Aanchal Kumar is a popular Indian television personality. She was most popular for her appearance in the hit Indian reality show Bigg Boss Season 4. Bigg Boss is the Indian iteration of the American show Big Brother. Aanchal Kumar is also the wife of Indian serial entrepreneur Anupam Mittal. Anupam Mittal, as you may know from Shark Tank India, is the founder of Shaadi.com. Despite such a high profile family life and career, Aanchal has her roots in humble beginnings. Like most Bollywood actors and super models in India, she shot to fame after winning a beauty pageant. Let’s take a quick look at her biodata for some exquisite information about this gorgeous celebrity.

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Aanchal Kumar – Bio – Wiki

  • Date of Birth: 24th October, 1979 (42 years as of 2021)
  • Place of Birth: Chandigarh
  • Father: S. Kumar
  • Mother: Sharan Kumar
  • Siblings: Payal Dhatwani Kumar, Pooja Kumar, and another unnamed sister
  • Husband: Anupam Mittal
  • Education: St. Stephen’s School and Mithibai College.
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts
  • Net Worth: Rumoured to be INR 60 Lakh
Former Bigg Boss contestant Aanchal Kumar's baby shower is too cute for words | PINKVILLA

Rise to Fame of Aanchal Kumar

In 1999, Aanchal Kumar won the Gladrags Mega Model Contest, which launched her modelling career. Since then, she has done numerous brand endorsements, and advertisements. She has also starred in popular music videos like “Aaina”, sang by the legend Jagjit Singh. Apart from that, being a part of music videos like “Mukhra Tumahra” and “Dupatta Tera Satrang Da” are also part of her accolades. Interestingly, Aanchal Kumar has been part of 2 iconic Bollywood movies – “Bluffmaster” and “Fashion”.

Interesting Facts

  • Aanchal’s interest in modelling did not develop in her youth but in fact started from when she was a child in school. Her friends and 2 sisters encouraged her quite a bit.
  • Aanchal was once an IAS aspirant as well. Therefore, some people refer to her as beauty with brains as she has always score more than 90% in her exams.
  • Moreover, she was also an avid sports person and had taken a keen interest in basketball as a competitive sport when she was in school.
  • However, modelling has always been her passion and she reportedly started her career at the ripe age of only 17 years.
  • Aanchal’s career was practically made when she bagged the role for featuring in the Bombay Dyeing commercial of the Wadia Group.
  • Interestingly, the Wadia Group also owned the Gladrags Manhunt and this paved the way for her to enter the modelling hall of fame.
  • Did you know that in the early days of her career, Aanchal was paid INR 1.25 lakhs for acting in a Diet Coke commercial that became immensely popular in 1999?
Aanchal Kumar with husband Anupam Mittal and daughter

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