Ankita Jhaveri is an Indian actress, who has worked primarily in
Telugu cinema
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along with some
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
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**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
and
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
films.
Personal life
In March 2016, Ankita married Vishal Jagtap, a
Mumbai
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-based
businessman in
New Jersey
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, who is VP of applications at CITI Bank
Career
Ankitha started as a child actor in the advertising campaign for juice drink product ''
Rasna'' in the 1984 in India on national TV and was known as the "Rasna baby" as a child actor. Her breakthrough in films came with ''
Simhadri'' starring
NTR Jr
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr. (born 20 May 1983), also known as Jr. N.T.R. or Tarak, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. One of the highest paid Telugu film actors, Rama Rao Jr. has won several accolades, including two Fil ...
.
In 2005, she appeared in back-to-back Tamil films directed by
Sundar C
Vinayagar Sundar Vel (born 21 January 1966), known professionally as Sundar C., is an Indian film director, actor and producer. He has directed over 34 films in Tamil and acted in 17 movies as the protagonist.
His notable films include ''Ull ...
, featuring alongside
Prashanth
Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor and businessman, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam fi ...
in ''
London
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'' and then in ''
Thaka Thimi Tha
''Thaka Thimi Tha'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Sundar C. The film stars newcomers Yuva Krishna and Ankitha.
Plot
Krishna (Yuva Krishna) works at an eatery owned by Vivek (Vivek) while Gayathri ( Ankitha) ...
'' with newcomer Yuvakrishna.
Filmography
References
External links
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Indian film actresses
Living people
Actresses in Tamil cinema
21st-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Actresses from Mumbai
1982 births