Sneha (actress)

Sneha
Sneha at Un Samayal Arayil press meet
Born	Suhasini Rajaram Naidu (1981-10-12) 12 October 1981 (age 43) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Prasanna ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Honours	Kalaimamani (2004)

Suhasini Rajaram Naidu (born 12 October 1981), ^[1] known professionally as Sneha, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films in lead roles to supporting roles. ^[2]

Early life

Sneha was born as Suhasini Rajaram Naidu on 12 October 1981 into a Telugu family ^[3] originally from Andhra Pradesh. ^{[4] [5]} Her grandparents had relocated to Mumbai, where she was born, and her family later moved to Sharjah, UAE, where she grew up. While pursuing her plus two, she was discovered by a Malayalam producer at a cricket match in Sharjah, which led to her acting debut. ^[3]

Career

2000–2004

Fazil Nazeem recommended Sneha to Anil-Babu who was searching for a heroine for his love story Ingane Oru Nilapakshi (2000). The film featured Sneha as an aspiring dancer, with the actress performing for seven classical songs. ^[6] She was signed by Susi Ganeshan for his directorial debut Virumbugiren in 2000, which however became long delayed and Ennavale , opposite Madhavan, became her first Tamil release. She started the year 2001 with a foray into Telugu cinema, with an appearance in Priyamaina Neeku , followed by N. Linguswamy's family drama Aanandham . She was then seen in K. Balachandar's Parthale Paravasam and the Telugu film Tholi Valapu , which went unnoticed. M. Raja's Hanuman Junction became a major success. ^[7]

She was a part of eight films that were released in 2002. The films that year included Punnagai Desam , the Vasanth's Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey! , Unnai Ninaithu and April Madhathil . The film failed at the box office while critics and audience raved at the music of the film. ^[8] Her performance in Unnai Ninaithu led to her being awarded the first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. ^[9] She also won other awards for her performance. Subsequently, she acted in a lead role in King and a supporting role in Pammal K. Sambandam with Kamal Haasan and Abbas, respectively. Virumbugiren that featured Sneha as a rustic village belle, eventually released in December 2002 and went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress. ^[10]

Sneha acted in two films in 2003, Vaseegara with Vijay and Parthiban Kanavu . She received high praise for her performance in Parthiban Kanavu, ^[11] with The Hindu writing: "Till date this is the best role that has come Sneha's way and the charming actress has utilised the opportunity well. With make-up or without it, Sneha sparkles". ^[12]

2004 was a mixed year for the actress, with Jana , Bose and Adhu all failing at the box office. However, Vasool Raja MBBS , opposite Kamal Haasan and Autograph were successes. ^[13]

2005–2008

The years 2005 and 2006 saw her acting in Telugu films such as Sankranthi , with Venkatesh, Radha Gopalam with Srikanth, Sri Ramadasu with Nagarjuna, and Thuruppu Gulan with Mammootty was a success, while others released in the respective years turning out as average grosser at the box office. She played a supporting role in Selvaraghavan's experimental film Pudhupettai , starring Dhanush. With Thuruppu Gulan, she paired with Mammootty. In the year 2006, she made her debut into Kannada film industry through Ravi Shastri ,^{[ citation needed ]} which released to negative reviews. ^[14]

In 2007, Sneha starred in Naan Avanillai , Madhumasam , Maharadhi and Tamil film Pallikoodam released to positive reviews. ^{[15] [16]}

Pirivom Santhippom , which saw her collaborating with Karu Pazhaniappan again, was her first film in 2008. Co-starring Cheran. A review from Sify noted that she was "superb as Sala, a woman torn by the dualities of her existence", labelling it as her "career best performance". ^[17] She won her second Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress, besides the Vijay Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress Award. She tried highly glamorous roles with Pandi and Inba , both turning out to be average grossers. She paired with Silambarasan in Silambattam . Her Telugu films Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna and Pandurangadu turned out to be average grossers while Adi Vishnu released to negative reviews.^{[ citation needed ]}

2009–2012

The thriller films Achchamundu Achchamundu , co-starring Prasanna and Hollywood actor John Shea and Amaravathi , were her only releases of 2009 in Tamil and Telugu, respectively. Both films won many plaudits for dealing with bold themes of pedophiles and womb stealing, respectively. The former film won many awards internationally. ^[18]

