Meena (actress)

Meena
Born Meena Durairaj
(1976-09-16) 16 September 1976
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Actress[1]
Years active 1982–present
Spouse(s)
Vidyasagar (m. 2009)
[2]
Children Nainika

Meena is an Indian film actress who works in the South Indian film industry. Meena debuted as a child artist in the Tamil film Nenjangal in 1982 and has later appeared in films produced by various regional industries.[2]

She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and several Hindi films. She is among the few actresses who have been successful in all the South Indian languages. She is one of the most established actresses in the South Indian film industry. In addition to acting, Meena is a model, singer, dancer, TV judge and occasional dubbing artiste.[1]

Personal life

Meena was brought up in Chennai by her tamil father Durairaj and Malayali mother Raj Mallika from Chirakkal Palace-Kannur Dist.[1] She was enrolled in Vidyodhya schools in Chennai. Because of her busy acting schedule, she had to discontinue schooling in the 8th standard, later taking up private coaching and completing the 10th standard in vidyodaya schools in Chennai. She went on to get her master's in History from the University of Madras through the open university system in 2006. Meena is a trained Bharathanatyam dancer and speaks six languages: Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and English.

Meena married Vidyasagar, a Bangalore-based software engineer, on 12 July 2009 at Arya Vysya Samaj Kalyana Mandapam. The couple later visited Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh. The couple came back to Chennai to hold a reception at Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar Hall, in which all leading southern Indian actors participated. The couple have a daughter, "Nainika Vidyasagar" (born 1 January 2011),[3][4] who made her acting debut at the age of 5 in Theri (2016) alongside actor Vijay.

Career

Child artist

Meena started her career in 1982 as a child artist in the film Nenjangal, featuring Sivaji Ganesan in the lead role, after Ganesan saw her at a birthday party.[5] Meena was still very young at that time. Her mother Rajamallika brought her to A.M. Ratnam's office for an offer. Even though she looked chubby, they felt she fitted the bill. She has acted in several films along with Dr. Sivaji Ganesan and Rajinikanth as a child artist.[5] Meena acted in Kollywood by appearing as a child artiste alongside Rajinikanth in the movie Anbulla Rajinikanth, in which she acted as a terminally ill child who warms up to Rajinikanth —that became a major pointer in her career growth. After the success of that movie, she became one of the famous child artist in South Indian movies. She says of Ganesan that "I feel extremely proud to have been discovered by the legend". She appeared in over 45 films as a child.[5]

Lead female roles

Meena has been one of the top star pairing up with every big star down South.[6] She made her debut in Telugu beside Akkineni Nageswara Rao in Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu, where Meena played his granddaughter Seeta. The film was showcased among the Indian panorama section, at the 1991 International Film Festival of India. The film was made under the banner VMC Productions. She won Nandi Award for Best Actress from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu.

While she made her debut as a leading lady in Tamil film Oru Pudhiya Kadhai and played heroine roles in more than three dozen films, and also starred in Malayalam and Kannada films, her first role in Malayalam that gained attention was in Sandhwanam directed by Sibi Malayil in 1991. She played Suresh Gopi's daughter in the film. Its success made her famous, which led to roles with senior Malayalam heroes. Meena has expressed a wish to do more films in Malayalam.[5] She says of her transition from being a child star to being a heroine that "Memories as a child are really fabulous and I still cherish them. And it is still more special as that phase is over. Now, I am enjoying my stint as a heroine."[5] She made her Bollywood debut opposite Chunky Pandey in the comedy film Parda Hai Parda (1992).

She has played the role of the leading heroines in Telugu and Tamil films since the early 1990s, often playing characters with unidimensional personality with no negativity or gray shades. She has generally avoided glamorous roles though she has acted in a few like Maaman Magal in Tamil opposite Sathyaraj and some movies with Ravichandran in Kannada. In the Kannada remake of Autograph as My Autograph, were directed, produced and enacted by Sudeep. In this film, Meena starred Sneha's role of Divya.

