Mohini (Tamil actress)

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Mohini
Born (1978-06-09) 9 June 1978 (age 46)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actress, Evangelist
Years active1991-1999
2004-2011
SpouseBharath
Children2

Mahalakshmi Sreenivasan, better known by her stage name Mohini, is an Indian former actress who has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.

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Personal life

Mohini was born as Mahalakshmi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. She attended Children's Garden Higher Secondary School, Chennai.

Mohini got married to Bharath Krishnaswamy a US-based engineer in 1999 and settled in Seattle. The couple have two sons Anirudh and Advaith.[ citation needed ]

Mohini converted to Christianity in 2006. [1] [2]

Career

She initially started her career as a child artist. Later, she made her acting debut in 1991 with the film Eeramana Rojave .

She was selected to act alongside Akshay Kumar in the 1991 Hindi film Dancer , the only hindi film in her career.

She worked in a huge number of superhit films like Nadodi Pattukkaran (1992), Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam (1993), Pattukottai Periyappa (1994), Ee Puzhayum Kadannu (1996) and Mama Bagunnava (1997) to name a few.

Her debut Malayalam movie was Naadody (1992) along with Mohanlal. Her performance in Ghazal (1993) and Parinayam (1994) was critically well acclaimed. [3]

Mohini has acted in over 100 movies in all South Indian languages and worked with renowned directors like Hariharan, Kamal and Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. She has also appeared in a few TV shows like Kadhal Pagadai , Chinna Chinna Aasai - (Butterflies) and Kathanar Kadamattathu Kathanar to name a few. [4]

Partial Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1987 Koottu Puzhukkal Surya's sisterTamil
1991 Eeramana Rojave ShanthiTamil
Aditya 369 HemaTelugu
Dancer Priya SharmaHindi
1992 Nadodi Pattukkaran GeethaTamil
Kalyana Mantapa SudhaKannada
Unakkaga Piranthen MaliniTamil
Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren Asha
Chinna Marumagal Geetha
Thai Mozhi Mary
Naadody SophyMalayalam
Sriramachandra SeethaKannada
1993 Varam NileenaMalayalam
JwalaJyothiKannada
Detective Narada SharadaTelugu
Udan Pirappu TamilGuest appearance
Ghazal JinnuMalayalam
Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam SandhyaTamil
1994 Kanmani Kanmani
Pudhiya Mannargal Vidhya
Vanaja Girija Girija
Pattukottai Periyappa Uma
Sididedda PandavaruMohiniKannada
Parinayam UnnimayaMalayalam
Sainyam Lakshmi
1995 Chantha Merlin Joseph
Jameen Kottai Nandini Devi/MohiniTamil
Gadibidi Aliya MohiniKannada
RowdyPoornima
1996 Thayagam AbiramiTamil
Ee Puzhayum Kadannu AshwathyMalayalam
Mayoora NrithamRagini Balachandran (Rakhi)
Kaanaakkinaavu Laila
Manthrika Kuthira Sonia Cherian
Kudumbakodathi Panchami
Vishwanath JeniferTamil
Andha Naal Mary
1997 Ullasapoongattu MayaMalayalam
Laali AnjuKannada
Mayaponman NandiniMalayalam
Mama Bagunnava VijayaTelugu
Ikkareyanente ManasamSumathiMalayalam
Hitler Ammu / AnnapurnaTelugu
Kudamattam YashodhaMalayalam
1998 Punjabi House Pooja
Nishyabda VarshaKannada
Oru Maravathoor Kanavu MaryMalayalam
Meenakshi Kalyanam Meenakshi
Cheran Chozhan Pandian GayathriTamil
Ayushman Bhava PriyaMalayalam
1999 Pranaya Nilavu Nabeesu
Pattabhishekam Kalyani
2004 Vesham Aswathy
2006 Chacko Randaaman Sainaba
AmmathottilDr.Shalini
2007 Kuttrapathirikai RekhaTamilDelayed release
2008 Innathe Chintha Vishayam PremilaMalayalam
2011 Collector Sethulakshmi (Mayor of Kochi)

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