Ankitha

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Ankita Jhaveri
Born
Ankita Jhaveri [1]

27 May [2]
Other namesRasna girl [3]
Occupation(s)Actress ; Producer
Years active2003–2012
Spouse
Vishal Jagtap
(m. 2016)

Ankita Jhaveri is an Indian actress, who has worked primarily in Telugu cinema along with some Tamil and Kannada films.

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Personal life

In March 2016, Ankita married to Vishal Jagtap, a Mumbai-based businessman in New Jersey, who is VP of applications at CITI Bank. [4]

Career

Ankitha started as a child actor in the advertising campaign for juice drink product Rasna in 1984 in India on national TV and was known as the "Rasna baby" as a child actor. [5] Her breakthrough in films came with Simhadri starring NTR Jr. [6] In 2005, she appeared in back-to-back Tamil films directed by Sundar C, featuring alongside Prashanth in London and then in Thaka Thimi Tha with newcomer Yuvakrishna.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2002 Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo PriyaTelugu
Dhanalakshmi, I Love You Dhanalakshmi
Premalo Pavani Kalyan Pavani
2003SriramKannada
Simhadri KasturiTelugu
2004 Andaru Dongale Dorikithe Usha
Vijayendra Varma Venkatalakshmi
2005 Manasu Maata Vinadhu Anu
London AnjaliTamil
Thaka Thimi Tha Gayathri
2006 Raraju Telugu
Khatarnak Special appearance
Seetharamudu Anjali
2007 Thiru Ranga ShriTamil
Julayi ShruthiTelugu
Nava Vasantham Priya
Anasuya
2008 Raja Raja Sravani
2009 Tsunami 7x
Police Adhikari

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