Mahhi Vij
Indian actress (born 1982)
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Mahhi Vij (born 1 April 1982) is an Indian model and actress who appears on Hindi television. She is known for playing the role of Nakusha in Laagi Tujhse Lagan, Nandini in Balika Vadhu and Kausar Baig in Seher – Hone Ko Hai. Vij and her ex-husband Jay Bhanushali won the dance reality show Nach Baliye 5 in 2013. She was also a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7.
Career
Vij moved to Mumbai at the age of 17 and started her career in modelling.[2] She has appeared in numerous music videos including Tu, Tu Hai Wahi (DJ Aqeel Mix). She was the supporting female lead in the TV series Akela in 2006.
Her first film was in Malayalam alongside Malayalam star Mammootty which was titled Aparichithan.
She played the lead role of Pratha in the Sahara One show Shubh Kadam. Her breakthrough role was that of protagonist Nakusha in the television show Laagi Tujhse Lagan on Colors TV, for which she won the Gold Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role in 2011. She was seen in season 4 of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa as a contestant.
In 2012, she and her husband Jay Bhanushali participated in the dance reality show Nach Baliye 5 and became the winners. In 2016, she played Nandini Shekhawat in Colors TV's Balika Vadhu after the generation leap until the show went off-aired in same year.
After a 9 years long hiatus, Vij returned to acting as Kausar Baig in Colors TV's Seher – Hone Ko Hai in December 2025.[3] In May 2026, she quit the series.[4]
Personal life
Vij married Indian television and film actor Jay Bhanushali in 2011. In 2017, they fostered a boy named Rajveer and a girl named Khushi. The couple's first biological child, a daughter named Tara, was born in 2019.[5]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Tapana | Meera | Telugu |
| Aparichithan | Kalyani | Malayalam | |
| 2008 | Ganga Kaveri | Ganga | Kannada |
Television
Music video
| S.no | Title | singers | Album | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tu Hai Wahi | DJ Aqeel, Vaishali Samant | Ek Haseena Thi | Released in 2002 | ||
| Roz Roz aap ki aankhon | Haseen lamahe | ||||
| Nit Khair Manga | Hans Raj Hans | Visakhi |
