Anuradha Patel
Anuradha Patel (born 30 August 1961) is an Indian film actress of the famous Ganguly family. Early life. Anuradha was born in Mumbai. Her maternal grandfather is the Hindi veteran actor Ashok Kumar and her grand-uncle is Kishore Kumar. Personal life. She is married to actor Kanwaljit Singh. They have two sons Sidharth and Aditya and a god daughter, Mariam, living in the United States. Career. Patel made her film debut in the 1983 film "Love in Goa" paired opposite former child actor Mayur Verma. She went onto appear in successful films like "Utsav" (1984), "Phir Aayee  Barsat" (1985), "Dharm Adhikari", "Sadaa Suhagan" (1986), "Ijaazat" (1987), "Rukhsat" (1988). But then she did not get lead roles in films from 1989 and chose to do Television and advertisements. She took an hiatus from acting from the early 1990s to focus on her family and sons, yet continued her career in modeling. After a 10-year break, she returned to films in the late 2000s appearing in films like "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na" (2008) Khaap with Om Puri, "Ready" (2011) Aisha, Dhantya Open and more. Apart from being an actor, she is also the director of Dynamic Finishing  Academy for Personality Development, Public Speaking, Grooming and Confidence Building which she conceptualized in 1987. She also played cameos in the Star Plus serials "Dekho Magar Pyaar Se" and "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" opposite Jeetendra." She presently continues to act in selected films and for advertisements such as Samsung, Aashirwad Atta, Milton, PC Chandra jewelers and more which leaves her time to focus on her family too. She recently acted in the 2021 Amazon fashion advertisement along with her husband Kawaljit Singh." Honours. Anuradha was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Ijaazat (1987) besides  others. Received Perfect Achievers Award For “Best Personality Development” Classes (2018) given by Gurubhai Thakkar the organizer.