Saniya Anklesaria | |
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![]() Anklesaria at Life’s Good event in 2013 | |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | Computer Science Northeastern University, Boston SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2009–present |
Relatives | Rohit Gupta (Uncle) |
Saniya Anklesaria is an actress who appears in Hindi films, commercials and TV shows. She is known for her role of Max in the Disney Channel India sitcom, The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir , an Indian adaptation of the American show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Guri Malhotra, a recurring character on the Disney hit series Best of Luck Nikki , an Indian adaptation of the American show Good Luck Charlie . She also appeared in mainstream Bollywood movies, like Rowdy Rathore , Raanjhanaa , Life's Good [1] and Bombairiya . [2]
Saniya Anklesaria first acted at the age of seven in Raell Padamsee's seven-day acting workshop during her summer vacation of 2009. Upon completion she was selected for a television commercial in her first audition. Since then she has featured in several television commercials and print media nationwide. She started dance at the age of four and then started taking dancing classes at the Shiamak Davar's dance company and Brian's Academy of dance in Mumbai that led to her earning several awards and accolades dancing competitively. [3]
In 2012, she featured in Disney television series, The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Indian adaptation of the American show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ) portraying the character of Max, as one of Karan and Kabir's friend. The same year, she made her silver screen debut with Bollywood blockbuster film Rowdy Rathore , featuring actor Akshay Kumar and veteran actor Yashpal Sharma. She played Sharma's daughter in the film. [4] Early that year, she was chosen to play the lead child actor role in national award-winning director Anant Mahadevan's Life's Good , alongside actors Jackie Shroff and Rajit Kapoor. The director was looking for three girls of similar appearance but different ages, and chose Anklesaria to play Mishti, the youngest character. [5] [6] In 2013 she was in the Bollywood film Raanjhanaa playing actress Sonam Kapoor's childhood followed by Bombairiya starring Radhika Apte, released in January 2019. [7] [8]
Anklesaria was cast as the lead child protagonist in the telefilm Terrorist Uncle, produced by Rohit Roy productions playing the daughter Minnie of veteran actor Ronit Roy and television actress Sakshi Tanwar. [9]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Bombairiya [10] | Alice D'Mello | directed by Pia Sukanya |
2018 | Life's Good | Mishti | directed by Anant Mahadevan, produced by Anand Shukla |
2013 | Raanjhanaa | Zoya Haider's childhood[ citation needed ] | directed by Anand L. Rai |
2012 | Rowdy Rathore | Inspector Vishal Sharma's (Yashpal Sharma's) Daughter | directed by Prabhu Deva |
2011 | Aatankwadi Uncle [ citation needed ] | Mininie daughter of Ronit Roy & Sakshi Tanwar | telefilm directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyay produced by Rohit Roy productions |
2011 | A Quiet Noise [11] | Aaliya (child protagonist) | short film directed by Nina Shrivastava produced by Whistling Woods |
2011 | Yellow Umbrella | child protagonist | short film directed by Arati Kadav produced by Whistling Woods |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Best of Luck Nikki (Season 4) | Guri Malhotra | (1 episode). Guri is the equivalent of Jo Kenner played by G. Hannelius in Good Luck Charlie . |
2015 | SuperCops vs Supervillains | (1 episode) | |
2013 | The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 2) | Max | Character remake of Max, portrayed by Alyson Stoner in the original series, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody . |
2012 | The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 1) | ||
2011 | Best of Luck Nikki | Guri Malhotra | S01E09 Guri is the equivalent of Jo Kenner played by G. Hannelius in Good Luck Charlie . |
2011 | Crime Patrol (TV series) | (1 episode) | |
Krupa Shanidev Ki | (1 episode for Sagar Arts) | ||
Title | Notes |
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Brooke Bond Red Label | |
Chevrolet Cars | |
Dabur Honitus | |
Dabur Honey Squeeze | Directed by Pradeep Sorcar |
Fortune Oil | Print and TV |
Horlicks | TV commercial |
ICICI Lombard General Insurance | |
ITC Classmate Notebooks | TV commercial |
Kailash Soyabean Oil | |
Kellogg’s Honeyloops | TV commercial |
Lilliput cycles | |
Reliance Clothing | Print advertisement |
Relieve and Relax tablets | TV commercial created by Origin Beanstalk for Gufic Bioscience Ltd |
Samsung Airconditioners | TV commercial alongside Priyanka Chopra [12] |
Shilpa Stock Broker | TV commercial [13] |
Star Union Daichii Life Insurance | TV commercial [14] |
Sunflower Oil | for telecast in Chennai |
Valentine Night wear | Catalogue print |
Wipro CFL Bulb | |
Wipro Smartlite Space Project [15] | TV Commercial |
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