Saniya Anklesaria is an actress who appears in

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and

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. She is known for her role of ''Max'' in the

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, ''

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'', an Indian adaptation of the American show ''

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'' and ''Guri Malhotra'', a recurring character on the Disney hit series '' Best of Luck Nikki'', an Indian adaptation of the American show ''

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''. She also appeared in mainstream

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movies, like ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Life's Good'' and '' Bombairiya''.

Life

''Saniya Anklesaria'' first acted at the age of seven in Raell Padamsee's seven-day acting workshop during her summer vacation of 2009. Upon completion she was selected for a television commercial in her first audition. Since then she has featured in several television commercials and print media nationwide. She started dance at the age of four and then started taking dancing classes at the Shiamak Davar's dance company and Brian's Academy of dance in

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that led to her earning several awards and accolades dancing competitively. In 2012, she featured in Disney television series, ''

'' (Indian adaptation of the American show ''

'') portraying the character of ''Max'', as one of Karan and Kabir's friend. The same year, she made her silver screen debut with Bollywood blockbuster film ''

'', featuring actor

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and veteran actor Yashpal Sharma. She played Sharma's daughter in the film. Early that year, she was chosen to play the lead child actor role in national award-winning director

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's '' Life's Good'', alongside actors

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and

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. The director was looking for three girls of similar appearance but different ages, and chose Anklesaria to play Mishti, the youngest character. In 2013 she was in the Bollywood film

playing actress Sonam Kapoor's childhood followed by '' Bombairiya'' starring

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, released in January 2019. Anklesaria was cast as the lead child protagonist in the telefilm ''Terrorist Uncle'', produced by

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productions playing the daughter ''Minnie'' of veteran actor

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and television actress

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