Biography
Madhu Anand Chandhock also known as Bholi in Bollywood started her career almost by fluke. Born in New Delhi, Ms Chandhock always wanted to become an artist. After completing her graduation from Delhi (Jankidevi Mahavidhyalay) she started her career as a fashion designer. Post marriage, she shifted to Bangalore and started her own boutique for 16 years.
In 2014 she decided to shift her base from Bangalore to Mumbai with her kids Chitvan and Kashyap. Surprisingly at the age 45 she got her first break in Dharma Productions venture 2 States, directed by Abhishek Verman, starring Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. Based on best seller Chetan Bhagat's novel of same name, the romantic comedy was produced by Karan Johar and Hiroo Johar. She was selected by casting director Nandini Shrikent after seeing her performance in a short film by Cadburys (Diwali Special) "Cadburys Celebration: Gift A Diwali" Madhu played the lead in the film, and she won accolades for her simplicity. The film became viral and caught Ms Shrikent's attention. Thereafter Madhu was signed in the pivotal role of Duke's mother in 2 States.
After this she was signed for a Pakistani telefilm Tujh Se Hee Raabta, directed by noted television personality Nivedita Basu. She played the role of Yasir Shah's mother, who played the lead in the film. The film was aired in one of the leading Pakistani channel and this fetched Madhu accolades for her role. This was the first ever Indo-Pakistan telefilm, shot in Mumbai. Immediately after this movie she was signed by Ram Madhvani for his directorial debut Neerja, where she played Rahima Mohhamed, one of the important passengers in the terror attack which had hit the headlines during Neerja Bhanot's era. Her role, though a cameo, was critically acclaimed after Sonam Kapoor and Shabana Azmi's performance.
Then Madhu acted in an experimental short film All About Section 377, where she played the role of Rohit's Maami, (Rohit plays the lead). Directed by Amit Khanna, who played gay character Rohit in the movie. This movie was appreciated amongst LGBT film festival Hum Safar. Creative Gypsy, the producer of the movie selected Madhu for this pivotal role, because not too many actresses in Bollywood were comfortable playing aunt to a homosexual character. Madhu being an experimental actor, took this project as a challenge and won everyone's heart with her performance.
She also played the role of a school principal in Sohail Tattari's sports based film Tennis Buddies. The film also stars Ranvir Shorey and Divya Dutta. Newcomer Dakshata Patel (real life tennis player) makes her debut in this film. She acted in Vikram Bhatt's blockbuster franchise Raaz Reboot (Uncredited). She plays the role of lead actor Gaurav Arora's mother.
She has worked on Zee Telefilms finite series "Bin Kuch Kahe" which was aired in October 2016. She played a very important role of the Mother of Sharma Brothers who were romantically associated with the Kohli sisters in the series. Her character was of a caring parent turned Negative Mother-in-Law who emotionally manipulates her son's fiancé. Apparently, the grey shade to the character was not disclosed to her when she signed up for the project & was added later as the story progressed. But being the Professional that she is, She blended into the negative shade really well & has been garnering compliments for the same.
It was a Dream come true for Ms. Madhu when she bagged a powerful role with her childhood Crush Mr. Rishi Kapoor for a blockbuster movie "Sharmaji Namkeen" but unfortunately Mr. Rishi Kapoor passed away on April 30th 2020 after a two year battle with Cancer leaving the film incomplete. The film was completed after Kapoor's death midway through production. Mr. Paresh Rawal (A National Award winning Actor) stepped into help finish the remaining scenes. It was a first of its kind movie where two actors enacted the same character, without any onscreen acknowledgement. Ms. Madhu Anand Chandhock's performance as Mrs. Jyoti Kalra in the film was appreciated a lot for her natural acting.
Her Next release is Legendary Writer/Director Mr. Rajkumar Santoshi's Film "BadBoy". Which marks the Debut of Mr. Mithun Chakraborty's youngest son Namashi Chakraborty & Producer Sajid Qureshi's Daughter Amrin Qureshi. Ms. Madhu Anand Chandhock will be seen playing the role of Namashi's onscreen mother along with great actors like Mr. Rajesh Sharma & Mr. Saswata Chatterjee.
Apart from movies, she writes blogs in Hindi and English. She believes in expressing her happiness and sorrow through words. An avid reader of literature, she has been working on her first book, which will be a collection of poems.
Madhu conducts motivational speeches and charitable events in Mumbai. She is also honing her skills in writing lyrics, and might soon make her debut as a lyricist in Bollywood.
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