This TV actress has ruled the box office
There are many actresses who started doing films after working in television shows, but there are many such actresses in the entertainment industry, who once ruled the hearts of people with their acting in films and now are making a splash with their strong work on the small screen. The actress we are talking about today. She started her acting career with Raj Babbar and has also worked with Kamal Haasan. Now she is seen in the lead role in TV’s most popular show ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’. We are talking about Anita Raj, daughter of famous Bollywood actor Jagdish Raj Khurana.
This TV actress has worked with Dharmendra
Born to renowned actor Jagdish Raj, Anita started her film career with the film ‘Prem Geet’ released in 1981. In this film, she was opposite Raj Babbar, who played the role of famous poet Akash Bhardwaj, while the actress’ character was named Shikha. Anita Raj has worked with many Bollywood superstars, including Rekha, Jeetendra and Dharmendra. So far, Anita has worked in more than 30 films and her character has been well-liked in all of them.
Anita Raj has created a buzz with Bollywood and South superstars
Anita Raj played the lead role in the 1983 Hindi drama film ‘Zara Si Zindagi’ with Kamal Haasan. This is a remake of the Tamil film ‘Varumayin Niram Sivappu’. The pairing of the two was well liked in this film directed by K. Balachander. Interestingly, Anita Raj also stepped into Tamil cinema and dominated the box office by sharing screen space with Rajinikanth in ‘Thai Veedu’. The film was also shot in Hindi as ‘Jeet Hamari’. Apart from this, Anita Raj has appeared in ‘Sikandar’, ‘Nafrat Ki Aandhi’, ‘Hum Se Na Takrana’, ‘Naukar Biwi Ka’, ‘Zameen Aasman’, ‘Ghulami’ and ‘Thodi Life Thoda Magic’. Anita Raj has worked with many actors like Govinda, Shatrughan Sinha, Sanjay Dutt, Rajinikanth and Mithun Chakraborty along with many celebrities from the Hindi and South film industry.
Anita Raj became a TV star
Anita Raj is currently seen playing the role of Kaveri Poddar aka Dadi Sa in the popular daily soap ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’. It has been several months since she joined the show. Before this show, she appeared in ‘Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani’, ‘Choti Sardarni’ and ‘Savi Ki Sawaari’.