Ankita Lokhande is one of the most renowned actresses of the Television Industry. The actress becomes a household name from the TV show Pavitra Rishta. She was born on December 19, 1984, in Indore. Before making it in the Television Industry Ankita struggled for works for years.

Ankita's real name is Tanuja, Ankita is married to businessman Vivek Jain. Ankita join Frankfinn Academy to become an air hostess. She got selected in Zee Cine Superstar.She shifted to Mumbai in 2005. After coming to Mumbai, Ankita participated in the 2006 Zee Cine Superstar Khoj, but was eliminated after reaching the finale. She got the title of Best Dancer. She also tried her luck in modeling.

Ankita Lokhande struggles for four years before making it into the industry. Then he was offered the TV show Bali Umar Ko Salaam but due to some reason the show could not go on air. After this, Ekta Kapoor's serial Pavitra Rishta was offered to her which made her very popular. Ankita is now happily married to businessman Vivek Jain.

Ankita remained in news for her personal life too. Her affair with actor Sushant Singh Rajput was among the most discussed. Her Break up with Sushant left everyone in shock. After Sushant’s unfortunate death various people blamed her. The actress once speaking about this said, “People come and tell me 'You left Sushant...'. How do you know that? Nobody knows about my thing, you know. I am not blaming anyone here. Sushant... he made his choice very clear. He wanted to go on with his career. He chose his career and moved on. But for two-and-a-half years, I was dealing with so many things,”.

Ankita further added, “I was not in that state of mind where I could just work... I am not that sort of a person who can easily move on and get busy with work. So you know for me it was very difficult. My family stood by me. My life was just finished. I was just finished. I did not know what to do after that. I still am not blaming anyone. He chose his ways. But my ways were different. I was craving for love, emotions and all that... I gave him full right that 'It's your life, you can go on’.”

She further added, "Aapke dimaag mein cheezein aati hai uss time ki main kya karoon (You are plagued with negative thoughts). Maybe I wanted to finish myself. Woh thought process tab aapka hota hai (You do think of such things at that time) but then I came out of it."

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