Keerthana (actress)

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Keerthana
NationalityIndian
Occupation Film actor

Keerthana is an Indian film and television actress. She handled lead and supporting roles during the 1990s in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film. She entered the Tamil film field through Naalaiya Theerpu in 1992, which was Vijay's 1st film as a lead actor. [1]

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Partial filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1992 Naalaiya Theerpu [1] Priya Tamil Debut film
1993 Suriyan Chandiran KeerthanaTamil
1994 Pathavi Pramanam Seetha LakshmiTamil
1994Sundara Vadana Subbalaxmi Moguda Telugu
1994Ungal Anbu ThangachiRekhaTamil
1994 Pavithra [2] ChitraTamil
1995 Thai Thangai Paasam MeenaTamil
1995 Mannai Thottu Kumbidanum RasathiTamil
1996 Mummy Mee Aayanochadu SangeetaTelugu
1996Vetri MugamSumathiTamil
1996 Minor Mappillai SeethaTamil
1996 Ladies Doctor RaniTelugu
1996 Saamoohya Paadam Ammu Malayalam
1997SeethakkaAmmuluTelugu
1997Allari PellikodukuTelugu
1997 Paththini GeethaTamil
1997AncharakalyanamSeethaMalayalam
1998 Vettu Onnu Thundu Rendu Tamil
1998 Ganesh GangaTelugu
1998 Kallu Kondoru Pennu DeepaMalayalam
1999 Mudhal Etcharikkai PriyaTamil
1999 Pooparika Varugirom RamyaTamil
2002Tella GulabiKeerthanaTelugu
2003 Saamy Venkatraman's wifeTamil
2003 Galatta Ganapathy Jagan's wifeTamil
2003 Kadhal Kirukkan P. Krishnan's wifeTamil
2005Good Bad UglyKeerthana Kannada
2006 Parijatham Subathra's sisterTamil
2007 Ippadikku En Kadhal Cheran's sister-in-lawTamil

Television

YearTitleRoleChannel
1998–1999AkshayaRekha/Akshaya Sun TV
2000Micro Thodragal - Kaathirukka Oruthi Raj TV
2003 Salanam Nandhini Vijay TV
2003–2004 Annamalai Indumathy Sun TV
2003RojaAnjali Jaya TV
2004–2005Engiruntho VanthaalUma
2005–2007 Kolangal Sun TV
2005My Dear BoothamKanga (Special Appearance)
2006–2007Raja RajeshwariNeeli
2008–2009Namma KudumbamVimala Kalaignar TV
2020–2021 Agni Natchathiram Jayanthi Sun TV
Roja Arulvakhu Vedhavalli
Thirumathi Hitler Keerthana Zee Tamil
2021 Anbe Vaa Arulvakhu Vedhavalli (Special Appearance) Sun TV
2021–2022Vidhya No. 1Parvathy Zee Tamil
2022–2024 Ethirneechal Sun TV
2022 Vanakkam Tamizha Guest
Porantha Veeda Puguntha VeedaHerself
Sippikul MuthuMallika (Special Appearance) Star Vijay
2022–2024 Chellamma Lakshmi
2022Vaadi RasathiRasathi Vendhar TV
2022–2023 Magarasi Durga Bhai Sun TV
2022–2024 Kanaa Kasturi Zee Tamil
2023MaariAmman (Special Appearance)
Geethanjali Special Appearance Gemini TV
Poova Thalaya Malini (Special Appearance) Sun TV

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References

  1. 1 2 "Actress Keerthana's Pic With Thalapathy Vijay From 1992 Film Naalaiya Theerpu Viral". News18. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 523. ISBN   978-1-135-94318-9 . Retrieved 11 November 2024.