Anjala Zaveri | |
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Born | 1971or1972(age 51–52) [1] |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1997 – 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]
Zaveri was born in a Gujarati family in Portsmouth. [2] [3] She is married to Tarun Arora. [4]
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.
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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1997 | Himalay Putra | Esha | Hindi | debut |
Preminchukundam Raa | Kaveri | Telugu | Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu | |
Pagaivan | Uma | Tamil | ||
Betaabi | Sheena Ajmera | Hindi | ||
1998 | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya | Ujala | Hindi | |
Choodalani Vundi | Priya | Telugu | ||
1999 | Samarasimha Reddy | Anjali | Telugu | |
Ravoyi Chandamama | Meghana | Telugu | ||
2001 | Ullam Kollai Poguthae | Jyothi | Tamil | |
Devi Putrudu | Satyavati | Telugu | ||
Bhalevadivi Basu | Nemali | Telugu | ||
Dubai | Ammu Swaminathan | Malayalam | ||
Prema Sandadi | Sita | Telugu | ||
2002 | Soch | Hindi | Guest appearance | |
2004 | Muskaan | Shikha | Hindi | |
Bazaar | Hindi | |||
Naani | Telugu | Guest appearance | ||
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. | Telugu | Guest appearance | ||
Aaptudu | Manju | Telugu | ||
2005 | Nigehbaan | Hindi | Guest appearance | |
Nammanna | Anjali | Kannada | ||
2010 | Inidhu Inidhu | Shreya | Tamil | Guest appearance |
2012 | Life Is Beautiful | Maya | Telugu |
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