Dipika Kakar (Bigg Boss 12 Winner) Wiki, Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Dipika Kakar

Dipika Kakar is an Indian actress who is popularly known as the Simar Prem Bharadwaj of TV serial Sasural Simar Ka. Check out Dipika Kakar Wiki, Height, Weight, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Husband, Biography, Facts & More.

Dipika Kakar

Biography/Wiki

Dipika was born on 6 August 1986 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. She takes a lot of interest in dancing and acting since childhood and always dreamt of becoming an actress. Her dream come true when she got her first role in the TV serial Neer Bhare Tere Naina Devi. She received huge fame with the TV serial Sasural Simar Ka, in which she played the lead role of Simar Prem Bharadwaj. She was supposed to make her Bollywood debut with the J. P. Dutta’s film Paltan.

Physical Appearance

She is a beautiful Indian girl who is approximately 5′ 5” tall and weighs around 54 kg. She has dark brown eyes and black hair.

Dipika Kakar

Family

She belongs to a middle-class Khatri family.

Parents & Siblings

Her father used to work as an Army Officer, and her mother, Renu Kakar, is a homemaker. She has two elder sisters.

Dipika Kakar with her father

Dipika Kakar with her father

Dipika Kakar mother Renu Kakar

Dipika Kakar mother, Renu Kakar

Dipika Kakar with her elder sister, brother-in-law Vinod and nephew Pranav

Dipika Kakar with her elder sister, brother-in-law Vinod, and nephew Pranav

Husband & Children

She got married to actor Shoaib Ibrahim on 22 February 2018. Before that, she was divorced from a flight attendant named Raunak Samson in 2012 to whom she was married in December 2008.

Dipika Kakar with Raunak Samson

Dipika Kakar with Raunak Samson

Dipika Kakar with Shoaib Ibrahim

Dipika Kakar with Shoaib Ibrahim

On 21 June 2023, Dipika and Shoaib welcomed their first child, a baby boy, who was born prematurely. [1]The Times of India

Career

She did her schooling from CBSE board and did her graduation from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai. After completing studies, she started working with Jet Airways as an Air Hostess for almost three years, but due to some health issues, she left the job and joined the entertainment industry. She got her first break as an actress in 2010 in the TV serial Neer Bhare Tere Naina Devi as Lakshmi that aired on Imagine TV. In 2011, she got her first lead role in the TV serial Sasural Simar Ka as Simar Prem Bharadwaj.

Dipika Kakar in Sasural Simar Ka

She made her guest appearances on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 7 in 2014 and on the comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil in 2015. In the same year, she took part in the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 8. In 2017, she along with her dance partner Shoaib Ibrahim participated in another dance reality show Nach Baliye Season 8 and was among the top 4 finalists.

Dipika Kakar with Shoaib Ibrahim in Nach Baliye Season 8

Dipika Kakar with Shoaib Ibrahim in Nach Baliye Season 8

In 2017, she made her guest appearance on the controversial reality TV show Bigg Boss Season 11. She was also the part of the reality TV show Entertainment Ki Raat (2017-2018).

Dipika Kakar in Entertainment Ki Raat

Dipika Kakar in Entertainment Ki Raat

In 2018, she was declared the winner of ‘Bigg Boss 12’  and won the prize money of ₹30 lakh.

Dipika Kakar, winner of Bigg Boss 12

Dipika Kakar, winner of Bigg Boss 12

Facts

  • She is a trained dancer.
  • She is a dog lover.Dipika Kakar a dog lover
  • Her favourite colour is Red.
  • She loves to listen to old Hindi songs during her free time, and her favourite song is Saathiya Tune Kya Kiya from the film Love (1991).
  • Madhuri Dixit is her all-time favourite actress.
  • She was awarded the Most Fit Actress Female at Zee Gold Awards 2015.
  • She was also awarded the Best Actress in a Lead Role (critics) at Zee Gold Awards 2016.Dipika Kakar received Zee Gold Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role
  • In May 2023, while expecting her first child, she revealed in an interview that she had chosen to retire from acting and desired to fully embrace her role as a homemaker and mother, seeking fulfillment in her personal life. She said,

    I am enjoying this phase of pregnancy and welcoming our first child. The excitement is on another level. I started working at a very young age and continued for about 10 – 15 years at a stretch. As my pregnancy journey began, I told Shoaib that I don’t want to work and want to quit acting. I want to live a life as a housewife and mother.” [2]NDTV

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