Kamna Jethmalani

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Kamna Jethmalani
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Jethmalani at photoshoot
Born
Occupation(s) Actress, model
Years active2004–present
Spouse
Suraj Nagpal
(m. 2014)

Kamna Jethmalani is an Indian actress. She debuted in 2005 with the Telugu film Premikulu and had her first commercial success with her third feature film Ranam . Subsequently, she played the lead role in a number of Telugu-language films, while also debuting and appearing in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films.

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Early life

Born into a Sindhi Hindu family in Mumbai. Jethmalani is a granddaughter of businessman Shyam Jethmalani. [1] Her pet name is "Dinky". Her mother Divya is a housewife and her father Nimesh Jethmalani is a businessman. She has two siblings - brother Kapil and sister Karishma. Ram Jethmalani is her great-uncle. [2] [3]

She was the runner-up at the Miss Mumbai contest in 2004 and also appeared in the music video of the pop song 'Chhod do Aanchal Zamaana Kya Kahega' by Bombay Vikings & Mera Dadla by Vaishali Samant & Avadhoot Gupte. [1]

Personal life

On 11 August 2014, Kamna married Suraj Nagpal, a Bangalore-based businessman. [4] [5]

Career

She appeared in the video of "Chhod Do Aanchal Zamaana Kya Kahega" by Neeraj ShridharBombay Vikings in 2004. The following year, she made her movie debut with the Telugu film Premikulu . Though that film flopped, her subsequent film Ranam was a big hit. Her first Tamil film was Idhaya Thirudan with Jayam Ravi. She did an item number in the film Sainikudu . She has acted in Machakaaran opposite Jeevan. Since then, she has done several south Indian films, in which she performed the lead role.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2005 Premikulu Vennela Telugu [6]
Idhaya Thirudan Deepika Tamil
2006 Ranam MaheswariTelugu
Samanyudu Vandana [7]
Sainikudu HerselfSpecial appearance in song
2007 Toss Kamna
Ugadi Kaveri Kannada Dubbed into Telugu as America Alludu in 2011
Machakaaran Shivani RajangamTamilDubbed into Telugu as Dheera in 2009
2008 King HerselfTeluguSpecial appearance in song Nuvvu Ready
2009Andamaina Abadham [7] Vaishnavi
Bendu Apparao R.M.P Padma Priya
Rajadhi Raja NamithaTamil
2010 Kathi Kantha Rao RatnamTelugu
2011 Makeup Man Chandra Malayalam
Kasethan Kadavulada ArchanaTamil
2013 Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath Malayalam
Action 3D AnithaTelugu
Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara Queen
Bhai Colony girl
2014 Agraja Kannada
2015ChandrikaChandrikaTelugu
2022 Garuda Kannada
2023 Vyavastha Telugu ZEE5 web series

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