Padmapriya Janakiraman

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Padmapriya Janakiraman, better known mononymously as Padmapriya, is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films.[1] Padmapriya made her acting debut in the Telugu film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi in 2004.[2]

Early life

Padmapriya hails from Delhi and was born to Janakiraman, a distinguished brigadier in the Indian Army, and Vijaya, both of Tamilian descent.[1]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[3]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

She did her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, Telangana [1] and studied at Loyola Academy, Alwal, Secunderabad, from which she graduated with a B.Com degree.[4] Later, she pursued an MBA degree in finance at KIAMS, Harihar. She was then working for GE Capital as a risk consultant in Bangalore and Gurgaon.[3] After GE she was with Symphony in Bangalore. During her free-time, she ventured into modelling, which would later pave her way to the film business and acting. She has also won Miss Andhra Pradesh in 2001.[1] While studying in 12th class in Andhra Pradesh, Padmapriya did a music album.[5]

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Career

Padmapriya made her acting debut in the 2004 Telugu film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi, a remake of the Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum. She played the role of a sexually exploited poor sister of a blind man in the film. Padmapriya says, she accepted this offer "for the sake of friendship".[5] This made possible her entry into the Malayalam film industry in the same year, starring in the film Kaazhcha alongside Mammootty. For her portrayal of a mother of a young girl, who struggles to accommodate another child, a victim of the Gujarat earthquake, she received rave reviews and the Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year.[6]

In 2005, she acted in her first Tamil-language film, Thavamai Thavamirundhu, a drama that dealt with familial bond, depicting a father-son relationship, in which she was paired opposite actor-director Cheran. She played a simple college girl in the film, which garnered highly positive reviews and won several awards at major Indian award ceremonies, including a National Film Award (for Best Film on Family Welfare). Padmapriya herself was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actress for her critically acclaimed performance.[7] She next starred in the Malayalam film Rajamanikyam again alongside Mammootty. The comedy film, featuring also Rahman and Sindhu Menon, was a success.[8]

In 2006, she appeared in 6 films. Her first release that year was Vadakkum Nathan, which Padmapriya considers as her debut film, citing: "I started taking this career seriously with that movie".[5] She next starred in the Tamil film Pattiyal, in which she portrayed a salesgirl at a garment company. The Vishnuvardhan-directed gangster film, in which she shared screen space with Arya, Bharath and Pooja Umashankar, was a commercial and critical success, becoming one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of the year. Later that year, she acted in the Malayalam-language film Karutha Pakshikal and Yes Your Honour, which both were well appreciated by critics. Padmapriya's performance in both the films received positive reviews, particularly her portrayal as Poongodi, a street beggar, in the former fetched her rave accolades and earned her several awards including a Filmfare Best Actress Award.[9][10]

In 2007, she had 7 releases, the first being Anchil Oral Arjunan. Next she starred in Veeralipattu and Satham Podathey, a Tamil film. The latter was a psychological thriller directed by Vasanth, where she enacted the role of a helpless wife, who gets kidnapped by her former husband, whom she had divorced due to his alcohol addiction.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Following Satham Podathey, she appeared in the films Naalu Pennungal in Malayalam, directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Mirugam in Tamil, directed by Samy. In Naalu Pennungal, which fetched its director the National Film Award for Best Direction, she played the role of a street prostitute, whilst in Mirugam, she played a tomboyish wife to a ruffian, who behaves like an animal, for which she won the Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress.[11]

In 2010, Padmapriya debuted into Hindi films by playing a bar owner in Striker,[12] as well as into Kannada films as a human rights activist in Thamassu.[13] She also starred in the Tamil cowboy-based film Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam as an army officer's daughter,[12] and in the Malayalam Kutty Shrank with Mammootty. In 2011, she starred in Naayika with a performance that won critical acclaim.[14] NDTV wrote that her "beauty and acting skills helped in portraying the role to perfection and 'young Gracy' ends as the saving 'grace' of the film". She has acted in some advertisements.[15]

Personal life

On 12 November 2014, Padmapriya married Jasmine Shah in Mumbai. He is from Gujarat and works as the Policy Head for South Asia at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, which is headquartered in Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[16] She met him while both were pursuing their Master's from Columbia and New York University.[17]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Language Notes
2004 Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi Vasanthi Telugu Debut film; credited as Priya
Kaazhcha Lakshmi Madhavan Malayalam
Amrutham Sainaba Gopinathan Malayalam
2005 Thavamai Thavamirundhu Vasanthi Ramalingam Tamil Template:Won -Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - Tamil
Rajamanikyam Malli Malayalam
2006 Vadakkumnadhan Meera Malayalam
Pattiyal Saroja Tamil
Ashwaroodan Sitalakshmi Malayalam
Bhargavacharitham Moonam Khandam Sophia Malayalam
Karutha Pakshikal Poongodi Malayalam Template:Won -Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
Yes Your Honour Maya Ravishankar Malayalam
2007 Veeralipattu Pooja Malayalam
Satham Podathey Bhanumathi Tamil
Paradesi Usha Malayalam
Naalu Pennungal Kunnipennu Malayalam
Time Susan Mary Thomas Malayalam
Mirugam Azhagama Ayyanar Tamil Template:Won - Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize
2008 Pachamarathanalil Anu Sachidanandan Malayalam
Laptop Payal Malayalam
2009 Pokkisham Nadira Tamil
Katha Parayum Theruvoram Neeraja Malayalam
Kana Kanmani Maya Roy Malayalam
Pazhassi Raja Neeli Malayalam Template:Won - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam
National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)
Boomi Malayalam Fousia Malayalam
2010 Striker Madhu Hindi
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam Pappali Tamil
Andari Bandhuvaya Paddu Telugu
Thamassu Dr. Shanthi Kannada
Kutty Srank Revamma Malayalam
2011 Aidondla Aidu Shantha Kannada
Seniors Indhu Malayalam
Snehaveedu Sunanda Malayalam
Naayika Gracy Malayalam
2012 Aparajita Tumi Kuhu Bengali
Cobra Sherly Malayalam
Manjadikuru Roja Malayalam Cameo appearance
Bachelor Party Item number Malayalam Cameo appearance
No. 66 Madhura Bus Soorya Padmam Malayalam
Ivan Megharoopan Ammini Malayalam
Poppins Kantha Malayalam
2013 Maad Dad Dr. Rasiya Malayalam
Papilio Buddha Collector Malayalam
Ladies and Gentleman Jyothy Malayalam
Thanga Meenkal Evita Tamil
2014 Bramman Item number Tamil Cameo appearance
Iyobinte Pusthakam Rahel Malayalam
2017 Tiyaan Vasundhara Devi Malayalam
Patel S. I. R. Rajeswari / Raaji Telugu
Crossroad Seema Malayalam
Chef Radha Menon Hindi
2022 Oru Thekkan Thallu Case Rukmini Malayalam
Wonder Women Veni English
2025 Yuva Sapnon Ka Safar Gowri Multilingual (mainly English) Anthology series
Segment: Backstage[18]

Awards

National Film Awards

Tamil Nadu State Film Award

Kerala State Film Awards

Filmfare Award South

References

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  10. ↑ 'What's the harm in using your body'. The Times of India. (27 August 2007). Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  11. ↑ Tamil Nadu state awards (2007, 2008) announced!. Sify.com (29 September 2009). Retrieved 31 March 2012.
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