1. Priya Anand was born on 17 September 1986 and is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Tamil films.
30 Facts About Priya Anand
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Priya Anand has appeared in a few Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films.
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Priya Anand made her Hindi debut in 2012 with a supporting role in English Vinglish and subsequently appeared in the films Fukrey and Rangrezz.
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Priya Anand was born on 17 September 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
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Priya Anand is the only child to a Tamil mother and a half-Telugu, half-Marathi father.
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Priya Anand was brought up in both her parents' hometowns, Chennai and Hyderabad, becoming fluent in Tamil and Telugu.
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Besides native languages, Priya is proficient in English, Bengali, Hindi, Marathi and Spanish as well.
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Priya Anand became fascinated with films, developing an interest in cinema, since childhood, and noted that she has been dreaming of getting into the film industry and working on technical aspects of film making, but confesses she never thought of becoming an actor.
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Priya Anand moved to the US, where she pursued her higher studies.
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Priya Anand was initially supposed to make her acting debut in the Tamil film Pugaippadam, which she signed up first, but since its release was delayed until 2010, her first release became the action-thriller Vaamanan, directed by newcomer Ahmed.
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Priya Anand was signed for the project in late 2008 to portray Divya, a simple girl next-door, whom the male lead character, played by Jai, would fall in love with.
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Priya Anand enacted the character of one of the student roles, a Malayali Christian named Shiney George.
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Priya Anand next starred in her first Telugu film, AVM Productions' Sekhar Kammula directed political drama Leader, alongside newcomers Rana Daggubati and Richa Gangopadhyay.
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Priya Anand recalls that an assistant director of Kammula had found her on Facebook and invited her and how she had to audition thrice for the film to prove herself and eventually got the offer.
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Priya Anand played Ratna Prabha, a television channel reporter and friend to a young man, who would later go on to become a political leader.
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Priya Anand next starred in 180, a bilingual Tamil-Telugu project by ad filmmaker Jayendra, which was her only release in 2011.
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Priya Anand has made her debut Hindi film English Vinglish, produced by R Balki, in which she had shared screen with Sridevi, who Priya admires and considers her idol.
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Priya Anand acted in Telugu romance movie, Ko Antey Koti.
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Priya Anand was seen in the comedy Vanakkam Chennai.
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Priya Anand acted simultaneously for four Tamil films; Arima Nambi features Vikram Prabhu, Irumbu Kuthirai stars Atharvaa, with Vimal in Oru Oorla Rendu Raja and Vai Raja Vai features her opposite Gautham Karthik.
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Priya Anand debuted in Malayalam with the Prithviraj starrer horror thriller Ezra.
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Priya Anand made her Kannada debut with the much-hyped Raajakumara and added a new dimension to her career.
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Priya Anand's character played a pivotal role in the life of Kochunni.
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Priya Anand, who won over the Kannada cinema audience right in her first film, has worked with Ganesh in Orange.
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Priya Anand appeared in the Malayalam Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel starring Dileep.
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Priya Anand then played in the political satire Tamil film LKG.
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Priya Anand was seen in Dhruv Vikram's debut, Adithya Varma, in a supporting role.
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Priya Anand joined the cast of Leo directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj.
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Priya Anand has worked with stars like Prashanth and Simran in Andhagan.
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On 20 June 2011, Priya Anand became an ambassador for the Save the Children campaign for both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.