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{{short description|Indian film and television actress (born 1963)}}
{{for|the American developmental psychologist|Anita Raj (academic)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anita Raj
| image = AnitaRaj.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Anita Raj in October 2013
| birth_name = Anita Raj Khurana
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|02|28|df=yes}}<ref name="DOB">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/sbsabpnews/reel/DGvObRroTIM/?locale=hi_IN&hl=af|title=#Anita Raj Belated birthday celebration set Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. Real birthday date 28,feb|date=2025-06-05}}</ref><ref name="DOB1">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGmvvc0TYdp/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=c4d511c7-be49-4ab3-ba7f-a09c4201b8a2|title=❤️Today, I turn 62 years young!|date=2025-06-05}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/actor-anita-raj-age-62-fitness-secrets-for-toned-body-gym-workout-lifting-heavy-weights-holding-a-61-minute-plank-101742281249903.html|title=Actor Anita Raj's fitness secrets for toned body at 62: 'From lifting heavy weights to holding 61-minute plank|date=2025-06-05}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], India
| father = [[Jagdish Raj]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Sunil Hingorani|1986}}
| children = 1<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-Entertainment/Onceabombshell/Article4-430878.aspx |title=Once a bombshell... | Once a bombshell... | |work=Hindustan Times |year=2013 |quote=My son, Shivam, is 20 |access-date=30 July 2013 |archive-date=4 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504023221/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-Entertainment/Onceabombshell/Article4-430878.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| occupation = actress
| years_active = 1981–2000<br />2007–present
| notable_works = ''[[Ghulami]]''
| known_for = ''[[Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani]]'' <br> ''[[Choti Sarrdaarni]]'' <br> ''[[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]]'' <br> "[[Tumhari Pakhi]]"
}}

'''Anita Raj Khurana''' (born 28 February 1963)<ref name="DOB"/><ref name="DOB1"/><ref name="HT"/> is an Indian actress and the daughter of well-known actor [[Jagdish Raj]]. Her notable films include [[Prem Geet (1981 film)|Prem Geet]] (1981), ''[[Zara Si Zindagi]]'' (1983), ''[[Naukar Biwi Ka]]'' (1983), ''[[Zameen Aasmaan (1984 film)|Zameen Aasman]]'' (1984), [[Ghulami]] (1985) and ''[[Mazloom]] (''1986).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Anita-Raj-is-the-new-glam-mum-in-town/articleshow/10914964.cms |title=Anita Raj is the new glam mum in town |year=2011 |quote=Jagdish Raj's daughter made her Bollywood debut in the 1981 romantic film Prem Geet |access-date=30 July 2013 |archive-date=1 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801194057/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-29/news-interviews/30453952_1_comeback-silver-screen-anita-raj |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live}}</ref> Anita is also known for playing Priyamvada Singh in the TV Series ''[[Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani]]'' and Kulwant Kaur Dhillon in ''[[Choti Sarrdaarni]]''. Currently she is seen as Kaveri Poddar in ''[[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]].''

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|-
|+
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1981
|''[[Prem Geet (1981 film)|Prem Geet]]''
|Shikha
|Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" |1982
|''[[Mehndi Rang Layegi]]''
|Padma
|
|-
|''[[Dulha Bikta Hai]]''
|Shayla
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |1983
|''[[Zara Si Zindagi]]''
|Kusum
|
|-
|''[[Prem Tapasya]]''
|Anita
|
|-
|''[[Kaun? Kaisey?]]''
