Anushka Ranjan is an Indian actress and

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. She has modelled for designers like

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, Vikram Phadnis,

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, Pria Kataris Puri, Babita Malkani, Amy Billimoria and many others. She was the Brand Ambassador for a jewellery brand known as "Varuna D'Jani".

Early life and background

She was born in

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to Shashi Ranjan, an actor/director from FTII and the Publisher of GR8 Magazine and Anu Ranjan, the Founder of The Indian Television Academy. Her younger sister is actress

Akansha Ranjan Kapoor Akansha Ranjan Kapoor (born 18 September 1993) is an American actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Kapoor made her film debut with '' Guilty'' (2020) for which she received a Filmfare OTT Awards nomination. She made her web debut with Net ...

. Anushka did her schooling from

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and her 2 years acting diploma from

Whistling Woods International __NOTOC__ Whistling Woods International is a film, communication and creative arts institute located in Mumbai, India. Founded in 2006 by Subhash Ghai. The institute is promoted by the Indian Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, Mukta Arts and Film City M ...

and 1 year acting performing arts course at The ITA School of Performing Arts, followed by a 3 months course from Anupam Kher School of acting, followed by theater with

Nadira Babbar Nadira Babbar (born 20 January 1948) is an Indian theatre actress, director and an actress in Hindi cinema, who is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001. Nadira founded a Mumbai-based theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in ...

. She has trained in

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dance under the supervision of Guruji Viru Krishna.

Personal life

On 21 November 2021, Ranjan tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend actor

Aditya Seal Aditya Seal is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi films and series. He made his film debut as a teenager with the erotic film '' Ek Chhotisi Love Story'' (2002), opposite Manisha Koirala. As an adult, he starred in the romantic ...

Philanthropy

Anushka acts as the

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for her mother Anu Ranjan's NGO, BETI.

Acting

She made her debut in Hindi Cinema with the Romantic Comedy, ''

Wedding Pullav ''Wedding Pullav'' () is an Indian romantic comedy film, directed by Binod Pradhan and produced by Shashi Ranjan and Anu Ranjan. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Rishi Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Himani Shivpuri, Parmeet Sethi, Upasana Si ...

'', in October 2015, directed by ace cinematographer Binod Pradhan. She had a friendly appearance in ''

Batti Gul Meter Chalu ''Batti Gul Meter Chalu'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Shree Narayan Singh and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Nitin Chandrachud, Nishant Pitti and Krishan Kumar. The film tells the story of inflated electricity bil ...

'' starring

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and directed by

Shree Narayan Singh Shree Narayan Singh is an Indian film director and editor, known for films such as '' Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'' (2017), Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018) and '' Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai'' (2012). Career Singh was born in Balrampur, UP. Before venturing ...

. In 2020, she starred in AltBalaji's

Fittrat ''Fittrat'' is an Indian romantic drama web series produced by Ekta Kapoor for ALTBalaji. It stars Krystle D'Souza, Aditya Seal and Anushka Ranjan. It started streaming simultaneously on ALT Balaji and ZEE5 on 18 October 2019. Tarini Bisht is ...

as Amy opposite

Krystle D'Souza Krystle D'Souza (born 1 March 1990) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Television in India, Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2007 with the role of Kinjal Pandey in ''Kahe Naa Kahe'' and had her breakthrough with ''Ek Hazaar ...

and

Filmography

Films

Web series

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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