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{{short description|Indian model and actress}}
{{about|the actress and model|the optoelectronics engineer|Anu Agarwal}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anu Aggarwal
| image = Anu Aggrawal (selfie).jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|1|11}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anu Agrawal |work=Rottentomatoes.com |access-date=5 September 2016 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/anu-agrawal/}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| occupation = Actress, model, social activist
| years active = 1988–1996
}}

'''Anu Aggarwal''' (born 11 January 1969) is a former Indian model and actress. She is best known for her work in ''[[Aashiqui]]'', ''[[Khal-Naaikaa]]'', ''[[The Cloud Door]]'' and ''[[Thiruda Thiruda]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/The-Enigma-of-Arrival/articleshow/15808087.cms |title=The Enigma of Arrival |date=4 May 2008 |first=Vishwas |last=Kulkarni |newspaper=Mumbai Mirror |language=en |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Anu was born on 11 January 1969 in Delhi and was also raised in [[New Delhi]]. She had been acting since her school days. When she was in grade 7, she passed a stiff competition to act in a monologue. Next year, when she was in grade 8, she started a theater group. In grade 9, she both acted in as well as directed a play. In grade 10, she began writing a script, when she had to stop everything due to her board exams.<ref name="Anu_Aggarwal">{{ YouTube |title= Anu Aggarwal-Aashiqui से डेब्यू करके रातोंरात स्टार बनी अनु अग्रवाल कहां ग़ायब हो गई थीं (BBC Hindi) |id=JQKBcvdcFSw|time=1m20s}}</ref> She was a gold medalist in [[sociology]] at [[Delhi University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/from-wonder-girl-of-aashiqui-to-a-sanyasi-this-is-anu-aggarwal-s-story-in-her-own-words-248208.html |title=From Wonder Girl Of 'Aashiqui' To A Sanyasi, This Is Anu Aggarwal's Story In Her Own Words! |date=9 December 2015 |website=indiatimes.com |language=en |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> After a brief stint in modelling, and [[Video jockey|VJ]]ing, and appearance in the Doordarshan serial ''Isi Bahane'' (1988), she made her [[Bollywood]] debut with the musical blockbuster ''[[Aashiqui]]'', following which she was much in demand.<ref name=":0" />

In 1997 she joined Yoga in Bihar School of Yoga and stayed there as a Karmayogi. In 1999 she was back in Mumbai to pack her things when a serious car accident happened. Aggarwal was in a [[coma]] for 29 days, which left her with no memory of her earlier life.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/aashiqui-star-returns-to-life-turns-author/story-oNWoqaNS7s5jGIDuF3dCnO.html |title=Aashiqui star returns to life, turns author |date=13 June 2010 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> After that in 2001 she became a monk. She lives in Mumbai and is single.<ref name=":1" /> She practices yoga. She stated in one of her interviews: "To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority in bodily strength is borne out by the long history of mankind paying homage in folklore, song and poetry to strong women".

Aggarwal is a motivational TED featured speaker, runs Anu Aggarwal Foundation for mental health, environmental well-being, stress relief, and discovering joy in the challenged times of today.<ref name=":0" />

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1990
|''[[Aashiqui]]''
| Anu Verghese
| Debut film
|-
| 1992
|''[[Ghazab Tamasha]]''
| Ganga
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
|''[[Thiruda Thiruda]]''
| Chandralekha "Lekha"
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]] film
|-
|''[[King Uncle]]''
| Fenni Fernando
|
|-
|''[[Khal-Naaikaa]]''
|Anuradha Bakshi / Kiran
| Nominated - [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]] Remake of a 1992 [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] film, ''[[The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992 film)|The Hand That Rocks the Cradle]]''
|-
| 1994
|''[[The Cloud Door]]''
| Princess Kurangi
| Short movie (Cannes Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/the-cloud-door-1200438102/ |title=The Cloud Door |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=31 August 1994 |website=Variety |language=en |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>)
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
|''[[Janam Kundli]]''
| Kiran M Prasad / Kiran R. Kapoor
|
|-
|''[[Ram Shastra]]''
|
| Special appearance in the song "Love Machine"
|-
| 1996
|''[[Return of Jewel Thief]]''
| Princess Vishaka
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1988
|''Isi Bahane''
| Parineeta
|
|-
| 1994–1997
|''Oye MTV''
| VJ
| Launched MTV India<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/anusualauthor/status/864079591098400768?lang=en |title=Awesome to have launched #MTV in #india 1993! #author #anusual @Harper360 @HarperCollinsIN Got #interviewed by #NYTimes @MTVIndia #bollywoodpic.twitter.com/JidfOZU7tx |last=Aggarwal |first=Anu |date=15 May 2017 |website=@anusualauthor |language=en |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Indian film actresses]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{IMDb name|0013004}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]

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