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| Born | 27 November 1975 Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
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Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (born 27 November 1975) is an Indian actress, model and singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, South cinema, and television. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Suchitra was born on 27 November 1975 in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Telugu family, [5] [6] [7] [8] Her father, V. Krishnamoorthi was a former commissioner of income tax and her mother, Dr Sulochana Krishnamoorthi was a historian and a professor. [7] [9] Suchitra was married to the filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, but they divorced. They have a daughter named Kaveri Kapur.
Suchitra started her career with the TV series Chunauti while still in school in the year 1987–1988. [10] She acted in a production of Peanuts: The Musical, a musical based on the famous comic strip Peanuts. [11] She played the character Lucy. [12] She appeared in television commercials endorsing products such as Palmolive soap, Clearasil, Sunrise Coffee, Limca and Colgate toothpaste.[ citation needed ] In 1994, she made her breakthrough in films with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa , a commercial and critically acclaimed hit, opposite Shahrukh Khan. She also starred in Kilukkampetti opposite Malayalam star Jayaram.[ citation needed ]
She pursued a music career in the mid- to late 1990s, releasing the pop albums Dole Dole, [13] Dum Tara, Aha and Zindagi . [14] She returned after 10 years in the film My Wife's Murder (2005), opposite Anil Kapoor. [15] The year 2010 saw the release of Rann , a film about the Indian media, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. [16] Suchitra played the role of a media executive named Nalini Kashyap. [17] In 2022 Suchitra played the role of Nivedita in the critically acclaimed movie on Netflix " The " Odd Couple" opposite Divyendu Sharma"
Suchitra is a writer whose views were first noticed via her blogs.[ citation needed ] Her many blogs – first on www.intentblog.com, a site where she was invited to share her views by Deepak Chopra, "art in a body part" and "give me another break", and subsequently on her own site – have put Suchitra in many controversies.[ citation needed ] Suchitra's novel The Summer of Cool was released by Penguin India in January 2009 and met with huge success. It is her first in four called the Swapnalok Society series. [18] The second book in the series is titled The Good News Reporter, and The Ghost on the Ledge, the third part of the series, was released in 2016.[ citation needed ]
Drama Queen, a memoir by Suchitra released in November 2013, received positive reviews. [19] [20] The first print of the book sold out within a week of its release. [21]
Drama Queen, a musical written by Suchitra and adapted from her book of the same title, opened at NCPA Mumbai in October 2016. [22] Drama Queen is still currently being staged all across India
"Odd Couple" a feature film starring Suchitra Krishnamoorthi ,Vijay Raaz and Divyendu Sharma was released on Amazon India in 2022. It trended on top ten on Amazon India for several months
| Year | Title | Role | Songs | Language | Notes |
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| 1991 | Kilukkampetti | Anu Pillai | Malayalam | ||
| Sivaranjani | Sivaranjani | Tamil | |||
| 1994 | Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa | Anna | Hindi | ||
| Jazbaat | Varsha | ||||
| Vaade Iraade | Jyoti | ||||
| 1999 | Vishwa | Usha | Kannada | ||
| 2003 | Kaakha Kaakha | None | Uyirin Uyire | Tamil | Playback singer only |
| 2004 | Gharshana | None | Chaleya Chaleya | Telugu | Playback singer only |
| 2005 | My Wife's Murder | Sheela | Hindi | ||
| 2007 | Aag | Kavita | |||
| 2009 | Karma Aur Holi | Sujata | |||
| 2010 | Rann | Nalini Kashyap | |||
| Mittal v/s Mittal | Karuna Maheshwari | ||||
| 2011 | Force | None | "Khawabon Khawabon" | Playback Singer only | |
| 2019 | Romeo Akbar Walter | Rehana Kazmi | |||
| 2022 | Odd Couple | Nivedita Verma |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | Kash-m-kash | Ashi | |
| 1995 | Chinna Chinna Aasai- Suyamvaram | Surekha | Tamil language show |
| 1987-1988 | Chunauti | ||
| 1988 | Mujrim Haazir | ||
| 2020 | Never Kiss Your Best Friend | Sumer's mother | |
| 2022 | Guilty Minds | Neela |
| Year | Album | Record Label |
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| 1995 | Dole Dole | Magnasound |
| 1996 | Dum Tara | |
| 1997 | A-Ha | |
| 2007 | Zindagi | UMG |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Music | Songwriter (s) | Album |
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| Sawan Barse | 2018 | — | Surya Vishwakarma | Surya Vishwakarma | |
| Namo Namo (Cover) | 2019 | — | |||
| Shararat | 2023 | — | Sunita Nagaranjan | Mayur Puri | |
| Year | Album | Record Label |
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| 1996 | Channel Hits | Magnasound |
| 1997 | Party Zone | |
| 1998 | The Ultimate Party Album | |
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{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)Proud of her Telugu roots, Suchitra never loses an opportunity to remind people of her Teluguness. "Often people think I am a Tamilian but my mother tongue is Telugu," she says, adding, "I have even included a few Telugu lines in Drama Queen!"
Suchitra was born on March 9, 1974, in a Telugu-speaking family in Maharashtra. Her father was a commissioner in the Income Tax Department while her mother was a professor and historian.
Most people assume my mother tongue is Tamil, it's actually Telugu. Though being born and brought up in Mumbai, at home we mostly spoke English.
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