Suchitra Murali

Suchitra Murali
Born Suchitra
(1975-04-17) 17 April 1975
Occupation Actress, Administrator, Dancer, Television presenter
Years active 1990–2003
Spouse(s) Murali (2002–present)
Children Neha

Suchitra Murali[1] (born 17th April 1975), commonly known by her stage name Suchitra, is an Indian film actress. Debuting with the 1990 film No.20 Madras Mail she has appeared mostly in Malayalam films as well as few films in Tamil and Telugu.

Personal life

Suchitra is born to Karunakaran and Usha on 22 July 1975.She has a sister Sumitra and a brother Deepu Karunakaran who works as a director.[2] She had her primary education from Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum.[3] Suchitra became a mainstream actress at a very young age when at the age of 14 she was cast as the heroine in the film No.20 Madras Mail. She left the industry at a relatively young age of 27 after her marriage to Murali in March 2002. The couple has a daughter Neha and are settled in U.S. She has opened a dance school there called "Naatya Graha Dance Academy".

Career

Suchitra who at a very early age of 15 debuted as a heroine in the film No.20 Madras Mail did numerous films in Malayalam in the 90s mostly with heroes like Mammooty, Mohanlal , Mukesh, Jagadeesh, and Siddique. Such was her popularity among the youth that by the time she retired at the age of 27 she had already acted in 38 movies. She also acted in a handful of Tamil films. The 1991 release Gopura Vasalile, along with Karthik Muthuraman and Bhanupriya, was her most popular Tamil movie.

Suchitra is also a trained Indian Classical dancer. She was trained in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, and Kuchipudi by Guru V. Mythili.

Other activities

Suchitra was the Joint Secretary twice (1997-2000 & 2000-2003) in the AMMA. Her versatility and application during her tenure was well appreciated by the other members.[4] Suchitra was also seen recently as a celebrity judge in episodes of the popular reality shows Idea Star Singer and Vodafone Comedy Stars both on Asianet. She also represented Kerala in the "Miss World Pageant" held in Bangalore in 1997. It has been also noticed by many that despite leaving the film industry in 2002 Suchitra has kept her beauty and charisma as before and even today she is still a crowd puller.

Filmography

Year Film Role Opposite Language Notes
1978 Aaravam Malayalam Child Artist
1978 Adimakkachavadam Malayalam Child Artist
1979 Ente Sneham Ninakku Mathrem Malayalam Child Artist
1980 Angaadi Malayalam Child Artist
1981 Aambalpoovu Malayalam Child Artist
1981 Oothikachiya Ponnu Malayalam Child Artist
1984 Swarnagopuram Malayalam Child Artist
1987 Vrutham Usha Malayalam Child Artist
1990 No.20 Madras Mail Devi R. Nair Mohanlal & Asokan Malayalam Debut Film as Heroine (Aged only 14)
1990 Kuttettan Nurse Malayalam
1991 AbhimanyuRadha Shankar Malayalam
1991 Mimics ParadeLatha Jagadheesh Malayalam
1991 Chakravarthy Malayalam
1991 Ezhunnallathu Sunanda Malayalam
1991 MookkillarajyathuDance Teacher Mukesh Malayalam
1991 Kadinjool KalyanamRamani Malayalam
1991 Nayam VyakthamakkunnuRosili Malayalam
1991 Athirathan Nimmy Malayalam
1991 Gopura VasalileKasthuri Karthik Muthuraman Tamil
1991 BharathamRadha Lalu Alex Malayalam
1992 Kallan Kappalil Thanne Gayathri Malayalam
1992 ThalastaanamSupriya Vijayakumar Malayalam
1992 MantrikacheppuMercy Siddique Malayalam
1992Neelakurukkan Meera Malayalam
1992 Mr & Mrs AshwathiSiddique Malayalam
1992 Kasargod Khader BhaiLatha Jagadheesh Malayalam
1992 Makkal MahatmyamAmmu Malayalam
1993 KavadiyattamThankamani Malayalam
1993 BhagyavaanMeena Vijayaraghavan Malayalam
1993 SthreedhanamSushamma Baiju Malayalam
1993 Sowbhagyam Rejini Malayalam
1993 Sthalathe Pradhana PayyansGouri Jagadheesh Malayalam
1993 Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha Annice Vineeth Malayalam Glamour Role
1993 Airport Uma Tamil
1994 TharavaduRajani Ganesh Malayalam
1994 KashmeeramMithra Krishnakumar Malayalam
1994 Sukham SukhakaramStella Malayalam/Tamil
1995ThakshashilaMotti Malayalam
1996 Hitler Gayathri Mammootty Sister Malayalam
1996 Ammuvinte Aangalamar Malayalam
1997 ShibiramShiney Malayalam
1999 Rushy Vamsam Drama artist Malayalam
2000 Raakilipattu Adv. Soumini Malayalam
2000 Snegithiye Adv. Soumini Tamil
2000 Puraskaaram Malayalam
2001 AchaneyanenikkishtamSofia Malayalam
2001 Kakkakkuyil Sethu Lakshmi Bhai's kin Malayalam
2001 Rakshasa Rajavu Maya Malayalam
2001 Kasi Valli Tamil
2002 Aabharanacharthu Malayalam

Television

References

  1. http://www.mangalam.com/women/interview/303669?page=0,4
  2. asianetnews.com. "Varthaprabhatham, Interview with actress Suchitra". Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. Malayalam.com. "PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES". Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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