Saniya Anklesaria

Saniya Anklesaria
Anklesaria at a promotional event for Life is Good in 2012
Born Saniya Anklesaria
(2001-09-30) 30 September 2001
Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present

Saniya Anklesaria is a child actress, known for her role of Max in the popular 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 is Good.[1][2]

Life

Saniya Anklesaria was born in Mumbai, India to her parents Anjali Gupta and Pramesh Anklesaria.

Her acting career kick started at the age of seven when she participated 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.[3]

In 2012, she would go on to feature in Disney India's popular 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.[4] Early that year she was chosen to play the lead child actor role in national award winning director Anant Mahadevan’s Life is Good alongside actors Jackie Shroff, Rajit Kapoor. The Director was looking for three girls of different age with similarities in looks among them and felt that Saniya was perfect to play the youngest girl, Mishti.[5][6] In 2013 she was seen in another bollywood blockbuster film Raanjhanaa playing actress Sonam Kapoor's childhood.[7][8]

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.[9] She has also appeared on an episode of Crime Patrol (TV series) in 2011. She played Guri Malhotra a recurring character on the disney television hit series Best of Luck Nikki (Indian adaptation of the American show Good Luck Charlie).

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2016 Bombairiya Filming directed by Pia Sukanya
2013 Raanjhanaa Zoya Haider's childhood[10] directed by Anand L. Rai
2012 Rowdy Rathore Inspector Vishal Sharma's (Yashpal Sharma's) Daughter directed by Prabhu Deva
2012 Life is Good Mishti directed by Anant Mahadevan, produced by Anand Shukla
2011 Terrorist Uncle[11] Mininie daughter of Ronit Roy & Sakshi Tanwar telefilm directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyay produced by Rohit Roy productions
2011 A Quiet Noise[12] child protagonist short film directed by Nina Shrivastava produced by Whistling Woods
2011 Yellow Umbrella child protagonist short film directed by Arati Kadav produced by Whistling Woods

Television

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

Commercials and print advertisements

Title Notes
Brookebond Red Label
Chevrolet Cars
Dabur Honitus
Dabur Honey Squeeze directed by Pradeep Sorcar
Fortune Oil print and TV
Horlicks TV commercial
ICICI Lombard General Insurance
ITC Classmate Notebooks TV commercial
Kailash Soyabean Oil
Kellogg’s Honeyloops TV commercial
Lilliput cycles
Reliance Clothing print advertisement
Relieve and Relax tablets TV commercial created by Origin Beanstalk for Gufic Bioscience Ltd
Samsung Airconditioners TV commercial alongside Priyanka Chopra[13]
Shilpa Stock Broker TV commercial[14]
Star Union Daichii Life Insurance TV commercial[15]
Sunflower Oil for telecast in Chennai
Valentine Night wear catalogue print
Wipro CFL Bulb
Wipro Smartlite Space Project[16] TV Commercial

See also

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