Sanjjanna Galrani

Sanjjanaa Galrani
Sanjjanaa Galrani with Pawan Kalyan from the sets of Sardar Gabbar Singh
Born	Archana Galrani
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Sanjana, Archana
Occupation	Actress model
Years active	2005–present
Relatives	Nikki Galrani (sister)

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Sanjjanaa Galrani is an Indian model who made her film debut in the Tamil film Oru Kadhal Seiveer (2006), and soon known for her controversial role in the Kannada film Ganda Hendathi (2006). Her supporting role in the 2008 Telugu film Bujjigadu. In 2017, she played Chandri in the bilingual crime drama Dandupalya 2.

Early years and personal life

Edit Brought up in Bengaluru, Sanjjanaa is of Sindhi origin. When she was doing her PUC, she received her first modelling offer. She continued her studies while working as a part-time model. She appeared in over 60 television advertisements, the most notable being a Fastrack advertisement with John Abraham.She has a sister, Nikki Galrani, who is also an actress.

Debut (2005)

Edit After appearing in advertisements and as child artist in roles in the films Soggadu and Panduranga Vittala, she got her first starring role in Ganda Hendathi.Her first release, however, was the Tamil documentary feature film, Oru Kadhal Seiveer. S R Ashok Kumar of The Hindu noted that Sanjjanaa, then credited under her birth name, was "very beautiful but has to work on her acting".Ganda Hendathi, a Kannada remake of the Hindi film Murder (2004), itself an adaptation of the Hollywood film Unfaithful (2002). The film was released in Telugu as Mogudu Pellam O Boy Friend. A reviewer from nowrunning.com criticised her performance in emotional sequences, while Sify wrote, "Sanjjanaa has made a decent debut and she is extremely daring and does justice to her role".In 2008, she made her official Telugu film debut in Puri Jagannadh's Bujjigadu, in which she played the role of Kangana alongside Prabhas and Trisha Krishnan. Although this was a supporting role, it gained her considerable attention and popularity. In 2010, she was seen in the Telugu film Police Police, which was followed by a cameo role in Huduga Hudugi. Her final release of that year was Mylari with Shivrajkumar, in which she played a journalist and was featured in a special song opposite Shivrajkumar. The film's success gained her offers in Kannada cinema. She won the Bangalore Times Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Female in 2012 for I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona.In January 2012, she played one of the lead female roles in Casanovva, her maiden Malayalam venture. Reportedly the costliest Malayalam production of all time, and co-starring Mohanlal and Shriya Saran, the film saw Sanjjanaa portray a salsa dancer. Director Rosshan Andrrews signed her for the particular role, since she was trained in salsa. Her last release is her second Malayalam film, the Shaji Kailas directed The King & the Commissioner, co-starring Mammooty and Suresh Gopi. Later in 2012 she appeared in films including Narasimha, Ondu Kshanadalli, Sagar, all of which being Kannada projects, and Yamaho Yama. In 2013 she appeared in Jagan Nirdoshi in Telugu which was made under Padmalaya Films and in Mahanadhi in Kannada, which was her first heroine-centric film. She was then seen in Nenem…Chinna Pillana? She is currently filming for a Telugu film, Saradha, directed by RP Patnaik.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2005	Soggadu	Anu	Telugu	Uncredited role
2006	Oru Kadhal Seiveer	Subha	Tamil
2006	Ganda Hendathi	Sanjana	Kannada
2006	Jackpot	Herself	Kannada	Celebrity appearance
2007	Autograph Please	Herself	Kannada
2008	Arjun	Sanjana	Kannada
	Varasdhaara	Sanjana	Kannada
	Bujjigadu	Kangana	Telugu
2009	Satyameva Jeyathe	Sanjana	Telugu
	Mast Maja Maadi	Herself	Kannada	Celebrity appearance
	Samardhudu		Telugu
2010	Police Police	Sandhya	Telugu
	Huduga Hudugi	Unnamed	Kannada	Celebrity appearance
	Mylari	Swathi	Kannada
2011	Ee Sanje	Anu	Kannada
	Rangappa Hogbitna	Sneha	Kannada
	Dusshasana	Kajal	Telugu
	I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona	Sinchana	Kannada
	Take It Easy	Herself	Kannada	Guest appearance
	Mugguru	Yamini	Telugu
2012	Ko Ko		Kannada	Special appearance
	Casanovva	Nidhi	Malayalam
	The King & the Commissioner	Nitha Rathore	Malayalam	[22]
	Narasimha	Rani	Kannada
	Ondu Kshanadalli	Shilpa	Kannada
	Sagar	Jenny	Kannada
	Yamaho Yama	Nisha	Telugu
2013	Mahanadhi	Meenakshi	Kannada
	Nenem…Chinna Pillana?		Telugu
	Jagan Nirdoshi		Telugu
2014	Love You Bangaram		Kannada	Special appearance[23]
	Agraja		Kannada
2015	Rebel	Laila	Kannada
	Ram-Leela		Kannada
	Bangalore 560023		Kannada	[24]
	Ring Road		Kannada
	Avunu 2	Sanjana	Telugu
2016	Sardaar Gabbar Singh	Gayathri	Telugu	[25]
	Just Akasmika	Aarohi	Kannada	[26]
	Santheyalli Nintha Kabira		Kannada
	Mandya to Mumbai		Kannada	[27]
2017	Dandupalya 2	Chandri	Kannada[28]	[29]
	2 Countries	Tamannah	Telugu
2018	Rajasimha		Kannada
	Dandupalya 3	Chandri	Kannada
	Chila Nerangalil Chilar		Malayalam
Untitled Mani Ram - Ramar Movie		Tamil	Filming[30]

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