Neeta Pillai | |
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Born | Thodupuzha, Kerala, India |
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Years active | 2018–present |
Neeta Pillai is an Indian actress from Kerala who predominantly working in the Malayalam film industry. She debuted with Poomaram in 2018, alongside Kalidas Jayaram. [1] [2]
Neeta was born at Thodupuzha, Kerala to Vijayan P.N. and Manjula D. Nair. [3] She has done Masters in Petroleum engineering from University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States. She is a trained classical musician and dancer. [4] She has also won second runner-up title of Miss-Bollywood beauty pageant held at Houston in 2015. [5] [6] [7]
Neeta started her acting in 2018 with Kalidas Jayaram in the film Poomaram, a musical drama film written and directed by Abrid Shine and won Asianet Film Awards for Best New Face of the Year (Female) for her role.[ citation needed ] She was also nominated for 8th South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) for Best Debut Actress (Malayalam). [8] [9] In 2020, she played the lead role of a martial arts expert in Abrid Shine's The Kung Fu Master . [10] [11] The film was influenced by the action films of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li and shot at Himalayan Valley, Badrinath and India-China border. [12] [13] She has trained for a year to do action scenes in the film The Kung Fu Master. [14] [15]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2018 | Poomaram | Irene George | Debut Film | [16] |
2020 | The Kung Fu Master | Rithu Ram | [17] | |
2022 | Paappan | ASP Vincy Abraham IPS | [18] | |
2024 | Thankamani | Anitha Varkey / Anitha Abel | [19] | |
Varshangalkku Shesham | Radhika | [20] | ||
TBA | Bazooka † | TBA | [21] | |
Year | Program | Role | Channel | Notes |
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2020 | Chill Bowl | Cook | Asianet | |
Chankanu Chackochan | Dancer | |||
Comedy Stars Season 2 | Celebrity Judge | |||
Star Singer | Dancer |
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | 21st Asianet Film Awards | Best New Face of the Year (Female) | Poomaram | Won | [ citation needed ] |
8th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Debut Actress (Malayalam) | Nominated | [22] |
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