In 2010, she starred in Venkat Prabhu's Goa . She again forayed into a glamorous ultra-modern chick role with a few shades of grey. She also appeared in three Malayalam films. She acted in Pramani with Mammootty and paired up with Mohanlal for the first time in Shikkar, The Hunt , which was a huge success and considered as a milestone in Mohanlal's history. Her last release of 2011 was Vandae Maatharam . Starring opposite Mammootty again, she played an aviator in the film, which released to mixed critical response.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2011, she was first seen as a tough police officer in Bhavani , which opened to mixed reviews and bombed at the box office, although Sneha received praise for her performance. Ponnar Shankar , a period film penned by M. Karunanidhi, where she appeared as a warrior-princess, opened to mixed reviews and didn't do well at the box office.^{[ citation needed ]} Rajanna , a period film based on Telangana issue opposite Nagarjuna for the second time, released on 22 December 2012 to positive reviews. ^[19]

In 2012, her long canned movie, Murattu Kaalai , with Sundar C was released on 15 June 2012 to mixed reviews, being her first movie post-marriage. ^[20]

2013–present

In 2013, she acted in a critically acclaimed movie Haridas . The movie opened to critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. Sneha was nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in the movie.^{[ citation needed ]}

Her next release was a trilingual made in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu – Un Samayal Arayil (2014), the official remake of the Malayalam blockbuster Salt N' Pepper , where she starred opposite Prakash Raj and a bunch of debutantes. The Kannada version was successful, while the other two versions was unsuccessful. Sneha later hosted a Tamil reality television show Melam Kottu Thali Kattu and the show was aired for 2 seasons.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2015, Sneha appeared in the Telugu film S/O Satyamurthy .In 2017, Sneha starred in The Great Father . ^[21] She starred in Velaikkaran . ^[22] She was also the judge a Tamil reality TV show, Dance Jodi Dance , alongside Radhika. ^[23] In 2019, she starred in the Telugu-language film Vinaya Vidheya Rama ^[24] and Pattas . ^{[24] [25]}

Other assignments

Sneha was to make her Bollywood debut with Mad Dad, alongside Naseeruddin Shah and Ayesha Takia, to be directed by Revathy S. Varma. Sneha was also roped in to play Sita in Rajkumar Santoshi's Ramayan, featuring Ajay Devgan in lead. However, both the projects failed to take off.^{[ citation needed ]} She was also reported to play a major role in Kochadaiyaan , to be written by K. S. Ravikumar and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth.^{[ citation needed ]} In December 2011, Sneha confirmed in an interview that she will be starring opposite Rajinikanth. ^[26] But later, she opted out of the project to allocate dates for the film Haridas , to which she is already committed. ^{[27] [28] [29]}

Modeling

She has appeared in many commercials such as Saravana Stores, Horlicks , Roobini Oil, Aashirvaad, Idhayam Dots, Jos Aalukkas, Power Shampoos, Shree Devi Textiles, Preethi Mixi, GRB Udhayam Ghee, Papilon, Vencobb Chicken, Nisha Fairness Cream, Kellogg's Chocos, Tata Salt etc. In 2010, she was announced the brand ambassador for Dabur Amla Nelli Hair Oil and Cavin Kare'sChinni's Pickle. Post-marriage, Sneha along with her husband Prasanna worked on Univercell commercials which created viral response. ^{[30] [31]}

Personal life

Sneha was paired with Prasanna for the first time in Achchamundu! Achchamundu! (2009). Since then, there were numerous reports in the media on their relationship. Prasanna was spotted in all her modeling shows and both were spotted together in movie previews. Though both denied it as a rumour, later, on 9 November 2011, Prasanna announced, "Yes... Sneha and I decided to marry soon with the blessings of our parents." They married on 11 May 2012 in Chennai. ^[32] The couple have two children, a daughter and a son, and reside in Chennai. ^[33]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