Meena has the unique distinction of starring opposite legendary actors of different generations across various languages. She has acted with Rajinikanth, Dr. Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi, Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Krishna, Dr. Mammootty, Dr. Mohanlal, Balakrishna, Ravichandran and other stars like Vijayakanth, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Ajith Kumar, Prabhu Deva, Sarathkumar, K. Bhagyaraj, Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Prashanth, Kichcha Sudeep, Raviteja. She had hits with the films Nattamai film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It starred Sarath Kumar, Meena and Kushboo in the lead roles. The film was successful and completed a 175-day run at the box office (1994). She just grabs the continuous offer and the opportunity to act in films like Avvai Shanmughi (1996) with Kamal Haasan, Porkkaalam with Murali (1997), Bharathi Kannamma (1997) with Parthiban and so on. Telugu audience remember her for a variety of roles that called for mature acting that seemed tailor-made for her. The peppy girl who wins over her unrelenting grandfather with her endearing ways in Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu, the protected sister in Chanti the innocent housewife in Sundarakanda, the renowned poet and devotee ‘Tarigonda Vengamamba’ are but just few of the many characters she played with relative ease and subtle charm. The combo of Victory Venkatesh and Meena is said to be one of the most successful combinations in tollywood.They have 5 Blockbuster hits to their credit.[7] Another excellent performance in the movie Rhythm (2000). This movie makes the most impact in multiple viewings. Meena was exceptionally brilliant performance in each scene. Strangely enough, she looks the best in this movie in terms of makeup and this movie had her in her best performance to date. While she picked up Best Actress at the Cinema Express Awards.

Meena has acted both as a child and as an adult opposite Rajinikanth. Her first hit with Rajinikanth was Yejaman, where she plays the role of Vaitheeswari, a simple village girl who marries the Superstar Rajinikanth. She always played the quiet, serious woman. In one Interview Meena said that Rajinikanth was shocked to see her fan following in Telugu after the release of her film Chanti. It was the time when Meena and Rajinikanth were shooting for Yejaman in Andhra, she was surrounded by huge number of fans mostly female and for shocking Rajinikanth was unnoticed. In one interview in 1992 Rajinikanth himslef said that Meena is a superstar in Telugu[8] In her follow-up movie with Rajini, Veera, Meena again dazzled. Romantic-comedy film. Rajinikanth, Meena and Roja (actress) in lead role. This film was controversial for its climax but went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in 1994. But the film that brought her true recognition and fame was Muthu, one of Rajini’s biggest hits. The movie was successful across Japan. Ranganayaki as the talkative, cheeky street theatre actress won the hearts of audience. The film was directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by K. Balachander, and became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Japanese, as Mutu: Odoru Maharaja.[47] [48] The film grossed a record $1.6 million in Japan in 1998 and was responsible for creating a large Japanese fan-base for Rajinikanth and Meena. Following the release of Muthu in Japan and its commercial success, Meena's popularity rose in Japan.

Meena agreed to appear in as herself in the K. S. Ravi – directed film Shahjahan (film) starring Vijay (actor). She has acted with almost all leading actors in South India. A role in Kadha Parayumbol and in its Tamil and Telugu remakes, Kuselan and Kathanayakudu respectively, were well received by audiences. Meena has expressed regret about Kuselan, after her part was overshadowed.[9]

Meena has said that her own favorite roles were in Bharathi Kannamma and Shock in Tamil, Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu in Telugu, Sandhwanam in Malayalam and Swathi Muthu in Kannada, "though every film of mine is close to my heart."[5]

Recent roles

Meena's releases in 2009 were Mariyadhai with Vijayakanth, directed by Vikraman, who earlier directed hits like Poove Unakkaga (1996) and Vanathai Pola (2000).[10] and Katha, Samvidhanam: Kunchacko with Sreenivasan.[11] She played in Telugu as Saint Vengamamba in Tarigonda Vengamamba, directed by Uday Bhaskar.[12]

In 2011, she played the role of Narain's sister in the film Thambikottai, in which Poonam Bajwa is the pair for Narain. Other actors in this movie include Prabhu and Santhanam. Her role in this movie was very good and well accepted.[13][14][15]

After marriage, she paired with Ramesh Aravind in the film Hendtheera Darbar, which was a remake of Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana that starred Nassar, Radhika, Goundamani, Senthil, Vadivelu and Kovai Sarala.

