Apsara Rani Explained

Anketa Maharana
Birth Date:	12 January 1996
Birth Place:	Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India
Other Names:	Apsara Rani
Years Active:	2019–present
Notable Works:	Dangerous

Anketa Maharana (born 12 January 1996), credited as Apsara Rani, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu films.

Career

Anketa made her acting debut with R. Raghuraj's romantic drama 4 Letters.^[1] Her next film role was in the Satya Prakash directed romantic horror Oollalla Oollalla in 2020. Along with Nataraj and Noorin Shereef. The film was released on 1 January 2020 and received negative reviews upon its release and was declared a flop at the box office.^[2] The following year, she appeared opposite newcomer Rock Kacchi in Thriller, a romantic thriller from the director Ram Gopal Varma. It was on Ram Gopal Varma's insistence that Anketa changed her name to Apsara Rani. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was released on Shreyas ET App on 14 August 2020, and received negative reviews from the audience and critics.^[3]

In 2021, Apsara returned to Telugu Cinema with a special appearance in Gopichand Malineni's thriller mystery Krack starring Ravi Teja and Shruti Haasan.She appeared as an item girl in the song "Bhoom Bhaddhal". Apsara has also appeared as an item girl in the song "Pepsi Aunty" from the film Seetimaarr.

She was next cast in Ram Gopal Varma's Dangerous, India's first lesbian crime action film along with Naina Ganguly. She has also committed to essay the female lead opposite bilingual film Patnagarh, made in Odia and Telugu languages, based on the Patnagarh bombing. Additionally, Apsara is reuniting with Ram Gopal Varma's D Company as an item girl in film.^[4]

Filmography

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Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2019	4 Letters	Anupama	Telugu	Debut film	^[5]
2020	Oollalla Oollalla	Trisha			^[6]
	Thriller	Meghana		Short film	^[7]
2021	Krack			Special appearance in the song "Bhoom Bhaddhal"	^[8]
	D Company		Hindi	Special appearance in the song "Khatham"
	Seetimaarr		Telugu	Special appearance in the song "Pepsi Aunty"	^[9]
2022	Dangerous			India's first Lesbian crime thriller	^[10]
2023	Hunt			Special appearance in the song "Papa tho Pailam"	^[11]
2024	Thalakona				^[12]

External links

• • • • About Apsara Rani film Thriller

Notes and References

1. Web site: 4 Letters Review: Insensitive, infuriating and inexplicable . 2023-07-20 . The New Indian Express . en.
2. Web site: 2020-01-01 . Oollaala Oollaala Telugu Movie Review . 2023-07-20 . 123telugu.com . en.
3. Web site: 2020-08-15 . RGV's Thriller Telugu Movie Review . 2023-07-20 . 123telugu.com . en.
4. Web site: 2021-03-08 . Odisha's Apsara Rani To Sizzle On Big Screen With RGV's D-Company; Watch The Trailer . 2023-07-20 . odishabytes . en-US.
5. News: 4 Letters Movie Review . The Times of India . 2023-07-20 . 0971-8257.
6. News: Oollalla Oollalla Movie Review : A shoddily made film. . The Times of India . 2023-07-20 . 0971-8257.
7. Web site: Pioneer. The. 2 Odisha actors in lead roles in Bollywood movie. 8 August 2020. The Pioneer. en.
8. Web site: Pic Talk: Apsara Rani is shaking her leg opposite Ravi Teja in Krack – Times of India. 3 January 2021. The Times of India. en.
9. Web site: Apsara Rani as Pepsi Aunty from Gopichand and Tamannaah starrer Seetimaar released – Times of India . 9 September 2021 . The Times of India . en.
10. Web site: RGV's Dangerous Trailer 2 Apsara Rani– Bollywood Hungama. 5 October 2021. . en.
11. Web site: HUNT: సుధీర్ బాబు సినిమాలో మంగ్లీ పాట.. 'పాపతో పైలం' సారూ..! . 2022-10-17 . Samayam Telugu . te.
12. News: Deccan Chronicle . Women-centric films are the need of the hour, says Apsara Rani . 27 October 2023 . 5 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231027080546/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/051122/women-centric-films-are-the-need-of-the-hour-says-apsara-rani.html . 27 October 2023.