Mandy Takhar was born and raised in the city of Wolverhampton in the UK. She belongs to a Sikh family and traces her roots to Maliana, a small village near Phagwara in Punjab. While growing up Mandy was quite a tom boy. During high school she was the only female in boy's rugby team, football team, and she also trained in Martial Arts. She then moved to London from her family home when she was 17, to study drama at the Kingston University and then left the UK in 2009 to work as an actor in the Punjabi film industry.
Mandy moved to Mumbai and landed the role opposite renowned Punjabi singer Babbu Mann in the 2010 in film, Ekam - Son of Soil. and her work was highly appreciated. As a result, she was offered the lead role opposite the superstar Gippy Grewal in the most high budgeted film of Punjabi cinema, Mirza - The Untold Story. She played Sahiba in this modern adaptation of the ethic love story of Mirza-Sahiba. Her portrayal of Sahiba got her nominated for the best actress at the PTC Punjabi Film Awards. After Mirza Mandy is known as one of the top most loved actresses of Punjabi cinema.
In 2013, she starred in Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 a comedy alongside Amrinder Gill and Honey Singh. She played the role of a teacher and won hearts again and got the award for most prominent & popular face and youth Icon of 2012-2013 at the 6th Punjabi Film and Music Festival.[5]
She made her debut in Tamil cinema with Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani starring Karthi.[6] Her role in the film "Sardaar Ji" took her to the new heights of success and fame.[citation needed] She won the award for best supporting actor at PTC Punjabi Film Awards however she did not attend the awards, according to the sources it could be because it was quite evident that she deserved to be nominated in the Best Actress category. Sardaar ji was a record breaker in the history of Punjabi cinema. it opened to 100% occupancies and shattered previous openings and was the first Punjabi film to cross the 50cr worldwide mark.
Mandy is known to be involved in humanitarian acts and in 2016 she shocked the industry and her fans by personally visiting refugee camps close to the Iraq and Syria border, in association with her supported UK based charity Khalsa Aid to help the refugees in crisis.
In early 2017 she appeared in the Punjabi movie Rab da Radio which made a tremendous hit in the Punjabi film industry. She played a Naseeb Kaur a woman who is just married and is the bhabi of Guddi (Simi Chahal).
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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2010 | Ekam – Son of Soil | Navneet | Punjabi | with Babbu Maan |
2012 | Mirza – The Untold Story | Sahiba | Punjabi | With Gippy Grewal & Honey Singh |
2012 | Bumboo | Pinky | Hindi | |
2012 | Saadi Wakhri Hai Shaan | Jot | Punjabi | |
2013 | Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 | Simmy | Punjabi | With Amrinder Gill & Honey Singh |
2013 | Ishq Garaari | Miss Sweety | Punjabi | |
2013 | Biriyani | Maya | Tamil | |
2015 | Sardaarji | Jasmine | Punjabi | (Director Rohit Jugraj, Producer White Hill Productions) With Diljit Dosanjh[7] |
2015 | Munde Kamaal De | Sonia | Punjabi | (Director Amit Prasher) With Amrinder Gill |
2016 | Ardaas | Binder | Punjabi | Directed by Gippy Grewal |
2016 | Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru | Audi Car Lady | Tamil | Special appearance |
2017 | Rabb Da Radio | Naseeb Kaur | Punjabi | with Tarsem Jassar |
Year | Award | Category | Movie | Result |
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2016 | PTC Punjabi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Sardaarji | Won |
2012-13 | 6th Punjabi Film and Music Festival | Most Prominent & Popular Face and Youth Icon | -- | Won |
2013 | PTC Punjabi Film Awards | Best Actress | Mirza – The Untold Story | Won |
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