Navni Parihar is an Indian film and television actress whose career spans Hindi cinema, television serials, and documentary drama. She began on television in the serial Mujrim Haazir, made her feature film debut in Hulchul (1995), and later appeared in Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015).
Background
Navni Parihar was born in 1964 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Wikipedia records her birth name as Navni Chauhan and lists Dileep Singh Chauhan as her father. Indore is the largest city in Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India established in 1956 through the reorganisation of Indian states.
Her background places her within a central Indian city whose growth as a regional commercial centre paralleled the expansion of the Hindi-language entertainment industry based in Mumbai, where most of her later film work was produced. Her entry into screen acting came through television before she moved into feature films.
Career
Parihar's screen career began on television. She made her debut in the TV serial Mujrim Haazir as the main lead alongside Nutan and Utpal Dutt. Her early television credits include Tehkikaat (1994), in which she played Madhu Chawla, and Suraag: The Clue (1999), in which she played Kamini Vishal Grover.
Her feature film debut was Hulchul (1995), in which she played Pushpa. Later film credits include Naksha (2006), Jail (2009), Tanu Weds Manu (2011), in which she played Radha Trivedi, and Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017). She also appeared in Rabba Main Kya Karoon (2013), a film starring Arshad Warsi.
Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) was a Hindi romantic comedy directed by Aanand L. Rai as a sequel to Tanu Weds Manu. Parihar played Tanu's mother in the film, which was released on 22 May 2015. It received three awards at the 63rd National Film Awards, including Best Actress for Kangana Ranaut. When asked about a colleague's account of on-set conduct during the production, Parihar said she had not witnessed any such incident.
In television, she appeared as Indira Gandhi in Pradhanmantri (2013), a documentary-drama series hosted by Shekhar Kapur that chronicled Indian history from 1947 through the tenures of the prime ministers. The series aired on ABP News, a Hindi-language news channel. She also played Indira Gandhi in 7 RCR, and portrayed Ila Kulkarni in Little Things, a series in which she appeared in later seasons.
Her recent credits include Operation Romeo (2022), Salt City (2022) as Triveni Bajpai, Apurva (2023) as Apurva's mother, Ghudchadi (2024) as Bua, and Single Salma (2025). Her work on the series Bani - Ishq Da Kalma, which was earlier titled Gurbani, also belongs to this period. She continued filming new series, including Beta and Chahat Aur Nafrat, through 2024.
Works
film
Tanu Weds Manu
(Romantic comedy directed by Aanand Rai, in which Parihar ...)
