25/08/2023

Priya Anand Wiki, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Priya Anand is an Indian model and actress who appears in Bollywood and South Indian films. He is known for his films “Leader,” “180,” “Fukrey,” “Ezra,” “Orange,” “LKG,” “Adithya Varma,” and many more.

Wiki/Biography

Priya Anand was born as ‘Priya Bharadwaj Anand’ on Wednesday, 17 September 1986 (age 33 years; as in 2019) in Chennai. His zodiac sign is Virgo. He grew up in Chennai and Hyderabad. His family moved to the United States, about 19 years ago. He earned a Major in Communications (minors in business, journalism and African studies) from the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany). He came to India in 2008, and since then, he lives with his grandparents in Chennai.

Priya Anand with her Grandmother

Physical appearance

Height (approx): 5′ 4″

Eye Color: Dark Brown

Hair Color: Black

Family, Caste & Husband

Priya Anand’s father’s name is Bharadwaj and mother’s name is Radha. His father is a Tamil, and his mother is half Telugu and half Marathi.

Priya Anand with her mother

He is the only child of his parents.

Career

Fascinated by films, since his childhood, he wanted to get into the technical aspects of film making and wanted to work as an assistant director to S. Shankar. Instead, she ventured into modeling and worked on several commercials like Natural Maha Lacto (with Mahendra Singh Dhoni), Prince Jewelery Diamond Collection (voiced by Bharati Raja), Cadbury Dairy Milk (Diwali special), etc.

Priya was supposed to make her acting debut with the Tamil Film “Pugaippadam” (2010), but the film was released 2 years later. Her first release came with the film “Vaamanan” (2009), where she played the role of ‘Divya.’

Priya Anand- Vaamanan

Priya Anand made her Telugu debut with the film “Leader” (2010), in which she played the role of ‘Ratna Prabha.’

Priya Anand- Leader

She made her Bollywood debut with the movie “English Vinglish” in 2012, where she played the role of ‘Radha.’

Priya Anand in a scene from English Vinglish

She made her Malayalam debut with the film “Ezra” (2017) in the role of ‘Priya.’

Priya Anand-Ezra

She made her Kannada debut with the movie “Raajakumara (2017)” as ‘Nandini.’

Priya Anand-Raajakumara

Controversy

On 20 April 2019, a twitterati labeled Anand as ‘bad luck’ to his co-stars Sridevi and JK Rithesh, who had acted with him in the films “English Vinglish” and “LKG,” respectively. Citing the logic behind his statement, he said that both the actors died after acting with him. Anand responded that the troll’s comment was ‘insensitive.’ He further added-
But please be aware that what you say can really cause a lot of pain in people. So before you make such a comment, I hope you take some time and practice being empathetic and refrain from such petty petty behavior”

Tweet Priya Anand

Favorite Things

Food: Iranian Barbeque, Cotton Candy

Movies: Kshana Kshana (2007), Agni Natchathiram (1988)

Anime Character: Po (Kung Fu Panda)

Travel Destination: Italy

Facts

She likes to dance and travel.

He is fluent in 7 languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi, English and Spanish.

Sekhar Kammula saw ‘Priya Anand’ on Facebook and invited her for an audition. After going through three auditions, she was selected for the lead role of ‘Ratna Prabha’ in the film “Leader” (2010).

On 20 June 2011, he was appointed as the brand ambassador of the ‘Save the Children’ campaign for Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh.

Priya Anand during the Save the Children Campaign

He is a big fan of Sridevi. In the movie “English Vinglish,” he got a chance to act with his idol. Talking about it, he said-
I signed this film just to be close and close to an artist who has influenced me and be a part of something that means so much to him. I did this film as his fan and I was fortunate enough to play a very important role in his journey in the film.”

Priya Anand with Sridevi

He is an animal lover and has a dog named ‘bumblebee.’

Priya Anand with her dog

The song “Aedho Saigirai,” a song from his debut film “Vaamanan” (2009), which featured him became an instant hit. The song is dubbed as ‘Lagu Priya’.