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{{short description|Indian actress (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Apsara Rani
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Anketa Maharana
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|1|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dehradun]], [[Uttaranchal]], India
| other_names =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}
| years_active = 2019–present
| known_for =
| notable_works = ''[[Dangerous (2022 film)|Dangerous]]''
}}

'''Anketa Maharana''' (born 12 January 1996), credited professionally as '''Apsara Rani''', is an Indian actress who appears primarily in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu films]].

== Career ==
Anketa made her acting debut with [[R. Raghuraj]]'s romantic drama ''[[4 Letters]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=4 Letters Review: Insensitive, infuriating and inexplicable |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2019/feb/22/4-letters-review-10244.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=[[Cinema Express]] |date=22 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Her next film role was in the [[Satya Prakash (actor)|Satya Prakash]] directed romantic horror Oollalla Oollalla in 2020. Along with Nataraj and Noorin Shereef. The film was released on 1 January 2020 and received negative reviews upon its release and was declared a flop at the [[box office]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} The following year, she appeared opposite newcomer Rock Kacchi in Thriller, a romantic thriller from the director [[Ram Gopal Varma]]. It was on [[Ram Gopal Varma]]'s insistence that Anketa changed her name to Apsara Rani. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the film was released on Shreyas ET App on 14 August 2020, and received negative reviews from the audience and critics.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In 2021, Apsara returned to Telugu Cinema with a special appearance in [[Gopichand Malineni]]'s thriller mystery [[Krack (film)|Krack]] starring [[Ravi Teja]] and [[Shruti Haasan]].She appeared as an [[Item number|item girl]] in the song "Bhoom Bhaddhal".<ref name="K"/> Apsara has also appeared as an [[Item number|item girl]] in the song "Pepsi Aunty" from the film [[Seetimaarr]].<ref name="S"/>

She was next cast in [[Ram Gopal Varma]]'s ''Dangerous'', India's first [[lesbian]] [[crime action]] film along with [[Naina Ganguly]].<ref name="Da"/> She has also committed to essay the female lead opposite [[bilingual]] film Patnagarh, made in [[Odia language|Odia]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] languages, based on the [[Patnagarh bombing]]. Additionally, Apsara is reuniting with [[Ram Gopal Varma]]'s D Company as an [[Item number|item girl]] in film.<ref name="D">{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=Odisha's Apsara Rani To Sizzle On Big Screen With RGV's D-Company; Watch The Trailer |url=https://odishabytes.com/odishas-apsara-rani-to-sizzle-on-big-screen-with-rgvs-d-company-watch-the-trailer/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=odishabytes |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Ref.
|-
|2019
|''[[4 Letters]]''
|Anupama
|rowspan=4|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|Debut film
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=4 Letters Movie Review |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/4-letters/movie-review/68114089.cms |access-date=2023-07-20 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2020
|''Oollalla Oollalla''
|Trisha
|
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Oollalla Oollalla Movie Review : A shoddily made film. |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/oollalla-oollalla/movie-review/73057388.cms |access-date=2023-07-20 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
|''Thriller''
|Meghana
|Short film
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title=2 Odisha actors in lead roles in Bollywood movie|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/2-odisha-actors-in-lead-roles-in-bollywood-movie.html|access-date=8 August 2020|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3 | 2021
|[[Krack (film)|''Krack'']]
|
|Special appearance in the song "Bhoom Bhaddhal"
|<ref name="K">{{Cite web|title=Pic Talk: Apsara Rani is shaking her leg opposite Ravi Teja in Krack – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/pic-talk-apsara-rani-is-shaking-her-leg-opposite-ravi-teja-in-krack/articleshow/78698258.cms|access-date=3 January 2021|website=The Times of India|date=16 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[D Company (2021 film)|D Company]]''
|
| [[Hindi]]
|Special appearance in the song "Khatham"
|<ref name="D"/>
|-
|''[[Seetimaarr]]''
|
| Telugu
|Special appearance in the song "Pepsi Aunty"
|<ref name="S">{{Cite web |title=Apsara Rani as Pepsi Aunty from Gopichand and Tamannaah starrer Seetimaar released – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/apsara-rani-as-pepsi-aunty-from-gopichand-and-tamannaah-starrer-seetimaar-released/articleshow/81616687.cms |access-date=9 September 2021 |website=The Times of India |date=21 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|''[[Dangerous (2022 film)|Dangerous]]''
|
| Hindi
|
|<ref name="Da">{{Cite web |title=RGV's Dangerous Trailer 2 Apsara Rani– Bollywood Hungama|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/videos/movie-promos/rgvs-dangerous-trailer-2-indias-first-lesbian-crime-action-film-naina-ganguly-apsara-rani/|access-date=5 October 2021
|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|''[[Hunt (2023 film)|Hunt]]''
|
| rowspan="6" |Telugu
|Special appearance in the song "Papa tho Pailam"
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=HUNT: సుధీర్ బాబు సినిమాలో మంగ్లీ పాట.. 'పాపతో పైలం' సారూ..! |url=https://telugu.samayam.com/telugu-movies/cinema-news/papa-tho-pailam-song-released-from-sudheer-babu-hunt-movie/articleshow/94783814.cms |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Samayam Telugu |language=te}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|''[[Thalakona (2024 film)|Thalakona]]''
|
|
|<ref name="Women-centric films are the need of the hour, says Apsara Rani">{{cite news |last1=Deccan Chronicle |title=Women-centric films are the need of the hour, says Apsara Rani |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/051122/women-centric-films-are-the-need-of-the-hour-says-apsara-rani.html |access-date=27 October 2023 |date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027080546/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/051122/women-centric-films-are-the-need-of-the-hour-says-apsara-rani.html |archive-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|''[[Racharikam]]''
|Bhargavi Reddy
|
|
|-
|2026
|''[[Blood Roses (film)|Blood Roses]]''
|Adhira
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sistu |first=Suhas |date=2026-02-06 |title=Blood Roses: Blends power, emotion, and social consciousness |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/blood-roses-blends-power-emotion-and-social-consciousness-1046114 |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{Twitter|apsara_rani_}}
* {{Instagram|apsararaniofficial_}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Dehradun]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Odia cinema]]
[[Category:Odia people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]

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