Suparna Anand

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Suparna Anand
Born
Suparna

Mumbai, India
OccupationActor
Years active1979–1997
Spouse
(m. 1997;div. 2008)

Suparna Anand is an Indian actress from New Delhi. She has appeared in Malayalam and Hindi films. She is known for her portrayal of the titular Vaisali in the movie Vaisali , directed by Bharathan and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, as well as for her performance as Bhama in Njan Gandharvan , written and directed by P. Padmarajan. [1]

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Personal life

She was married to Sanjay Mitra, her co-star in Vaishali in 1997 and they have two sons, Manav Mitra (1999) and Bhavya Mitra (2001). However, they got divorced in 2008 and she remarried in 2010 to Rajesh Savlani, a Delhi-based businessman. [2] [3] [4]

Career

Suparna Anand acted between 1979 and 1997. [5] She acted in many Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films in lead roles. She acted in the role of Jyoti Deshmukh in the Anil Kapoor-Madhuri Dixit starrer Tezaab (1988). [6] She played, Jyoti Deshmukh, Anil Kapoor's younger sister role.

Filmography

YearMovieLanguageRole
1979 Nagin Aur Suhagin HindiYoung Gouri
Child artist
1982 Chorni HindiChild artist
1988 Vaishali Malayalam Vaishali
Witness Malayalam
Akarshan Hindi Starlife Photographer
Zulm Ko Jala Doonga HindiGowri
Tezaab HindiJyoti Deshmukh
Daada Kannada Asha
1989 Utharam MalayalamSaleena Joseph
Dravidan Tamil Radha
Ashoka Chakravarthy Telugu Preeti
1990 Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam MalayalamAsha
Muqaddar Ka Badshaah HindiGeeta
1991 Njan Gandharvan MalayalamBhama
1991Ananda Niketan Bengai Rumi
1992Dil Ne Ikraar KiyaHindi
1997 Aastha: In the Prison of Spring HindiStudent
2014 Vellimoonga MalayalamActress
Archive footage from Vaishali

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