Sangeetha Krish

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Sangeetha Krish (née Santharam) is an Indian actress, dancer and television presenter who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam films and few Kannada films.[3] Debuted in the mid 90s, Sangeetha is best known for her performances in the films Khadgam (2002), Pithamagan (2003), Uyir (2006), Dhanam (2008), Manmadan Ambu (2010), Masooda (2022) and Varisu (2023). Sangeetha is a recipient of two Filmfare Awards South and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Born
Sangeetha Santharam

(1978-10-21) 21 October 1978 (age 47)
OthernamesRasika (Malayalam film industry)
Deepthi (Kannada film industry)[1]
OccupationsActress, dancer, television presenter
Yearsactive1995–present
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Sangeetha Krish
Born
Sangeetha Santharam

(1978-10-21) 21 October 1978 (age 47)
Other namesRasika (Malayalam film industry)
Deepthi (Kannada film industry)[1]
OccupationsActress, dancer, television presenter
Years active1995–present
Spouse
(m. 2009)
Children1
HonoursKalaimamani (2020)[2]
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Early life

Sangeetha was born in Chennai, India, to Santharam and Bhanumathi.[4] Her grandfather, K. R. Balan, is a film producer, who had produced more than 20 Tamil films. Also her father had produced several films.[citation needed] She has two brothers. She studied at St. John's English School and Junior College, Besant Nagar, Chennai.[4] Sangeetha is a Bharatanatyam dancer as she had learned Bharatanatyam during her school days.[5]

Career

Film

She started her acting career in the late 1990s under the name Rasika, beginning in an unreleased film opposite her cousin Venkat Prabhu titled Poonjolai.[6] Her debut release was the big-budget Malayalam political thriller, Gangotri (1997). She subsequently played small roles in successful films like Summer in Bethlehem (1998) and Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998). She was cast as a second heroine in the Mammootty-starrer Ezhupunna Tharakan (1999) and Dileep starrer Deepasthambham Mahaashcharyam (1999). In the 2000s , she changed her stage name to birth name Sangeetha and played lead and supporting roles. She also earned a small role in the Mohanlal-starrer Sradha (2000). Her supporting roles in Khadgam (2002) and Pithamagan (2003) earned her Filmfare Awards in Telugu and Tamil. She then debuted in Kannada films alongside of Dr. Vishnuvardhan in Janani janmabhumi (1997) and later acted alongside Sudeep in Nalla (2004).

Television

She was a judge on Vijay TV's hit show Jodi No.1. She was one of the three judges along with Silambarasan and Sundaram in Jodi No.1 Season Two, with S. J. Suryaah and Sundaram in Jodi No.1 Season Three, and with Jeeva and Aishwarya Dhanush in Jodi No.1 Season Four.

She was a guest judge during the finals of Vasantham Central's Indian dance competition "Dhool" held in Singapore in 2008. She was the anchor of Enga Veetu Mapillai show in Colors Tamil. And also she is a guest jude in Dhee and Jabardasth and she is hosted Bindaas game show for few episodes in Zee telugu

Personal life

She married film playback singer Krish in 2009 at the Arunachaleshwarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai.[7] The couple has a daughter.[citation needed]

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1997GangothriGopikaMalayalam
AattuvelaMalu
Circus Sattipandu Telugu
Ee Hrudaya Ninagagi Nirmala Mary/PriyadarshaniKannada
Janani JanmabhumiShanthi
1998Vajra[1]
Kaadhale NimmadhiSwapnaTamil
Udhavikku VaralaamaaStella
Bhagavath SinghKosal/Kokila
Summer in BethlehemJyothiMalayalam
1999Deepasthambham MahascharyamPriya
Guest HousePreethiTamil
Asala SandadiTelugu
Anbulla KadhalukkuPriyaTamil
English MediumRadhikaMalayalam
Ezhupunna TharakanAishwarya
2000DoublesSangeethaTamil
SradhaJaneeshaMalayalam
VarnakkazhchakalSusan
ChillaksharangalSumithra
Ingane Oru NilapakshiSangeetha
Kannule Kaasu KaattappaTamil
2001Kabadi KabadiMythili
UthamanDevikaMalayalam
Navvuthu BathakaliraJayammaTeluguCredited as Deepti
Maa Ayana SundarayyaSrisha
2002KhadgamSeethalakshmiFilmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Telugu)
CineMAA Award for Best Supporting Actress
Shambho Mahadeva Pooja VarmaMalayalamUnreleased
2003Pellam OorelitheSandhyaTelugu
Ee Abbai Chala ManchoduJeevitha
AayudamKalyani
Ori Nee Prema Bangaram KaanuSangita
PithamaganGomathiTamilFilmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil)
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nenu Pelliki ReadyPriyaTelugu
Tiger Harischandra PrasadSwathi
2004Maa Intikoste Em Testaaru-Mee Intikoste Em IstaaruHaarika Madhav
Kushi KushigaSatya Bhama
NallaPreethiKannada
Vijayendra VarmaJournalistTelugu
2005SankranthiKalyaniNominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
Naa OopiriGowri Venu
Adirindayya ChandramPadmavathy (Paddu)
2006UyirArundhathi SathyaTamil
KasuPrarthana
47A Besant Nagar VaraiRashika
2007BahumatiBhanumathi VenkataramanaTelugu
Evano OruvanVathsala VasudevanTamil
2008KaalaiLakshmi
Maa Ayana Chanti PilladuChintamaniTelugu
NepaliHerselfTamilCameo appearance
Magic LampAlphonsaMalayalam
NayaganDr. Sandhya ViswanathTamil
DhanamDhanam Anantharaman
IndrajeetSiriTelugu
2009Naan Avanillai 2MahalakshmiTamil
Mathiya ChennaiFilm heroine
2010Srimathi KalyanamSwetha / SitaTelugu
Kutti PisasuGayathriTamilTrilingual film
Cara MajakaTelugu
Bombat Car Kannada
PuthranDevakiTamil
Manmadan AmbuDeepaNominated – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil)
Nominated – Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
ThambikottaiBeeda Pandiamma
2011Uchithanai MuharnthaalNirmala Nadesan
2013Vanakkam ChennaiLawyer GirijaGuest appearance
2015Massu Engira Masilamani Principal S. Shankari
2017Mupparimanam Herself
Neruppu Da Annam
2020Sarileru Neekevvaru SwarajyamTelugu
2021Kutty StoryEveTamil
Telangana DevuduTelugu
2022AcharyaDancerGuest appearance
Masooda Neelam SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2023VarisuAarthiTamil
Tamilarasan Padma Srinivasan
2025 Paradha Rathnamma Telugu
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