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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]
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]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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1999 | Jodi | Gayathri's friend | Tamil | Debut film in a minor role | [53] |
2002 | Mounam Pesiyadhe | Sandhya | Tamil | Debut as lead actress | [54] |
2003 | Manasellam | Malar | Tamil | [4] | |
Saamy | Bhuvana | Tamil | [55] | ||
Lesa Lesa | Balamani | Tamil | [56] | ||
Alai | Meera | Tamil | [57] | ||
Enakku 20 Unakku 18 | Preethi | Tamil | Bilingual film; Telugu Debut | [58] | |
Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu | Telugu | [59] | |||
2004 | Varsham | Shailaja | Telugu | Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Telugu | [60] [61] |
Ghilli | Dhanalakshmi | Tamil | [14] | ||
Aayutha Ezhuthu | Meera | Tamil | [16] | ||
2005 | Thirupaachi | Subha | Tamil | [62] | |
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana | Siri | Telugu | Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Telugu | [63] | |
Ji | Bhuvana | Tamil | [64] | ||
Athadu | Poori | Telugu | [65] | ||
Allari Bullodu | Trisha | Telugu | [66] | ||
Aaru | Maha | Tamil | [67] | ||
2006 | Aathi | Anjali | Tamil | [68] | |
Pournami | Pournami | Telugu | [69] | ||
Bangaram | Bangaram's love interest | Telugu | Special appearance | [70] | |
Unakkum Enakkum | Kavitha | Tamil | [20] | ||
Stalin | Chitra | Telugu | [71] | ||
Sainikudu | Varalakshmi | Telugu | [72] | ||
2007 | Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule | Keerthi | Telugu | Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Telugu | [73] |
Kireedam | Divya | Tamil | [74] | ||
2008 | Krishna | Sandhya | Telugu | 25th Film; Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Telugu | [75] |
Bheemaa | Charu | Tamil | [76] | ||
Velli Thirai | herself | Tamil | Cameo | [77] | |
Kuruvi | Devi / Radhadevi | Tamil | [78] | ||
Bujjigadu | Meghana (Chitti) | Telugu | [79] | ||
Abhiyum Naanum | Abhi | Tamil | Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Tamil | [80] | |
King | Sravani | Telugu | [81] | ||
2009 | Sarvam | Dr. Sandhya | Tamil | [82] | |
Sankham | Mahalakshmi | Telugu | [83] | ||
2010 | Namo Venkatesa | Pooja | Telugu | [35] | |
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa | Jessie Thekekuthu | Tamil | Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Tamil | [84] | |
Ye Maaya Chesave | herself | Telugu | Cameo | [85] | |
Khatta Meetha | Gehna Ganphule | Hindi | Hindi Debut; Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut | [86] | |
Manmadan Ambu | Ambujakashi (Nisha) [lower-alpha 2] | Tamil | [87] | ||
2011 | Teen Maar | Meera Shastri | Telugu | [88] | |
Mankatha | Sanjana | Tamil | [89] | ||
2012 | Bodyguard | Keerthi | Telugu | [38] | |
Dammu | Sathya | Telugu | [39] | ||
2013 | Samar | Maya | Tamil | [40] | |
Endrendrum Punnagai | Priya | Tamil | Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Tamil | [90] | |
2014 | Power | Prashanti | Kannada | Kannada Debut | [91] |
2015 | Yennai Arindhaal | Hemanika | Tamil | [43] | |
Lion | Mahalakshmi | Telugu | [92] | ||
Sakalakala Vallavan | Divya | Tamil | [44] | ||
Thoongaa Vanam | Mallika | Tamil | 50th Film; Bilingual film | . [93] [94] | |
Cheekati Rajyam | Telugu | [45] | |||
Bhooloham | Sindhu | Tamil | [46] | ||
2016 | Aranmanai 2 | Anitha | Tamil | [47] | |
Nayaki | Gayathri | Telugu | Also singer for the song "Bayam" | [48] [95] | |
Nayagi | Tamil | ||||
Kodi | Rudhra | Tamil | Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress -Tamil | [49] | |
2018 | Hey Jude | Crystal Ann Chakraparambu | Malayalam | Malayalam Debut | [52] |
Mohini | Mohini / Vaishnavi [lower-alpha 3] | Tamil | [96] | ||
'96 | Janaki "Janu" Devi | Tamil | Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Tamil | [97] | |
2019 | Petta | Saro | Tamil | [98] | |
2021 | Paramapadham Vilayattu | Dr Gayathri | Tamil | [99] | |
2022 | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Kundavai Ilaiya Piratti | Tamil | Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Tamil | [100] |
Raangi | Thaiyal Nayagi | Tamil | [101] | ||
2023 | Ponniyin Selvan: II | Kundavai Ilaiya Piratti | Tamil | Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Actress -Tamil | [102] |
The Road | Meera | Tamil | [103] | ||
Leo | Sathya Parthiban/ Sathya Leo Das | Tamil | [104] | ||
2024 | Vidaa Muyarchi † | TBA | Tamil | Post-production | [105] |
2025 | Vishwambhara † | TBA | Telugu | Filming | [106] |
TBA | Identity† | TBA | Malayalam | Filming | [107] |
TBA | Ram † | TBA | Malayalam | Post-production | [108] |
TBA | Thug Life † | TBA | Tamil | Filming | [109] |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 | Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn | Jessie | Tamil | [110] [111] |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Platform | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Brinda | Brinda | Telugu | SonyLIV | [112] |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Performer(s) | Album | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | "Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye" | Woman in the painting | Falguni Pathak | Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye | [113] |
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