

Sardari Begum

1996

Dillagi poster
5.5

Two brothers -- Ranvir and Rajvir along with their parents move to Mumbai. They endure numerous hardships, but their will to survive prevails and they succeed. Soon, their parents pass away, leaving young Rajvir in the care of Ranvir. Now wealthy beyond any means, Ranvir runs the business and Rajvir lives recklessly. When Rajvir falls in love, Ranvir arranges his marriage, but to his dismay finds out that he has arranged his brother to marry the girl he loves.

Dillagi

1999

Mammo poster
5.8

Mammo is an account of a certain period in the life of Riyaz, a teenager who lives with his grandmother Fayyazi as they get a visit from his grandma’s sister Mehmooda Begum Anwar Ali, commonly known as ‘Mammo’.

Mammo

1994

Karamati Coat poster
4.3

Karamati Coat is an award winning children's movie, directed by National School of Drama alumni, Ajay Karthik. The movie revolves around Raju, a poor rag-picker, and his magical coat with a secret attached to it which changed his life. Soon, the secret is out to Raju's brother-in-law, who conspires to steal the coat even at the cost of harming Raju.

Karamati Coat

1993

Cotton Mary poster
5.0

A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.

Cotton Mary

1999

Naseem poster
7.0

Mumbai, 1992. Naseem, a 15 year-old schoolgirl, lives with her grandfather and grows up with stories of pre-independence communal harmony. Later, she helplessly watches the communal situation regression with the demolition of Babri Masjid.

Naseem

1995

No artwork available
NR

It is centered on the fraught ties between two diametrically different sisters and their mother.

Tripti

1999

No artwork available
7.0

As a mother waits with her pregnant daughter for the arrival of a grandchild, the story flashes back to the relationships the daughter has had with several men.

Birthday

1998

Series credits

C.I.D. poster
5.8

A team of dedicated men and women in the Crime Investigation Department will risk everything to solve Mumbai's toughest, most complicated crimes.

C.I.D.

1998

Balika Vadhu poster
4.7

Balika Vadhu — Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte, commonly abbreviated as Balika Vadhu is an Indian television drama series that premiered on 21 July 2008 on Colors TV. Originally airing from Monday through Friday, from mid 2013 it also began airing on Saturday. Toral Rasputra became the lead after Pratyusha Banerjee left on 27 February 2013.

Balika Vadhu

2008

Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil poster
7.7

Raghav and Naina, two individuals with a golden heart, who are fated to meet and fall in love in a foreign land, but destined to face challenges before their union.

Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil

2016

Tamas poster
9.5

Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nathu, an outcast, is hired to kill a pig, whose carcass he’s later appalled to find in front of the mosque. A riot follows and, ridden with guilt, Nathu takes his ailing mother and pregnant wife and leaves town.

Tamas

1988

No artwork available
2.0

The focus of the series was college life. Flirtation, romance, the campus, teachers getting teased - all typical scenes from college– were shown. Hence many youngsters, school and college going students, became avid viewers of the show. The transition from college to professional life was shown for most of the characters. Simultaneously, contemporary business life was also showcased. How the rich oppress the poor, and how housewives and working women have different perspectives of life, formed some of the other themes of the narrative.

Banegi Apni Baat

1993

No artwork available
7.0

Kabhie Kabhie is an Indian television drama directed by Mahesh Bhatt and written by Anurag Kashyap, Akash Khurana and Vinta Nanda; Anil Sharma directed 25 episodes of the series. The series was produced by Amit Khanna's Plus Channel and was telecast on Star Plus.

Kabhie Kabhie

1997

No artwork available
NR

A television series directed by Gulzaar. Based on different short stories written by Ahmed Nadeeem Qasmi, Malti Joshi, and Samaresh Basu.

Kirdaar

1993