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{{short description|Indian television actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Geetanjali Tikekar
| birth_date =
| occupation = [[Actress]]

| spouse = {{marriage|[[Sikandar Kharbanda]]|2007}}
| known for = {{ubl|''[[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]]''|''[[Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir]]''|''[[Shubh Laabh – Aapkey Ghar Mein]]''}}
| years_active = 2002–2022
}}
'''Geetanjali Tikekar''' is an Indian television actress known for portraying the role of Aparna in ''[[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]]'' and Anjali Niranjan Agnihotri in ''[[Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir]]''.

==Career==
Geetanjali started her television career with ''[[Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat]]'' in 2002. She played the role of a psychotherapist in ''Jersey No. 10'' on [[Sony SAB]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140426214704/http://www.in.com/geetanjali-tikekar/biography-1948049.html Geetanjali Tikikar | BIO]</ref>
In ''[[Tere Liye (TV series)|Tere Liye]]'' she played Neelanjana Shekhar Ganguly on [[Star Plus]]. She gained popularity for her role of Aparna Anurag Basu in [[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]], for which she also won accolades. She also portrayed Anjali Niranjan Agnihotri in ''[[Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir]]''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130627063257/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-24/tv/39501432_1_family-drama-avinash-sachdev-star-plus Gitanjali Tikekar in Sphere Origin's next? - Times Of India]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metromasti.com/page/biography/31550 |title=Geetanjali plays in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 2 |access-date=8 October 2013 |archive-date=1 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901222031/http://www.metromasti.com/page/biography/31550 |url-status=dead }}</ref> on [[Star Plus]].

==Personal life==
She married her co-star [[Sikandar Kharbanda]] from ''[[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]]''. They dated each other 2 and a half years before marriage.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131029214013/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-01-09/tv/27769643_1_wedding-bells-marriage-plans-low-profile Gitanjali speaks about her boyfriend - Times Of India]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1148627/report-geetanjali-tikekar-to-wed Geetanjali Tikekar to wed - DNA]</ref> The couple have a son named Shaurya Kharbanda born on 1 December 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Tellychakkar |title=Candid chat with Geetanjali Tikekar |url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/candid-chat-geetanjali-tikekar |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Tellychakkar.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Television==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Show
! Role
! Notes
!class="unsortable"| Ref(s)
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2002–2003
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat]]''
| Neonika "Nikki" Chatterjee / Neonika Raj Karmarkar
| (Episode 6 to Episode 29)
|
|-
| Natasha
| (Episode 160 to Episode 176)
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/oct/oct52.htm |title=Sony premiers 9th series of KHKH, 'Khaall' |website=indiantelevision.com |date=1 August 2003 |access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kahi To Milenge]]''
| Sanjana
|
|
|-
| 2003–2004; 2005–2007
| ''[[Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)|Kasautii Zindagii Kay]]''
| Aparna Ghosh / Aparna Anurag Basu / Suchitra
|
|<ref>[http://m.mouthshut.com/review/Kasauti-Zindagi-Ki-review-pqnnutror KASAUTI ZINDAGI KI - Review - MouthShut.com]</ref>
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''Hum 2 Hain Na!''
| Anjali
|
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Raat Hone Ko Hai]]''
| Sanjana
| (Episode 229 to Episode 232)
|
|-
| 2006–2008
| ''[[Karam Apnaa Apnaa]]''
| Maya Kapoor
|
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2006/karam-apna-apna-131006.html |title=Karam Apna Apna: Ekta's newest marvelous sequential - Oneindia Entertainment |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002100551/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2006/karam-apna-apna-131006.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2603432/ Karam Apnaa Apnaa (TV series 2006-2009) - IMDb]</ref>
|-
| 2007–2008
| ''Jersey No. 10''
| Psychotherapist
|
| {{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 2010–2011
| ''[[Tere Liye (TV series)|Tere Liye]]''
| Neelanjana Shekhar Ganguly
|
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://starplus.startv.in/show/tere-liye/home_35.aspx|title=Tere Liye Star plus tv show|publisher=startv.in|year=2010|access-date=3 August 2013|archive-date=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208204547/http://starplus.startv.in/show/tere-liye/home_35.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Adaalat (TV series)|Adaalat]]'' – Zindagi Milegi Dobara : Part 1 & Part 2
| Advocate Suchitra Silwadker
| (Episode 69 & Episode 70)
| <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1943898/fullcredits Adaalat (TV Series 2010– ) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb]</ref>
|-
| 2013–2015
| ''[[Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir]]''
| Anjali Niranjan Agnihotri
|
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2013/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon-back-ek-baar-phir-117166.html |title='Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon' Back 'Ek Baar Phir' On Popular Demand - Oneindia Entertainment |access-date=8 October 2013 |archive-date=22 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422131715/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2013/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon-back-ek-baar-phir-117166.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.starplus.in/show/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doonek-baar-phir/home_413.aspx |title=Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?...Ek Baar Phir - Info |access-date=27 October 2013 |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031081838/http://www.starplus.in/show/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doonek-baar-phir/home_413.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2013-09-06 |title=Review: Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon,Ek Baar Phir,just another love story |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/review-iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon-ek-baar-phir-just-another-love-story/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Ek Duje Ke Vaaste]]''
| Nirmala Ramnath Malhotra
|
|
|-
| 2019–2020
| ''[[Naagin (2015 TV series)|Naagin 4: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel]]''
| Vrushali Akash Parikh
|
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Kyun Utthe Dil Chhod Aaye]]''
| Nalini Gajendra Pratapsingh / Nalini Vijendra Pratapsingh
|
|
|-
| 2021–2022
| ''[[Shubh Laabh – Aapkey Ghar Mein]]''
| Savita Niranjan Toshniwal
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Shubh Laabh, Coming Soon|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARpcSgrchho|website=YouTube}}</ref>
|
|-
|}

== Awards ==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=June 2020}}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" scope="col" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" scope="col" | Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" scope="col" | Category
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" scope="col" | Character
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Show
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Result
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| [[Indian Television Academy Awards#Best Actress in a Negative Role|Indian Television Academy Awards]]
| Best Actress in a Negative Role
| rowspan="2"| Aparna Basu
| rowspan="2"| ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay''
| rowspan="1" {{won}}
|-
| [[Indian Telly Awards]] || [[Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|{{won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}} https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4760652/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|4760652}}

{{Indian Television Academy Awards}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Indian soap opera actresses]]
[[Category:Indian television actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi television]]
[[Category:Actresses from Mumbai]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]

Geetanjali Tikekar - Revision history

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