Anita Hassanandani


Anita Hassanandani is an Indian actress who has acted in multilingual films and serials. She is best known for portraying Anjali in the Star Plus's Kkavyanjali, Shagun Arora in Star Plus's Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and Vishakha Khanna in Colors TV's Naagin.

Personal life

Hassanandani was born into a Nair Hindu family in Mumbai on 14 April 1981. Anita married corporate professional Rohit Reddy in Goa in 2013.

Career

Hassanandani made her debut on television with Idhar Udhar Season 2. She made her film debut in Tamil with Samurai in 2002 although Varushamellam Vasantham released first. She made her Hindi film debut with the 2003 thriller Kucch To Hai. She later worked in the films Krishna Cottage, a supernatural thriller; and Koi Aap Sa. She also starred in the television show Kavyanjali, playing the protagonist Anjali, a middle-class girl marrying into a business tycoon's family. Other than her mainstream Bollywood film and television screen performances, she has also worked in some South Indian movies including Nenu Pelliki Ready, Thotti Gang and Nuvvu Nenu which later was remade as Yeh Dil in Hindi with Tusshar Kapoor. She appeared in a song in a Telugu movie, Nenunnanu.She also starred in Kannada blockbuster movie Veera Kannadiga opposite Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar
Since 2013, she has appeared in the role of Shagun Arora on the television show Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. She was a wild card entry in season 8 of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. From June 2018 to May 2019, she played Vishakha a.k.a Vish in Ekta Kapoor's Naagin 3.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web

YearNameRolePlatformRef
2018Galti Se Mis-TechDhara SehgalALT Balaji

Music videos

Awards

YearAwardCategoryShowReference
2005Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actress Kkavyanjali
2005Indian Telly AwardsBest Onscreen Couple
Kkavyanjali
2006Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress In Lead RoleKkavyanjali
2014Gold AwardsBest Actress In A Negative Role Ye Hai Mohabbatein
2015Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actress In A Negative Role Ye Hai Mohabbatein
2019Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress in Supporting Role Naagin 3