Suchitra Pillai

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Suchitra Pillai
Suchitra Pillai graces the 'Khidkiyaan' movie festival launch (13).jpg
Born (1970-08-27) 27 August 1970 (age 53)
Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Occupations
Years active1993present
Spouse
Lars Kjeldsen
(m. 2005)
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels Sony Music

Suchitra Pillai (born 27 August 1970) [1] [ non-primary source needed ] is an Indian actress, model, anchor and VJ. A graduate in electronic engineering from the Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra (West), Mumbai, [2] she chose a career in arts over engineering. [3] Apart from movie roles, including Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Page 3 (2005), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), and Fashion (2008), Suchitra is a singer in the Indi pop and rock genre with an album Such is Life released in 2011. [4] She is also an accomplished theater artist.

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Personal life

In 2005, Suchitra married Lars Kjeldsen, an engineer from Denmark, whom she met at a mutual friend's house. They have one daughter. [5]

Film career

While in school in Mumbai, Pillai was very much interested in theatre but graduated with a B.E. in Electronics Engineering in 1991. [6] She left for London soon after, where she became involved in a children's theatre. [4] She started acting in movies in 1993 when she was offered her first role in a French film Le prix d'une femme as well as a role in the English film Guru in Seven. She has also appeared in the music videos of “Arranged Marriage” (1993) by Apache Indian and “Morning Glory (Oasis song)” (1995) by Oasis (band).

Pillai then returned to Mumbai and was offered a job as a veejay. She first appeared in a music video by Apache Indian and then in Bally Sagoo's "Dil cheez hai kya" video. [7] She has also forayed into television with shows like Simply South, Red Alert, Hip Hip Hurray , Beintehaa , Rishta.com , and Cabaret Cabaret. Pillai appears in the 2016 Hollywood film The Other Side of the Door , [8] and in the 2017 indie film The Valley, for which she won the Best Actress award at both The Long Island International Film Festival [9] and The Milan International Filmmakers Festival in 2017. [10]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleOther notes
1993Le prix d'une femmeFrench film
1998Guru in SevenEnglish film
2001Everybody Says I'm FineJessicaHindi film
Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai A Reporter
Dil Chahta Hai Priya
2003 Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Shalu
Satta
88 Antop HillMrs. Antara Shelar
2005 Page 3 Fashion Designer Sonal Roy
2006 Shiva Manasi
Karkash Manasi
Pyaar Ke Side Effects Anjali/Dracula
2007 Marigold: An Adventure in India Rani
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Michelle
2008 Fashion Avantika Sarin
Dasvidaniya Suchi
2010 Dulha Mil Gaya Jasmine
2016 Fitoor Reporter
2016 The Other Side Of The Door Piki
2016 Oppam School PrincipalMalayalam film
2017 The Valley Roopa
2021 Cold Case Zara Zacchai, a blind occult researcherMalayalam movie released in Amazon Prime

Television

YearTitleRoleChannelOther notes
1997Ghar JamaiSubbulakshmi Zee TV Special Appearance only in Episode no 32
1998 Hip Hip Hurray Alaknanda Ma'am
1998 X Zone KavyaEpisode-96
2001 Pradhan Mantri (Zee) Journalist
2003-2005Koi Dil Main Hai Sony TV
2013 24 Mehek Ahuja Colors TV
2013–2014 Beintehaa Surraiya Usman Abdullah
2014 Bigg Boss 8 GuestReality show
2016-17 Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman Sandhya Singhania

Web series

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
2017 Romil & Jugal Bhagyalaxmi SubramaniamALTBalaji
2018 Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain SheenaALTBalaji and ZEE5
2019 Made in Heaven (TV series) Mani PandeyAmazon Prime
2020 Betaal Commander Tyagi Netflix Horror
2020 Bebaakee Dana Alqaazi ALTBalaji Hindi Web series
2021 Call My Agent: Bollywood Suchitra Netflix Hindi Web series
2021 Hello Mini 3 KD Maa MX Player [11]
2022 Bestseller Sukanya Amazon Prime Hindi Web series
2022 Eternally Confused and Eager for Love Ray's mother Netflix Hindi Web series
2023 Rana Naidu TaraWeb series
2024 Big Girls Don't Cry Khanna Ma'am Prime Video Hindi series

Singing career

Pillai made her debut as a singer with her first song in the album Mere Liye in 2001. [12] [13] Later, she sang few other songs.

Dubbing career

In 2007, she performed her first dub-over role in the Hindi version of the American movie, Live Free or Die Hard- Maggie Q's role of Mah Linh. [14] Since then she has dubbed several other roles in Hindi; the parts of Angelina Jolie (Beowulf), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight), as Hela for Cate Blanchett in the Hindi version of Thor: Ragnarok, and most recently in the 2020 Netflix original October Faction as Deloris Allen.

Dubbing roles

Live action television series

Program titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageEpisodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
The Sandman Gwendoline Christie Lucifer Morningstar HindiEnglish2022–Present

Live action films

Film titleActressCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Live Free or Die Hard [15] Maggie Q Mai LinhHindiEnglish20072007
The Dark Night Maggie Gyllenhaal Rachel Dawes HindiEnglish20082008 Katie Holmes portrayed this character in Batman Begins and was voiced by Neshma Chemburkar in Hindi.
Thor: Ragnarok Cate Blanchett Hela HindiEnglish20172017

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