Anjana Sukhani

Anjana Sukhani
Anjana Sukhani
	Sukhani at 59th Filmfare Awards
Born	10 December 1978 (age 45); Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2002–present

Anjana Sukhani (born 10 December 1978) is an Indian actress and model, who predominantly appears in Hindi and a few Telugu films and one Kannada film.

Early life

Anjana was born on 10 December 1978 to a Sindhi Hindu family^[1]^[2]^[3] in Jaipur, to Preethi and Om Sukhani and has an older brother.^[2]^[4] She received her master's degree from Cardiff Metropolitan University.^[4]

Film and modelling career

Sukhani put her academic pursuits behind to pursue acting.^{[citation needed]} During the early years of her career, she was cast in a television advertisement for Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolates alongside the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan.^[5] She was also noted for her performance in the remixed Hindi music video for the song Ghar Jayegi. Even though she does not have a film industry related background, she has landed sizeable roles, such as in the 2007 multi-starrer blockbuster film Salaam-e-Ishq,^[6] following which she starred in Golmaal Returns, a sequel to the 2006 hit film Golmaal. Her other releases were Jai Veeru, Jashnn and her Kannada debut film Maleyali Jotheyali alongside Ganesh and Yuvika Chaudhary. She was cast in Tollywood actor Ravi Teja's film Don Seenu marking her second film in Telugu after Naa Oopiri (2005). In 2016, Anjana made her debut in Marathi cinema opposite Swapnil Joshi in Laal Ishq,^[7] a Sanjay Leela Bhansali Production directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi.^[8]

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2005	Hum Dum	Rutu Joshi	Hindi	credited as Anjana
2005	Naa Oopiri	Madhu	Telugu	credited as Anjana
2006	Sun Zarra	Trisha	Hindi	credited as Anjana
2006	Jaana: Let's Fall in Love	Madhu Sukhani	Hindi
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Anjali	Hindi
2008	Sunday	Ritu	Hindi
	De Taali	Anita	Hindi	Special Appearance
	Golmaal Returns	Daisy Paschisia	Hindi
2009	Jai Veeru	Divya	Hindi
	Jashnn	Sara	Hindi
	Maleyali Jotheyali	Sandhya	Kannada	Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2010	Tum Milo Toh Sahi	Shalini Kasbekar	Hindi
	Don Seenu	Priya	Telugu
	Allah Ke Banday	Sandhya	Hindi
2002	Kadhal Samrajyam		Tamil	Delayed
2012	Department	Bharati	Hindi	Bharati (Shivnarayan's Wife)
	Maximum		Hindi
	Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal		Hindi	Cameo in Song
2013	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns	special appearance	Hindi	Special appearance
2013	Young Malang		Punjabi	Kiran
2015	Shaandaar		Hindi
2015	Laal Ishq	Jahnvi	Marathi	Marathi film debut opposite Swapnil Joshi^[8]
2016	Sardaar Ji 2		Punjabi	Special Appearance
2017	Coffee with D	Parull	Hindi	As Parull, Arnab's wife
2019	Good Newwz	Richa Ahuja	Hindi
2021	Mumbai Saga	Sonali Khaitaan	Hindi
2022	Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd.	Manisha	Hindi	^[9]

TV shows

Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on Colors TV

References

^ "Anjana Sukhani's birthday cake goes the designer way". Bollywood Hungama News Network. 10 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "As 'Fear Factor' host Priyanka has taken on a man's job: Anjana Sukhani". Sify. Indo-Asian News Service. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2016. The 31-year-old feels that Priyanka will pull of all the stunts well.
^ Batra, Ankur (30 March 2014). "Anjana Sukhani wants to promote Sindhi films". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Sundaresan, Satish (10 December 2009). "Exclusive: Looking back at Anjana Sukhani's growing up years". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
^ "Wishing Anjana Sukhani Happy Birthday!". Screen India. 10 December 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
^ Elley, Derek (1 February 2007). "Salaam-e-Ishq". Variety. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ IANS (26 May 2016). "I'm very proud of Laal Ishq: Sanjay Leela Bhansali". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b Rege, Harshada (12 October 2015). "Anjana to romance Swapnil Joshi in her Marathi debut film". DNA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
^ वर्षा (28 June 2022). "पंचायत मेकर्स की नई वेब सीरीज 'सास बहू अचार' का ट्रेलर रिलीज, नजर आएंगी नेशनल अवॉर्ड विनर अमृता". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 July 2022.

External links

Anjana Sukhani at IMDb
Anjana Sukhani at Bollywood Hungama

[10December-1] "Anjana Sukhani's birthday cake goes the designer way". Bollywood Hungama News Network. 10 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

[Sify-2] "As 'Fear Factor' host Priyanka has taken on a man's job: Anjana Sukhani". Sify. Indo-Asian News Service. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2016. The 31-year-old feels that Priyanka will pull of all the stunts well.

[3] Batra, Ankur (30 March 2014). "Anjana Sukhani wants to promote Sindhi films". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[Childhood-4] Sundaresan, Satish (10 December 2009). "Exclusive: Looking back at Anjana Sukhani's growing up years". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

[5] "Wishing Anjana Sukhani Happy Birthday!". Screen India. 10 December 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

[6] Elley, Derek (1 February 2007). "Salaam-e-Ishq". Variety. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[7] IANS (26 May 2016). "I'm very proud of Laal Ishq: Sanjay Leela Bhansali". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[dnai_Anja-8] Rege, Harshada (12 October 2015). "Anjana to romance Swapnil Joshi in her Marathi debut film". DNA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

[9] वर्षा (28 June 2022). "पंचायत मेकर्स की नई वेब सीरीज 'सास बहू अचार' का ट्रेलर रिलीज, नजर आएंगी नेशनल अवॉर्ड विनर अमृता". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]