Anita Hassanandani was born into a Sindhi family on 14th April 1981 in Mumbai Maharashtra. After completing her graduation Anita started to work as a Model and also worked in many commercial advertisements such as Sunsilk, Bsnl mobile, move pain killer etc. she made her first debut role on television with “Idhar udhar season 2” as “Anushka” but “Kabhi sautan Kabhi sahelii” becomes her eventual start to the career. She made her first film unveiling in Tamil with the film “Samurai” in 2002 however “Varushamellam vastanam” released first. She later made her first Hindi film debut with the 2003 murder mystery “kuch toh hai”.
Name | Anita Hassanandani Reddy |
Born | 14th April 1981 |
Age | 40 |
Height | 1.60 m (5’3”) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lbs) |
Figure measurements | 34-28-34 |
Eye color | Black |
Hair color | Black |
Profession(s) | actress, former model |
Spouse | Rohit Reddy |
Children | 1 baby boy Aaravv |
Early life
She later was portrayed as a lead role in the movie “Krishna cottage” and “koyi aap sa”. At the beginning of her career she adopted her name as “Natasha” on Ekta Kapoor’s assistance due to numerological reasons. However after doing few projects under that name she started working with her original name.
Career
She became famous in 2003 after her lead role as Anjali in the hit television serial “kavyanjali” after that she appeared in many shows including “kasutii zindagii kay”, “kayamat”, kyunki saans bhi kabhi bahu thi” “kis desh main hai mera dil” etc. other than her mainstream Bollywood films and television screen performances she also worked in many other south indian movies such as “nenu peliki reddy”, “thotti gange”, “ragada” and “nuvu nanu” which later remade in hindi.
Anita went into depression for 6 months due to her failed film carer but again got a recognition with the popular role of Shagun Arora on the television show “yeh hai mohabbatien”. She got wild card entry in season 8 of “jhalak dikhla ja” After she participated in many other reality shows such as “comedy classes” , “comedy nights” , “nach baliye season 9”.
She later played as Vishakha a.k.a Vish in Ekta kapoor’s “Nagin 3” and “Nagin: Bhagya ka zehreela Khel”.
Family and Relationships
Anita’s father is a businessman and her mother kavita is a housewife, she also have an elder sister. During the start of her career she fell in love with “kavyanjali’s” co-star Eijaz khan. She later got engaged to him. However things don’t worked very well and these couple ended up their relationship in 2010. On 14th October 2013 Anita tied a knot with her long-time boyfriend, Rohit Reddy who is a businessman. During an interview Anita said that they are planning for a baby soon. On 9th February 2021 she was blessed with a baby boy, Aaravv.
In 2017 Anita received the online venture, Thebagtalk.com as a birthday gift from her husband. This venture is jointly owned by Anita and Tushar Jain of HSCV. Under her business venture Anita has launched her own line of signature bags for women.
Awards
- Indian television academy award for best actress jury for Kavyanjali (2005).
- Indian telly Award for best actress in a lead role (2006)
- Gold award for best actress in negative role popular (2014)
- Television style award for most stylish Vamp (2015)
- Telly award for best actress in supporting role for nagin (2019)
Favourite things and about
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Nationality | India |
Educational qualifications | Graduate |
Religion | Hinduism |
Hobbies | Reading, cooking |
Tattoo(s) | on left forearm – the letter R with a heart. |
On left foot- Butterfly. | |
Food | Fish curry |
Actor | Amitabh Bachchan |
Actress | Hema Malini, Rekha, Dimple Kapadiya |
Film | Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge |
Book | love story by Erich Segal |
Colours | green, purple, yellow |
Net Worth
Salary (approx.) | 1.50 lakh per episode |
Networth | 25 crore |