Anjali Patil is an Indian actress and

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who works in multiple languages. She has earned rave reviews for her work in ''

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'', '' Chakravyuh'', '' Newton'' and Sri Lankan film '' With You Without You''. She received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) Silver Peacock Award at the

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her role in the Sri Lankan film '' With You Without You''.Gurvinder Singh bags Golden Peacock at IFFI 2012, Centenary Award to Mira Nair , DearCinema.com
In 2013, she starred in the

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film ''

Na Bangaaru Talli ''Naa Bangaaru Talli'' () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language social problem film written and directed by Rajesh Touchriver. Based on a real-life story, the film stars Siddique, Anjali Patil, Lakshmi Menon, Neena Kurup, and Rathna Shekar. The f ...

'' for which she received the National Film Award – Special Mention, and the state

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Early life and education

Patil was born into a

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family and raised in

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. Patil completed her higher school in Nashik. By age 14, she had decided to pursue performance art as her career. She persuaded her parents to send her to the Center for Performing Arts at

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. In June 2007, she earned a bachelor's degree in arts with a gold medal for her excellence. Later that year, Patil was chosen to pursue Masters in Theater Design at

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. It presented her with many opportunities to work extensively with Indian and International film and theater actors and directors.

Career

Patil's first feature film opportunity came with

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's Hindi-English international independent film ''

''. She was critically acclaimed for her portrayal of Rohini. The film premiered in Asia at the Mumbai film festival on 13 October 2011 and was released theatrically in India in August 2012. Pankaj Tripathi and Anjali Patil World Premiere Newton Zoopalast Berlinale 2017

Pankaj Tripathi and Anjali Patil World Premiere Newton Zoopalast Berlinale 2017

In 2010–11, Patil worked as the lead actress and a producer on an international short film ''Green Bangles''. It was selected as India's official entry to

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(Women In Film and Television International, Los Angeles) and was eventually selected and screened at the

International Showcase 2012 in 44 cities in 15 countries. She later on worked in

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's film on issues related to Naxalism: '' Chakravyuh''. Patil received rave reviews for her fierce portrayal of Naxal leader Juhi. '' Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka'' ('' With You, Without You'') (2012) was her international collaboration with acclaimed Sri Lankan writer-director

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. Patil did the dubbing herself and that makes her the first Indian actress to dub in the Sinhala language. Her stellar performance won her Silver Peacock award for Best Actor Female at

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in Goa in November 2012. She is one of the youngest actors to receive this award. Patil also received the Presidential award Of Sri Lanka for her performance in 2017. In 2016 Patil did her first Marathi film ''The Silence'' with

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as a co-actor, for which she received a Filmfare award. She played a pivotal role in '' Mirzya'' from

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which was released in 2016. She went on to collaborate with him as the lead in '' Mere Pyare Prime Minister'' in 2018. Patil's performance as Gondi speaking Malko- Adivasi BLO in '' Newton'', with

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in 2017 was highly applauded across all levels. She played a bold and fierce activist, Puyal in

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's Kaala with

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earning a major following in Tamil industry. Her next Tamil venture was '' Kuthirai Vaal'' which was screened at international film festivals. Patil's latest work is '' Hutatma ''a web series based on the ''

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''. She recently received the prestigious ''Ma TA Sanmaan- Best actress '' for her performance in this series. Anjali has also worked in an ad film for

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, which urged people to take a pledge to save rivers.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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