Of late there seems to be quite a number of young actors and actresses moving over from Bihar to Bollywood, instead of the earlier ‘once in a while’ cases of actors like Shatrughan Sinha or Sekhar Suman. The list of prominent actresses from Bihar is even less, but is now getting boosted with the presence of the likes of Anurita Jha, who shot into instant fame with Anurag Kashyap’s “Gangs of Wasseypur” in both its versions. She comes with a decent educational background, having done her graduation from BITS, Pilani, one of the foremost technical institutes in the country.
Notwithstanding her brilliance in academics, she could not hide her likings for the world of show business, getting into modeling quite early, probably to prepare herself for a career in film acting. She had launched her modeling career initially from Delhi, only to shift...