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Jyothika is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil films.[1][2] She also acted in some Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films. She debuted in Bollywood in the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1997), directed by Priyadarshan. She starred in her first Tamil film Vaali (1999) and her first Telugu film Tagore (2003), opposite Chiranjeevi.She won one National Award, four Filmfare Awards,[3] six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Cinema Express Awards, one South Indian International Movie Award,[4] International Tamil Film Award[5] and four Dinakaran Awards. She is also a recipient of the Kalaimamani Award.[6] She is regarded as one of the most prolific actresses in Tamil cinema.[7] She has been ranked among the best actresses of South India by The Times of India and The Hindu.[8][9]

She debuted in Bollywood in the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1997), directed by Priyadarshan. She starred in her first Tamil film Vaali (1999) and her first Telugu film Tagore (2003), opposite Chiranjeevi. She received her first Filmfare Award for Vaali (1999) as Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South.[10] She was awarded the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for Kushi (2000). A string of successful films followed and gained prominence for her performances in Kushi (2000), Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001),[11] Poovellam Un Vasam (2001),[12] Kaakha Kaakha (2004), Perazhagan (2004), Chandramukhi (2005) and Mozhi, (2007), for the latter three she won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.For the movie, Mozhi, she was in the final three for National Film Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance, however she lost the award to Umashree for the Kannada film Gulabi Talkies.[13] She has the been nominated 16 times for Best Tamil Actress at South Filmfare Awards.[6][14][15][16]

Jyothika left the industry at the peak of her career marrying Tamil actor Suriya on 11 September 2006, after being engaged in a relationship for several years,[17] and with whom she was paired in seven films. She made a comeback in the film 36 Vayadhinile (2015) where her performance was given good reviews and she received Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil.[13][18] By winning her fourth Best Actress Award at Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, she broke the record of winning most Best Actress Title till date with four as her record.[19] After the success of 36 Vayadhinile, she appeared in a series of women centric movies like Magalir Mattum (2017), Naachiyaar (2018), Kaatrin Mozhi (2018), Raatchasi (2019), and Ponmagal Vandhal (2020) [20] and also played a lead female role in Mani Ratnam's multi-starrer Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018).[21][22][13] In Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007) she had a crucial role.[18] In 2018, she appeared as the lead role of Chitra, a housewife to Arvind Swamy's character in Mani Ratnam's film Chekka Chivantha Vaanam. The first look was released on 21 August. The film has a worldwide release on 27 September 2018.[23] She was next seen as a housewife struggling to find her own identity in Kaatrin Mozhi, the Tamil remake of Vidya Balan's Tumhari Sulu. The project was directed by Radha Mohan and marked his reunion with Jyothika after Mozhi.[24] After the success of Kaatrin Mozhi, Jyothika signed three films, Raatchasi, produced by Dream Warrior Pictures in which she plays a school teacher;[25] Jackpot, in which she appears as a cop co-starring Revathi under 2D Entertainment[26][27] and Thambi, a Jeethu Joseph film along with Karthi.[28][29] She made a comeback to Malayalam and Hindi film industry with critically acclaimed performances in Kaathal – The Core (2023) with Mammootty[30][31][32] and Shaitaan (2024) with Ajay Devgn and R. Madhavan.[33][34] [35] The latter became the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 2024.[36]

