Anita Hassanandani Reddy

Anita Reddy
Born	Anita Hassanandani (1981-04-14) 14 April 1981 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	India
Occupation	Model, actress
Years active	2001–present
Height	163 cm
Spouse(s)	Rohit Reddy (m. 2013)

Anita Hassanandani Reddy (born as Anita Hassanandani, 14 April 1981)^[1][2] is an Indian actress who has acted in multilingual films and serials.^[3] Her first role was in the serial Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii (2001). Her debut in movies was in the Tamil movie Varushamellam Vasantham. Her Bollywood debut was in Subhash Ghai's Taal (1999). In 2003 she became a household name as the lead Anjali in the hit television series Kkavyanjali. She is currently seen as Shagun Arora in Ye Hai Mohabbatein and is also playing the antagonist, Vish Khanna in the third season of Naagin.^[4]

Career

Anita has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Punjabi films. After appearing as a model for EverYuth, Sunsilk, Boroplus and other brands, she made her debut on television in the daytime soap Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii.^[5] She made her debut in Tamil film with the movie Samurai in 2002 in a supporting role. She made her Hindi film debut with the 2003 thriller Kucch To Hai. She later worked in the films Krishna Cottage, a supernatural thriller;^[6] and Koi Aap Sa. She also starred in the television show Kavyanjali,^[7] playing the protagonist Anjali, a middle class girl marrying into a business tycoon's family. Other than her mainstream Bollywood film and television screen performances, she has also worked in some South Indian movies including Nenu Pelliki Ready, Thotti Gang and Nuvvu Nenu which later was remade as Yeh Dil in Hindi with Tusshar Kapoor. She appeared in a song in a Telugu movie, Nenunnanu.

Since 2013, she has appeared in the role of Shagun Arora on the television show Ye Hai Mohabbatein. She was a wild card entry in season 8 of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

Personal life

Anita married corporate professional Rohit Reddy in Goa on 14 October 2013.^[3]

Filmography

• Taal (1999; Hindi)
• Nuvvu Nenu (2001; Telugu) as Vasundhara
• Varushamellam Vasantham (2002; Tamil) as Latha
• Samurai (2002; Tamil) as Deiva
• Sreeram (2002; Telugu) as Madhulatha
• Thotti Gang (2002; Telugu) as Venkata Lakshmi
• Kucch To Hai (2003; Hindi) as Natasha
• Yeh Dil (2003; Hindi) as Vasundhara Yadav
• Ninne Ishtapaddanu (2003; Telugu) as Sanjana/Sanju
• Aadanthe Ado Type (2003; Telugu) as Brinda
• Nenu Pelliki Ready (2003; Telugu) as Savitri
• Nenunnanu (2004; Telugu) special appearance
• Krishna Cottage (2004; Hindi) as Shanti
• Veera Kannadiga (2004; Kannada)
• Sukran (2005; Tamil) as Sandhya
• Silsiilay (2005; Hindi) as Piya
• Koi Aap Sa (2005; Hindi) as Simran / Simi
• Dus Kahaniyaan (2007; Hindi) as Simran
• Just Married (2007; Hindi) as Amrita
• Nayagan (2008 film) as Nila
• Ek Se Bure Do (2009; Hindi) as Payal
• Benny and Babloo (2010; Hindi) as Esha / Sarita
• Aha Naa Pellanta (2011; Telugu)
• Genius (2012; Telugu) Special appearance
• Ragini MMS 2 (2014; Hindi) as Gina
• Yaaran Da Katchup (2014; Punjabi) as Simrat
• Hero (2015; Hindi) as Radha's sister-in-law
• Manalo Okkadu (2016; Telugu) as Sravani

Television

Awards

See also

• List of Indian television actresses

References

External links

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