|Preeti
|
|-
|''[[Naukar Biwi Ka]]''
|Jyoti Nath 'Rani'
|
|-
|''[[Achha Bura]]''
|Rita Roy
|
|-
|''[[Jeet Hamaari]]''
|Anita
|
|-
|''[[Thai Veedu]]''
|Anita
|Tamil version of Jeet Hamari
|-
| rowspan="7" |1984
|''[[Bad Aur Badnam]]''
|Dr. Anita Mathur
|
|-
|''[[Zameen Aasmaan (1984 film)|Zameen Aasmaan]]''
|Anita
|
|-
|''[[Lakhon Ki Baat]]''
|Shobha Prakash
|
|-
|''[[Laila (1984 film)|Laila]]''
|Padmini
|
|-
|''[[Andar Baahar]]''
|Uncredited
|Cameo
|-
|''[[Jeene Nahi Doonga]]''
|Bijli
|
|-
|''[[Ab Ayega Mazaa]]''
|Nupur
|
|-
| rowspan="9" |1985
|''[[Karm Yudh (1985 film)|Karm Yudh]]''
|Usha Saxena
|
|-
|''[[Masterji]]''
|Shobha
|
|-
|''[[Ghulami]]''
|Tulsi
|
|-
|''[[Jaan Ki Baazi]]''
|Geeta
|
|-
|''[[Lover Boy (1985 film)|Lover Boy]]''
|Bijli
|
|-
|''[[Zulm Ka Badla]]''
|Geeta Verma/Mrs. Dsouza
|
|-
|Yaar Kasam
|
|
|-
|''[[Karishma Kudrat Kaa]]''
|Paro
|
|-
|Bihari Babu
|
|
|-
| rowspan="10" |1986
|''[[Ilzaam]]''
|Kamal
|
|-
|''[[Kala Dhanda Goray Log]]''
|Sandhya
|
|-
|''[[Pyar Kiya Hai Pyar Karenge]]''
|Shobha
|
|-
|''Teesra Kinara''
|
|
|-
|''[[Mazloom]]''
|Purnima (Poonam)
|
|-
|''[[Asli Naqli]]''
|Anita
|
|-
|''[[Ek Aur Sikander]]''
|Shama
|
|-
|''[[Mohabbat Ki Kasam]]''
|Shop owner's wife
|Cameo
|-
|''[[Mera Haque]]''
|Bijli
|
|-
|Jwala
|Mastani
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |1987
|''[[Insaniyat Ke Dushman]]''
|Shashi
|
|-
|''[[Hawalaat]]''
|Salma/Shamim Khan
|
|-
|''[[Satyamev Jayate (1987 film)|Satyamev Jayate]]''
|College Lecturer Vidya
|
|-
|''[[Hiraasat]]''
|Renu
|
|-
|''[[Insaf Ki Pukar]]''
|Police Inspector Sheela
|
|-
| rowspan="10" |1988
|Anjaam khuda jaane
|
|
|-
|''[[Sagar Sangam]]''
|Subitra
|
|-
|''[[Shiv Shakti]]''
|Dolly
|
|-
|''Mera Muqaddar''
|Dancer (Uncredited)
|Cameo
|-
|''[[Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani (1988 film)|Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani]]''
|Deepa
|
|-
|''[[Mahaveera (film)|Mahaveera]]''
|Dancer
|Cameo
|-
|''[[Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga]]''
|Vandana
|
|-
|''[[Paanch Fauladi]]''
|Annu
|
|-
|''[[Zalzala (1988 film)|Zalzala]]''
|Sheela
|
|-
|''[[Saazish (1988 film)|Saazish]]''
|Roma
|
|-
| rowspan="9" |1989
|''[[Asmaan Se Ooncha]]''
|Anita Malik
|
|-
|''[[Nafrat Ki Aandhi]]''
|Radha
|
|-
|Do Yaar
|
|
|-
|''[[Clerk (1989 film)|Clerk]]''
|Pooja
|
|-
|''[[Billoo Badshah]]''
|Asha
|
|-
|''[[Abhimanyu]]''
|Lalita
|
|-
|''[[Taaqatwar]]''
|Anju Khurana
|
|-
|''[[Jurrat (film)|Jurrat]]''
|Julie
|
|-
|''[[Pati Patni Aur Tawaif]]''
|Film star Kiran
|Cameo
|-
| rowspan="5" |1990
|''[[Hum Se Na Takrana]]''
|Sundari
|
|-
|''[[Zimmedaaar]]''
|Anita
|
|-
|''[[Sher Dil (Indian film)|Sher Dil]]''
|Kiran Kailashnath
|
|-
|''[[Khatarnaak]]''
|Helena
|
|-
|''[[Atishbaz]]''
|Reshma
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |1991
|''Kasam Kali Ki''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kasam Kali Ki (1991) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/kasam-kali-ki-7064/cast-crew |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408025213/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/kasam-kali-ki-7064/cast-crew |archive-date=8 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref>
|Bijlee/Roopa
|
|-
|''[[Kaun Kare Kurbanie]]''
|Anita Singh
|
|-
|''[[Swarg Jaisaa Ghar]]''
|Savitri
|
|-
|''Maut Ki Sazaa''
|Jyotsna
|
|-
|''Jasa Baap Tashi Poore''
|Doctor Anita
|Marathi movie
|-
| rowspan="3" |1992
|''[[Adharm (1992 film)|Adharm]]''
