Nivedita Joshi Saraf was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra and completed her education there itself. She has worked in many Hindi and Marathi languages films before coming to join TV serials. She has acted as lead heroine in many Hindi and Marathi movies from 80s and early 90s. She was last spotted in Sapno se Bhare Naina TV Serial produced by Balaji Telefilms. In the show she replaced Mangal Kenkre who was initially decided to play the character which was later portrayed by Nivedita. There she played the role of the mother of lead (Gaurav S Bajaj) as Vibha Patvardhan who was very kind and faced the financial crisis.
Before Sapno se Bhare Naina, she was shown in another Balaji Telefilms famous show Sarvagun Sampann. The show aired the story of a poor family of Swara which was associated to theater in various places of Maharashtra. Swara along with family faced the strong opposition from society being a Lavani dancer. The show aired on NDTV Imagine channel.
Nivedita married to veteran Hindi and Marathi actor
Ashok Saraf
who has played numerous unforgettable characters in famous films like Singham series,
Karan Arjun
and the famous TV serial Hum Paanch which aired on ZeeTV in mid 90’s.