In 2012, Udaya Bhaskar made a film titled Sri Vasavi Vaibhavam with Meena playing the Goddess' role in the film which also stars Suhasini, Priyahassan, Suman, Saikiran, Kannada Sridhar, Raghunatha Reddy and others. Meena plays the lead role in this Telugu devotional film. This marks her re-entry to films after a long period. After being a mother, we will get to see the sizzling Meena in this one. There are many graphic-significant episodes. The film has music by Arjun Sharma. Cinematography is by Raman Ji. Directed by Uday Baskar. The film is said to be released around mid-August.[16]

Meena, all-time favorite actress of actor Vijay, was rumored to have been roped into a movie name Sattam oru iruttarai, which was a remake of the movie under the same name by his father and director, S.A. Chandrasekhar. The movie is said to be produced by actor's Vijay new launched production house, Ghilli Productions. But since Meena refused the offer, Reema Sen was finalized to play the role of a Police Officer in this film and the sister to the hero.[17] [18] [19]

The actress was approached by a Mollywood director to play Lal's wife with a woman-centric film with several actresses, including Rima Kallingal. "It had an interesting subject, but I wanted something more for my character. There were a lot of women in the film and everybody's got a story. I was more interested in a story focussing on a single woman character and that's why I haven't signed up for the movie," she says.[20] Meena who had taken a temporary break from acting, will be facing the arc lights once again. It seems she has agreed to star in an ad film, and she is currently shooting near Kovalam with Prakash Raj. The commercial is being directed by producer Siva. Meanwhile, Meena is currently in a Telugu film, Sri Vasavi Vaibhavam. She had played a cameo in J.K. Bharavi's Jagadguru Adi Shankara-devotional film lastly and did justice to her roles. [21] [22]

After a brief hiatus, Meena returned to Malayalam cinema and will be seen playing the role of wife to Mohanlal in Drishyam (2013). Directed by Jeethu Joseph, she will be portraying the role of a mother of two daughters, of which the elder is pursuing her plus two. On the comeback trail has given, she holds her own against a superlative performance by the superstar Mohanlal. The actress will also be seen in Pramod Payyanur's much awaited movie, Balyakalasakhi alongside Mammootty.The actress confirmed that will be playing drishyam remake in Telugu with venkatesh.[23] Meena will playing a leading role in Allari Naresh's upcoming movie Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu.[24][25]

Television

Apart from south Indian movie sector Meena got also famous in Tamil Television serial sector too. Meena could able to make top on TV Serial and acted several high-ranking TV serial in over 2005. Meena got great presentation skills and she also uses that skills do stage shows and TV shows in various TV channels in South India. Among these are Meena has appeared in television shows and soap operas:

  • She acted as a married woman in a 1990 TV serial Anbulla Amma co-starring with Tamil actress Manorama.
  • She hosted a game show on Jaya TV in 2005 called Houseful.[26][27]
  • She appeared as one of the judges for the first season of the dancing competition Masthana Masthana aired on Sun TV.[28]
  • She appeared on Sun TV's serial Lakshmi in 2006.[29]
  • She acted in the TV serial Mudda Mandaram on Gemini TV.
  • She appeared in a serial on Sun TV in 2009 called Kalyanam, written by Pattukottai Prabhakar.[30]
  • She has appeared as one of the main judge for the second season of the dancing competition Boys VS Girls season 2 aired on Star Vijay.[31]
  • Recently after giving birth to her daughter her debut to television is Jodi Number One Season 5. She was a judge for one of the rounds aired on Star Vijay.
  • She was debuted to act the sun TV serial thiruppam.
  • She has hosting Nee Kongu Bangaram Ganu on MAA TV starting from 18 June 2012.
  • She is representing as a Judge in Veera Multi talen show on E TV from 2 August 2012.
  • She made a grand entry as the main judge in Sun TV reality show Super Kudumbam in August 2012 along with Sukanya & Gangai Amaran.[1]
  • She has done another reality show in Asianet "Bharthakkanmarude Sradhaku" as judge.[32]
  • She has acted in anubhandalu serial on Gemini TV.
  • She is a judge in Super Kudumbam which is a dance show and it is telecast in Gemini TV.
  • Junior Senior (Zee Tamil)
  • She was a Judge in Manada Mayilada season 10 in 2015, it was telecasted in Kalaignar TV.

Other work

Music composing

Meena has been a playback singer for some albums with actor Manoj. She sang a song for the Tamil film Kadhal Sadugudu.[33] Meena has composed music and sung and recorded two pop albums, 16 Vayathinile, and Kadhalism, which she began recording in 2001 with actor Vikram.[34][35] Meena has been a playback singer in the music of D. Imman in the movie sena and the song is "indru intha kalayil en nenjil echo aachu", a super hit song.

