Tara Sharma returns to acting in The Archies after building hit chat show

Tara Sharma, a London School of Economics graduate who left a high-paying consulting job in London, pursued a Bollywood acting career, and later pivoted to create a successful chat show, made her acting comeback in Zoya Akhtar's 2023 film The Archies. Sharma worked as a consultant at Accenture for two years before quitting to act in Mumbai. Her debut was in the 2002 film Om Jai Jagadish, and she notably replaced Katrina Kaif in the 2003 film Saaya. Her first hit was the comedy Masti in 2004, followed by critically acclaimed films like Page 3 and Khosla Ka Ghosla. After acting offers dried up while she was pregnant, Sharma launched The Tara Sharma Show in 2011, a long-running chat show on parenting and women's experiences featuring celebrity guests. She returned to acting in The Archies, playing Agastya Nanda's mother.