Amrutha Iyengar

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Amrutha Iyengar
Born (1996-07-26) July 26, 1996 (age 27)
Mysore, Karnataka
NationalityIndian
EducationB.A. Psychology
OccupationActress
Years active2017- present

Amrutha Iyengar is an Indian actress who works mainly in Kannada film industry. [1] She is known for her lead roles in Love Mocktail and Popcorn Monkey Tiger in 2020. [2]

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Career

Amrutha made her acting debut at the age of 19 through the 2017 movie Simha Hakida Hejje directed by Vikram Kumar. [3] She was next see in the 2019 movie Anushka which received mixed response. [4] In 2020, she starred in Blockbuster movie Love Mocktail which put her on the map and received praise for portrayal of negative shade, Her next movie was with Actor Dhananjaya titled Popcorn Monkey Tiger directed by Duniya suri. [5] [6] In 2021, she once again collaborated with Dhananjaya under his maiden home production Daali Pictures tilted Badava Rascal which was also a successful outing. [7] In 2022, she had four releases Love Mocktail 2 in which she had a cameo role reprising her role from the prequel Love Mocktail, [8] Family Pack co-starring Likith shetty which was release directly on Amazon Prime, [9] Window seat under the directorial debut of Sheetal shetty co-starring Nirup Bhandari and Sanjana anand, [10] and "O" alongside Milana Nagaraj which opened to negative reviews. [11]

She was once again paired with Dhananjaya in Gurudev Hoysala produced by KRG Studios which opened to positive reviews and was a commercially successful movie. [12] Gurudev Hoysala marked the third successful collaboration between Amrutha and Dhananjaya which also made them a successful on-screen pair. [13] She will soon be seen playing the role of Akhila in Abbabba which is a remake of Malayalam film Adi Kapyare Kootamani directed by K.M. Chaitanya.

She has also signed for a project alongside Sharan which will be directed by Aravind Kuplikar who is known for Puksatte lifu. [14]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2017Simha Hakida HejjeSonuDebut Lead
2019AnushkaAnushka Devi
2020 Love Mocktail Joshita [15]
Popcorn Monkey Tiger Sumithra
Shivarjuna Paru
2021 Badava Rascal Sangeetha [16]
2022 Love Mocktail 2 JosithaCameo Appearance
Family Pack Bhoomika/Baby Boo [17]
Window Seat Anjali [18]
ONisha
2023 Gurudev Hoysala Ganga
2024AbbabbaAkhila
Zebra †AaradiaFilming

Accolades

FilmAwardsCategoryResultRef
Love Mocktail 9th SIIMA Awards Best Supporting ActressWon [19]
2nd Chandanavana Film Critics Academy AwardsBest Supporting ActressNominated [20]
67th Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress Nominated [21]
Badava Rascal Best Actress Nominated
10th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress – Kannada Nominated [22] [23]
Best Actress Critics – Kannada Nominated

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