Anjali Lavania

Anjali Lavania
Born (1984-05-15) 15 May 1984[1]
Mumbai, India
OccupationsActress, Model, Lifecoach, Disc jockey, Television Presenter,

Anjali Lavania is an Indian model, actress, disc jockey and spiritual life coach.[2] She made her acting debut in the 2011 Telugu film Panjaa, starring Pawan Kalyan.[3][4]

Career

Anjali Lavania hails from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her mother is a model from Kerala, while her father is from Nainital and served in the Indian Navy as a naval aviator.[2][5]

Anjali started off as a model for Roopam campaign and Sheetal Design Studio in Mumbai. She has modeled internationally for fashion designers Lotta Stensson, Ashaka Givens, Christopher Kane and Gary Harvey.She has walked the runway in New York and LA fashion weeks, Anjali is particularly active in the Eco-Green movement, she was featured in the Los Angeles Times for the Eco-nouveau show, during LA fashion week adorning the bridal, newspaper ensemble by British Designer Gary Harvey that was showcased at the MOMA in NYC.[6]

She appeared in advertising campaigns for Provogue, Pantaloons, Mahindra Xylo, Titan and Levi's. In 2011, she featured alongside Aamir Khan in a Titan watch campaign and Imran Khan in a Levi's denim campaign.[7][8][9]

She was featured in the Kingfisher Calendar in 2010 and 2011.[10][11] She hosted Making of the Kingfisher Calendar in 2011 and was featured in the Times 50 Most Desirable Women list in 2010.[12]

In 2011, she was cast by director Vishnuvardhan as the lead female character alongside Pawan Kalyan in the Telugu film Panjaa.[13][14] In 2012 she was featured in Vogue's list of Top 10 models. Anjali Lavania is also featured in Manish Malhotra's Fashion (2012) with Vidyut Jamwal which was showcased in Delhi Couture week. In June 2012, Anjali won her first acting award at the very prestigious Cinemaa Awards for her Confident Debut in Panjaa opposite Pawan Kalyan. This award was presented to her by the iconic Nagarjuna.

In December 2022, Anjali ventured into DJing and music production. Her work draws on electronic music genres such as melodic techno and progressive house. She has performed in the same music festivals with industry icons like Hugel, Goom Gum, Senses of Mind, Mia Mendi, Masha Vincente & more.[15]

Life coaching

Following her career in modelling and acting, Anjali transitioned into spiritual life coaching. ETimes described her as a holistic life coach and noted her work in Kriya Yoga, chakra healing and holistic wellness.[16]

Anjali is the founder of HigherSelfing™, a personal development platform offering spiritual life coaching, meditation and educational programmes.[17]

According to the HigherSelfing website, she developed the HigherSelfing™ Methodology, an integrative coaching framework combining Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Kriya Yoga, Pranic Healing, Human Design and Vedic astrology.[18]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2011PanjaaJhanviTeluguCineMaa Award Most Confident Debut of The Year

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Exclusive biography of @anjalilavania and on her life". FilmiBeat.
  2. 1 2 Y. Sunita Chowdhary (24 September 2011). "Arts / Cinema : Girl of many interests". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ↑ ITGD Bureau (3 May 2011). "Anjali Lavania to star in Pawan Kalyan film : Gossip: News India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "I'm classy and sexy, says Anjali Lavania - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "PICS: Bikini model Anjali Lavania opens up - Rediff Getahead". Rediff.com. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Anjali Lavania". The Times of India. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Hey, Aamir! Lavania is lovin ya!". The Times of India. 12 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "Kingfisher Girl Anjali Lavania features in ads with both Aamir and Imran". Bollywood Hungama. 11 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Kingfisher calendar girl works with Aamir-Imran". Hindustan Times. 22 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "Kingfisher Calendar 2010". Rediff. 6 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Kingfisher Calendar 2011: First Look". Rediff. 28 December 2010.
  12. ↑ "Elegance and élan come naturally to holistic life coach Anjali Lavania". ETimes. The Times of India.
  13. ↑ "Bikini model Anjali Lavania with Pawan Kalyan - Rediff Getahead". Rediff.com. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Great Talk About 'Panjaa' Heroine". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  15. ↑ "Meet Anjali". HigherSelfing.
  16. ↑ "Elegance and élan come naturally to holistic life coach Anjali Lavania". ETimes. The Times of India.
  17. ↑ "Meet Anjali". HigherSelfing.
  18. ↑ "Meet Anjali". HigherSelfing.
  19. ↑ "Cinemaa awards 2012 - Telugu cinema functions". www.idlebrain.com.
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