Dubbing

Meena dubbed for Cheran's movie Pokkisham. Meena has rendered voice for Padmapriya.[36]

Filmography

YearMovie titleRoleLanguageNotes
1982NenjangalKidnapped childTamilChild artiste
Enkeyo Ketta KuralDaughter to RajinikanthTamilChild artiste
Theerpugal ThiruththapadalamDaughter to SivakumarTamilChild artiste
Parvaiyin MarupakkamDaughter to the PriestTamilChild artiste
1983Thandikkapatta NiyayangalPlayful childTamilChild artiste
SumangaliDoll-selling girlTamilChild artiste
1984ThiruppamBaby MeenaTamilChild artiste
Illalu PriyuraluBaby MeenaTeluguChild artiste
Bava MaradalluBaby MeenaTeluguChild artiste
Anbulla RajinikanthRosyTamilChild artiste
Oru Kochukatha Aarum Parayatha KathaRajaniMalayalamChild artiste
ManasariyatheMinimolMalayalamChild artiste
1985Panneer NadhigalTamilChild artiste
Uyire UnakkagaNadhiya as a childTamilChild artiste
Lakshmi VanthachuPlayful childTamilChild artiste
Ketti MelamBaby MeenaTamilChild artiste
Rendu Rella AaruBaby MeenaTeluguChild artiste
KhooniBaby MeenaTeluguChild artiste
1986SirivennelaBaby MeenaTeluguChild artiste
1988VasanthiBaby MeenaTamilChild artiste
1989Prajala ManishiTeluguChild artiste
Paape Naa PranamTeluguChild artiste
1990Oru Pudhiya KadhaiLover to a writerTamil
NavayugamSumathiTelugufirst debut as herione
KarthavyamKarunaTelugu
DharamaTelugu
Indra BhavanamTelugu
1991En Rasavin ManasileCholaiammaTamil
Seetharamayya Gari ManavaraluSeethaTeluguNandi Award for Best Actress
Idhaya OonjalWife of a widowerTamil
Idhaya VaasalVaaniTamil
SandhwanamRajalakshmiMalayalam
JagannatakamJhansiTelugu
Chengalva PudandaTelugu
1992ChantiNandiniTelugu
Parda Hai PardaMayaHindi
Allari PillaNandiniTelugu
Allari MoguduNeelambariTelugu
SundarakandaNanchariTelugu
President Gari PellamSwapnaTelugu
Pellam Chepte VinaliGeethaTelugu
Bangaru MaamaTelugu
Moratodu Naa MoguduTelugu
AswamedhamDr. BharatiTelugu
1993Muta MesthriBuchammaTelugu
YejamanVaitheeswari VaanavaraayanTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
AbbaigaruSudhaTelugu
Allari AlluduSandhyaTelugu
Rajeswari KalyanamRajeshwariTeluguNandi Award for Best Actress
Konguchatu KrishnaduTelugu
1994Sethupathi IPSChandramathiTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
VeeraDevayanaiTamil
Thai MaamanMeenaTamil
RajakumaranSelviTamil
NattamaiMeenaTamil
Punya Bhoomi Naa DesamSwathiTelugu
Anga RakshakuduMeenuTelugu
Bhale PellamBharathiTelugu
Bobbili SimhamVenkatalakshmiTelugu
1995Maaman MagalPriyaTamil
Oru Oorla Oru RajakumariLakshmi PrabhaTamil
MarumaganTamil
CoolieVimalaTamil
Seral Irumboraiyin Tamil KadhalTamil
Nadodi MannanMeenakshi,
Priya
Tamil
MuthuRanganayakiTamil
Aalu MagaluTelugu
Chilakapachcha KaapuramRadhaTelugu
PutnanjaRoseKannada
1996SengottaiMeenaTamil
Avvai ShanmugiJanakiTamil
1997VallalAnnamTamil
MommagaKannada
CheluvaKannada
PorkkaalamMaragathamTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Pasamulla PandiyareTamil
Bharathi KannammaKannammaTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil
VarnapakittuSandra,
Alina
Malayalam
Muddula MoguduSirishaTelugu
PanjaramTelugu
1998UlavuthuraiMeenaTamil
