Banita Sandhu


Banita Sandhu is a British actress who works in the film and television industry internationally. She made her film debut in the 2018 Hindi film October, and went on to star in the Tamil film Adithya Varma and the American science fiction series Pandora.

Personal life

Sandhu was born in Caerleon, Wales, United Kingdom and brought up by her second-generation, English Indian parents in Caerleon before moving to London at 18 to start her degree in English Literature at King's College London. She started acting at the age of 11.

Career

Sandhu appeared in a chewing gum advert which had the song "Ek Ajnabee Haseena Se" as the background score; and another advert, for Vodafone India, which was broadcast during the Indian Premier League cricket season. Her first feature film was October, starring Varun Dhawan, which released in 2018. This was followed by the American TV series Pandora, and the Tamil film Adithya Varma in 2019. She later signed on the Hindi film Sardar Udham Singh and the British film Kavita and Teresa.

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2018OctoberShiuli IyerHindi
2019Adithya VarmaMeera ShettyTamil
2019Eternal BeautyAlexEnglish
2020Kavita and TeresaKavitaEnglishFilming
2021Sardar Udham SinghShruti TiwariHindiFilming

Television
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2019PandoraDelaney PilarEnglish