Sangeetha Krish

Sangeetha (born 21 October 1978) is an Indian film actress, model[2] and female playback singer. She is known as Rasika in Malayalam movie industry. Making her acting debut in the mid 1990s, Sangeetha is best known for her performances in the films Khadgam (2002) , Pithamagan (2003) , Uyir (2006) and Dhanam (2008), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020).

Sangeeth Krish
Born (1978-10-21) 21 October 1978
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other namesRasika P. Mani, Rasika Nivas, Deepti[1]
OccupationActress, dancer, television presenter
Years active1998–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2009)​
Children1

Early life

Sangeetha was born in Chennai,[3] India, to Santharam and Bhanumathy. Her grandfather, K. R. Balan, is a film producer, who had produced more than 20 Tamil films. Also her father had produced several films.[4] She has two brothers.[3] Sangeetha is a Bharatanatyam dancer as she had learned Bharatanatyam during her school days.[5]

Career

She started her acting career in the late 1990s, beginning in an unreleased film opposite Venkat Prabhu titled Poonjolai. But eventually her debut release was the big-budget Malayalam political thriller, Gangotri. She subsequently played small roles in successful films like Summer in Bethlehem, Kaadhale Nimmadhi etc. She was cast as a second-heroine in the Mammootty-starrer Ezhupunna Tharakan and Dileep starrer Deepasthambham Mahaashcharyam.She also earned a small role in the Mohanlal-starrer Sradha. Her supporting roles in Khadgam and Pithamagan earned her Filmfare Awards in Telugu and Tamil. She then debuted in Kannada films alongside Sudeep in Nalla.

Television

She was a judge on Vijay TV's hit show Jodi No.1. She was one of the three judges along with Silambarasan and Sundaram in Jodi No.1 Season Two and with S.J.Suryaah and Sundaram in Jodi No.1 and with Jeeva and Aishwarya Dhanush in Jodi No.1 Season Three.

She was a guest judge during the finals of Vasantham Central's Indian dance competition "Dhool" held in Singapore in 2008. She was the anchor of Enga Veetu Mapillai show in Colors Tamil.

Personal life

She married film playback singer Krish on 1 February 2009 at the Arunachaleshwarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai.[6] The couple have a daughter Shiviya born in 2012.[7]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
PoonjolaiTamil
1997GangothriGopikaMalayalam
AattuvelaMaluMalayalam
1998Kaadhale NimmadhiSwapnaTamil
Udhavikku VaralaamaaStellaTamil
Bhagavath SinghKosal/KokilaTamil
Summer in BethlehemJyothiMalayalam
1999Deepasthambham MahascharyamPriyaMalayalam
Guest HousePreethiTamil
Asala Sandadi-Telugu
Anbulla KadhalukkuPriyaTamil
English MediumRadhikaMalayalam
Ezhupunna TharakanAiswaryaMalayalam
2000DoublesSangeethaTamil
SradhaJelishaMalayalam
VarnakkazchchakalSusanMalayalam
Ingane Oru NilapakshiSangeethaMalayalam
2001Kabadi KabadiMythiliTamil
UthamanDevikaMalayalam
Navvuthu BathakaliraJayammaTeluguCredited as Deepti
Maa Ayana SundarayyaSrishaTelugu
2002KhadgamSeethalakshmiTeluguWinner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Telugu)
Winner, CineMAA Award for Best Supporting Actress
Shambho Mahadeva Pooja VarmaMalayalam
2003Pellam OorelteSandhyaTelugu
Ee Abbai Chala ManchoduJeevithaTelugu
AayudamKalyaniTelugu
Ore Nee Prema Bangaram KaanuSangitaTelugu
PithamaganGomathyTamilWinner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil)
Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nenu Pelliki ReadyPriyaTelugu
Tiger Harishchandra PrasadSwathiTelugu
2004Maa Intikoste Em Testaaru-Mee Intikoste Em IstaaruHaarika MadhavTelugu
Kushi KushigaSatya BhamaTelugu
NallaPreethiKannada
Vijayendra VarmaTelevision artistTeluguGuest appearance
2005SankranthiKalyaniTelugu
Naa OopiriGowri VenuTelugu
Adirindayya ChandramPadmavathy (Paddu)Telugu
2006UyirArundhathi SathyaTamil
KasuPrarthanaTamil
47A Besant Nagar VaraiRashikaTamil
2007BahumatiBhanumathi VenkataramanaTelugu
Evano OruvanVathsala VasudevanTamil
2008KaalaiLakshmiTamil
Maa Ayana Chanti PilladuChintamaniTelugu
NepaliHerselfTamilCameo appearance
Magic LampAlphonsaMalayalam
NayaganDr. Sandhya ViswanathTamil
DhanamDhanam AnantharamanTamil
2009Naan Avanillai 2MahalakshmiTamil
Mathiya ChennaiFilm heroineTamil
2010Srimati KalyanamSwetha / SitaTelugu
Kutti PisasuGayathriTamil
Cara MajakaGayathriTelugu
Bombat Car GayathriKannada
PuthranDevakiTamil
Manmadan AmbuDeepaTamilNominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil)
Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
ThambikottaiBeeda PandiammaTamil
2011Uchithanai MuharnthaalNirmala NadesanTamil
2013Vanakkam ChennaiLawyer GirijaTamilGuest appearance
2015Massu Engira Masilamani Principal S. ShankariTamilGuest appearance
2017Mupparimanam HerselfTamilGuest appearance
Neruppu Da AnnamTamil
2020Sarileru Neekevvaru SwarajyamTelugu
Thamilarasan TamilPost Production

References
  1. Srikanth, Srinivasa (16 June 2002). "Deepti, Rashika, Sangeeta..." Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 2 December 2002.
  2. "Telugu Film Actress Sangeetha Biography, Actress Sangeetha thottumkal Profile. | Telugu Movie Talkies | Upcoming Telugu Movies | Telugu Movie News | Telugu Movie Reviews | Tollywood Cinema News". Telugu Movie Talkies. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. Sangeetha Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Interview at totaltollywood.com
  4. "AllIndianSite.com Tollywood - It's All About Sangeetha". Tollywood.allindiansite.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  5. "Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Actor Sangeetha content with her success". The Hindu. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  6. "Actress Sangeeta weds singer Krish - Telugu cinema marriage". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  7. "Events - Numerous Stars At Sangeetha – Krish Wedding". IndiaGlitz. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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