Saniya Anklesaria

Saniya Anklesaria is an actress who appears in Hindi films, commercials and TV shows. She is known for her role of Max in the Disney Channel India sitcom, The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir, an Indian adaptation of the American show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Guri Malhotra, a recurring character on the Disney hit series Best of Luck Nikki, an Indian adaptation of the American show Good Luck Charlie. She also appeared in mainstream Bollywood movies, like Rowdy Rathore, Raanjhanaa, Life's Good and Bombairiya.

Career

Saniya Anklesaria first acted at the age of seven in Raell Padamsee's seven-day acting workshop during her summer vacation of 2009. Upon completion she was selected for a television commercial in her first audition. Since then she has featured in several television commercials and print media nationwide. She started dance at the age of four and then started taking dancing classes at the Shiamak Davar's dance company and Brian's Academy of dance in Mumbai that led to her earning several awards and accolades dancing competitively.

In 2012, she featured in Disney television series, The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Indian adaptation of the American show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) portraying the character of Max, as one of Karan and Kabir's friend. The same year, she made her silver screen debut with Bollywood blockbuster film Rowdy Rathore, featuring actor Akshay Kumar and veteran actor Yashpal Sharma. She played Sharma's daughter in the film. Early that year, she was chosen to play the lead child actor role in national award-winning director Anant Mahadevan's Life's Good, alongside actors Jackie Shroff and Rajit Kapoor. The director was looking for three girls of similar appearance but different ages, and chose Anklesaria to play Mishti, the youngest character. In 2013 she was in the Bollywood film Raanjhanaa playing actress Sonam Kapoor's childhood followed by Bombairiya starring Radhika Apte, released in January 2019.

Anklesaria was cast as the lead child protagonist in the telefilm Terrorist Uncle, produced by Rohit Roy productions playing the daughter Minnie of veteran actor Ronit Roy and television actress Sakshi Tanwar.

Filmography Films Year Film Role Notes 2019 Bombairiya Alice D'Mello directed by Pia Sukanya 2018 Life's Good Mishti directed by Anant Mahadevan, produced by Anand Shukla 2013 Raanjhanaa Zoya Haider's childhood directed by Anand L. Rai 2012 Rowdy Rathore Inspector Vishal Sharma's (Yashpal Sharma's) Daughter directed by Prabhu Deva 2011 Aatankwadi Uncle Mininie daughter of Ronit Roy & Sakshi Tanwar telefilm directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyay produced by Rohit Roy productions 2011 A Quiet Noise Aaliya (child protagonist) short film directed by Nina Shrivastava produced by Whistling Woods 2011 Yellow Umbrella child protagonist short film directed by Arati Kadav produced by Whistling Woods

Television Year Title Role Notes2015 Best of Luck Nikki (Season 4) Guri Malhotra (1 episode). Guri is the equivalent of Jo Kenner played by G. Hannelius in Good Luck Charlie. 2015 SuperCops vs Supervillains (1 episode) 2013 The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 2) Max Character remake of Max, portrayed by Alyson Stoner in the original series, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. 2012 The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 1)2011 Best of Luck Nikki Guri Malhotra S01E09 Guri is the equivalent of Jo Kenner played by G. Hannelius in Good Luck Charlie.2011 Crime Patrol (TV series) (1 episode) Krupa Shanidev Ki (1 episode for Sagar Arts)

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