Varsha Bollamma

Varsha was born in Coorg, Karnataka and brought up in Bengaluru. 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.^[2]

Varsha gained initial recognition for her Dubsmash videos, particularly for her rendition of Nazriya Nazim's dialogues from the Tamil film Raja Rani (2013).^[3][4] She made her acting debut in the film Sathuran in 2015.^[5] 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.^[6]

In the 2019 film Bigil, written and directed by Atlee, Varsha portrayed the character of a football player.^[7] The film emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2019 and the second highest grossing South Indian film of 2019.^[8] Janani K of India Today noted, "Varsha does her best and her story gives the much-needed depth to the film."^[9]

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