---
name: "Anita Kanwar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anita-kanwar"
fi1m_id: "anita-kanwar"
imdb_id: "nm0438027"
tmdb_id: 1147135
wikidata_id: "Q4765561"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:52:19.351460+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anita Kanwar

## Identity

Anita Kanwar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anita-kanwar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anita-kanwar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0438027
- **TMDB ID:** 1147135
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4765561
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Kanwar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4765561, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438027/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147135

Actor. Born in Chandigarh, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Kanwar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4765561, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438027/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147135

## Biography

Anita Kanwar is an Indian actress who has worked in film and television. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (1978 batch), she made her film debut in *Dostana* (1980). She is best known for her role as Lajjo ji in the Doordarshan series *Buniyaad* (1986–1987) and for playing Rekha Golub in Mira Nair's *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), for which she was nominated for a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

Kanwar has appeared in other films including *Janam* (1985) and *Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen* (1990). In 1998 she returned to television as Inspector KC, Chief of Homicide, in the Star Plus series *Saboot*. She lives in Gurgaon, near Delhi.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Rekha Golub — [page](https://film.one/film/salaam-bombay.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hearth and Home* (2025), Actor
- *Sukhmani* (2010), Actor
- *Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke* (2000), Costume Design
- *Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen* (1990), Actor
- *Reconnaissance* (1990), Actor
- *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), as Rekha Golub — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/salaam-bombay.md)
- *Om Dar-B-Dar* (1988), as Phoolkumari
- *Dacait* (1987), as Dr. Geeta
- *Susman* (1987), Actor
- *Avakash Kal* (1986), Actor
- *Janam* (1985), as Nalini
- *Trikal* (1985), as Sylvia (Anna's mother)
- *Mati Manas* (1985), Actor
- *Mandi* (1983), as Parweena
- *Aadharshila* (1982), as Asha
- *Buniyaad*, series, as Lajoji (Lajwanti)

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