Anjala Zaveri is an India

India

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n actress. She appeared in Bollywood

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, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil

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 films.

Early life and education

Anjala Zaveri grew up in a conservative Gujrati family in Portsmouth, England. She has a sister and a brother.

She completed her A-Levels and was about to pursue medicine, when she took a break to act in movies.

Career

Anjala Zaveri was discovered by Vinod Khanna

Vinod Khanna

-Early life:Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman of Hindu Punjabi Khatri origin, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India . He has three sisters and one brother...

 in a nationwide search in England, and debuted with Himalay Putra

Himalay Putra

Himalay Putra is a 1997 Hindi-language Indian romance film directed by Pankaj Parashar, starring Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Johnny Lever, Satish Shah, Danny Denzongpa, Amrish Puri and Rocky Grover....

, which also marked Vinod's son Akshaye Khanna

Akshaye Khanna

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's film debut. She acted in Betaabi. The only hit film in which she acted was the 1998 blockbuster

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 romantic comedy

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, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya

Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998 film)

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, starring Salman Khan

Salman Khan

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 and Kajol

Kajol

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. In the same year, she starred opposite Chiranjeevi in the Telugu movie, Choodalani Vundi.

She moved down south and was very successful in Tollywood films. She has done Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films as well. She worked with major actors like Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi

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, Nagarjuna

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, Venkatesh

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, Bala Krishna

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 and Mammootty.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1997	Himalay Putra Himalay Putra Himalay Putra is a 1997 Hindi-language Indian romance film directed by Pankaj Parashar, starring Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Johnny Lever, Satish Shah, Danny Denzongpa, Amrish Puri and Rocky Grover....	Esha	Hindi
	Preminchukondam Raa	Kaveri	Telugu
	Pagaivan Pagaivan Pagaivan is a 1997 Tamil film starring Sathyaraj, Ajith Kumar and Anjala Zhaveri in the leading roles. The film revolves around a kidnapping undertaken by Ajith and the actions that the victim's father take to save his daughter. The film also featured Ranjitha, Nagesh, K. S. Ravikumar and Vivek...	Uma	Tamil
	Betaabi	Sheena Ajmera	Hindi
	Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi is a 1997 Bollywood comedy film directed by David Dhawan. It features Akshay Kumar and Juhi Chawla. This film proved the comedy timing of Akshay Kumar who was known at that time for only action hero or romantic roles...		Hindi	Guest appearance
1998	Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998 film) Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya is a 1998 Indian Bollywood romantic comedy film. Written and directed by Sohail Khan, the film stars his real-life brothers Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan alongside Kajol and Dharmendra in pivotal roles.-Synopsis:...	Ujala	Hindi
	Choodalani Vundi Choodalani Vundi Choodalani Vundi is a 1998 Tollywood film directed Gunasekhar and produced by Ashwini Dutt. This film stars Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Prakash Raj, and Anjala Zaveri. This is the last movie in which veteran actor Dhulipala starred in. The film collected around 16 crores, the highest at that time. It...	Priya	Telugu
1999	Samarasimha Reddy Samarasimha Reddy Samarasimha Reddy is a 1999 Tollywood action film, directed by B. Gopal, released on 13 January 1999. The movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna and Simran.-Synopsis:...	Anjali	Telugu
	Ravoyi Chandamama Ravoyi Chandamama Raavoyi Chandamama is a Telugu language film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy and Jagapati Babu. Aishwarya Rai appears in a song sequence. The film is directed by Jayant Paranji and music is by Mani Sharma....	Meghana	Telugu
2001	Ullam Kollai Poguthae Ullam Kollai Poguthae Ullam Kollai Poguthae is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2001. This film revolves around Prabhu deva, Anjala Zaveri, Karthick and Deepa Venkat.* Dhamu* Senthil...	Jyoti	Tamil
	Devi Putrudu Devi Putrudu Devi Putrudu is a 2001 Telugu film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna. The film stars Daggubati Venkatesh, Anjala Zaveri, and Soundarya in important roles....	Satyavati	Telugu
	Bhalevadivi Basu	Nemali	Telugu
	Dubai Dubai (2001 film) Dubai is a 2001 Malayalam thriller film directed by Joshiy with Mammootty in the main role. Scripted by Renji Panicker, Dubai, speaks about the fight of Ravi Mamman, a Dubai based business tycoon against his enemies....	Ammu	Malayalam
	Prema Sandadi	Sita	Telugu
2002	Soch Soch Soch is a 2002 Hindi language film starring Sanjay Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Arbaaz Khan, Danny Denzongpa and Aditi Govitrikar among others...		Hindi	Guest appearance
2004	Muskaan	Shikha	Hindi
	Bazaar		Hindi
	Naani		Telugu	Guest appearance
	Shankar Dada MBBS Shankar Dada MBBS Shankar Dada MBBS is a 2004 Telugu film which is a remake of Hindi blockbuster Munnabhai MBBS. This film stars Chiranjeevi in the lead role and Paresh Rawal, Sonali Bendre, Girish Karnad, and Srikanth. in supporting roles. Jayanth C...		Telugu	Guest appearance
	Apthudu	Manju	Telugu
2005	Nigehbaan		Hindi	Guest appearance
	Nammanna		Kannada
2010	Inidhu Inidhu Inidhu Inidhu Inidhu Inidhu is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic film directed by cinematographer-turned-director K. V. Guhan, starring eight newcomers in lead roles. It is a remake of the successful, award-winning 2007 Telugu film Happy Days, which is produced by Prakash Raj under his banner of Duet Movies...	Shreya	Tamil	Guest appearance