Anu Choudhury

Anu Choudhury
Anu Choudhury in Ekalabya Award Show
Native name	ଅନୁ ଚୌଧୁରୀ
Born	Choudhury Anasuya Dash (1979-08-30) 30 August 1979 (age 37) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Munu
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	1998– present

Anu Choudhury (born on 30 August 1979) is a leading Indian actress. She has starred in more than 50 films. Her debut Odia film was Maa Goja Bayani.

Anu was born in Bhubaneswar to Odia film editor Rabi Choudhury and Soudamini Choudhury. Rabi Chaudhury was a film make-up man and an editor, so she was quite familiar with the film industry being a girl from film background. She graduated from Rama Devi Women's College, Bhubaneswar in home science before commencing a career as a film actress. Before coming to Oriya film industry she had always wanted to be an actress. At her early age she had acted in two Oriya movies as child artist. Before being an actress she had given voice for many actresses in films in her infant age. She has completed her higher secondary education from Bijupattanayak college, Bhubaneswar in science term.

Anu began her career in Oriya film as a child artist. She acted as child artist in two movies, Badhu Nirupama and Mamata Mage Mula. As child artist she had done very small roles in these two movies. Her first film as main lead actress was Maa Gojabayani which was a huge hit in 1998. In her 1st movie though there was no such big stars, but still with her effort she was eligible to compete with Rachana Banerjee in Ollywood during that period. She won praise for her acting in the film. For her first movie she got Odisha State Film Award for Best Actress for that movie in Chalachitra Jagat award. Since then, she has acted in a number of films, Biswaprakash. In Biswaprakash she acted with internationally acclaimed actress Nandita Das which movie is a part of Indian Panorama.

Then after she did movies like Mana Rahigala Tumari Thare, Maa-O-Mamata, Gare Sindura Dhare Luha. For Gare Sindura Dhare Luha movie she got Orissa State Film Awards as best actress. After that she continued to do many more movies. Anu got rush popularity in movie Rakhi Bandhili Mo Rakhiba Mana after which she became favourite of many directors, producers and viewers. After her movie Hari Bhai Harena she gave a new definition to Odisha cinema. She also acted in Sashu Ghara Chalijibi which was produced by famous Rajshri Productions and co-starred Siddhanta Mahapatra.