Sarika Thakur is an Indian film actress and costume designer, who started her acting career at the age of 5 as a child artist. As an adult, she started her career with Tarachand Barjatya’s romantic musical drama Geet Gaata Chal (1975) alongside Sachin. She was often cast as a ‘westernized girl’ because of her non-Indian looks. Important movies of her career are Madhu Malti (1978), Jaan-E-Bahaar (1979), Pyaara Dushman (1980), Kranti (1981), Satte Pe Satta (1982), and Bade Dil Wala (1983). In 1988, she married actor Kamal Haasan and they have two daughters, actors Shruti Haasan and Akshara Haasan, but the couple separated in 2004.