Amrutha Iyengar

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

Amrutha Iyengar (born 26 July 1996 [1] ) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Kannada films. She is a recipient of two South Indian International Movie Awards along with two Filmfare Awards South nominations. [2]

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Amrutha made her acting debut in 2017, with Simha Hakida Hejje. She had her career breakthrough in 2020 with Love Mocktail and Popcorn Monkey Tiger (2020), with the former earning her the SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada. Amrutha's performance in Badava Rascal (2021), won her the SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Kannada. [3]

Career

Amrutha made her acting debut at the age of 19 through the 2017 movie Simha Hakida Hejje directed by Vikram Kumar. [4] She was next see in the 2019 movie Anushka which received mixed response. [5] 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. [6] [7] In 2021, she once again collaborated with Dhananjaya under his maiden home production Daali Pictures tilted Badava Rascal which was also a successful outing. [8]

In 2022, she had four releases Love Mocktail 2 , in which she had a cameo role reprising her role from the prequel Love Mocktail, [9] Family Pack co-starring Likith shetty which was release directly on Amazon Prime, [10] Window seat under the directorial debut of Sheetal shetty co-starring Nirup Bhandari and Sanjana Anand, [11] and O alongside Milana Nagaraj which opened to negative reviews. [12]

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. [13] Gurudev Hoysala marked the third successful collaboration between Amrutha and Dhananjaya which also made them a successful on-screen pair. [14] 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':. [15]

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In the Bangalore Times' 30 Most Desirable Women list, Amrutha was placed 17th in 2020. [16]

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017Simha Hakida HejjeSonu
2019AnushkaAnushka Devi
2020 Love Mocktail Joshitha "Jo" [17]
Popcorn Monkey Tiger Sumithra
Shivarjuna Paru
2021 Badava Rascal Sangeetha [18]
2022 Love Mocktail 2 Jositha "Jo"Cameo appearance [19]
Family Pack Bhoomika "Baby Boo" [20]
Window Seat Anjali [21]
ONisha
2023 Gurudev Hoysala Ganga [22]
2024 Abbabba Akhila
Zebra†AaradiaFilming
Untitled next†TBAFilming [23]

Awards and nominations

YearFilmAwardsCategoryResultRef.
2021 Love Mocktail South Indian International Movie Awards Best Supporting Actress – KannadaWon [24]
Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards Best Supporting ActressNominated [25]
2022 Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress – Kannada Nominated [26]
Badava Rascal Best Actress – Kannada Nominated
South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress – Kannada Nominated [27] [28]
Critics Best Actress – Kannada Won

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