Films

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List of Jyothika film credits
Year Title Role Language Notes
1998 Doli Saja Ke Rakhna Pallavi Sinha Hindi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
Nominated—Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut
1999 Vaali Meena (Sona)[a] Tamil Won—Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
Won—Best Newface Actress of the Year
Won—Dinakaran Film Awards for Best Debut Actress
Poovellam Kettuppar Janaki Kannan (Kalyani)[a] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2000 Mugavaree Viji
Kushi Jennifer "Jenny" (Selvi)[a] Won—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Won—Cinema Express Award for Best Sensational Actress
Won—Dinakaran Film Awards for Best Actress
Rhythm Aruna Karthikeyan Won—Cinema Express Award for Best Sensational Actress
Nominated—Cinema Express Award for best Onscreen pair (along with Arjun)
Uyirile Kalanthathu Priya Mahalakshmi
Thenali Janaki
Snegithiye Vani "Vasu" Subramaniyam[a]
2001 Little John Vani Tamil / Hindi / English
Dumm Dumm Dumm Ganga Veluthambi Tamil Nominated—Cinema Express Award for best actress
Star Preethi
Poovellam Un Vasam Chella Won—Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
12B Jyothika "Jo"
2002 Raja Priya
One Two Three Narmadha
Nagarahavu Keerthi, Prema Patel[b] Kannada Won—Udaya Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2003 Dhool Eshwari Tamil Won—ITFA Best Actress Award
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Priyamana Thozhi Nandhini Ashok
Kaakha Kaakha Maaya Anbuchelvan Won—ITFA Best Actress Special Jury Award
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Thirumalai Swetha
Tagore Nandini a.k.a. Nandu Telugu
Three Roses Pooja Tamil
2004 Arul Kanmani Arulkumaran
Perazhagan Priya / Shenbagam[b] Won—Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Won-Dinakaran Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Manmadhan Mythili Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Mass Anjali Telugu Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2005 Maayavi Jothika a.k.a. Jo Tamil
Chandramukhi Ganga Senthilnathan (Ganga) /
Chandramukhi[b]		 Won—Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Won—Dinakaran Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2006 Saravana Sadhana
Shock Madhuri Telugu Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
June R June R. Tamil
Vikramarkudu Chithra Vikram Singh Rathore narrated as wife of Vikram Singh Rathore (uncredited, portrait appearance only)[37][38]
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Aaradhana Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal Kunthavi Gautham (Jill)[a] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2007 Mozhi Archana Won—Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Pachaikili Muthucharam Smitha (Geetha / Kalyani)[a] Won—Ananda Vikatan Award for best villain – Female
Manikanda Mahalakshmi
Rakklippattu Josephine Malayalam
2009 Seetha Kalyanam Nimisha Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
2010 Nagavalli Ganga Kailash Telugu (uncredited, archival footage from Chandramukhi)
2015 36 Vayadhinile Vasanthi Thamizhselvan Tamil Won—Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Won—Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Won—Behindwoods People's Choice for Best Actor – Female
Won—Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Portraying Woman in Good Light Co-producer (along with Suriya & Pandiraj)
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2017 Magalir Mattum Prabhavathi Surendhar Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2018 Naachiyaar P. Naachiyaar Kumari
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Chithra Varadharajan
Kaatrin Mozhi Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan (Viji) / RJ Madhu[a] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2019 Raatchasi Geetha Rani (Ammu)[a] Won—Edison Award for Best Actress
Won—Behindwoods Gold Medal Award for Best Actor Lead Role (Female)
Jackpot Akshaya
Thambi Parvathy
2020 Ponmagal Vandhal Venba Pethuraj / Angel / Sakthi Jyothi[a] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2021 Udanpirappe Mathangi Sargunam Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2023 Chandramukhi 2 Ganga Senthilnathan (footage from Chandramukhi)
Kaathal – The Core Omana Philip Matthew Malayalam Won—Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Malayalam[39]
Won—Vanitha Film Awards for Best Actress[40][41]
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam[42]
Nominated—Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress[43][44]
2024 Shaitaan Jyoti Rishi Hindi [45][46][47]
Srikanth Devika [48][49]
TBA DabbaCartel † TBA Completed [50][51]

Short films

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List of Jyothika short film credits
Year Title Role Language Notes
2006 Nimisham Nimisha Malayalam Short film directed by Revathi S Varma[52]
2008 Herova? Zerova? Herself Tamil Docudrama
2017 Manadhaal Inaivom, Maatrathai Varaverppom Jo Directed By Sudha Kongara Brand Shorts For Zee Tamil[53][54]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Jyothika played a single character with two or more names.
  2. ^ a b c d Jyothika played two characters.

References

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