Shilpa Anand (Ohanna Shivanand)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Shilpa Anand

• Shilpa Anand spent her childhood in South Africa and completed her secondary education there. Then, she came to India to pursue her further studies.

  

• At the age of 14, she received her first salary which was Rs 5000 for anchoring a stage show.

  

• After completing her post-graduation, she worked as a software developer for around five years. She worked on Java J2EE application development and E-Learning there.

• She started her career as a model.

  

• She has appeared in many TV commercials along with various Indian actors like Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Amitabh Bachchan.

• Shilpa has been featured in various music videos like “Gol Gol Akh” (2002; Punjabi) from the album Haaye Sohniye, Kuch Der Tak (2006; Hindi) from the album Tanhai: Lonely Hearts, “Kachichiyan” (2014; Punjabi) from the album Kachichiyan, “Khwaishein” (2014; Hindi) from the album Khwaishein: An Endless Dream, and “Over Under” (2016; Punjabi) from the album Illuminati.

  

• In 2003, she played the role of Vaishnavi/Vedika in the Telugu film ‘Vishnu.’

• In 2003, she filed a police complaint against the Indian actor Mohan Babu for slapping her on the sets of a film. The incident happened on the sets of the Telugu film ‘Vishnu,’ when Shilpa and Mohan had to do a kissing scene. Reportedly, when the actors were asked to do a second take of the scene, Shilpa refused it after which Mohan slapped her and dragged her from her hair. ^[1]Rediff

• She has also appeared in various Hindi films like ‘Deewane Ho Gaye’ (2010), ‘Alert 24×7’ (2011), ‘Bloody Isshq’ (2013), and ‘Yeh Hai Lollipop’ (2016).

  

• In 2007, she gained immense popularity with her role as Dr. Riddhima Gupta in the Hindi TV serial ‘Dill Mill Gayye.’ However, in 2008, she left the show as she had a fight with the executive producer while shooting for a scene for the serial.

• She was then replaced by Sukirti Kandpal in the show, In 2009, when Sukirti left the show, Shilpa was again approached for the serial. However, Shilpa was asking for high fees, so Jennifer Winget was cast as Dr Riddhima in the serial.

• In 2010, Shilpa agreed to work in the serial, but she was offered a new character named Dr Shilpa Malhotra. She did not receive a good response from the audience, and her plot in the serial was limited. In the same year, she left the show.

• Shilpa appeared in the Hindi telefilm ‘Teri Meri Love Stories’ in 2012 as Meera.

  

• In 2015, she was invited as a celebrity guest in the Hindi TV series ‘Mahisagar.’

• She decided to change her name to Ohanna Shivanand in 2016 as she used to find her name (Shilpa) very common.

• In the same year, she left the entertainment industry.

• She is an avid animal lover and has a pet dog named Orion.

  

• She is a religious person and has a deep faith in god.

  

• Shilpa is often spotted consuming wine at various parties and events.

  

• She has shared various pictures of her on Instagram in which she looks completely different from what she used to look like earlier. On her Instagram posts, netizens have commented that her surgery had gone wrong whereas some others have commented that she was suffering from some disease.

  

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