Sarika

Sarika Thakur, better known as Sarika, is an Indian actress.

Early life

Sarika Thakur was born in New Delhi, India and she is a half Marathi and half Rajput. Her father left the family when Sarika was very young. She became the bread winner of the family and was forced to work. She did not go to school. Her mother often abused her and forced her to work. At the peak of her career, her mother abused and thrashed her in public.

Career

Sarika started her film career as a child actor at age 4, playing the role of a boy,Master Sooraj, during the 1960s in Bollywood. Her most notable and popular appearance as a child artist was in the 1967 musical superhit Hamraaz where she was seen as the daughter of Vimi named baby/saarika. She appeared in many children's movies. Later She moved on to films with Rajshri Productions Geet Gaata Chal with Sachin, with whom she starred in many Hindi and Marathi films and is known to have had a brief affair as well. After their break-up, she got involved with actor and model Deepak Parashar, before she came into contact with Kamal Hassan, whom she worked with in Karishma.