Anjori Alagh

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Anjori Alagh
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Alagh at the Charcoal Houseproud.in launch, 2012
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Anjori Alagh

(1981-05-20) May 20, 1981 (age 41)
Other namesAnjori Sunil Alagh
OccupationActress
Years active2007–2014
Parents
Relatives Sameer Nair (brother-in-law)

Anjori Alagh is a former Indian actress and model. She is the daughter of actress Maya Alagh and Sunil Alagh. She made her first appearance at the age of 4 in an advertisement. Her debut film was Vikram Bhatt's Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee (2007). She is a trained Kathak dancer. [1]

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Background

Anjori was born to the Alagh Punjabi family in Ludhiana, Punjab. Her mother, Maya Alagh, is a popular Bollywood character actress, her father, Sunil Alagh, was CEO of Britannia Industries. Anjori also has a sister named Sawari who is married to Sameer Nair (CEO of NDTV).

Career

Anjori Alagh began acting at age four and did a number of advertisements for Maggi and Kodak with Prahlad Kakkar. At age 10, Anjori quit acting to complete her studies. She went to the US to study economics and business management in Ohio. After a summer stint at Stanford Acting School, she completed her studies and returned to India where she trained at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute. Her mother guided Anjori early on in her career and introduced her to filmmaker Vikram Bhatt. Anjori made quite an impression on Bhatt and a few months later, Anjori received a call from Bhatt who offered her a role in his movie Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee . Bhatt was impressed by her performance and cast her again in his next film 1920 in 2008, which was a critical and commercial success at the box office. Anjori has also acted in the NDTV Imagine serial Seeta Aur Geeta .

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2007 Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee Ishita Sharma Bollywood Debut
2008 1920 Gayatri Hindi
2008 1920 GayatriDubbed Version
(Telugu)
2009 Fame Unknown English
2014 Manjunath Sujata

Television

YearSerialRole(s)ChannelNotes
2009 Seeta Aur Geeta Seeta/ Geeta Imagine Double Role

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References

  1. "I liked the lovemaking scene in KANK, says Anjori Alagh". Daily News and Analysis . 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2010.