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Geetha
Born	April 13, 1962 (1962-04-13) (age 47) Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Geetha is an Indian actress who has performed in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada language films. She debuted in the Tamil language film Bhairavi as Rajnikant’s sister. Since then she has acted in films of all the South Indian languages, and in a few Hindi films.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Geetha studied in Bangalore up to grade 7, at Raghavendra High School, Malleswaram, Bangalore 1978 batch. Her father worked for a multinational company and they moved to Chennai, where Geetha completed her high school at T Nagar Girls’ High School.

[edit] Career

Her first notable role in a Malayalam movie (she was mentored by director Kailasam Balachander) was her performance in Panchagni (based on the true life story of Naxalite revolutionary Ajita), opposite Mohanlal. Geetha was nominated for that year's national award for best actress.^{[citation needed]} The role in Panchagni was the turning point for Geetha and made her a star.^{[citation needed]} Some of her other notable films include Vatsalyam, Sughamo Devi, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Aadharam, and Aavanazhi and Puthu Puthu Arthangal.

She has over 100 south Indian Films including over 50 Kannada Films to her credit.

Geetha also acted in Tamil tele-serials like Kai Alavu manasu and Engirindho Vanthaal.

After her marriage in 1997- she quit acting for a brief period- however she has returned to the Industry and has acted usually as the hero's mother in movies like Santhosh Subramaniam and Something Something.

[edit] Personal life

In 1997, she married Vasan, a chartered accountant. The couple moved to New York, where Vasan works as the CFO of an Internet company.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Filmography

Movie	Language	Year	Role
Thoranai	Tamil	2009	Vishal's Mother
Villu	Tamil	2009
Kuselan	Tamil	2008	Headmistress
Santhosh Subramaniam	Tamil	2007	Santhosh's mother
Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Tamil	2007	Guru's Mother
Something Something ... Unakkum Enakkum	Tamil	2007	Santosh's mother
Sivakasi	Tamil	2005	Muthappa's Mother
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	Telugu	2005	Santosh's Mother
Greetings		2004	Kasthuri
Johny		2003
Jeans (film)	Tamil	1998	Nachiappan's wife
Sankeerthanam Pole	Malayalam	1997
Kuruthipunal	Tamil	1996
Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam	Malayalam	1995	Devayani's aunty
Prayikkara Pappan	Malayalam	1995
Sadaram	Malayalam	1995
Nandini Oppol	Malayalam	1994
Rajadhani	Malayalam	1994
Rudraksham	Malayalam	1994
Vatsalyam	Malayalam	1993	Mammootty's wife
Bhoomi Geetham	Malayalam	1993
City Police	Malayalam	1993
Ekalavyan	Malayalam	1993	Maya Menon
Janam	Malayalam	1993
Khoshayathra	Malayalam	1993
Mafia	Malayalam	1993
Oru Kadankatha Pole	Malayalam	1993
Paithrukam	Malayalam	1993	Suresh Gopi's Wife
Uppukandam Brothers	Malayalam	1993
Aapathbandavudu	Telugu	1992	Lalitha
Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj	Telugu	1992
Adharam	Malayalam	1992	Sethulakshmi
Priyappetta Kukkoo	Malayalam	1992	Kukkoo's Mother
Thalastaanam	Malayalam	1992
Welcome to Kodaikanal	Malayalam	1992	Jagathees's Doctor
Azhakan	Tamil	1991	Kanmani
Thalapathi	Tamil	1991	Devaraj's Wife
Parallel College	Malayalam	1991	Sridevi
Pookkalam Varavayi	Malayalam	1991
Iyer the Great	Malayalam	1990	Mammotty's wife
Indrajaalam	Malayalam	1990	Jayanthi
Keladi Kanmani	Tamil	1990
Lal Salam	Malayalam	1990
Radha Madhavam	Malayalam	1990
Nair Saab	Malayalam	1990
Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha	Malayalam	1990	Kunji
Chakkikotha Chankaran	Malayalam	1989	Shailaja
Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Tamil	1989
Vaishali	Malayalam	1988	Mailini
Athinumappuram	Malayalam	1987
Amritamgamaya	Malayalam	1987	Bhanu
Sruthi	Malayalam	1987	Subhadra Thampuratti
Sayam Sandhya	Malayalam	1986
Geetham	Malayalam	1986	Aparna
Pranamam	Malayalam	1986	Aparna
Aavanazhi	Malayalam	1986	Seetha
Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku	Malayalam	1986	Sreedevi
Panchagni	Malayalam	1986	Indira
Sughamo Devi	Malayalam	1986	Thara
Sagara Sangamam	Malayalam	1983	Dancer
Patnam Vachchina Pativrathalu	Telugu	1982
Todu Dongalu	Telugu	1981
Kondaveeti Simham	Telugu	1981
Thathayya Premaleelalu	Telugu	1980
Manavoori Pandavulu	Telugu	1978	Sinni
... aka Pandavas of Our Village
An American Dream TV Series	Malayalam		Sethu

[edit] External links

• Geetha at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography of Geetha