Barkha Singh was only 10 when she was picked out of a crowd of 700-odd aspiring artists to play a young Kareena Kapoor Khan in Mujhse Dosti Karoge!. It was expected to be her big break—it was a Yash Raj film after all, and she would be the next star in the making. Far from it. Singh continued with her studies and earned a Master’s in Sociology. But showbiz came calling a second time. She was offered a TV role in Yeh Hai Aashiqui. This time she decided to take the plunge. Her OTT resume today boasts of hits such as Please Find Attached, Engineering Girls, and Murder Meri Jaan, which is getting rave reviews on Disney+Hotstar. She plays a con woman who ends up getting hitched to a cop and begins solving murder cases together.
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