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'''Anjli Mohindra''' plays [[Rani Chandra]] in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. Although the character is said to be 15, Mohindra was  [[File:Rani_a.jpg|thumb]]actually 19 at the time of taking on the role. Rani is the actress' first ongoing TV role, after one-off appearances in shows such as  ''[[Coronation Street]]''. She also appeared in a 2009 episode of ''Law & Order: UK'' which stars [[Freema Agyeman]].
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|time              = 2008-14, 2019-present<!-- MAIN time period; do not add 2020 -->
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'''Anjli Mohindra''' (born [[20 February (people)|20 February]] [[1990 (people)|1990]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=AnjliMohindra Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) played [[Rani Chandra]] in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. She debuted in [[Series 2 (SJA)|Series 2]] in 2008 and remained in the show until its final episode in 2011.


==External links==
Although the character of Rani was fifteen, Mohindra was actually nineteen when she took the role. Rani was the actress' first ongoing TV role after one-off appearances in shows such as ''[[Coronation Street]]''.
{{imdb name|id=2165929|name=Anjli Mohindra}}
 
[[Category:The Sarah Jane Adventures regular cast|Mohindra, Anjli]]
Soon after playing Rani, in February 2012, she appeared as a new character, [[Gabriella Dominicci]], in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama ''[[Brand Management (audio story)|Brand Management]]'', an episode of the [[Bernice Summerfield]] box set ''[[Road Trip (audio anthology)|Road Trip]]''.
 
She also played [[Jyoti Cutler]] in the Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio story ''[[Scavenger (audio story)|Scavenger]]'', and [[Maris (Evolution)|Maris]] in the ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'' audio story ''[[Evolution (audio story)|Evolution]]''.
 
Additionally, she narrated the ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' audiobook ''[[Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|Judgement Day]]'', the ''SJA'' webcomics ''[[Monster Hunt (comic story)|Monster Hunt]]'', ''[[Return of the Krulius (comic story)|Return of the Krulius]]'', ''[[Defending Bannerman Road (comic story)|Defending Bannerman Road]]'' and the ''SJA'' video games ''[[Plants (video game)|Plants]]'', ''[[Plant and Animal Habitats (video game)|Plant and Animal Habitats]]'', ''[[Teeth and Eating (video game)|Teeth and Eating]]'' and ''[[Rocks and Soils (video game)|Rocks and Soils]]''.
 
Mohindra later played the [[Queen of the Skithra]] in the 2020 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror]]''. Later that year, she reprised role of Rani for ''[[Farewell, Sarah Jane (webcast)|Farewell, Sarah Jane]]'' as part of [[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]. She also voiced the [[Mechanoid Queen]] for the ''[[Daleks!]]'' web series.
 
A year later she appeared in the ''Behind the Sofa'' special feature segment on ''[[The Collection]]'' ''[[Season 8 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 8]]'' Blu-Ray Box Set alongside her partner [[Sacha Dhawan]].
 
In 2022 Mohindra returned to the role of Rani in audio format, debuting the character at Big Finish in the second release in ''[[The Eighth of March (audio series)|The Eighth of March]]'' series, ''[[Protectors of Time (audio anthology)|Protectors of Time]]'', and appearing in the [[BBC Sounds]] series ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Redacted]]''. In 2023 she began starring in a Big Finish range centred on Rani, ''[[Rani Takes on the World (audio series)|Rani Takes on the World]]''.
 
== Career ==
She also appeared in a 2009 episode of ''Law & Order: UK'' alongside [[Freema Agyeman]], and had a recurring guest role in the adult-oriented series ''Beaver Falls''.
 
In [[2015]], she starred in [[Russell T Davies]]' [[Channel 4]] drama series ''Cucumber'' playing a character named Veronica Chandra, sharing a surname with [[Rani Chandra|Rani]], whom Davies created. Though likely an intentional reference to the character, this is unconfirmed.
 
