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Published 19:13 IST, January 10th 2021

Fatima Sana Shaikh's b'day: Do you know she is part of Kartik-Nushrratt's 'Akaash Vani'?

Many of her fans are unaware that Fatima Sana Shaikh plays a pivotal role in Kartik and Nushrratt's 2013 film, 'Akaash Vani'. Read on to know more about it.

Reported by: Alifiya Shaiwala
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Actor Fatima Sana Shaikh, who is known for her work in movies like Dangal and Ludo, turned a year older on January 11. On her birthday, here's a look at trivia related to her professional life. Many of her fans are unaware that Fatima played a pivotal role in Kartik Aaryan and Nushrratt Bharuccha's 2013 film, Akaash Vani, helmed by Luv Ranjan. After this, she was roped in for several movies and she rose to fame after her performance in Aamir Khan's Dangal. 

Fatima Sana Shaikh's movies

Fatima Sana Shaikh's debut was as a child artist in the movie Ishq, 1997. She also was a part of films like Chachi 420, Bade Dilwala, One 2 Ka 4. After Bittoo Boss, she was roped in for Akaash Vaani in 2013. In it, she plays the role of Sumbul. Akaash Vaani entails the story of two lovebirds who seem to be clueless about what they want in life. They meet up in college and love sparks between them. 

After this film, Fatima appeared in a Telugu movie titled Nuvvu Nenu Okkatavudam and in 2016, she played the lead role of Geeta in Dangal, opposite Aamir Khan, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim. In 2020, Fatima was seen in the Netflix movie, Ludo, directed by Anurag Basu. Ludo had a power-packed cast of Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Rohit, Aditya Roy Kapur, among others.

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Fatima is also very active on social media. Recently, she shared glimpses from Narlai, Rajasthan, which garnered a lot of attention from fans. "Shoot se pehle sab ko zabardasti trek pe leke gaee #udaipur," she wrote in her caption, which roughly translates to "Before the shoot, I forcefully took everyone on a trek in Udaipur." Looks like the actor was shooting for her upcoming ventures. In another post, she posed near the tree of wisdom and Siddhant Chaturvedi was quick to comment on her photo. 

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As she turned 29 on January 11, wishes poured in on social media. Many took to Twitter to pen sweet notes for her. More so, fans also shared stills from her movies and dropped endearing comments. 

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Updated 19:13 IST, January 10th 2021

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