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Trisha Krishnan [lower-alpha 1] is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Tamil and Telugu films. She was first seen in 1999 in a minor supporting role in Jodi , then in the music video of Falguni Pathak's song "Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye". [1] The first project she accepted as a lead actress was Priyadarshan's Lesa Lesa , but a delay in the film's release meant that her first appearance in a lead role was in Ameer's directorial debut Mounam Pesiyadhe in 2002, which was a commercial success. [2] [3]
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The following year, Trisha appeared as a terminally ill woman in Manasellam , [4] which was a commercial failure. [5] Her next release in 2003 was Hari's action film, Saamy in which she played a soft-spoken Brahmin girl and attracted praise for her performance. [6] The film became a major commercial success, resulting in Trisha receiving new offers, including those from several high-budget productions. [7] [8] Lesa Lesa, which was to have been her debut as a lead actress, was released next. This romantic musical, based on the 1998 Malayalam film Summer in Bethlehem , earned her the ITFA Best New Actress Award. [9] Following Lesa Lesa, she starred in Alai and Enakku 20 Unakku 18 both of which were commercial failures. [10] [5] She made her debut in Telugu cinema in the same year with Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu , which was simultaneously shot with Enakku 20 Unakku 18, was also unsuccessful. [11] [12]
Trisha's next Telugu release was Varsham in 2004. It was a major success, and won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu). [13] It also resulted in her receiving more offers for roles in Telugu films. [11] Later in 2004, Trisha played the role of a damsel in distress where a kabaddi player tries to save from a corrupt politician who wants to marry her in Ghilli . [14] It was a major commercial success. [15] She appeared in Mani Ratnam's political drama Aayutha Ezhuthu (2004), starring as part of an ensemble cast that included Siddharth, R. Madhavan and Suriya. [16] The Telugu romantic comedy Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) featured Trisha as a village girl and was a commercial success. [17] It earned her another Filmfare Award and her first Nandi Award for Best Actress. [18] [19] She reprised the role in the Tamil remake Unakkum Enakkum (2006) which was also successful. [20] [21] Selvaraghavan's Telugu film Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007) won Trisha her third Filmfare Award. [22] [23] The same year she featured opposite Ajith Kumar in A. L. Vijay's Kireedam . [24] In 2008, her releases Bheemaa and Kuruvi both failed commercially, [25] while Abhiyum Naanum and Krishna earned her Filmfare nominations for Best Actress in the Tamil and Telugu categories respectively. [26] [27]
Trisha starred in two films released in 2009: Sarvam and Sankham . The former was commercially unsuccessful, [28] while the latter was critically derided. [29] The following year, she played a Kerala Christian girl in Gautham Vasudev Menon's romance Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa . It was a major commercial success and, as well as being a breakthrough film in her career, [30] earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Actress (Tamil). [31] The same year, she made her Hindi cinema debut with Khatta Meetha . Although a critical and commercial failure, [32] [33] it earned her nomination for a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. [34] Her sole Telugu release that year was Namo Venkatesa . [35] Both her 2011 releases – Teen Maar and Mankatha – were successful. [36] [37] She had two releases in 2012: Bodyguard (a Telugu remake of the 2010 Malayalam film of the same name) and Dammu . [38] [39]
Trisha appeared in two Tamil films in 2013: the mystery thriller Samar , [40] and Endrendrum Punnagai, which earned her a Filmfare nomination. [41] Her sole release in 2014 was Power , which marked her debut in Kannada cinema. [42] Trisha's 2015 films included the crime thriller Yennai Arindhaal , [43] the comedy Sakalakala Vallavan , [44] the Tamil-Telugu bilingual thriller Thoongaa Vanam / Cheekati Rajyam, [45] and the sports drama Bhooloham . [46] In 2016, she appeared in the comedy horror films Aranmanai 2 and the Tamil-Telugu bilingual Nayaki (spelt Nayagi in Tamil), [47] [48] followed by the political thriller Kodi , which earned her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil. [49] [50] Trisha won her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Tamil) for '96 (2018), [51] and in the same year made her debut in Malayalam cinema in Hey Jude . [52]
