Geetanjali Tikekar

Geetanjali Tikekar is an Indian television actress known for portraying the role of Aparna in Kasautii Zindagii Kay and Anjali Niranjan Agnihotri in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir.

Geetanjali Tikekar
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–2022
Known for	Kasautii Zindagii Kay Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir Shubh Laabh – Aapkey Ghar Mein
Spouse	Sikandar Kharbanda ​ (m. 2007)​

Career

Geetanjali started her television career with Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat in 2002. She played the role of a psychotherapist in Jersey No. 10 on Sony SAB.^[1] In Tere Liye she played Neelanjana Shekhar Ganguly on Star Plus. She gained popularity for her role of Aparna Anurag Basu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, for which she also won accolades. She also portrayed Anjali Niranjan Agnihotri in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir^[2][3] on Star Plus.

Personal life

She married her co-star Sikandar Kharbanda from Kasautii Zindagii Kay. They dated each other 2 and a half years before marriage.^[4][5] The couple have a son named Shaurya Kharbanda born on 1 December 2008.^[6]

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2002–2003	Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat	Neonika "Nikki" Chatterjee / Neonika Raj Karmarkar	(Episode 6 to Episode 29)
		Natasha	(Episode 160 to Episode 176)	[7]
	Kahi To Milenge	Sanjana
2003–2004; 2005–2007	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Aparna Ghosh / Aparna Anurag Basu / Suchitra		[8]
2004–2005	Hum 2 Hain Na!	Anjali
2005	Raat Hone Ko Hai	Sanjana	(Episode 229 to Episode 232)
2006–2008	Karam Apnaa Apnaa	Maya Kapoor		[9][10]
2007–2008	Jersey No. 10	Psychotherapist		[citation needed]
2010–2011	Tere Liye	Neelanjana Shekhar Ganguly		[11]
2011	Adaalat – Zindagi Milegi Dobara : Part 1 & Part 2	Advocate Suchitra Silwadker	(Episode 69 & Episode 70)	[12]
2013–2015	Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir	Anjali Niranjan Agnihotri		[13][14][15]
2016	Ek Duje Ke Vaaste	Nirmala Ramnath Malhotra
2019–2020	Naagin 4: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel	Vrushali Akash Parikh
2021	Kyun Utthe Dil Chhod Aaye	Nalini Gajendra Pratapsingh / Nalini Vijendra Pratapsingh
2021–2022	Shubh Laabh – Aapkey Ghar Mein	Savita Niranjan Toshniwal	[16]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Character	Show	Result
2004	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actress in a Negative Role	Aparna Basu	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Won
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role			Won