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Aanand Priya
Aanand Priya
Education	Panjab University (MA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present
Known for	Kohrra (2023); Yaar Challe Bahar (2022)

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Comment: All the references are interview which falls under primary sources. Nomadwikiholic1 (talk) 12:53, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

Aanand Priya is an Indian actress who has worked in Punjabi and Hindi-language cinema. She portryed Veera Soni in the Netflix crime procedural series Kohrra (2023) and Mehar in the Punjabi web series Yaar Challe Bahar (2022).

Early life

Aanand Priya was raised in Chandigarh, having moved there at two years of age. She had early interest in dance and performance during her school years and subsequently took up collegiate theatre.^[1] She then completed Master of Arts (MA) degree in Indian Theatre from Panjab University, where she studied stagecraft and methods of characterisation.^[2]^[3]

Career

Priya made her acting debut as a teenager with a supporting role in the 2013 Punjabi youth drama Stupid 7^[1] Following her debut, she performed extensively with theatre troupes based in Chandigarh and wider Punjab for over seven years.

She later returned to screen acting with appearances in Punjabi films, including the Gippy Grewal-starrer Ik Sandhu Hunda Si (2020) and Jal Wayu Enclave (2022).^[2] She appeared in PTC Punjabi's Ji Janab—on which she also worked as an assistant director—and the mini-series Disha Di Wedding. In 2022, she played Mehar in the punjabi comedy-drama web series Yaar Challe Bahar.

In 2023, Priya made her Hindi streaming debut in the Netflix crime-mystery drama Kohrra, directed by Randeep Jha and created by Sudip Sharma.^[4] She portrayed Veera Soni, the estranged fiancée of an NRI murder victim whose death sparks the central police investigation, in the series.^[5] Critics praised her understated and realistic portrayal of trauma in the series.^[3]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2013	Stupid 7	Supporting role	Punjabi	Debut film
2020	Ik Sandhu Hunda Si	Supporting role	Punjabi
2022	Jal Wayu Enclave	Supporting role	Punjabi
2024	Razaa-E-Ishq	Inayat	Punjabi

Television and web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform / Network	Notes
—	Ji Janab		PTC Punjabi	Also assistant director
—	Disha Di Wedding		Pitaara
2022	Yaar Challe Bahar	Mehar	YouTube	Web series
2023	Kohrra	Veera Soni	Netflix	Hindi debut

References

1 2 Vashist, Neetika (30 July 2023). "'Kohrra' actress Aanand Priya: As a kid, I wanted to be a 'heroine' who would wear pretty dresses, sing romantic dreamy songs - Exclusive". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
1 2 Kaur, Gurpreet (22 July 2023). "'Kohrra' Actress Aanand Priya Talks About Her Portrayal Of Veera, Her Working Experience, And More". Outlook India. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
1 2 Das, Kusumika (29 July 2023). "Exclusive! Kohrra's Aanand Priya On Her Hindi Debut: People Know Me In Punjab, Still absorbing Here". Times Now. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
↑ "Aanand Priya, who plays Veera in Kohrra, says she had a great experience working with the talented cast". The Tribune. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
↑ Vipin, Manu (24 July 2023). "Veera's pain stayed with me for quite some time: Aanand Priya". Indulge Express. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 September 2026.

External links

Aanand Priya at IMDb

[TOI2023-1] 1 2 Vashist, Neetika (30 July 2023). "'Kohrra' actress Aanand Priya: As a kid, I wanted to be a 'heroine' who would wear pretty dresses, sing romantic dreamy songs - Exclusive". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 September 2026.

[Outlook2023-2] 1 2 Kaur, Gurpreet (22 July 2023). "'Kohrra' Actress Aanand Priya Talks About Her Portrayal Of Veera, Her Working Experience, And More". Outlook India. Retrieved 20 September 2026.

[TimesNow2023-3] 1 2 Das, Kusumika (29 July 2023). "Exclusive! Kohrra's Aanand Priya On Her Hindi Debut: People Know Me In Punjab, Still absorbing Here". Times Now. Retrieved 20 September 2026.

[Tribune2023-4] "Aanand Priya, who plays Veera in Kohrra, says she had a great experience working with the talented cast". The Tribune. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2026.

[Indulge2023-5] Vipin, Manu (24 July 2023). "Veera's pain stayed with me for quite some time: Aanand Priya". Indulge Express. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 September 2026.

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