Akanksha Awasthi

Akanksha Awasthi is a popular Hindi TV actress and a model. She is a girl from Lucknow who is always a bubbly type, teasing others and very friendly in nature with her co-artists. She is married to Abhishek Singh Chauhan. She’d love to learn new things related to showbiz, a travel freak and loves to eat food.

Akanksha is a person who is active on social media, especially on Twitter. She usually updates her photos with family and on the sets too. Her tweets on her Twitter account are mostly very touching, and she hopes that nothing would go wrong in her life. She was also very open on showing how much she loves her mother.

She was often chosen to do mature roles by most producers. But she was never intimidated by this. She was part of the Colors TV’s soap, 'Uttaran' where she plays the role of Rohini Pushkar. It was the biggest break on being an actress where she gave her best to prove herself. Later, she became popular on doing serials on Bollywood. She has given her best on doing comedic roles, on being antagonist and heavy drama.

Akanksha has so much interest in playing the roles that doesn’t suit her real age. She is a fast learner and can adapt with whatever role she’s into. She is also a hard working person and most of the producers have known her for her behavior and kind attitude especially with the elderly people. Akanksha was never bothered on her shape, though she used to work out and defy hunger, producers are happy to cast her because of her versatility as an actress.

She was seen in shows like Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyan, Beendh Banunga, Raja Ki Ayegi Barat, Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya, Ghodi Chadhunga and more.

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Akanksha Awasthi was born and brought up in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. She completed her schooling from Dayanand Girls Inter College, Lucknow by 2004. Later she attended Lucknow University, Gorakhpur for her graduation (class of 2007). 

She started her career with an important role in ‘Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyan’ which was telecasted on Zee TV from Sep 2006 to Aug 2009. In 2008, she appeared in a television series named ‘ Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat was an Indian soap opera abo >> Read More... ’ which was aired between Jan 2008 and Oct 2010 on Star Plus. During the same time, she also got the role of ‘Shubangi’ in another series ‘ Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya is a Hindi tel >> Read More... ’ which was broadcasted on Sony TV during 2008. She had also appeared for a brief role in a TV serial ‘Kismat ka Khel’, which was aired on 9 X during 2008. 

It was the role of ‘Rohini Pushkar’ in a soap opera titled, ‘Uttaran’, which got her all fame and name. She has been playing the role of ‘Rohini’ since Feb 2009, though this serial has been running since Dec 2008 on Colors TV. 

Akanksha has played various roles in very contrasting genres like comedy and negative roles, by now. In Uttaran, specifically, she has perfectly handled the character ‘Rohini’ by displaying a variety of emotions. In one of her interview, she acknowledged, “I love the character graph of my character Rohini, where I move back and forth between being a simple woman who loves to eat and blindly follows her husband. I really love her innocence that pins her husband in a quandary at all times.” When the story of ‘Uttaran’ travelled to a time 18 years ahead, Akanksha is still at ease with her role, which has become more entertaining now. 

This Cancerian bubbly girl (Birthday comes on July 17) is believed to have also been working hard to be into her dream shape. In fact, her weight concerns has not affected her career graph, but brought her some mature and substantial roles to her kitty. When she was asked about this at an award function, she confessed, “I am glad that the producers cast me for my versatility and give me meaty roles. I have been working really hard and hope to get better roles”.