Sakshi Shivanand is an Indian

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

, who has appeared in Telugu,

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and

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. Her most notable work is '' Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai'' which was directed by

Anubhav Sinha Anubhav Sinha (born 22 June 1965) is an Indian film director, producer and writer known for his work in Hindi film industry. His films include ''Tum Bin'' (2001), ''Dus'' (2005) and ''Ra.One'' (2011) He also directed a series of socio-political ...

and co-starred Priyanshu Chatterjee,

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as ind ...

and

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. She has also lent her voice to Cinderella in '' The Story of Cinderella'', an animation television series telecast in India on Just Kids! on Sahara TV.

Early life

Shivanand was born in

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in a

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family. She once claimed that her ancestors hailed from

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, though the veracity of this claim is disputed.

Career

Shivanand made her

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debut in 1996. During her early career, she starred in the Aditya Pancholi-starrer '' Zanjeer'' (1998). She gained fame in

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. She debuted with a small role in a Telugu film named Anna Vadina in 1993 which has Krishnam Raju and Jaya Prada in the lead. Her breakthrough role was in 1997 with '' Master''. She has acted with

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in ''Seetharamaraju'', Balakrishna in '' Vamsoddharakudu'', Rajasekhar in '' Simharasi'', Mahesh Babu in Yuvaraju,

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in '' Rajahamsa'' and opposite

Mohan Babu Manchu Bhakthavatsalam Naidu, credited and also known as Mohan Babu, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. An alumnus of the Madras Film Institute, Mohan Babu has acted in more than 500 films ...

in ''Collector Garu'' and ''

Yamajathakudu ''Yamajathakudu'' is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language fantasy comedy film, produced by Mohan Babu under his Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures banner and directed by N. Shankar. It stars Mohan Babu, Rajendra Prasad, and Sakshi Shivanand with musi ...

''. She performed an item song in the 2008 film '' Homam'' which was directed by J.D. Chakravarthy. Her younger sister Shilpa Anand is also television actress.

Filmography

Music video

*''Hum Ko To Hai Poora Yakeen'' made by msn cricket and sports MSN India on The Indian Cricket team for the ICC Cricket World Cups in 2003

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shivanand, Sakshi Indian film actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Living people Kannada actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses from Mumbai 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Year of birth missing (living people) South African people of Indian descent