Sharvari Wagh
Sharvari ventured into films with Yash Raj Films's comedy Bunty Aur Babli 2 (2021), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She achieved her breakthrough with the commercially successful comedy horror film Munjya in 2024.
Early life
She was born in a Marathi family on 14 June 1997. Her parents are Shailesh Wagh, a builder and Namrata Wagh, an architect. She studied at Mumbai's The Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly High School and Ruparel College. Manohar Joshi, former chief minister of Maharashtra, was her maternal grandfather.
Career
Sharvari worked as an assistant director in the movies Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Bajirao Mastani and Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. She said she had been auditioning since 2014 for a main role in movies. She made her acting debut with the 2020 Amazon Prime series The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye opposite Sunny Kaushal.
Sharvari made her film debut alongside Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan and Siddhant Chaturvedi in Yash Raj Films (YRF)'s crime comedy Bunty Aur Babli 2, which was released in 2021. Her performance earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. Hindustan Times noted, "Sharvari is pretty confident for her first film and has a great screen presence." It did not perform well at the box-office.
Her next release was three years later, in the comedy horror film Munjya in 2024. Inspired by the Maharashtrian folktale of munjya, the film served as an instalment of the Maddock Supernatural Universe. Sukanya Verma from Rediff opined, "Sharvari sticks to her brief -- beam in enthusiasm, scowl in prosthetics". Commercially, the film emerged as a sleeper hit and proved to be her breakout role. Sharvari had a brief role (billed as a special appearance) opposite debutante Junaid Khan in YRF's period drama Maharaj, a delayed production that was released on Netflix. In her third release of the year, Sharvari played the title role of a Dalit woman in the action drama Vedaa, co-starring John Abraham. In a mixed review of the film, Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in took note of how well she "channel[led] her heroine’s fighting spirit". The film emerged as a box-office bomb which The Times of India attributed to its release alongside Stree 2.
Sharvari will next join the YRF Spy Universe in Alpha, a spy thriller film led by Alia Bhatt.
Filmography
Films
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 | — | Assistant director | |
| Bajirao Mastani | — | Assistant director | ||
| 2018 | Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety | — | Assistant director | |
| 2021 | Bunty Aur Babli 2 | Sonia/Babli | ||
| 2024 | Munjya | Bela | ||
| Maharaj | Viraaj | Special appearance | ||
| Vedaa | Vedaa | |||
| 2025 | Alpha † | TBA | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye | Maya Shrinivasan |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22nd IIFA Awards | Star Debut of the Year – Female | Bunty Aur Babli 2 | Won | |
| 67th Filmfare Awards | Best Female Debut | Won | |||
| Pinkvilla Screen and Style Icons Awards | Stylish Emerging Talent - Female | — | Nominated |
Notes
- ^ Sharvari played a single character with two or more names
References
- ^ Kumari Rana, Priya (9 February 2023). "Class of 2023: Sharvari, the 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' actress talks about films, fashion and more". Cosmopolitan India. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Bunty Aur Babli 2 star Sharvari Wagh celebrates 25th birthday with an intimate house party". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Meet 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' debutante Sharvari Wagh". DNA India. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Singh, Mohnish (13 January 2020). "Why is Bollywood excited about Sharvari Wagh?". Rediff. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Bunty Aur Babli 2 actor Sharvari Wagh on being rejected for 6 years before getting a project". Hindustan Times. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "The Forgotten Army: Azaadi Ke Liye trailer sees Sunny Kaushal, Sharvari lead INA, wage war against British rule". Firstpost. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Bunty Aur Babli 2 movie review and release highlights". The Indian Express. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Bunty Aur Babli 2 movie review: Rani Mukerji is the saving grace in this snooze-fest, don't watch even if paid for it". Hindustan Times. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Can Ranbir Kapoor do for Yash Raj with Shamshera what Aamir Khan, Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar could not?". Mint. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Sharvari opens up about mouthwatering Konkan cuisine experience on 'Munjya' set". The Times of India. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Munjya Review: Watch Out For Abhay Verma!". Rediff. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ Abraham, Hannah (3 July 2024). "'Munjya' Star Sharvari On Finding Success In Bollywood With A Supernatural Horror-Comedy & Her Desire To Work With Greta Gerwig". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Munjya Emerges As Surprise Hit!". Rediff.com. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Junaid Khan resumes shooting for Maharaja; film also stars Shalini Pandey and Sharvari Wagh". News18. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "John Abraham and Sharvari Wagh commence shooting for Nikkhil Advani's next titled Vedaa". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (15 August 2024). "'Vedaa' review: Caste in the same mould". Scroll.in. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Stree 2 dominates box office, leaving Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa far behind: Trade experts - Exclusive". The Times of India. 20 August 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman; Frater, Patrick (4 July 2024). "Alia Bhatt, Sharvari-Led Yash Raj Spy Universe Film Reveals Title". Variety. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Maddock Films' unveils 'Munjya' movie to release on June 7". The Week. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ Kanabar, Ankita (14 June 2024). "High Court gives stay order to Aamir Khan's son Junaid Khan's debut film 'Maharaj' till June 18". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ Arya, Prachi (5 July 2024). "Alia Bhatt, Sharvari Wagh's YRF spy-thriller titled 'Alpha', shooting begins". India Today. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Sharvari on being praised for The Forgotten Army: I feel over the moon". India Today. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "IIFA Awards 2022:a list of all the winners". IIFA. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "IIFA Awards 2022 complete list of winners: Vicky Kaushal, Kriti Sanon win top acting honours". DNA India. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Winners of the Filmfare Awards 2022". Filmfare. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Filmfare Awards 2022 full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Pinkvilla Style Awards Nominations: Sharvari To Rashmika, Nominees For Super Stylish Emerging Talent Female". HiIndia.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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