Varsha Bollamma

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Varsha Bollamma
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Varsha Bollamma
Born
Coorg, Karnataka, India
Alma mater Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Varsha Bollamma is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu cinema industries.

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Early life and career

Varsha was born in Coorg, Karnataka, and brought up in Bangalore. She completed her education in microbiology from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. Varsha is fluent in multiple languages including Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and has learned to speak Telugu as well. [1]

Varsha gained initial recognition for her Dubsmash videos, particularly for her rendition of Nazriya Nazim's dialogues from the movie Raja Rani . [2] [3] [4] She made her acting debut in the film Sathuran in 2015.[ citation needed ] Following that, she played a significant role in Vetrivel (2016) alongside M. Sasikumar, portraying the character of Prabhu's daughter. Her filmography includes Ivan Yarendru Therikiratha (2017) and Yaanum Theeyavan (2017). In 2018, Varsha made her debut in the Malayalam film industry with Kalyanam and also appeared in another Malayalam movie, Mandharam , starring Asif Ali. Her notable presence in Tamil films was marked by her performance in 96 alongside Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha, where she played a small role. Varsha also appeared in Seemathurai . In 2019, she acted in Pettikadai starring Samuthirakani. Her third Malayalam film, Soothrakkaran , alongside Gokul Suresh, was also released in the same year.[ citation needed ]

In the film Bigil (2019), written and directed by Atlee, Varsha portrayed the character of a football player. [5]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2015 Sathuran Janani Tamil Debut film [6]
2016 Vetrivel Subha [7]
2017 Ivan Yarendru Therikiratha Savithri [8]
Yaanum Theeyavan Soumya [9]
2018 Kalyanam Shari Malayalam Malayalam debut [10]
Mandharam Charu [11]
'96 PrabhavathiTamil [12]
Seemathurai Poorani [13]
2019 Pettikadai Thangam [14]
Soothrakkaran AswathyMalayalam [15]
Bigil Gayathri SudarshanTamil [16]
2020 Choosi Choodangaane Shruthi Telugu Telugu Debut [17]
Jaanu Prabha [18]
Middle Class Melodies SandhyaReleased on Amazon Prime Video [19]
Mane Number 13 Nancy Kannada Kannada Debut; Bilingual film; Released on Amazon Prime Video [20]
13aam Number Veedu Tamil
2021 Pushpaka Vimanam Sundar's prospective brideTeluguCameo appearance [21]
2022 Selfie MadhaviTamil [22]
Akka Kuruvi Older SaraCameo appearance [23]
Stand Up Rahul Shreya RaoTelugu [24]
Swathi Muthyam Bhagya Lakshmi [25]
2024 Ooru Peru Bhairavakona Bhoomi [26]

Webseries

YearTitleRole(s)Language(s)AvailabilityNotesRef.
2022 Meet Cute Swati GhantaTelugu SonyLIV Web debut under segment – Meet the Boy [27]

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