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{{short description|Indian model (born 1986)}}
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| birth_name = Anara Gupta
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|8|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Jammu]], [[India]]
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| eye_color = Brown
| hair_color = Black
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'''Aanara Gupta''' (born 29 August 1986) is an Indian model who won the Miss Jammu beauty pageant in 2001. An Indian actor, model and media personality she is primarily known for her work in [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] films. She has also appeared in [[Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films, as well as films in other languages. Gupta is one of the most popular Bhojpuri actresses and she is also said to be the highest paid Bhojpuri actress. She has received many awards.

==Early life==
Gupta was born on 29 August 1986 to Mr. Ram Singh and Raj Rani. Born in a family of six she has three brothers and no sisters. She attended DBN Vidya Mandir School in Jammu. She was very interested in cricket while attending school. She was also an active member of NCC and has done a BLC. She won the title of Miss Jammu in 2006 and then moved to tinsel town for work.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/tabloid2004/SmutGlut/SmutGlut-anara.htm 'First he raped me, then played on my body and ambitions'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024141551/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/tabloid2004/SmutGlut/SmutGlut-anara.htm |date=24 October 2006 }} ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', 10 November 2004.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120211160311/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-11-09/india/27149670_1_anara-gupta-miss-jammu-narinder-kohli He forced me into porn movies], ''The Times of India'', 9 November 2004</ref>

== Career ==
She appeared in numerous Bhojpuri films and was the reigning queen of Bhojpuri cinema at her peak. She appeared in a Bhojpuri dance reality show ''Nach Nachiya Doom Machiya'' broadcast on [[Mahuaa TV]]. The judges were Ganesh Acahrya, Sudha Chandran, and Kanu Mukherjee. She finished first runner up on the show which elevated her popularity to another level.

Her first Hindi film was ''Miss Aanara'' and she then went on to do other films.

In May 2005 she travelled with her mother to [[New Delhi]] and met with officials of the [[National Commission for Women]] and the [[National Human Rights Commission of India|National Human Rights Commission]] to ask them to investigate alleged police misconduct.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121018025148/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-05-07/india/27838224_1_miss-jammu-anara-gupta-cd-case-ncw Anara Gupta looks to NCW for justice], ''The Times of India'', 7 May 2005</ref>

In August 2005 she was reportedly starring in a movie about her career and ordeal, produced by [[Ashok Pandit]].<ref name=movie>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_1451616,00180012.htm Anara Gupta hospitalised] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023144819/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_1451616%2C00180012.htm |date=23 October 2006 }}, ''Hindustan Times'', 4 August 2005.</ref> She also acted in the TV series ''Sulegti Rahen''. In March 2006 she was reported to have moved to [[Mumbai]] in order to star in a [[Bollywood]] movie about her life, produced by K K Yadava and Aaditya Kulshreshtha.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121018025213/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-03-05/india/27808359_1_anara-gupta-miss-jammu-custodial-torture Anara Gupta to try luck at B'wood], ''The Times of India'', 5 March 2006</ref> The movie, titled ''Miss Anara'', was released in June 2007 and was poorly received. It alleges that a police officer produced a porn movie with a hidden camera in order to make sexual advances at Gupta while she was imprisoned.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Movie_Reviews/Review_Miss_Anara/articleshow/2142573.cms Real to reel in Miss Anara], ''The Times of India'', 22 June 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.smashits.com/news/bollywood/movie-review/6253/miss-anara.html Miss Anara] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013121233/http://www.smashits.com/news/bollywood/movie-review/6253/miss-anara.html |date=13 October 2007 }}, SmasHits.com movie review</ref>

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir closed the case in December 2005 without charging Gupta. Social activist [[Amit Chouhan]] pressed for a reopening of the case, concerned that evidence about a pornography ring involving young girls and high-ranking politicians was being suppressed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121018025219/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-01-22/india/27786466_1_fresh-probe-miss-jammu-anara-gupta-cd-case Court orders fresh probe into Anara case], ''The Times of India'', 22 January 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060704/j&k.htm#4 Reopen Anara case, demands social activist] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219235939/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060704/j%26k.htm |date=19 February 2007 }}, ''The Tribune'', 3 July 2006</ref>

In August 2006 a fresh investigation into the case was begun, on order of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1769354,0006.htm J&K govt orders fresh probe into Anara case] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404052208/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1769354%2C0006.htm |date=4 April 2007 }}, ''Hindustan Times'', 15 August 2006</ref>

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