Megha Akash

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Megha Akash
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Megha in 2018
Born (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995 (age 28)
Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActress
Years active2017 – present

Megha Akash (born 26 October 1995) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film Lie (2017). She made her Tamil film debut with Petta and Hindi film debut with Satellite Shankar , both in 2019. She has also appeared in Raja Raja Chora (2021) and Dear Megha (2021).

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Early life

Megha was born on 26 October 1995, [1] in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu [2] to a Telugu father and Malayali mother. [3] [4] Both her parents work in the advertising field. [4] She attended the Lady Andal School in Chennai and graduated in B. Sc. (Visual Communications) from Women's Christian College, Chennai. [5] [6]

Career

Megha started her career by performing in the Tamil film Oru Pakka Kathai , which released on ZEE5 on 25 December 2020. [7] Being fluent in Tamil, she did her own dubbing for the film. [5] She later starred in the 2017 Telugu film Lie, which marked her debut. [8] Her Tamil film debut was Petta (2019) though she shot for Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019) before. [9] [10]

She appeared in two Telugu films Raja Raja Chora as Sanjana, and Dear Megha as Megha. [11] [12]

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2017 Lie Chaitra Telugu [13]
2018 Chal Mohan Ranga Megha Subramanyam [14]
2019 Petta Anu Tamil [15]
Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven Maya [16]
Boomerang Gigi [17]
Satellite Shankar Pramila Hindi [18]
Enai Noki Paayum Thota LekhaTamil [19]
2020 Oru Pakka Kathai Meera [7]
2021 Kutty Story PreethiSegment: "Avanum Naanum" [20]
Radhe NikishaHindi [21]
Raja Raja Chora SanjanaTelugu [22]
Dear Megha Megha Swaroop [23]
2022 Gurthunda Seethakalam DivyaCameo appearance [24]
2023 Premadesam Aadhya [25]
Single Shankarum Smartphone Simranum SimranTamil [26]
Ravanasura Harika TalwarTelugu [27]
Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir MatildaTamil [28]
Boo MalavikaTamil
Telugu		Bilingual film [29]
Manu Charitra Jennifer "Jenny" JosephTelugu [30]
Saba Nayagan MeghaTamil
2024 Vadakkupatti Ramasamy KayalvizhiTamil [31]
Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan†TBATamilCompleted [32]
Saha Kuntumbaanam†SiriTeluguFilming [33]
Production No.1†TBAFilming [34]

Music videos

YearTitleMusicRef.
2020Oru Chance Kudu Karthik [35]
2021Thappu PannitenA.K.Priyan [36]

Discography

YearFilmSongComposerCo-singerRef.
2023 Single Shankarum Smartphone Simranum "Smartphone Senorita" Leon James Adithya RK [37]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef.
2018 South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut – Telugu Lie Nominated [38]
2019 Edison Awards Reigning Princess of Kollywood—Won [39]
2020Best Debut Actress Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven Nominated [40]
Favourite Actress—Nominated
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Best Debut - Female Enai Noki Paayum Thota Nominated [41]

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