13 Photos Of Anaitha Nair Whom We As Aliya Bose In ‘Chak De! India’

Anaitha Nair is an Indian film and theatre actress and singer, best known for playing the role of Aliya Bose, a member of the Indian Women’s national hockey team, in the sports oriented film Chak De India (2007), starring Shahrukh Khan. Anaitha was born to a Malayali father and a Parsi mother. After completing her education, she moved to Mumbai and shot to fame with the character of Aliya Bose. Apart from that she also appeared in two Malayalam films, By the People (2005) and IG (2009). She also acted in a number of TV commercials, notably in Dairy Milk Silk, Acer, Dove, Nescafe and Virgin Mobile with Ranbir Kapoor.

Anaitha played the character of Bindiya in the British-Indian comedy series Mumbai Calling. Her second release in Hindi was Shyam Benegal’s Well Done Abba (2010). She also appeared in Aashayein directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, in which she played a cancer patient. For the character, she also tonsured her head. Apart from acting Anaitha was also part of a band named S 5, they released the album ‘Isai’ with Sony-BMG.

Below are some pictures of Chak De fame Alia Bose aka Anaitha Nair:

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