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Anita Kanwar

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Nationality Inde

This article is about the Buniyaad and Salaam Bombay! actress. For the television producer and Banegi Apni Baat actress, see Anita Kanwal.


Anita Kanwar is an Indian film and television actor who is best known for her role as Lajjo ji in the 1980s Doordarshan mega soap opera Buniyaad.

An alumnus of the National School of Drama (1978 batch), Kanwar has also worked in films such as Mahesh Bhatt's Janam (1985), Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay! (1988) for which she was nominated for a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen.

In the 1990s, Kanwar took a long break from television and films before returning to play the character of Inspector KC, Chief of Homicide in the 1998 Star Plus crime series Saboot. In spite of garnering critical acclaim for her performances, she did not get roles of substance in films and was a victim of typecasting. "Such a tender, sensitive actress with the potential of Nargis! She finally ran away to Shimla," noted singer and actress Ila Arun said about Kanwar.

Kanwar currently lives in Gurgaon, near Delhi.

Usually with

Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
(3 films)
K. K. Raina
K. K. Raina
(4 films)
Neena Gupta
Neena Gupta
(4 films)
Harish Patel
Harish Patel
(4 films)
Ashok Mehta
Ashok Mehta
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Anita Kanwar (14 films)

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Actress

Aarakshan
Aarakshan (2011)
, 2h44
Directed by Prakash Jha
Genres Drama, Thriller, Politic
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Deepika Padukone, Prateik Babbar, Tanvi Azmi
Rating61% 3.0993453.0993453.0993453.0993453.099345
In 2008, Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan) is at an interview for the teacher's post at an affluent school. The interviewers turn him down when they discover his low-caste roots. Deepak relates the incident to his mentor, Dr. Prabhakar Anand (Amitabh Bachchan). Dr Anand, the legendary principal of renowned STM college, offers Deepak an interim job as a teacher at STM. Deepak is comforted by his friend, Sushant (an upper-caste boy), and his girlfriend Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), who is Dr. Anand's daughter.
Turning 30
Turning 30 (2011)

Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Purab Kohli, Gul Panag, Tillomata Shome, Anita Kanwar, Rahul Singh, Ira Dubey
Roles Naina's Mother
Rating53% 2.659542.659542.659542.659542.65954
Turning 30 is the story of the protagonist of the movie Naina (Gul Panag) who is about to celebrate her big three oh and life is a perfect picture with a good job and the perfect guy. However, things turn into a nightmare when her boyfriend breaks up with her to marry a girl who can finance his fathers failing business. She has some setbacks at work when the credit for all her ideas and hardwork goes to undeserving people. With few days left for her birthday she is in a mess - constantly trying to win the guy back. The movie also tells the stories of her two best friends Malini and Ruksana who stand by her and support her though they are going through some rough patches in their lives.
The Hangman, 2h42
Actors Shreyas Talpade, Om Puri, Gulshan Grover, Smita Jaykar, Tom Alter, Anita Kanwar
Roles Madam at the brothel
Rating68% 3.440923.440923.440923.440923.44092
The Hangman, starring internationally acclaimed actor Om Puri (East is East, Jewel in the Crown, City of Joy and Gandhi), is a story about one man's quest to attain redemption. Puri, who gives a compelling performance as the aged and tired executioner Shiva, has been forced into his forefathers' profession.
Sukhmani
Sukhmani (2010)
, 2h42
Directed by Manjeet Maan
Genres Drama
Actors Gurdas Maan, Juhi Chawla, Anup Soni, Divya Dutta, Shammi, Anita Kanwar
Rating54% 2.7237052.7237052.7237052.7237052.723705
Sukhmani- Hope For Life is a story based on the Journey of Major Kuldeep Singh, played by Gurdas Maan, a decorated officer of the Para Battalion, who overcomes personal trauma and social indignity to uphold the morals of the army and the honour of a woman rejected by society and family, while keeping alive the memory of his beloved daughter Sukhmani.
Om Dar-B-Dar, 1h41
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Anita Kanwar, Manish Gupta
Roles Phoolkumari
Rating70% 3.5349153.5349153.5349153.5349153.534915
Om-Dar-B-Dar is a portrait of life in Ajmer town, Rajasthan. The film tells the story of a young boy named Om in the period of his carefree adolescence and its harsh disillusions. The story starts as a comedy and ends as a thriller. Om has a rather strange family. His father, Babuji, a government employee, leaves his job so that he can dedicate himself to astrology; Om's older sister, Gayatri, is dating a good-for-nothing fellow. Om is involved in science, but is also attracted to magic and religion. In all it seems that his really outstanding skill is his ability to hold his breath for a long time.
Salaam Bombay!, 1h53
Directed by Mira Nair
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, L'enfance marginalisée, Musical films, Bollywood, Erotic thriller films
Actors Anita Kanwar, Shafiq Syed, Nana Patekar, Raghubir Yadav, Irrfan Khan, Sanjana Kapoor
Roles Rekha Golub
Rating78% 3.9459153.9459153.9459153.9459153.945915
Before the start of the film, Krishna has set fire to his bullying elder brother's motor-bike. This has landed him in big trouble with his mother. She has taken him to the nearby Apollo Circus and told him that he can only come home when he earns 500 rupees to pay for the damaged bike. Krishna agrees and works for the circus.
Amrit
Amrit (1986)
, 3h10
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Smita Patil, Aruna Irani, Shafi Ali Inamdar, Satish Shah, Zarina Wahab
Rating69% 3.4800553.4800553.4800553.4800553.480055
Amrit (Rajesh Khanna) stays with his only son and meanwhile Kamla (Smita Patil) a widow stays with her only son at Kamal Niwas. But Kamla is treated as servant in her own house and the only person who loves her in the house is her granddaughter Sunita. Amrit has the habit of taking his grandson to the nearby garden when his grandson is free from studies. Amrit learns about Kamla’s problems due to him meeting her coincidentally quite regularly in the garden. Amrit and Kamla meet up to develop a good relationship. One fine day Kamla gets late to pick up her granddaughter Sunita from the school, as the auto rickshaw she was travelling to reach school, meets with an accident. Amrit, meanwhile goes to pick up his grandson Rahul, comes to know of this and brings Sunita to her house. Amrit sees Kamla being humiliated by her daughter-in-law when he goes to their house to nurse Kamla’s injury. Amrit decides to donate some money to Brahmins on the occasion of his son’s birthday but he does not have money and so asks his son to give him few bucks. amrit and kamla watch tv with sunita and rahul upon this amrit sons get angry and humiliate them, his son throws him out of the house permanently. In the torrential rains, the hurt Amrit meets with the accident. Kamla, then with help of like minded people, admits Amrit in a hospital. The rest of the story is about how Amrit and Kamla decide to separate from their respective selfish children and spend the rest part of life together and how society perceives their togetherness.
Trikal
Trikal (1985)
, 2h17
Directed by Shyam Benegal
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Leela Naidu, Anita Kanwar, Neena Gupta, Soni Razdan, Dalip Tahil, Naseeruddin Shah
Roles Sylvia (Anna's mother)
Rating70% 3.5315653.5315653.5315653.5315653.531565
Mandi
Mandi (1983)
, 2h47
Directed by Shyam Benegal
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Neena Gupta, Amrish Puri
Roles Parweena
Rating74% 3.7406453.7406453.7406453.7406453.740645
For years an aging Rukmini Bai (Shabana Azmi) has been the Madame of a brothel in Hyderabad, India. One day she gets the news that she now has a new landlord in Mr. Gupta (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), whose daughter is to marry the mayor's son Sushil, shortly. Led by City Councillor, Shantidevi, the people in this town demand that this brothel be moved elsewhere, preferably on the outskirts of the town, and they do succeed, compelling Rukmini to move with her women to their new location, which happens to be near the Dargah of Baba Karak Shah. Ironically, this attracts a lot of people, and the patronage to Rukmini's bordello increases. Then complications set in when Sushil refuses to marry his father's choice, childlike Malti, and wants to marry Zeenat (Smita Patil) - a prostitute, not entirely by choice and seeking for a better existence, who resides with Rukmini.
Aadharshila, 2h34
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Anita Kanwar, Dolly Ahluwalia, K. K. Raina, Annu Kapoor, Neena Gupta
Roles Asha
Rating63% 3.18983.18983.18983.18983.1898
The film is about Ajay (Naseeruddin Shah), a young filmmaker, hoping to direct his first film. He has just got married, and he shares his hopes with his wife Asha (Anita Kanwar). Asha works as a teacher to support them while Ajay take on other work, but always hoping to make his film. Aadharshila portrays the struggles of young people - especially graduates of the Film and Television Institute of India - to find a foothold in the Indian film industry. The film ends with the completion of the film-within-a-film.

Costume and makup

Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke, 2h47
Directed by Raj Kanwar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Amrish Puri, Sonali Bendre, Anupam Kher, Shakti Kapoor
Roles Costume Design
Rating35% 1.7672651.7672651.7672651.7672651.767265
Sahiba is an intelligent, shy, and sensitive girl attending college a long way from home. She belongs to a typical Rajput family in which tradition requires that a girl give her consent to marry the man chosen by her family. Being a girl of contemporary times, Sahiba refuses to submit to age-old traditions. To avoid an arranged marriage, she lies that she is already married, which angers her father Yogi Grewal.