Sanjjana

Early life She was born as Archana Manohar Galrani in Bangalore and is the elder daughter of Manohar and Reshma Galrani who are of Sindhi ancestry. She has a younger sister, Nikki Galrani who is also an actress.

She appeared on a Fastrack advertisement with John Abraham.

Career After appearing in advertisements and as child artist in roles in the films Soggadu and Panduranga Vittala, she got her first starring role in Ganda Hendathi.

Her first release, however, was the Tamil feature film, Oru Kadhal Seiveer. S R Ashok Kumar of The Hindu noted that Galrani, then credited under her birth name, was "very beautiful but has to work on her acting".

Ganda Hendathi, a Kannada remake of the Hindi film Murder (2004), itself an adaptation of the Hollywood film Unfaithful (2002). The film was released in Telugu as Mogudu Pellam O Boy Friend. While Sify wrote, "Sanjjanaa has made a decent debut and she is extremely daring and does justice to her role".

In January 2012, she played one of the lead roles in Casanova, her maiden Malayalam venture. Reportedly the costliest Malayalam production of all time, Director Rosshan Andrrews signed her for the particular role, since she was trained in salsa.

Controversy Drug trafficking case Galrani was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Karnataka Police on 8 September 2020 in connection with the investigation into the Sandalwood drug racket case involving the Kannada film industry. She is the second actor to be arrested by the CCB after Ragini Dwivedi. Her bail application was denied several times by the courts, with the CCB claiming that she has admitted to being part of the drug racket. She was later granted bail after spending 3 months in prison. The drug case against Galrani and others was quashed by the Karnataka High Court on 25 March 2024 due to procedural lapses by the police.

Personal life Galrani converted to Islam and secretly married a Bangalore-based cardiovascular surgeon Azeez Pasha in February 2021. Together, they have two children: a boy (b. 2022) and a girl (b. 2025). She performed her first Umrah at Mecca in 2023. But according to her social media posts she is not a practicing Muslim. She often follows and perform other religious rituals and practices primarily Hinduism. In one of her Instagram posts, she expressed happiness in the Pranpratishtha ceremony of Ayodhya Ram Temple and added in her same post caption, "I hope my dream of a beautiful construction of a temple in Mathura for Krishna bhagwan also comes true in my lifetime of existence."

Filmography

Film

Web series 2020 : Shit Happens (Telugu web series) 2019: Aivar (Tamil)

Television Sanjana was a contestant on Bigg Boss Kannada season 1,later eliminated on Day 14. Smart Show (Malayalam game show) Sixth Sense Kannada (Kannada game show) Sixth Sense (Telugu game show) Swarna Khadgam/Illayathalapathy as Queen Mahadatri. Produced by Arka Media Works and directed by Yata Satya Narayana. Galrani was a contestant of the Hindi reality TV show Mujhse Shaadi Karoge. Contestant in Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 9, 5th runner-up. Ye Devi Varamo Neevu (Telugu TV soap opera)

Awards Best Actor in a Negative Role Female for I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona – The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011 In 2015, she entered into the Limca Book of World Records by cycling for 104 hours. She was given the Celebrity Social Media Icon 2016 award by GMASA.