Asha Negi (born 23 August 1989) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Hindi television productions. She is best known for playing Purvi Deshmukh in Zee TV's soap opera Pavitra Rishta and Gauravi Karmarkar in Alt Balaji's web series Baarish. She is also known for her participation in the reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6.[6][2]
Negi was born and raised in Dehradun, Uttarakhand to L.S. Negi and Beena Negi. In 2009, she was crowned Miss Uttarakhand 2009.[12] She eventually moved to Mumbai to pursue an acting career.[2]
Negi started her career as a model in 2009 after she won the title of Miss Uttarakhand 2009 during her college days.[14] She appeared in various advertisements for companies and did many photo shoots. Later she auditioned for her first TV show in 2010 with the StarPlus show Sapnon Se Bhare Naina playing the role as Madhura.[15] In 2011, Negi appeared on the Balaji Telefilms series Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, where she played the negative role Apeksha Malhotra.[16] She has acknowledged the show as a great experience and has cited lead actress Sakshi Tanwar as her inspiration.[17]
Her first main role was in 2011 when she was cast in part in Zee TV's Pavitra Rishta, as the intelligent, beautiful and determined Purvi Desmukh, the adopted daughter of Archana Deskmukh (Ankita Lokhande).[18] She has won the stellar performer of the year in Gold Awards and was awarded the popular favourite Jodi at Zee Rishtey awards with Rithvik. Negi has also won the Fresh Face Female at Indian Telly Awards.[19]
In November 2013, Negi participated in the dance couple reality show Nach Baliye season six, along with her partner Dhanjani. They both were one of the entertaining contestants. In February 2014, they both became the winner of the dance show.[20][21]
In August 2014, Negi entered the Zee TV show Ek Mutthi Aasmaan.[22] She played the role as Kalpana Raghav Singhania opposite Ashish Chaudhary. She made a small appearance in the &TV show Killerr Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah in March 2015.[23]
Khatron Ke Khiladi and further success (2015–present)
Negi in 2015
Negi participated in the celebrity stunt based show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2015.[24] She became one of the finalists on the show. She then appeared in the Ekta Kapoor show Kumkum Bhagya along with Dhanjani reprising their roles in Pavitra Rishta. She also did an episodic appearance in Code Red. She also was a team member in Box Cricket League in Season 1 in 2015 along with Season 2 of BCL.[25][26] Later, hosted the singing reality show Indian Idol in 2015.[27][28]
Later she performed at Zee Rishtey Awards 2013. In 2014, Negi performed with Rithvik at the Star Parivaar Awards 2014. Negi also did photo shoots for a television calendar in 2014 and 2016.[34] In 2014, she made a guest appearance on Jamai Raja (2014 TV series) with Sargun Mehta.[35] Later she made another appearance in Kumkum Bhagya in 2015.[36]
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