Anaitha Nair (born 19 July 1984) is an Indian film and theatre actress and singer, best known for playing the role of Aliya Bose, a member of the Indian women's national hockey team, in the sports-oriented film ''

Chak De India ''Chak De! India'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Shimit Amin and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films, with a script written by Jaideep Sahni. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Kabir ...

'' (2007), starring

Shahrukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. Referred to in the media as the " Baadshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" ...

Career

She was born in

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to a

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father and a

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mother. She did her schooling at

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, studied at the

Bangalore University Bangalore University (BU) is a public state university located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by Univer ...

and moved to Mumbai, after completing her education. She shot to fame after she played the role of Aliya Bose, a member of the Indian women's national hockey team, in the sports-oriented film ''

'' (2007). She has also appeared in two

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, '' By the People'' (2005) and '' IG'' (2009). She had also acted in number of TV Commercials notably in Virgin Mobile with Ranbir Kapoor, Dairy Milk Silk, Acer, Dove, Medical Abortion Pills and Nescafe. She also played Bindiya in the

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n comedy series ''

Mumbai Calling ''Mumbai Calling'' is a British-Indian comedy series, starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, set in the fictional Teknobable call centre in Mumbai. The series was shot on location in India. The pilot first aired on ITV on 30 May 2007. The first series aired ...

''. Her second release in Hindi was Shyam Benegal's ''

Well Done Abba ''Well Done Abba'' () is a 2010 Indian political satire Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, starring Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba and Sameer Dattani in pivotal roles. It is the remake of the 2007 Marathi film, Jau Tithe Khau. It was based on t ...

'' (2010). Anaitha also starred in ''

Aashayein ''Aashayein'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, and produced by Percept Picture Company and T-Series. It stars John Abraham and Sonal Sehgal. The film revolves around Rahul, a gambler whose l ...

'' directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, in which she played a

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. For the character, she also

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d her head. She was part of the cast in Abbas Tyrewalla's ''

Jhootha Hi Sahi ''Jhootha Hi Sahi'' ( Even if it's a lie) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film co produced and directed by Abbas Tyrewala of Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (July 4, 2008) fame under the banner of Saregama. It stars John Abraham, Pakh ...

'' and Rohan Sippy's '' Dum Maaro Dum''. Her most recent releases are ''Ekaant'' directed by Sunil Pillai, and ''Force'' directed by Nishikant Kamat. Apart from acting Anaitha was also part of a band named S5, they released the album "Isai" with Sony-BMG.

Filmography

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* * Indian film actresses Living people 1984 births Malayali people Actresses from Bangalore Bangalore University alumni Parsi people 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema {{India-actor-stub