Anjori Alagh is a former Indian actress and model. She is the daughter of actress

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and Sunil Alagh and married with Rohit Goyal. She made her first appearance at the age of 4 in an advertisement. Her debut film was

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'' (2007). She is a trained

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dancer.

Background

Anjori was born to the Alagh

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. Her mother, Maya Alagh, is a popular Bollywood character actress, her father, Sunil Alagh, was CEO of Britannia Industries. Anjori married with Rohit Goyal. Anjori also has a sister named Sawari who is married to

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Career

Anjori Alagh began acting at age four and did a number of advertisements for Maggi and Kodak with

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. At age 10, Anjori quit acting to complete her studies. She went to the US to study economics and business management in

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. After a summer stint at Stanford Acting School, she completed her studies and returned to India where she trained at the

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Acting Institute. Her mother guided Anjori early on in her career and introduced her to filmmaker

. Anjori made quite an impression on Bhatt and a few months later, Anjori received a call from Bhatt who offered her a role in his movie ''

''. Bhatt was impressed by her performance and cast her again in his next film ''

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'' in 2008, which was a critical and commercial success at the

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. Anjori has also acted in the

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serial ''

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''.

Filmography

Television

References

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