Anjana Bapat
Anjana Bapat is a Mumbai belly dancer, instructor, stand-up comic and plus-size model who shares dance, humour and conversations about body acceptance.
At 100 nudges, fangea sends Anjana’s team an official invite.
🔒 Star boosts open once Anjana claims this page.
Latest
Anjana’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus their backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
YouTube
Lakmé Fashion WeekOverview
- Based in
- Mumbai, India
- Work
- Belly dancer, dance instructor, stand-up comic and plus-size model
- Runway breakthrough
- Selected for Lakmé Fashion Week’s first plus-size show in 2016
- Comedy beginnings
- Attending open mics since 2021
Mini bio
How it started.
Anjana grew up in Mumbai and loved copying dance steps from television. In a Hauterrfly interview, Anjana credited informal training in junior college with Karishma Chavan and Anisha Shah for building confidence as a dancer. After more than four years of salsa, bachata and other Latin styles, belly dance offered a new way to move independently.
Finding a platform.
Belly dance developed alongside a growing sense of body acceptance. Encouragement from instructor Sanjana Muthreja sparked an interest in teaching. In 2016, Anjana was selected among ten models for aLL’s plus-size show at Lakmé Fashion Week, a public platform for the same message of confidence and inclusion.
A different kind of stage.
Anjana told Hauterrfly in January 2021 about wanting to try comedy open mics. By July 2022, Mid-day reported regular open-mic participation since 2021, alongside a job as a statistical programmer and weekend belly dance teaching. In a 2025 DW documentary, Anjana described wanting students to feel safe enough to dance in the bodies they have.
Creditschronological, newest first
Comedy and screen
- 2026Madhur Model, episode 26.2Comedy performer
- 2025Body positivity faces tough challenges in AsiaFeatured interviewee in DW documentary
Fashion
- 2021aLL SizeHappy campaignCampaign film performer
- 2016Lakmé Fashion Week plus-size show with aLLSelected model
Quotes
One needn’t be the best to enjoy it.Anjana Bapat, ELLE India
Speaking on World Dance Day in 2023 about enjoying dance despite the fear of being judged.
Trivia
- Anjana trained in salsa and bachata before discovering belly dance.
- A compliment from instructor Sanjana Muthreja during a Level 4 class helped spark the ambition to teach.
- Alongside performing, Anjana has worked as a statistical programmer in clinical research.
Find Anjana
Find Anjana’s dance, comedy and body-positive conversations on Instagram.
Are you Anjana Bapat?
Fans built this page. Claim it to connect with them and unlock Star boosts, or request a takedown if you’d rather it not exist.