Sargun Mehta

Mehta began her career with theatre shows. During her three years in college in Delhi, she performed in several theatrical productions. Later, she was selected for the supporting role in Zee TV's 2009 television programme 12/24 Karol Bagh. In it, she appeared opposite Ravi Dubey in the role of Neetu Sethi, an effervescent young woman.^[16] The show tells the story of four children, Simi, Anuj, Neetu and Mili, of the Sethi family, which lives in the middle-class locality of Karol Bagh in Delhi. Neetu is the third sibling out of the four, who is married to the mentally challenged Omi (played by Ravi Dubey).^[17][18] In an interview with The Hindu, Mehta said that she gained the role by accident: "My friends and I from the theatre club were asked by one of our professors to audition for the role and I landed Neetu's part".^[8]

Following the programme's end, Mehta portrayed the lead in another Zee TV production, Apno Ke Liye Geeta Ka Dharmayudh.^[8] In the show, which first aired in December 2010, she played the role of Geeta, who stands up for truth and saves her family from being ruined because of the misuse of section 498A which aims to protect women from domestic violence and abuse.^[19] In May 2011, the show went off-air after it failed to gain popularity.^[3][20]

In January 2011, Mehta featured as the lead protagonist opposite Ajay Chaudhary in Siddharth Tewary's drama series Phulwa on Colors TV, in which she played the title role.^[1] The story is loosely based on the life of Phoolan Devi, the dacoit-turned politician.^[20] Referencing her work in the series, she said, "when I did Phulwa it became the significant turning point of my career, which gave me recognition and creative satisfaction as well".^[3] The following year, she appeared in an episode of Sony television's crime series Crime Patrol, as Aarti Shekhar.

En 2012, Mehta fue elegida para interpretar el papel principal de Sonia en la serie de suspenso/thriller de Fireworks Productions, Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath , junto a Rahil Azam . La historia giraba en torno a un asesinato que tuvo lugar en una fiesta rave . ^{[ 21 ]}

Mehta luego participó como invitada interpretando a Anika, junto a Karan Patel en la serie antológica de la cadena Star Plus, Teri Meri Love Stories, de Shontara Productions, en agosto de 2012. ^{[ 22 ]}

A finales de octubre de 2012, Mehta fue contactada para el papel de Aradhya en el programa de Shashi Mittal, Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat , pero fue eliminada del programa debido a cambios conceptuales. ^{[ 23 ]}

La telenovela de Ekta Kapoor , Kya Huaa Tera Vaada, fue el siguiente programa de Mehta. En él, interpretó a un personaje femenino independiente tras un salto temporal de diez años en la trama. Junto a Mohit Malhotra , Mona Singh , Mouli Ganguly y Neelam Sivia , interpretó a Bulbul adulta, una periodista. Comenzó a rodar el 5 de diciembre y se emitió a mediados de diciembre de 2012. Dijo: "Mi personaje tiene diferentes matices. No había hecho este tipo de papel antes". ^{[ 20 ] [ 24 ]} El programa salió del aire a finales de mayo de 2013. ^{[ 25 ]}

Después de actuar en 12/24 Karol Bagh (2009), Phulwa (2011) y Kya Huaa Tera Vaada (2012), interpretó un personaje dócil, Ganga, en la serie dramática Balika Vadhu de Colors . ^{[ 26 ]} En una entrevista con Hindustan Times , Mehta dijo que le sorprendió que le ofrecieran el papel, ya que no era su personaje habitual. ^{[ 15 ]} A mediados de noviembre de 2014, dejó la serie debido a insatisfacción creativa. ^{[ 27 ]}

In September 2014, Mehta participated in the reality show, Bigg Boss 8 as a contestant, but she got eliminated in the first episode itself.^[28] After a long break from fiction shows, Mehta made a comeback with the Zee TV's mini series Rishton Ka Mela, she began shoot for the show on 16 April 2015, In it, she played the central character Deepika, who is a young beautiful girl of today's modern era. The show had featured ten episodes, in which she starred alongside an ensemble cast of Eijaz Khan, Usha Nadkarni, Ratan Rajput, Anupam Shyam, Karan Mehra, Hiten Tejwani, Gauri Pradhan Tejwani, Sayantani Ghosh and Karan Grover. The show followed the journey of Deepika, a runaway bride, escaping from her cruel police inspector fiancé (played by Eijaz Khan). Deepika runs into a fair where she meets women that each have a story to tell.^[29] The show went off-air on 8 May 2015.^[30] Sargun Mehta Stars in Music Video For 'Titliaan'^[31] With Harrdy Sandhu.

In July 2015, Mehta made her filming debut with Angrej, in a Punjabi film directed by Simerjit Singh, alongside Amrinder Gill, Aditi Sharma. In this film she portrayed the central role of Dhan Kaur.^[32] The film had receive significant opening in India, which earned ₹40.50 million (US$420,000) in its first week.^[33] The film grossed ₹124.5 million (US$1.3 million) in the international markets in 17 days, and emerged as the second highest grossing Punjabi film of 2015.^[34] In 2016, she appeared in Love Punjab as Jessica Brar. She got Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Punjabi films) for her portrayal of Jessica.^[35][36] She later participated in the sports reality show, Box Cricket League 2.

In 2017, she appeared in Jindua as Saggi, and in Lahoriye as Amiran, which got her second Filmfare Awards for Best Actress for the film.^[37]

En 2018 interpretó a Baani en Qismat y ganó el premio PTC Film Awards a la Mejor Actriz . ^{[ 38 ]}

En 2019, tuvo el éxito comercial Kala Shah Kala con Binnu Dhillon , que es la película punjabi más taquillera de 2019 hasta el momento . ^{[ 39 ]} Su segundo estreno fue Chandigarh Amritsar Chandigarh con Gippy Grewal . ^{[ 40 ]} Su tercer estreno del año fue Surkhi Bindi con Gurnam Bhullar . Gurnaaz de The Tribune Gurnaaz elogió la actuación de Mehta y dijo: "Véanla por la actuación estelar que muestran Sargun Mehta y Gurnam Bhullar, su emocionante historia de amor y el final feliz que permanece contigo incluso cuando sales del cine". ^{[ 41 ]} Su cuarto estreno fue la peculiar comedia Jhalle junto a Binnu Dhillon , coproducida por ella misma con Dhillon y Munish Walia. Se estrenó el 15 de noviembre. ^{[ 42 ]}

En 2021, su película Qismat 2 , una secuela de su película Qismat de 2018 , se estrenó el 24 de septiembre. ^{[ 43 ]}

En 2022, apareció en la comedia romántica Saunkan Saunkne junto a Ammy Virk y Nimrat Khaira , ^{[ 44 ]} y Ghund Kadh Le Ni Sohreyan Da Pind Aa Gaya con Gurnam Bhullar , estrenada el 8 de julio. ^{[ 45 ]} Su tercera película del año , Moh , con Jagdeep Sidhu , el director de su anterior serie de películas Qismat , se estrenará el 16 de septiembre de 2022. ^{[ 46 ]}

En 2019, abrió su propia productora, Dreamiyata Entertainment Pvt Ltd, con su esposo Ravi Dubey y coprodujo la película Jhalle . ^{[ 42 ]} En 2021, Dreamiyata Entertainment produjo la serie de televisión Udaariyaan , que se emite en Colors TV . ^{[ 47 ]}