|Sharda
|
|-
|''[[Virodhi (1992 film)|Virodhi]]''
|Mrs. Shekhar
|
|-
|''Mehndi Shagna Di''
|Rano
|
|-
|1993
|''Saboot Mangta Hain Kanoon''
|Anita
|
|-
|1994
|''[[Ghar Ki Izzat (1994 film)|Ghar Ki Izzat]]''
|Sheela
|
|-
|1995
|''Faisla Main Karungi''
|Jenny
|
|-
|1996
|''Gehra Raaz''
|
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Thodi Life Thoda Magic]]''
|Ashima Singhania
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Chaar Din Ki Chandni]]''
|Devika Singh
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2019
|''Bagaavat''
|
|
|-
|''[[Yaaram]]''
|Vijeta Bajaj
|
|-
|''Mudda 370 J&K''
|Aasma's mother
|
|-
|''Deendayal Ek Yugpurush''
|Lata Khanna
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Lafzon Mein Pyaar]]''
|Durga Bhabhi
|
|-
|2025
|''[[Mere Husband Ki Biwi]]''
|Antra's Mother
|
|-
|2026
!scope="row"style="background: #ffc;" |''Hum Mein Shahenshah Koun {{dagger}}''
|
| Delayed release after 37 years - scheduled for APRIL
<ref>{{cite web |title=Anita Raj |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/hum-mein-shahenshah-koun/}}</ref>
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable";"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref.
|-
| 1986
| ''Festivals of India''
| Presenter
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Umashanker |first1=Sudha |title=On the right wavelength |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19861115&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |work=The Indian Express |access-date=6 February 2018 |page=14 |date=15 November 1986 |archive-date=12 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412184235/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1998–1999
| ''Ashiqui''
| Anita
|
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Maya''
| Maya
|
|
|-
| 2000
| ''Eeena Meena Deeka''
|
|
|
|-
| 2013; 2016
| ''[[24 (Indian TV series) | 24]]''
| Naina Singhania
|
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Tumhari Pakhi]]''
| Anuja/Devki Rathore
|
| {{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
|-
| 2015–2017
| ''[[Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani]]''
| Priyamvada Devvadan Singh Deo
|
|
|-
| 2019–2022
| ''[[Choti Sarrdaarni]]''
| rowspan = "2" | Kulwant Kaur Dhillon
|
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Parineeti (TV series)|Parineetii]]''
|
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Saavi Ki Savaari]]''
| Kumud Dalmiya Agarwal
|
| <ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=13 April 2023|title=Anita Raaj Is Set To Enter 'Saavi Ki Savaari' As A Tough Personality|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/anita-raaj-is-set-to-enter-saavi-ki-savaari-as-a-tough-personalit/articleshow/99467961.cms|access-date=24 December 2023|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2023–present
| ''[[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]]''
| Kaveri Poddar
|
| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-anita-raj-to-join-rajan-shahis-yeh-rishta-kya-kehlata-hai-post-the-time-leap/articleshow/104468473.cms|title=Anita Raj to join Rajan Shahi's Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai post the time leap|newspaper=The Times of India |date=16 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-16}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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AnnaOgg388928 at 05:25, 27 February 2026