Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
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Born | Bombay, Maharashtra, India | 27 November 1975
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Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (born 27 November 1975) is an Indian actress, model and singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, South cinema, and television.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
[edit]Suchitra was born on 9 March 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Telugu family,[5][6][7][8] Her father, V. Krishnamoorthi was a former commissioner of income tax and her mother, Dr Sulochana Krishnamoorthi was a historian and a professor.[7][9] Suchitra was married to the filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, but they divorced. They have a daughter named Kaveri Kapur.
Career
[edit]Suchitra started her career with the TV series Chunauti while still in school in the year 1987–1988.[10] She acted in a production of Peanuts: The Musical, a musical based on the famous comic strip Peanuts.[11] She played the character Lucy.[12] She appeared in television commercials endorsing products such as Palmolive soap, Clearasil, Sunrise Coffee, Limca and Colgate toothpaste.[citation needed] In 1994, she made her breakthrough in films with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a commercial and critically acclaimed hit, opposite Shahrukh Khan. She also starred in Kilukkampetti opposite Malayalam star Jayaram.[citation needed]
She pursued a music career in the mid- to late 1990s, releasing the pop albums Dole Dole,[13] Dum Tara, Aha and Zindagi.[14] She returned after 10 years in the film My Wife's Murder (2005), opposite Anil Kapoor.[15] The year 2010 saw the release of Rann, a film about the Indian media, directed by Ram Gopal Varma.[16] Suchitra played the role of a media executive named Nalini Kashyap.[15] In 2022 Suchitra played the role of Nivedita in the critically acclaimed movie on Netflix " The " Odd Couple" opposite Divyendu Sharma"
Suchitra is a writer whose views were first noticed via her blogs.[citation needed] Her many blogs – first on www.intentblog.com, a site where she was invited to share her views by Deepak Chopra, "art in a body part" and "give me another break", and subsequently on her own site – have put Suchitra in many controversies.[citation needed] Suchitra's novel The Summer of Cool was released by Penguin India in January 2009 and met with huge success. It is her first in four called the Swapnalok Society series.[17] The second book in the series is titled The Good News Reporter, and The Ghost on the Ledge, the third part of the series, was released in 2016.[citation needed]
Drama Queen, a memoir by Suchitra released in November 2013, received positive reviews.[18][19] The first print of the book sold out within a week of its release.[20]
Drama Queen, a musical written by Suchitra and adapted from her book of the same title, opened at NCPA Mumbai in October 2016.[21] Drama Queen is still currently being staged all across India
"Odd Couple" a feature film starring Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Vijay Raaz and Divyendu Sharma was released on Amazon India in 2022. It trended on top ten on Amazon India for several months
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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1991 | Kilukkampetti | Anu Pillai | Malayalam | |
Sivaranjani | Sivaranjani | Tamil | ||
1994 | Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa | Anna | Hindi | |
Jazbaat | Varsha | |||
Vaade Iraade | Jyoti | |||
1999 | Vishwa | Usha | Kannada | |
2005 | My Wife's Murder | Sheela | Hindi | |
2007 | Aag | Kavita | ||
2009 | Karma Aur Holi | Sujata | ||
2010 | Rann | Nalini Kashyap | ||
Mittal v/s Mittal | Karuna Maheshwari | |||
2019 | Romeo Akbar Walter | Rehana Kazmi | ||
2022 | Odd Couple | Nivedita Verma |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Kash-m-kash | Ashi | |
1995 | Chinna Chinna Aasai- Suyamvaram | Surekha | Tamil language show |
1987-1988 | Chunauti | ||
1988 | Mujrim Haazir | ||
2020 | Never Kiss Your Best Friend | Sumer's mother | |
2022 | Guilty Minds | Neela |
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]Year | Album | Record Label |
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1995 | Dole Dole | Magnasound |
1996 | Dum Tara | |
1997 | A-Ha | |
2007 | Zindagi | UMG |
Singles
[edit]Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Music | Songwriter (s) | Album |
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UK asian | |||||
Sawan Barse | 2018 | — | Surya Vishwakarma | Surya Vishwakarma | |
Namo Namo (Cover) | 2019 | — | |||
Shararat | 2023 | — | Sunita Nagaranjan | Mayur Puri |
Compilation albums
[edit]Year | Album | Record Label |
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1996 | Channel Hits | Magnasound |
1997 | Party Zone | |
1998 | The Ultimate Party Album |
References
[edit]- ^ Paromita Pain (20 January 2009). "Emotion packed". Young World. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Deepti Kaul (27 January 2009). "Book review: Swapnalok Society-The Summer of cool". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ Roshni Olivera (21 March 2005). "I have Shekhar's blessings: Suchitra". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi wants ceiling fans redesigned after Sushant Kumar Rajput's death".
- ^ Krishnamoorthi, Suchitra (25 October 2013). Drama Queen. Hachette India. ISBN 978-93-5009-711-3.
- ^ "Drama Queen is an unabashed, unapologetic take on my life: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi". The Times of India. 5 February 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
Proud of her Telugu roots, Suchitra never loses an opportunity to remind people of her Teluguness. "Often people think I am a Tamilian but my mother tongue is Telugu," she says, adding, "I have even included a few Telugu lines in Drama Queen!"
- ^ a b "How Actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy's Career Saw a Decline". News18. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
Suchitra was born on March 9, 1974, in a Telugu-speaking family in Maharashtra. Her father was a commissioner in the Income Tax Department while her mother was a professor and historian.
- ^ S. B. Vijaya Mary (2 February 2017). "Even our choices are karmic". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
Most people assume my mother tongue is Tamil, it's actually Telugu. Though being born and brought up in Mumbai, at home we mostly spoke English.
- ^ "Sujata Kumar funeral: Daughter, sister Suchitra Krishnamoorthi perform final rites".
- ^ "Shah Rukh Khan's 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa' turns 26, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi shares heartfelt post".
- ^ "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi's travel and book tales".
- ^ "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi uninstalls Swiggy after food delivery app sacks 1,100 employees amid COVID-19 crisis".
- ^ "YouTube". Retrieved 17 February 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Zindagi - Suchitra Krishnamoorthi". 22 March 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi writes a new book based on her personal experiences". Mid-day.com. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "I wanted to marry Ram Gopal Varma: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi". The Times of India. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ Pain, Paromita (8 February 2009). "I was always good at writing". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- ^ Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (20 November 2013). Drama Queen. Hachette India. ISBN 978-9350096697.
- ^ Khalid Mohamed (17 November 2013). "A spicy, saucy tell-all tale it is". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi opens up about her candid new book". Hindustan Times. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi staging an acting comeback with a play". Mumbai Mirror. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- Wadhwa, Seema. "Why Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Led Drama Queen Is A Winner". Curiosity Cult. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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[edit]- Living people
- Telugu people
- 20th-century Indian actresses
- Indian film actresses
- Indian women singers
- Indian women pop singers
- Indian women playback singers
- Actresses from Mumbai
- Actresses in Hindi cinema
- Female models from Mumbai
- Actresses in Malayalam cinema
- 21st-century Indian actresses
- Actresses in Hindi television
- Actresses in Tamil cinema
- Actresses in Kannada cinema
- Sony Music Publishing artists
- Universal Music Group artists
- Indian rock singers
- Telugu actresses
- Singers from Mumbai
- Anand–Sahni family
- 1975 births