Saniya Anklesaria | |
|---|---|
 Anklesaria atLife’s Good event in 2013 | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Computer ScienceNortheastern University,Boston SVKM's NMIMS,Mumbai |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Relatives | Rohit Gupta (Uncle) |
Saniya Anklesaria is an actress who appears inHindi films,commercials andTV shows. She is known for her role ofMax in theDisney Channel Indiasitcom,The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir, an Indian adaptation of the American showThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody andGuri Malhotra, a recurring character on theDisney hit seriesBest of Luck Nikki, an Indian adaptation of the American showGood Luck Charlie. She also appeared in mainstreamBollywood movies, likeRowdy Rathore,Raanjhanaa,Life's Good[1] andBombairiya.[2]
Saniya Anklesaria first acted at the age of seven inRaell 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 theShiamak Davar's dance company and Brian's Academy of dance inMumbai that led to her earning several awards and accolades dancing competitively.[3]
In 2012, she featured in Disney television series,The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Indian adaptation of the American showThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody) portraying the character ofMax, as one of Karan and Kabir's friend. The same year, she made her silver screen debut with Bollywood blockbuster filmRowdy Rathore, featuring actorAkshay Kumar and veteran actorYashpal Sharma. She played Sharma's daughter in the film.[4] Early that year, she was chosen to play the lead child actor role innational award-winning directorAnant Mahadevan'sLife's Good, alongside actorsJackie Shroff andRajit Kapoor. The director was looking for three girls of similar appearance but different ages, and chose Anklesaria to play Mishti, the youngest character.[5][6] In 2013 she was in the Bollywood filmRaanjhanaa playing actressSonam Kapoor's childhood followed byBombairiya starringRadhika Apte, released in January 2019.[7][8]
Anklesaria was cast as the lead child protagonist in the telefilmTerrorist Uncle, produced byRohit Roy productions playing the daughterMinnie of veteran actorRonit Roy and television actressSakshi Tanwar.[9]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bombairiya[10] | Alice D'Mello | directed by Pia Sukanya |
| 2018 | Life's Good | Mishti | directed byAnant Mahadevan, produced by Anand Shukla |
| 2013 | Raanjhanaa | Zoya Haider's childhood[citation needed] | directed byAnand L. Rai |
| 2012 | Rowdy Rathore | Inspector Vishal Sharma's (Yashpal Sharma's) Daughter | directed byPrabhu Deva |
| 2011 | Aatankwadi Uncle[citation needed] | Mininie daughter ofRonit Roy &Sakshi Tanwar | telefilm directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyay produced by Rohit Roy productions |
| 2011 | A Quiet Noise[11] | Aaliya (child protagonist) | short film directed by Nina Shrivastava produced byWhistling Woods |
| 2011 | Yellow Umbrella | child protagonist | short film directed by Arati Kadav produced byWhistling Woods |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Best of Luck Nikki (Season 4) | Guri Malhotra | (1 episode). Guri is the equivalent of Jo Kenner played byG. Hannelius inGood Luck Charlie. |
| 2015 | SuperCops vs Supervillains | (1 episode) | |
| 2013 | The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 2) | Max | Character remake of Max, portrayed byAlyson Stoner in the original series,The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. |
| 2012 | The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 1) | ||
| 2011 | Best of Luck Nikki | Guri Malhotra | S01E09 Guri is the equivalent of Jo Kenner played byG. Hannelius inGood Luck Charlie. |
| 2011 | Crime Patrol (TV series) | (1 episode) | |
| Krupa Shanidev Ki | (1 episode for Sagar Arts) |
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| Brooke Bond 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 alongsidePriyanka Chopra[12] |
| Shilpa Stock Broker | TV commercial[13] |
| Star Union Daichii Life Insurance | TV commercial[14] |
| Sunflower Oil | for telecast inChennai |
| Valentine Night wear | Catalogue print |
| Wipro CFL Bulb | |
| Wipro Smartlite Space Project[15] | TV Commercial |