Apsara Rani

Anketa Maharana (born 12 January 1996), credited as Apsara Rani, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu films.

Career
Anketa made her acting debut with R. Raghuraj's romantic drama 4 Letters. Her next film role was in the Satya Prakash directed romantic horror Oollalla Oollalla in 2020. Along with Nataraj and Noorin Shereef. The film was released on 1 January 2020 and received negative reviews upon its release and was declared a flop at the box office. The following year, she appeared opposite newcomer Rock Kacchi in Thriller, a romantic thriller from the director Ram Gopal Varma. It was on Ram Gopal Varma's insistence that Anketa changed her name to Apsara Rani. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was released on Shreyas ET App on 14 August 2020, and received negative reviews from the audience and critics.

In 2021, Apsara returned to Telugu Cinema with a special appearance in Gopichand Malineni's thriller mystery Krack starring Ravi Teja and Shruti Haasan.She appeared as an item girl in the song "Bhoom Bhaddhal". Apsara has also appeared as an item girl in the song "Pepsi Aunty" from the film Seetimaarr.

She was next cast in Ram Gopal Varma's Dangerous, India's first lesbian crime action film along with Naina Ganguly. She has also committed to essay the female lead opposite bilingual film Patnagarh, made in Odia and Telugu languages, based on the Patnagarh bombing. Additionally, Apsara is reuniting with Ram Gopal Varma's D Company as an item girl in film.