Sakshi Shivanand | |
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 Sakshi Shivanand, in 2006 Kannada film Thandege Thakka Maga | |
| Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–2014 |
| Relatives | Shilpa Anand (Sister) |
Sakshi Shivanand is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films.[1] Her most notable work is Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai which was directed by Anubhav Sinha and co-starred Priyanshu Chatterjee, Om Puri and Farida Jalal. She has also lent her voice to Cinderella in The Story of Cinderella, a popular animation television series which was telecast in India on Just Kids! on Sahara TV.[2]
Shivanand made her Bollywood debut in 1996. During her early career, she starred in the Aditya Pancholi-starrer Zanjeer (1998). She later shot to fame within a short span of time in Tollywood.[3] Even though 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 later film with Chiranjeevi Master got her the actual fame. She acted opposite many top Telugu cinema heroes such as Nagarjuna in Seetharamaraju, Balakrishna in Vamsoddharakudu, Rajasekhar in Simharasi, Mahesh Babu in Yuvaraju, Abbas in Rajahamsa and opposite Mohan Babu in Yamajathakudu and Collector Garu. She performed an item song in the 2008 film Homam which was directed by J.D. Chakravarthy.
She has a younger sister Shilpa Anand, who is also television actress.[4]