List of Sneha film credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2000	Ingane Oru Nilapakshi	Manasi	Malayalam	Credited as Manasi	[34]
	Ennavale	Lakshmi	Tamil
2001	Priyamaina Neeku	Sandhya	Telugu	partially reshot in Tamil as Kadhal Sugamanathu
	Aanandham	Viji	Tamil
	Tholi Valapu	Soumya	Telugu
	Paarthale Paravasam	Chella	Tamil
	Hanuman Junction	Meenkashi	Telugu
2002	Pammal K. Sambandam	Malathi Anand	Tamil
	Punnagai Desam	Priya
	Unnai Ninaithu	Radha		Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
	Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey!	Raji
	Virumbugiren	Thavamani		Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
	King	Thamizh
	April Madhathil	Swetha		Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2003	Vaseegara	Priya Vishwanathan
	Parthiban Kanavu	Sathya, Janani
2004	Vasool Raja MBBS	Janaki Vishwanathan
	Jana	Manimegalai
	Bose	Charu
	Autograph	Divya
	Adhu	Meera
	Venky	Sravani	Telugu
2005	Aayudham	Maha	Tamil
	Sankranthi	Anjali	Telugu
	Radha Gopalam	Radha
	Chinna	Gayathri Vikram	Tamil
	ABCD	Chandra
	That is Pandu	Anjali	Telugu
2006	Sri Ramadasu	Kamala
	Evandoi Srivaru	Divya
	Thuruppu Gulan	Lakshmi	Malayalam
	Pudhupettai	Krishnaveni	Tamil
	Ravi Shastri	Bhanu	Kannada
	Manasu Palike Mouna Raagam	Gowri	Telugu
2007	Maharadhi	Bhairavi
	Madhumasam	Hamsa Vahini
	Naan Avanillai	Anjali	Tamil
	Pallikoodam	Kokila Vetrivel
2008	Pirivom Santhippom	Visalakshi Natesan		Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress Vijay Award for Best Actress
	Inba	Priya
	Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna	Swapna	Telugu
	Pandi	Bhuvana	Tamil
	Pandurangadu	Lakshmi	Telugu
	Kuselan	Herself	Tamil	Cameo in the song "Cinema Cinema"
	Adi Vishnu	Anjali	Telugu
	Silambattam	Gayathri	Tamil
2009	Achchamundu! Achchamundu!	Malini Kumar
	Amaravathi	Latha Venkat	Telugu
2010	Goa	Suhasini Fernando	Tamil
	Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai	Dr. Ramya		Cameo
	Angaadi Theru	Herself		Cameo
	Pramaani	Janaki	Malayalam
	Shikkar, The Hunt	Kaveri
	Vandae Maatharam	Nandhini			[35]
			Tamil
2011	Bhavani	ACP Bhavani
	Ponnar Shankar	Arukkaani
	Rajanna	Lachamma	Telugu
2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Jennifer	Tamil	Cameo
	Murattu Kaalai	Bhuvana
2013	Haridas	Amudhavalli
2014	Pannaiyarum Padminiyum	Shanmugam's daughter		Cameo
	Oggarane	Gowri	Kannada	Trilingual film
	Ulavacharu Biryani		Telugu
	Un Samayal Arayil		Tamil
2015	S/O Satyamurthy	Lakshmi Devaraj	Telugu
	JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai	Herself	Tamil	Cameo
	Kaaval	Herself		Cameo
2016	Rajadhi Raja	Herself	Telugu	Cameo
	Ore Mukham	Bhama	Malayalam	Cameo
2017	The Great Father	Michelle David
	Velaikkaran	Kasthuri	Tamil
2019	Vinaya Vidheya Rama	Konidela Gayatri Devi	Telugu		[36]
	Kurukshetra	Draupadi	Kannada		[37]
2020	Pattas	Kanyakumari "Kanya"	Tamil		[38]
2023	Christopher	Beena Mariam Chacko	Malayalam		[39]
	Shot Boot Three	Shyamala	Tamil		[40]
2024	The Greatest of All Time	Anuradha			[41]

Television

List of Sneha television credits

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Mr. & Mrs. Okariki Okaru	Judge
2016–2023	Dance Jodi Dance	Judge	3 seasons	[42]

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External links

• Sneha at IMDb