Anjala Zaveri

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Anjala Zaveri
Anjala Zaveri at the premiere of Aashayein (cropped).jpg
Zaveri in 2010
Born1971or1972(age 52–53) [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1997 – 2012
Spouse Tarun Arora

Anjala Zaveri is a British former actress. She has primarily appeared in Telugu and Hindi language films, as well as few films in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. [1]

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Personal life

Zaveri was born in a Gujarati family in Portsmouth. [2] [3] She is married to Tarun Arora. [4]

Career

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Zaveri in 2007

Zaveri was selected by Vinod Khanna in a nationwide search in England for the film Himalay Putra , which also marked Vinod's son Akshaye Khanna's film debut. She acted in Betaabi . Zaveri starred in the 1998 blockbuster romantic comedy, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya , starring Salman Khan and Kajol. In the same year, she starred opposite Chiranjeevi in the Telugu movie, Choodalani Vundi .

She was very successful in Tollywood films. She was introduced to Tollywood by Suresh Productions in the movie Preminchukundam Raa opposite Venkatesh and has shared screen with him again in Devi Putrudu.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1997 Himalay Putra Esha Hindi debut
Preminchukundam Raa Kaveri Telugu Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
Pagaivan Uma Tamil
Betaabi Sheena AjmeraHindi
1998 Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya UjalaHindi
Choodalani Vundi PriyaTelugu
1999 Samarasimha Reddy AnjaliTelugu
Ravoyi Chandamama MeghanaTelugu
2001 Ullam Kollai Poguthae JyothiTamil
Devi Putrudu SatyavatiTelugu
Bhalevadivi Basu NemaliTelugu
Dubai Ammu Swaminathan Malayalam
Prema Sandadi SitaTelugu
2002 Soch HindiGuest appearance
2004 Muskaan ShikhaHindi
Bazaar Hindi
Naani TeluguGuest appearance
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. TeluguGuest appearance
Aaptudu ManjuTelugu
2005 Nigehbaan HindiGuest appearance
Nammanna Anjali Kannada
2010 Inidhu Inidhu ShreyaTamilGuest appearance
2012 Life Is Beautiful MayaTelugu

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References

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