Anjali

Born

September 11, 1989 (age 21)
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh,India

Anjali is an Indian film actress and model, who mainly works in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries. She is best known for her critically acclaimed performances as Anandhi and Kani in the films Kattradhu Thamizh and Angaadi Theru, respectively.

Anjali was born in Mogalikudhuru in Andhra Pradesh, India and has two brothers. She started her acting career in 2006 with the Telugu-language thriller film Photo, following which she appeared in another Telugu film Premalekha Raasa (2007), both failing to do well at the box office. Later in 2007 she debuted in Tamil with the critically acclaimed film Kattradhu Thamizh, directed by Ram, who gave her the opportunity to star in the film, when she was vainly waiting for an offer in the Telugu film industry. Though the film proved to be unsuccessful at the box-office, people took notice of Ananthi, the homely girl, which Anjali portrayed in the film and she garnered critical acclaim, was highly praised  and won the Filmfare Award for the Best Debut Actress in Tamil for that year.

In her second film Aayudham Seivom opposite director-turned-actor Sundar C., she enacted a glamorous role with less scope to perform,which was not well received by the audience as it was a surprise and shock as opposed to her first film, in which she gave an impressive performance. Her next release was Angaadi Theru nearly two years later only. The Vasanthabalan-directed drama film released to positive reviews, whilst also fetching Anjali for her performance as a salesgirl in a textile showroom high critical acclaim. Her second 2010 release was S Pictures' Rettaisuzhi, in which she shared screen with veteran directors Bharathiraja and K. Balachandar. Currently, Anjali is working on five films simultaneously.

Awards

• 2007: Filmfare Best Debut Actress - Kattradhu Thamizh
• 2008: Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress - Kattradhu Thamizh ^[9]

[edit]Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2006	Photo	Swapna	Telugu
2007	Premalekha Raasa		Telugu
	Kattradhu Thamizh	Anandhi	Tamil	Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Actress Award (Tamil) Winner, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
2008	Honganasu	Impana	Kannada
	Aayudham Seivom	Meena	Tamil
2010	Angaadi Theru	Sermakkani	Tamil
	Rettaisuzhi	Susheela	Tamil
	Thambi Vettothi Sundaram	Mary	Tamil	Filming
	Maharaja	Priya	Tamil	Filming
	Magizhchi	Kuzhali	Tamil	Filming
	Thoonga Nagaram	Radha	Tamil	Filming
2011	Adi		Tamil	Pre-production
	Karungali	Amudha	Tamil	Filming
	Payyans (film)		Malayalam	Filming[10]