Sakshi Shivanand is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil films. 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, an animation television series telecast in India on Just Kids! on Sahara TV.
Early life Shivanand was born in South Africa in a Kannadiga family. She once claimed that her ancestors hailed from Kakinada, though the veracity of this claim is disputed.
Career Shivanand made her Hindi debut in 1996. During her early career, she starred in the Aditya Pancholi-starrer Zanjeer (1998). She gained fame in Telugu cinema. 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 breakthrough role was in 1997 with Master. She has acted with Nagarjuna in Seetharamaraju, Balakrishna in Vamsoddharakudu, Rajasekhar in Simharasi, Mahesh Babu in Yuvaraju, Abbas in Rajahamsa and opposite Mohan Babu in Collector Garu and Yamajathakudu. She performed an item song in the 2008 film Homam which was directed by J.D. Chakravarthy.
Her younger sister Shilpa Anand is also television actress.
Filmography Year Title Role Language notes 1993 Anna Vadina Radha (Menaka) Telugu 1995 Janam Kundli Madhu Hindi Sanjay 1996 Papa Kehte Hai Indra Prastham Malayalam Special appearance 1997 Jeeo Shaan Se Hindi Pudhayal Swapna Tamil Master Kaanchanaa Telugu Mappillai Gounder Priya Tamil Collector Garu Telugu1998 Rajahamsa Sanjana Nidhi Priyuralu Dubbed in Malayalam as Manjeeradhwani and in Tamil as Kanmani Oru Kavithai Zanjeer Kavita HindiSnehithulu Sirisha Telugu 1999 Iddaru Mitrulu Anitha Samudram Rajyalakshmi Seetharama Raju Pellivaramandi Yamajathakudu Sirisha 2000 Vamsoddarakudu Surekha Krodh Seema Hindi Yuvaraju Srivalli Telugu Galate Aliyandru Kannada Maa Pelliki Randi Anjali Telugu Pelli Sambandham 2001 Vaanchinathan Divya Tamil Simharasi Rajeswari Telugu Vedham Seetha Tamil 2002 Naanu Naane Arathi Kannada Sainika Gauri Kodanda Rama Meenakshi Khalnayakon Ka Khalnayak Hindi 2003 Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai Pakhi Khushi Special appearance 2004 Maanasthan Raasathi Tamil 2006 Thandege Thakka Maga Bhanu Kannada 2007 Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega Anju Khanna Hindi Soundarya Soundarya Kannada 2008 Homam Telugu 2010 Ranga The Donga 2013 Aadhi Bhagavan TamilSpecial appearance 2014 Paramashiva Kannada Dillagi... Yeh Dillagi Hindi Unreleased
Music video Hum Ko To Hai Poora Yakeen made by msn cricket and sports MSN India on The Indian Cricket team for the ICC Cricket World Cups in 2003
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