== Credits ==
As [[Rani Chandra]]
=== Television ===
==== The Sarah Jane Adventures ====
* ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]''
* ''[[Secrets of the Stars (TV story)|Secrets of the Stars]]''
* ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]''
* ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]''
* ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]''
* ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]''
* ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]''
* ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''
* ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]''
* ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)|Mona Lisa's Revenge]]''
* ''[[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]]''
* ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]''
* ''[[The Vault of Secrets (TV story)|The Vault of Secrets]]''
* ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''
* ''[[The Empty Planet (TV story)|The Empty Planet]]''
* ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]''
* ''[[Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith]]''
* ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]''
* ''[[The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)|The Curse of Clyde Langer]]''
* ''[[The Man Who Never Was (TV story)|The Man Who Never Was]]''
 
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love (TV story)|From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love]]''
 
=== Video Games ===
* ''[[Plants (video game)|Plants]]''
* ''[[Plant and Animal Habitats (video game)|Plant and Animal Habitats]]''
* ''[[Teeth and Eating (video game)|Teeth and Eating]]''
* ''[[Rocks and Soils (video game)|Rocks and Soils]]''
 
=== Webcasts ===
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown! ====
* ''[[Farewell, Sarah Jane (webcast)|Farewell, Sarah Jane]]''
 
=== Webcomics ===
* ''[[Monster Hunt (comic story)|Monster Hunt]]''
* ''[[Return of the Krulius (comic story)|Return of the Krulius]]''
* ''[[Defending Bannerman Road (comic story)|Defending Bannerman Road]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who: Redacted ====
* ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]''
* ''[[Hysteria (audio story)|Hysteria]]''
* ''[[Lost (audio story)|Lost]]''
* ''[[Regrets (audio story)|Regrets]]''
* ''[[Reboot (Redacted audio story)|Reboot]]''
* ''[[Redemption (audio story)|Redemption]]''
 
==== Rani Takes on the World ====
* ''[[Beyond Bannerman Road (audio anthology)|Beyond Bannermen Road]]''
** ''[[Here Today (audio story)|Here Today]]''
** ''[[Destination: Wedding (audio story)|Destination: Wedding]]''
** ''[[The Witching Tree (audio story)|The Witching Tree]]''
* ''[[The Revenge of Wormwood (audio anthology)|The Revenge of Wormwood]]''
** ''[[Time Schisms! (audio story)|Time Schisms!]]''
** ''[[The Star-Crossed Diversion (audio story)|The Star-Crossed Diversion]]''
** ''[[The Ghost of Bannerman Road (audio story)|The Ghost of Bannerman Road]]''
 
==== The Eighth of March ====
* ''[[The Turn of the Tides (audio story)|The Turn of the Tides]]''
 
Other Roles
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror]]'' - [[Queen of the Skithra]]
 
=== Webcasts ===
==== Daleks! ====
* ''[[Planet of the Mechanoids (webcast)|Planet of the Mechanoids]]'' - [[Mechanoid Queen]]
* ''[[The Deadly Ally (webcast)|The Deadly Ally]]'' - Mechanoid Queen
* ''[[Day of Reckoning (webcast)|Day of Reckoning]]'' - Mechanoid Queen
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[Scavenger (audio story)|Scavenger]]'' - [[Jyoti Cutler]]
* ''[[Aimed at the Body (audio story)|Aimed at the Body]]'' - [[Flora (Aimed at the Body)|Flora]]
* ''[[Lightspeed (audio story)|Lightspeed]]'' - [[Yan Goodrin]]
* ''[[The Bookshop at the End of the World (audio story)|The Bookshop at the End of the World]]'' - [[Madeleine Williams]]
* ''[[Interlude (audio story)|Interlude]]'' - [[Bianca (Interlude)|Bianca]]
* ''[[Echo Chamber (audio story)|Echo Chamber]]'' - [[K'Marree-943]]
* ''[[Towards Zero (audio story)|Towards Zero]]'' - [[Jennifer Huxley]]
* ''[[Castle Hydra (audio story)|Castle Hydra]]'' - [[Myorrah]] / [[Alice (Castle Hydra)|Alice]]
* ''[[Effect and Cause (audio story)|Effect and Cause]]'' - [[Milal]]
 
==== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Antillia the Lost (audio story)|Antillia the Lost]]'' - [[Theodora Markway]]
 
==== The Fifth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Moonrakers (audio story)|The Moonrakers]]'' - Captain [[Riya Nehru]]
 
==== Stranded ====
* ''[[Baker Street Irregulars (audio story)|Baker Street Irregulars]]'' - [[Nisha (Baker Street Irregulars)|Nisha]]
 
==== The Eighth Doctor: The Time War ====
* ''[[State of Bliss (audio story)|State of Bliss]]'' - [[Calla]]
 
==== The Tenth Doctor and River Song ====
* ''[[Precious Annihilation (audio story)|Precious Annihilation]]'' - [[Omara]] / [[Barmaid (Precious Annihilation)|Barmaid]] / [[Fanny (Precious Annihilation)|Fanny]]
 
==== Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[Brand Management (audio story)|Brand Management]]'' - [[Gabriella Dominicci]]
 
==== Gallifrey ====
* ''[[Evolution (audio story)|Evolution]]'' - [[Maris (Evolution)|Maris]]
 
=== Audiobook Readings ===
==== SJA Audiobooks ====
* ''[[Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|Judgement Day]]''
 
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=2165929}}
{{twitter|AnjMohindra}}
 
== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}
{{NameSort}}
[[cy:Anjli Mohindra]]
[[ru:Анджли Мохиндра]]
 
[[Category:SJA regular cast]]
[[Category:Video game actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Bernice Summerfield voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Gallifrey voice actors]]
[[Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers]]
[[Category:Main Range voice actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
[[Category:Actors interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential]]
[[Category:Daleks! voice actors]]
[[Category:Tenth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Stranded voice actors]]
[[Category:The Eighth Doctor: Time War voice actors]]
[[Category:The Fifth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:The Sarah Jane Adventures cast reprising their roles]]
[[Category:The Eighth of March voice actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who: Redacted voice actors]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Rani Takes on the World voice actors]]

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Anjli Mohindra (born 20 February 1990[1]) played Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures. She debuted in Series 2 in 2008 and remained in the show until its final episode in 2011.

Although the character of Rani was fifteen, Mohindra was actually nineteen when she took the role. Rani was the actress' first ongoing TV role after one-off appearances in shows such as Coronation Street.

Soon after playing Rani, in February 2012, she appeared as a new character, Gabriella Dominicci, in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Brand Management, an episode of the Bernice Summerfield box set Road Trip.

She also played Jyoti Cutler in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story Scavenger, and Maris in the Gallifrey audio story Evolution.

Additionally, she narrated the Sarah Jane Adventures audiobook Judgement Day, the SJA webcomics Monster Hunt, Return of the Krulius, Defending Bannerman Road and the SJA video games Plants, Plant and Animal Habitats, Teeth and Eating and Rocks and Soils.

Mohindra later played the Queen of the Skithra in the 2020 Doctor Who television story Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror. Later that year, she reprised role of Rani for Farewell, Sarah Jane as part of Doctor Who: Lockdown!. She also voiced the Mechanoid Queen for the Daleks! web series.

A year later she appeared in the Behind the Sofa special feature segment on The Collection Season 8 Blu-Ray Box Set alongside her partner Sacha Dhawan.

In 2022 Mohindra returned to the role of Rani in audio format, debuting the character at Big Finish in the second release in The Eighth of March series, Protectors of Time, and appearing in the BBC Sounds series Redacted. In 2023 she began starring in a Big Finish range centred on Rani, Rani Takes on the World.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

She also appeared in a 2009 episode of Law & Order: UK alongside Freema Agyeman, and had a recurring guest role in the adult-oriented series Beaver Falls.

In 2015, she starred in Russell T Davies' Channel 4 drama series Cucumber playing a character named Veronica Chandra, sharing a surname with Rani, whom Davies created. Though likely an intentional reference to the character, this is unconfirmed.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Rani Chandra

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sarah Jane Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Video Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Lockdown![[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcomics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Redacted[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rani Takes on the World[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth of March[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Daleks![[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stranded[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor: The Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tenth Doctor and River Song[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook Readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

SJA Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
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