Meera Vasudevan

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Meera Vasudevan
Born
Other namesMeera Vasudev
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1999 to present
Spouses
  • Vishal Agarwal
    (m. 2005;div. 2008)
  • (m. 2012;div. 2016)
Children1

Meera Vasudevan is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in films and TV soap's in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 2005 [1] and the Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress in 2007. [2] Currently she is playing a main lead role in the popular Malayalam soap opera Kudumbavilakku telecasting on Asianet . [3]

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Early life

Meera was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra in a Tamil family as the eldest daughter to Vasudevan and Hemalatha. [4] She has a younger sister Ashwini, [5] who shot to fame as a child artist for Jaanam Samjha Karo a Salman Khan starrer. [6] After graduating with a bachelor's degree in arts, Psychology and English literature, she became a successful model, appearing in many ad films, [7] shooting into fame. [4] The ICC setmax campaign was her call to success and marked her entry into acting.

Career

Her entry into the film industry happened through the 2003 Hindi satirical film Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula , alongside Milind Soman. After about 4 years of failed screen tests, the Setmax ad shot by Prahlad Kakkar won the best ad campaign of the year, and was noticed by the director Parvati Balagopalan's mother and got her a screen test for Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula, [6] for which she was nominated for best upcoming actress by Screen Awards and Sansui – PNC Awards. Her Telugu film Golmaal , [7] however, released first. The same year she made her film debut in the Tamil film industry as well, appearing in Samuthirakani's directorial debut Unnai Saranadainthen , in which she shared screen space with Venkat Prabhu and S. P. B. Charan. Her portrayal of Bobby, an adamant village girl, in the film, [8] was appreciated by critics and earned her the Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress. [9] [10]

After unsuccessful films like Anjali I Love You in Telugu and Arivumani in Tamil, she stepped into the Malayalam film industry in 2005 with the Blessy-directed Thanmathra , alongside Malayalam actor Mohanlal. Her performance as Lekha Ramesan, a housewife and mother of two children, [11] received positive reviews and she received the Best Female New Face Award at the 2005 Ujala-Asianet Awards. [7]

In 2006, she again starred in a Hindi film, Jaadu Sa Chal Gayaa, after 3 years, following which she appeared in the Tamil comedy film Jerry as a police inspector and the Malayalam drama film Oruvan , in which she again enacted the role of a housewife. Meera next starred in a number of Malayalam-language films, which include Ekantham , Valmeekam and Kaakki and two Hindi-language films, Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii and Thodi Life Thoda Magic in 2007. [12] [13] [14] Simultaneously she made her television debut in Tamil and Malayalam with Penn and Kanalpoovu respectively . The later series earned her the Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress making her a prominent figure in television and films along Malayali audience.

In 2009, she had three releases, the Malayalam-language films Orkkuka Vallappozhum , Decent Parties and Vairam: Fight For Justice , in which she portrayed a Malayali housewife, whose daughter gets molested and killed. [15] The fourth release was Aattanayagan , co-starring Sakthi Vasu and Remya Nambeeshan. After a hiatus she made her comeback to Malayalam films in 2017 with Chakkaramaavin Kombathu and later portrayed notable roles in offbeat films like Silence, appuvinte sathyanveshanam, Paykappal and Panigrahanam. In 2020, she moved her focus to television playing the female lead Sumithra in Malayalam television serial Kudumbavilakku on Asianet and antagonist in Tamil series Chithi-2 on Sun TV which rose her popularity again among the south Indian audience.

