Anjali Lavania
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Anjali Lavania is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n model and film actress. She is making her acting debut in 2011.

Career

Anjali Lavania was born in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India. Her mother Meetu Kumar is a Malayali
Malayali
Malayali is the term used to refer to the native speakers of Malayalam, originating from the Indian state of Kerala...

, while her father hails from Nainital and is a retired Naval Aviator. With the encouragement of her mother, who had worked as a model herself and won several beauty pageants including the Miss Cochin and Miss Goa competitions, she participated and won many college shows and began modeling for designers and choreographers.

Anjali, started off as a model, after landing a Pankaj Udhas
Pankaj Udhas
Pankaj Udhas is an Indian singer, credited in the Indian music industry, along with other musicians like Jagjit Singh and Talat Aziz, with bringing the style to the realm of popular music. Udhas rose to fame for singing in the film Naam , in which his song Chitthi Aayee Hai became an instant hit....

 Music Video, Jaaneman. She has worked with Modeling agencies like Roopam campaign and Sheetal Design Studio at Mumbai. She has walked the runway for New York Fashion weeks, LA fashion weeks, Lakme Fashion Week 2010, Anjali is particularly active in the Eco-Green movement, she was at the Los Angeles Times for the Eco-nouveau show, during fashion week adorning the bridal, newspaper ensemble by British Designer Gary Harvey that was showcased at the MOMA in NYC.

She has worked for an advertisement campaign for IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

 as well as for fashion designers Lotta Stensson, Ashaka Givens, Christopher Kane and Gary Harvey. She has modeled for magazines like Instyle, Marie Claire, Elle, GQ, Verve, M, Femina. She has studied acting at the Joanne Baron, DW Brown studio.

She did the Autumn Winter 09 campaign for Provogue. She has also modeled for Pantaloons, Mahindra Xylo, Titan with Aamir Khan and Levis with Imran Khan. She is featured in Kingfisher
Kingfisher
Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...

 calendar 2010 and 2011, along with hosting the Making of the Kingfisher
Kingfisher
Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...

 calendar 2011. She was featured on the list of Times 50 Most Desirable Men & 50 Most Desirable Women of 2010.

In 2011, she was casted by director Vishnuvardhan
Vishnuvardhan (director)
Vishnuvardhan Kulasekaran, often credited simply as Vishnuvardhan, is an Indian film director. A one-time associate of Santosh Sivan he made his directorial debut in 2003 with Kurumbu, which did not fare well at the box office...

 to portray a lead female character in his Telugu directorial Panjaa
Panjaa
Panjaa , is an upcoming Indian Telugu action film directed by Vishnuvardhan, starring Pawan Kalyan. The film, jointly produced by Arka Mediaworks and Sanghamitra Art Productions, also stars Sarah-Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Jackie Shroff and Sesh Adivi, while featuring music scored by Yuvan Shankar...

(then titled The Shadow) along with Pawan Kalyan
Pawan Kalyan
Pawan Kalyan ; is an Indian film Actor, Director, Screenwriter and Action choreographer in Telugu cinema...

.

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2011 Panjaa
Panjaa
Panjaa , is an upcoming Indian Telugu action film directed by Vishnuvardhan, starring Pawan Kalyan. The film, jointly produced by Arka Mediaworks and Sanghamitra Art Productions, also stars Sarah-Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Jackie Shroff and Sesh Adivi, while featuring music scored by Yuvan Shankar...

Jhanvi Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 
Filming

External links

Anjali Lavania Enter in South Indian Film Industry
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