How to get username form django session

i am trying to get user name from session by using request.user but i am getting AnonymousUser, how do i get user name

def login_two(request):
  if request.method == 'POST':
      uname = request.POST.get('name2')
      pwd = request.POST.get('password2')

      check_user = User.objects.filter(username=uname, password=pwd)
      if check_user:
         request.session['user'] = uname
         return redirect('index')

  return render(request, 'login2.html')

models.py

class User(models.Model):
  username = models.CharField(max_length=30)
  password = models.CharField(max_length=50)

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