Personal life

Meera married Vishal Agarwal, son of cinematographer Ashok Kumar in 2005. [16] They divorced in July 2010. [17] [18] In 2012, she married Malayalam actor John Kokken, [19] with whom she has a son and got separated in 2016.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Meera Vasudevan film credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2003 Golmaal Meenakshi Narahari Telugu
Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula Radha Hindi
Unnai Saranadainthen Bobby Tamil Won - Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress
2004Anjali I Love YouAnjaliTelugu
Arivumani PriyaTamil
2005 Thanmathra Lekha Ramesan Malayalam Won - Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year
2006Jaadu Sa Chal GayaaNandiniHindi
Hello? Kaun Hai!NandiHindi
Jerry JeevaTamil
Oruvan Jaya BharathanMalayalam
2007 Ekantham Dr. SophieMalayalam
Kaakki Sethulakshmi RamakrishnanMalayalam
Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii MaliniHindi
2008 Thodi Life Thoda Magic NainaHindi
Thasaiyinai Thee SudinumTamil
Kathi Kappal Saaral ParivallalTamil
Pachamarathanalil MaalaMalayalam
GulmoharChithraMalayalam
2009 Orkkuka Vallappozhum Sethu's motherMalayalam
Decent Parties Sreeja SudheendranMalayalam
Vairam: Fight For Justice Devi SivarajanMalayalam
13B: Fear Has a New Address Serial actressHindi
2010 Aattanayagan IndraTamil
Kumari Pennin Ullathile SumithraTamil
2012KochiSavithriMalayalam
916 ChandrikaMalayalam
Jaanleva Black BloodHindi
2016Sahapadi 1975 (Valmeekam)KrishnapriyaMalayalam
2017 Chakkaramaavin Kombathu Dr.LucyMalayalam
2018 Painting Life WifeMalayalam/Englishdelayed
Adanga Maru Subash's Sister-in-lawTamil
2019 Kuttymama Senior AnjaliMalayalam
LessonsDevika MenonMalayalamSegment : Panigrahanam
Thakkol Jaceentha Morris VasMalayalam
2020SilencerThresiaMalayalam
2021Appuvinte SathyanweshanamAnithaMalayalam
2022PayakappalMalayalam
2023 Kirkkan Sethu LakshmiMalayalam [20]
Imbam Mythili SwaminathanMalayalam [21]
KaruthaKaruthaMalayalam
2024Get set babyTBAMalayalamFilming [22]
KrithiTBAMalayalamDelayed
BeereTBAMalayalam/Tulu post production
ICUTBAMalayalamFilming

Television

Serials

List of Meera Vasudevan television serials credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannelNotes
2001–02KaveriPallavi Tamil Sun TV
2002 Devi Uma Hindi Sony India
2003Subah SavereHerself DD National
2006 Penn Deepa/Anjali Tamil Sun TV
2007KanalpoovuSuhasini Malayalam Jeevan TV Won - Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress
2007–08Suryavamsam Tamil Sun TV
2020– present Kudumbavilakku Sumithra Malayalam Asianet
2020 Chithi 2 Mallika Devi Tamil Sun TV Replaced by Sirisha
Avarodoppam Aliyum AchayanumSumithra Malayalam Asianet Telefilm
Mounaragam Episodes: 145–147, cameo as Roopa's friend
Pournami Thinkal Episodes: 384–385, cameo as Pournami's client
2023 Koodevide Episode: 601, cameo
Geethagovindam Episode: 90, cameo

Shows

List of Meera Vasudevan television shows credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannel
2008Aatam PaatamHost Tamil Kalaignar TV
2017Comedy Super NiteHerself Malayalam Flowers TV
JB Junction Kairali TV
Star ChatKairali News
I Personally Kappa TV
Pularvela Manorama News
2018 Lal Salam Amrita TV
Snehapoorvam Meera Vasudev Kaumudy TV
2020Christmas TharamelamHerself Asianet
2021 Start Music Season 3 Promo Anchor
Participant
2021Saregamapa Little ChampsCelebrity Judge Zee Keralam
2022 Start Music Season 4 Participant Asianet
2022Red CarpetMentor Amrita TV
2023Stae night with mavelisumitra Asianet

Commercials

Commercials appeared in from 2003 till present date

Awards

Kerala State Television Awards

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