Anju (actress)


Anju is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films and television series.

Personal life

Anju belongs to a Tamil family and was raised in Chennai. Her father Raja is a Muslim while her mother Ratna was a Hindu.
At the age of 17, Anju married actor Tiger Prabhakar, who was 48 years old. They got separated within a year. She has a son, Arjun, from this marriage.

Career

Anju debuted at the age of two with the Tamil movie Uthiripookkal in 1979. She had acted in a Kannada and Telugu movies as well. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress in 1988 for the movie Rukmini. The film sometimes spelled Rugmini was directed by K. P. Kumaran. She became known as Baby Anju because of her early roles as Child artist.

Awards

Television

;All shows are TV series unless noted
YearTitleChannelRoleLanguage
1998Ladies HostelDD MalayalamMalayalam
1999Payyan KathakalDD Malayalam-Malayalam
1999–2001ChithiSun TVVaideghiTamil
2000–2001KrishnadasiSun TVLecturer KalyaniTamil
2001SoolamSun TVTamil
2002–2003Agal VilakkugalSun TVTamil
2002–2003JananiSun TVTamil
2002–2003GayathriGemini TVPriyaTelugu
2004ManasiDD MalayalamMalayalam
2004Kadamattathu KathanarAsianetEttukettil BhanumathiMalayalam
2005–2006SelviSun TVValliammaiTamil
2007–2008ArasiSun TVValliammaiTamil
2007–2008Akka ThangaiKalaignar TVTamil
2008KalasamSun TVRanjiniTamil
2007Swami AyyappanAsianetMalayalam
2009Devi MahatmyamAsianetPankajakshiMalayalam
2016–2018Sathyam Sivam SundaramAmrita TVBhairaviMalayalam
2020–2021Magarasi Sun TVChamundeshwariTamil
2020–2021Eeramana Rojave Star VijayAnjugamTamil
2020Vanakkam Tamizha Sun TVHerselfTamil
2021Idhayathai ThirudatheyColors TamilSpecial AppearanceTamil
2021–2022GeethanjaliRaj TVChandraTamil
2022–2023Vidhya No.1Zee TamilSundhariTamil
2022Red Carpet Amrita TVHerselfMalayalam
2023–2024Amme BhagavathyFlowers TVMangalathammaMalayalam
2023–PresentSingapennaeSun TVLalithaTamil
2024–PresentGowriKalaignar TVAkilaTamil
2024–2025Constable ManjuSurya TVBhanumatiMalayalam