Saumya Tandon

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Saumya Tandon is an Indian television and film actress, and host. She is well known for playing the lead role of Anita Vibhuti Narayan Mishra in the comedy series Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai ! opposite Aasif Sheikh on &TV. She mostly works in Hindi tv serials. She made her debut with the serial Aisa Des Hai Mera in the year 2006. In 2007, She made her Bollywood debut with Jab We Met as Roop. Saumya married Banker Saurabh Devendra Singh in 2016.

Tandon took up modeling assignments early in her career and was the “Femina Cover Girl First Runner Up” in 2006 She co-hosted Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout with Shah Rukh Khan in 2011. She has hosted Dance India Dance for three seasons, for which she got the Best Anchor award too. She co-hosted Bournvita Quiz Contest, along with Derek O’Brien for three seasons.

She was born to a popular Indian writer Dr. B.G Tandon, Saumya Tandon was highly inspired by her father and started practicing her writing skills at the age of 6. Her father has written 17 books on different branches of English literature and was a professor and HOD of English at Vikram University, Ujjain.  Her parents were very supportive of her since she was young.

Saumya took up modeling assignments early in her career and was the “Femina Cover Girl First Runner Up” in 2006 She co-hosted Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout (based on the Wipeout format) with Shah Rukh Khan in 2011. She has hosted Dance India Dance for three seasons, for which she got the Best Anchor award too.

She co-hosted Bournvita Quiz Contest, along with Derek O’Brien for three seasons. In Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, she played the role of Kareena’s character’s sister Roop. She also hosted LG Mallika-e-Kitchen for three seasons.

In 2015, Tandon started playing the role of Anita in the comedy serial Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai!. She is also known as “Gori mem” from the serial. In 2018, she hosted Entertainment ki Raat Season 2 on Colors TV.