Sakshi Shivanand

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Sakshi Shivanand
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Sakshi Shivanand in 2006
Born
South Africa
OccupationActress
Years active1995–2014
Relatives Shilpa Anand (sister)

Sakshi Shivanand is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. [1] Her most notable work is Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai which was directed by Anubhav Sinha and co-starred Priyanshu Chatterjee, Om Puri and Farida Jalal. She has also lent her voice to Cinderella in The Story of Cinderella , an animation television series telecast in India on Just Kids! on Sahara TV. [2]

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Early life

Shivanand was born in South Africa in a Kannadiga family. [3] She once claimed that her ancestors hailed from Kakinada, though the veracity of this claim is disputed. [4]

Career

Shivanand made her Hindi debut in 1996. During her early career, she starred in the Aditya Pancholi-starrer Zanjeer (1998). She gained fame in Telugu cinema. [5] She debuted with a small role in a Telugu film named Anna Vadina in 1993 which has Krishnam Raju and Jaya Prada in the lead. Her breakthrough role was in 1997 with Master . She has acted with Nagarjuna in Seetharamaraju, Balakrishna in Vamsoddharakudu , Rajasekhar in Simharasi , Mahesh Babu in Yuvaraju, Abbas in Rajahamsa and opposite Mohan Babu in Collector Garu and Yamajathakudu . She performed an item song in the 2008 film Homam which was directed by J.D. Chakravarthy.

Her younger sister Shilpa Anand is also television actress. [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguagenotes
1993Anna VadinaRadha (Menaka)Telugu
1995 Janam Kundli MadhuHindi
Sanjay Hindi
1996 Papa Kehte Hai Hindi
Indra Prastham Special appearance Malayalam
1997 Jeeo Shaan Se Hindi
Pudhayal Swapna Tamil
Master Kaanchanaa Telugu
Mappillai Gounder PriyaTamil
Collector GaruTelugu
1998 Rajahamsa SanjanaTelugu
NidhiTelugu
PriyuraluTeluguDubbed in Malayalam as Manjeeradhwani and in Tamil as Kanmani Oru Kavithai
ZanjeerKavitaHindi
Snehithulu SirishaTelugu
1999 Iddaru Mitrulu AnithaTelugu
Samudram RajyalakshmiTelugu
Seetharama Raju Telugu
PellivaramandiTelugu
Yamajathakudu SirishaTelugu
2000 Vamsoddarakudu SurekhaTelugu
Krodh SeemaHindi
Yuvaraju SrivalliTelugu
Galate Aliyandru Kannada
Maa Pelliki Randi AnjaliTelugu
Pelli Sambandham Telugu
2001 Vaanchinathan DivyaTamil
Simharasi RajeswariTelugu
Vedham SeethaTamil
2002 Naanu Naane ArathiKannada
SainikaGauriKannada
Kodanda Rama MeenakshiKannada
Khalnayakon Ka KhalnayakHindi
2003 Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai PakhiHindi
Khushi HindiSpecial appearance
2004 Maanasthan RaasathiTamil
2006 Thandege Thakka Maga BhanuKannada
2007 Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega Anju KhannaHindi
Soundarya SoundaryaKannada
2008 Homam Telugu
2010 Ranga The Donga Telugu
2013 Aadhi Bhagavan TamilSpecial appearance
2014 Paramashiva Kannada
TBA Dillagi... Yeh Dillagi TBAHindiUnreleased

Music video

References

  1. ↑ Kuckian, Uday (2 June 2006). "Sakshi Shivanand: Rising Star Down South". Rediff.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Hindu : (In) convenientdouble". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sakshi back in the hunt!". Bangalore Mirror. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "మా తాతముత్తాతలు తెలుగువారేనండి!" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). 8 October 1999. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Underworld connection scared off Sakshi". DNA. Indo-Asian News Service. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Shah, Prerna (13 August 2007). "Shilpa Anand is not a B-grade actress". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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