
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
5.8A 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
4.7Balika 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
7.7Raghav 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
9.5Based 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
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
6.9When 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
2020s · 2 titles
2010s · 2 titles
7.3A 25-year-old man tries to suppress his embarrassment when his mother announces that she is pregnant.
Badhaai Ho
2018
7.7An eight-year-old Sunny Gill has always had a blocked nose, and therefore, no sense of smell. A freak accident gives Sunny the most refined sense of smell ever. The entire dog squad of the country's police force cannot sniff what he can. But is that enough for Sunny and his young pals Google and Twitter to combat a menacing & ruthless gang of car thieves? What starts out with tracing a single missing car in the housing society, ends up busting the heftiest car racket in the country. No villain could ever be as unlikely. But then, neither could the gang of detectives!
Sniff!!!
2017
2000s · 9 titles
6.3Charming 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
7.4Tells 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
3.7When 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
6.8Sultana, 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
6.9Mrs. 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
5.2Zubeidaa, 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
5.9An employee at a strip club kidnaps his favorite actress to protect her from mob hit men.
Raghu Romeo
2004
6.0The 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
4.0A 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
6.9When 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
6.0A middle-aged antique dealer and money lender recollects his marriage to a 17-year-old orphan girl.
Nazar
1991
8.4The 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
5.5Two 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
5.8Mammo 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
4.3Karamati 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
5.0A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.
Cotton Mary
1999
7.0Mumbai, 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
It is centered on the fraught ties between two diametrically different sisters and their mother.
Tripti
1999
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
1980s · 2 titles
Series credits
5.8A 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
4.7Balika 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
7.7Raghav 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
9.5Based 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
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
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
A television series directed by Gulzaar. Based on different short stories written by Ahmed Nadeeem Qasmi, Malti Joshi, and Samaresh Basu.
Kirdaar
1993





