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Saniya Anklesaria is an actress who appears in Hindi films, commercials and TV shows. She is known for her role of Max in the Disney Channel India sitcom, The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir, an Indian adaptation of the American show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Guri Malhotra, a recurring character on the Disney hit series Best of Luck Nikki, an Indian adaptation of the American show Good Luck Charlie. She also appeared in mainstream Bollywood movies, like Rowdy Rathore, Raanjhanaa, Life’s Good[1][2] and Bombairiya.[3]

Saniya Anklesaria
NationalityIndian
EducationComputer Science Northeastern University, Boston
SVKM’s NMIMS, Mumbai
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
RelativesRohit Gupta (Uncle)

Career

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 Mumbai that led to her earning several awards and accolades dancing competitively.[4]

In 2012, she featured in Disney television series, The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Indian adaptation of the American show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) 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 Rowdy Rathore, featuring actor Akshay Kumar and veteran actor Yashpal Sharma. She played Sharma’s daughter in the film.[5] Early that year, she was chosen to play the lead child actor role in national award-winning director Anant Mahadevan‘s Life’s Good, alongside actors Jackie Shroff and Rajit Kapoor. The director was looking for three girls of similar appearance but different ages, and chose Anklesaria to play Mishti, the youngest character.[6][7] In 2013 she was in the Bollywood film Raanjhanaa playing actress Sonam Kapoor’s childhood followed by Bombairiya starring Radhika Apte, released in January 2019.[8][9]

Anklesaria was cast as the lead child protagonist in the telefilm Terrorist Uncle, produced by Rohit Roy productions playing the daughter Minnie of veteran actor Ronit Roy and television actress Sakshi Tanwar.[10]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2019Bombairiya[11]Alice D’Mellodirected by Pia Sukanya
2018Life’s GoodMishtidirected by Anant Mahadevan, produced by Anand Shukla
2013RaanjhanaaZoya Haider’s childhood[citation needed]directed by Anand L. Rai
2012Rowdy RathoreInspector Vishal Sharma’s (Yashpal Sharma’s) Daughterdirected by Prabhu Deva
2011Aatankwadi Uncle[12]Mininie daughter of Ronit Roy & Sakshi Tanwartelefilm directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyay produced by Rohit Roy productions
2011A Quiet Noise[13]Aaliya (child protagonist)short film directed by Nina Shrivastava produced by Whistling Woods
2011Yellow Umbrellachild protagonistshort film directed by Arati Kadav produced by Whistling Woods

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Best of Luck Nikki (Season 4)Guri Malhotra(1 episode). Guri is the equivalent of Jo Kenner played by G. Hannelius in Good Luck Charlie.
2015SuperCops vs Supervillains(1 episode)
2013The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 2)MaxCharacter remake of Max, portrayed by Alyson Stoner in the original series, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
2012The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 1)
2011Best of Luck NikkiGuri MalhotraS01E09 Guri is the equivalent of Jo Kenner played by G. Hannelius in Good Luck Charlie.
2011Crime Patrol (TV series)(1 episode)
Krupa Shanidev Ki(1 episode for Sagar Arts)

Commercials and print advertisements

TitleNotes
Brooke Bond Red Label
Chevrolet Cars
Dabur Honitus
Dabur Honey SqueezeDirected by Pradeep Sorcar
Fortune OilPrint and TV
HorlicksTV commercial
ICICI Lombard General Insurance
ITC Classmate NotebooksTV commercial
Kailash Soyabean Oil
Kellogg’s HoneyloopsTV commercial
Lilliput cycles
Reliance ClothingPrint advertisement
Relieve and Relax tabletsTV commercial created by Origin Beanstalk for Gufic Bioscience Ltd
Samsung AirconditionersTV commercial alongside Priyanka Chopra[14]
Shilpa Stock BrokerTV commercial[15]
Star Union Daichii Life InsuranceTV commercial[16]
Sunflower Oilfor telecast in Chennai
Valentine Night wearCatalogue print
Wipro CFL Bulb
Wipro Smartlite Space Project[17]TV Commercial

See also

References

  1. ^ “Life is Good first look”. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ^ “Jackie Shroff to make a come back in Anant Mahadevan’s Life is Good”. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. ^ “Bombairiya: Cast and Crew”. Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. ^ “Brian’s Academy of Dance, Mumbai”. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ “Prabhudeva’s Next Rowdy Rathore”. The Indian Express. 1 June 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. ^ “Saniya Anklesaria as Mishti in Life is Good trailer”. YouTube. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  7. ^ “Little Girl in a Big film – Filmi fundas”. The Herald. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. ^ “Saniya gets picture clicked with Aamir Khan”. The Free Press Journal. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  9. ^ “Raanjhanaa preview”. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014.
  10. ^ “Saniya Anklesaria plays child protagonist in Terrorist Uncle directed by Sudipto chattopadhayay”. Indian Movies. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  11. ^ Desk, Entertainment. “Bombairiya”. A Box Office. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  12. ^ “Terrorist Uncle by Sudipto Chattopadhyay”. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  13. ^ “A Quiet Noise by Nina Shrivastava”. Whistling Woods International. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  14. ^ “Samsung Airconditioners tv spot”. YouTube. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  15. ^ “Saniya Anklesaria in Shilpa Stock Broker TV Commercial”. Youtube.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  16. ^ “Star Union Diachii Life Insurance TV Commercial”. Youtube.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  17. ^ “Wipro Space Project 45 sec”. www.youtube.com. Orchard Advertising. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2015.