Geetha

Infobox actor
name = Geetha

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location = flagicon|India Bangalore, Karnataka, India
film industry = Tollywood,Bollywood

Geetha is a South Indian actress of Telangana origin. She debuted in a Tamil film "Bhairavi" as Rajnikant’s sister. Geetha has acted in films in all the South Indian languages, and in a few Hindi films; she even worked simultaneously in Telugu and Kannada films like "Manavari Pandavarulu" and "Hennina Sedu".

Early life

Geetha studied in Bangalore up to grade 7, at Raghavendra High School, Malleswaram, Bangalore. Her father worked for a multinational company and they moved to Chennai, where Geetha completed her high school at T Nagar Girls’ High School.

Career

Malayalam cinema which gave her break, utilized Geetha as a character actress and she decided to stay in the Malayalam film industry due to her love of meaningful roles. Director K. Balachander was her mentor and in Malayalam movies, she put in some superb performances notably the one in "Panchagni", opposite Mohanlal, which was based on the true life story of Naxalite revolutionary Ajita, and also nominated for that year's national award for the best actress. The role in "Panchagni" was the turning point for Geetha, which gave her lot of accolades and acclamations from both the critics as well as the common cinema goers and made her a popular star in malayalam. Some of her other notable films include "Vatsalyam", "Sughamo Devi", "Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha", "Aadharam", "Aavanazhi", and several other films.

She is widely accepted by Malayalees and remains one of their favourite actresses of all time. She was also very famous in kannada movies.

Personal life

In 1997, she married Vasan, a chartered accountant, whose family had seen her on television. The couple moved to New York, where Vasan works as the CFO of an Internet company. She was born on 26th July 1962.

Filmography

* Kuselan ... Headmistress
* Santhosh Subramaniam ... Santhosh's mother
* Azhagiya Tamil Magan... Guru's Mother
* Something Something ... Unakkum Enakkum
* Sivakasi (2005) .... Muthappa's Mother
* Nuvvu vasthanante Nenu Vodhuantana (2004)
* Greetings (2004) .... Kasthuri
* Johny (2003)
* Sankeerthanampole (1997)
* Kuruthipunal (1996)
* Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam (1995)
* Prayikkara Pappan (1995)
* Sadaram (1995) .... Sethulakshmi
* Nandini Oppol (1994)
* Rajadhani (1994)
* Rudraksham (1994)
* Vatsalyam (1993)
* Bhoomi Geetham (1993)
* City Police (1993)
* Ekalavyan (1993) .... Maya Menon
* Janam (1993)
* Khoshayathra (1993)
* Mafia (1993)
* Oru Kadankatha Pole (1993)
* Paithrukam (1993)
* Uppukandam Brothers (1993)
* Aapathbandavudu (1992) .... Lalitha... aka The Saviour (India: English title)
* Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj (1992)
* Adharam (1992) .... Sethulakshmi
* Priyappetta Kukkoo (1992)
* Thalastaanam (1992)
* Welcome to Kodaikanal (1992)
* Azhakan (1991) .... Kanmany
* Thalapathi (1991) .... Devaraj's Wife... aka Dal-pati (The Leader) (India: Hindi title)
* Parallel College (1991) .... Sridevi
* Pookkalam Varavayi (1991)
* Iyer the Great (1990)
* Indrajaalam (1990) .... Jayanthi
* Keladi Kanmani (1990)
* Lal Salam (1990)
* Radha Madhavam (1990)

* Nair Saab (1989)
* Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha (1989) .... Kunji
* Chakkikotha Chankaran (1989) .... Shailaja
* Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (1989)... aka New Meanings
* Vaishali (1988) .... Malini
* Athinumappuram (1987)
* Amritamgamaya (1987) .... Bhanu
* Sruthi (1987) .... Subhadra Thampuratti
* Sayam Sandhya (1986)
* Pranamam (1986) .... Aparna
* Aavanazhi (1986) .... Seeta
* Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku (1986) .... Sreedevi
* Panchagni (1986) .... Indira
* Sughamodevi (1986) .... Thara
* Sagara Sangamam (1983) .... Dancer... aka Salangai Oli (India: Tamil title: dubbed version)... aka The Confluence
* Patnam Vachchina Pativrathalu (1982)
* Todu Dongalu (1981)... aka Dual Thieves (India: English title)
* Kondaveeti Simham (1981)
* Thathayya Premaleelalu (1980)

* Manavoori Pandavulu (1978) .... Sinni... aka Pandavas of Our Village

* "An American Dream" (????) TV Series .... Sethu

External links

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* [http://www.chitraranga.com/en/profiles/geetha.asp Biography of Geetha]