Mumtaj

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Mumtaj
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Mumtaj in 2007
Born (1980-07-05) 5 July 1980 (age 44)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActress
Years active1999 – 2009 2011 – 2015 2018 [1]

Mumtaj (born 5 July 1980) is a Tamil cinema former actress. [2] [3]

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She entered the film industry through the Tamil film Monisha En Monalisa (1999) by T. Rajender and subsequently garnered popularity appearing in glamorous roles in films including Kushi (2000), Looty (2001) and Chocolate (2001). In 2018, after her appearance in Bigg Boss Tamil 2 (marked her last media appearance), she announced her retirement from the film industry for good after spending 19 years in the industry and has no interest in making a comeback to the industry. [4]

Mumtaj was known as a popular actress in the Indian film industry in the 2000s for appearing in several films such as Monisha En Monalisa (1999), Kushi (2000), Chocolate (2001), Gemini (2002), Chellame (2004), London (2005), Veerasamy (2007) and Rajadhi Raja (2009) were all seen as blockbuster films for Mumtaj.[ citation needed ]

Early life

Mumtaj completed her schooling at Mount Mary's Convent School, Bandra, Mumbai. As a teenage ardent film fan, she revealed that her room was full of posters featuring Sridevi, and when the school bus used to cross Filmistan Studios, she used to crane her neck out to catch a glimpse of the artistes. [3] [5] [6]

Film career

Mumtaj's acting career began after she was spotted by film producer Sudhakar Bokade in a dance programme at Mount Mary's Convent School in Mumbai, when he subsequently offered to do a film with her, after he completed an ongoing project with Dilip Kumar titled Kalinga during 1996. As Kalinga faced delays, Bokade could not eventually start the film with Mumtaj although she had begun acting classes. [7]

During her stint at the acting course, she was recruited by veteran filmmaker Chetan Anand to work on his film produced by Bharat Shah, with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. For one and a half years, Mumtaj waited for the shoot to begin, before the project was shelved following Anand's death. Later in 1997, Tamil director T. Rajender signed her to play the lead role of a pop singer in his romantic drama film, Monisha En Monalisa (1999). The film took two years to make owing to production troubles and Rajender's political activity, before opening to negative reviews from critics in April 1999. [8]

She made a supporting role in S. J. Surya's Kushi (2000), where she portrayed a glamorous college student alongside Vijay and Jyothika. Her performance in the song "Kattipudi Kattipudida" won her appreciation and further film offers, and as a result, Mumtaj was able to increase her appearance fee substantially. [9] [10]

In her subsequent projects, rather than her acting skills, her performances in song sequences won her appreciation and she regularly accepted to feature in item numbers. In the early 2000s, some of the more notable music videos shot on her included "Macha Machiniye" from Star (2001), "Malai Malai" from Chocolate (2001),"Missi Missi Papa" from Looty and "Subbamma Subbamma" from Roja Kootam (2002).[ citation needed ]

Despite the success of her song appearances, she was keen to prolong her career in the film industry by selecting performance-oriented roles and subsequently announced her intentions of reducing one-song appearances. [11]

In 2003, she turned producer and financed the film Thathi Thavadhu Manasu , featuring her alongside rookie actresses Sona, Urvasi Patel and Sindhuri in the leading roles. The film was based around two real life incidents — the murder of a lawyer in bright daylight and the accident in which 40 individuals were killed. [12] The film performed poorly at the box office, with a critic writing "the movie's approach struggles between two completely opposite directions — a cheap, exploitative film and a tearjerker" and that "the producer seems to have banked on the film's glamour to bring in the viewers since that is what the title and the movie's promos focus on" and that "this is unfortunate because the main story has actually been taken quite well". [13] [14]

In the mid-2000s, she announced plans of a comeback in acting roles, and notably appeared in Jerry (2006) and T. Rajender's long-delayed Veerasamy .[ citation needed ] However, several of her other films during the period became stuck and eventually did not release, including projects such as Raviraja's Very Good, S. A. Chandrasekhar's Nenjankootill Neeye Nikkirai, Igore's Thik Thik Thik and the multi-starrer Vedakozhi.[ citation needed ] She has since seldom been seen in films, making a brief foray to play the antagonist in Rajadhi Raja (2009), before appearing in the Telugu films, Atharintiki Daaredi (2013) [15] and Aagadu (2014) in glamorous supporting roles. [16]

Mumtaj quit acting in 2018 and has been an ardent practitioner of Islam, requesting the media to avoid sharing photos of her former self. She is also a preacher of the Islamic faith and a motivational speaker. [17]

Other work

Mumtaj was a judge in the first season of the reality dance competition Boys Vs Girls, which aired on Star Vijay, and season 6 of Maanada Mayilada , which aired on Kalaignar TV. [18] She later took part as one of the contestants in the Tamil reality show, Bigg Boss Tamil 2 hosted by Kamal Haasan. Marking her final appearance in the industry before her retirement. [19] [20]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1999 Monisha En Monalisa MonishaTamil
Malabar Police JulieTamil
Chala Bagundi HerselfTeluguSpecial appearance in the song "Entha Bagundhi Brotheru"
JananaayakanNancy PareraMalayalam
Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga TamilSpecial appearance in the song "Duniya Hey Duniya"
2000 Kushi AnithaTamil
Budget Padmanabhan OmanaTamil
Ammo! Okato Tareekhu GangaTelugu
2001BoondNeelamHindi
Kushi AnithaTelugu
Looty GayathriTamil
Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala ChitraTamil
Star HerselfTamilSpecial appearance in the song "Machiniye"
Vedham PoojaTamil
Chocolate Nirmala / BhamaTamilDual roles
Mitta Miraasu VijayaTamil
Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar Anupam VermaHindi
Azhagana Naatkal RekhaTamil
2002 Vivaramana Aalu PuppyTamil
Roja Kootam HerselfTamilSpecial appearance in the song "Subbammaa"
Ezhumalai SandhyaTamil
Gemini KaminiTelugu
CoolieRaniTelugu
Kondaveeti Simhasanam SusmithaTelugu
Thandavam Kaavya MenonMalayalam
2003 Three Roses RomaTamil
Thathi Thavadhu Manasu AarthiTamilAlso producer
2004 Maha Nadigan NandiniTamil
Kuththu HerselfTamilSpecial appearance in the song "Otha Viral Kattuna"
Kanti HerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in the song "Ussaaru Ussaaru"
Aai HerselfTamilSpecial appearance in the song "Mailapur Mayila"
Chellame HerselfTamil guest appearance
2005 Devathayai Kanden HerselfTamilSpecial appearance in the song "Thunda Kanom Thuniya Kanom"
London AishwaryaTamil
Pelli Kaani Pellam AvuthundiHerselfTelugu
2006 Jerry JananiTamil
2007 Veerasamy SarasuTamil
2008 Nadigai HerselfTamil
2009 Rajadhi Raja Shylai SarojaTamil
2013 Atharintiki Daaredi Mumtaj Telugu Special appearance in the song "It's Time To Party" [15]
2014 Aagadu Sukanya / Belly LillyTelugu
2015 Tommy HerselfTelugu

Television

YearSeries/ShowsRoleChannelNotes
2009Boys Vs. GirlsJudge Star Vijay
2011 Maanada Mayilada Judge Kalaignar TV Season 06
2018 Bigg Boss Tamil 2 Contestant Star Vijay Evicted on Day 91

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