Naam Iruvar Nammaku IruvarInduTamil
Kusruthi KuruppuMeeraMalayalam
GillikajjaluSatya bhamaTelugu
SuryavamsamSwapnaTelugu
HarichandraNandhiniTamil
1999Sneham KosamPrabhavati 'Prabha' 'Guddiya'Telugu
PeriyannaShenbagamTamil
IraniyanPonniTamil
Anandha PoongatreMeenakshiTamil
Olympiyan Anthony AdamAngelMalayalam
FriendsPadminiMalayalam
Krishna BabuRamaTelugu
Bobbili VamshamTelugu
Velugu NeedaluTelugu
Unnaruge Naan IrundhalMahalakshimi (Maha)Tamil
Manam Virumbuthe UnnaiPriyaTamil
2000Vanathai PolaGowri MuthuTamil
Pape Naa PranamPriyaTelugu
Palayathu AmmanPalayathu AmmanTamil
Vetri Kodi KattuValli MuthuramanTamil
DoublesMeenaTamil
RhythmChitraTamilCinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil
MaayiBhuvaneswariTamil
DreamsNirmala MathanMalayalam
Maa AnnayyaWifeTelugu
ThenaliMeena (Herself)TamilSpecial Appearance
AnbudanTamilGuest appearance
2001RishiInduTamil
CensorHindiGuest appearance
CitizenSevaliTamil
Sri ManjunathaGoddess ParvathiTelugu / Kannada
Rakshasa RajavMeeraMalayalam
Ammayi KosamTelugu
DasuTelugu
ShahjahanTamilSpecial appearance
2002DevanUmaTamil
Namma Veetu KalyanamTamil
Grama DevatheKannada
Simhadriya SimhaKannada
IvanMeena KumariTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Padai Veetu AmmanPadai Veetu Amman,
Muthu Maariamman
Tamil
VillainThangamTamil
Angala ParameswariAngala Parameswari AmmanTamil
DhayaThulasiTamil
2003PaaraiMallikaTamil
Swathi MuthuLalithaKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada[37]
Mr. BrahmachariGangaMalayalam
SimhachalamSimhachalam's wifeTelugu
Game for LoveKannada
2004Shock[38]Malini VasanthTamil
Puttintiki Ra ChelliWifeTelugu
Anbulla LatchumiyeTamil
Bharath Simha ReddyTelugu
SwamyTelugu
GowdruKannadaGuest appearance
Aalukkoru AasaiEshwariTamil
Natturajavu[39]MayaMalayalam
2005Mahasadhvi MallammaMallammaKannada
KannammaKannammaTamil
Udayananu Tharam[5]Madhumathi UdayabhanuMalayalam
Chandrolsavam IndulekhaMalayalam
PrayatnamTelugu
2006My AutographDivyaKannada
Karutha Pakshikal[40]SuvarnnaMalayalam
2007Kadha ParayumbolSridevi BalanMalayalam
Black Cat[40]MeenakshiMalayalam
GoalSam's motherMalayalamCameo
2008KuselanSridevi BalakrishnanTamil
KathanayakuduSreedeviTelugu
Magic LampAnupamaMalayalam
ManidhanTamil
2009MariyadhaiRadhaTamil
Katha, Samvidhanam: KunchackoAnn MaryMalayalam
VengamambaSaint VengamambaTelugu
2010DasannaMalliTelugu[41]
2010Hendtheer DarbarRadhaKannada
2011ThambikottaiShanmugapriyaTamil
2012Sri Vasavi VaibhavamTelugu
2013Sri Jagadguru Aadi SankaraGangadeviTelugu
DrishyamRani GeorgeMalayalamAsianet Award for Best Character Actress
JaiHind TV Movie Award for Best Actress
Vayalar Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated – Filmfare Awards South for Best Actress
Nominated – SIIMA Award for Best Actress
2014BalyakalasakhiMajeed's motherMalayalam
DrushyamJyothiTeluguRemake of Malayalam Film Drishyam
2015Mama Manchu Alludu KanchuSuryakanthamTelugu
2017Munthirivallikal ThalirkkumbolAnnyammaMalayalam
2018SaakshyamViswa's motherTelugu

Awards and honours

Asianet Film Awards
  • Best Character Actress – Drishyam (2013)
TSR TV9 awards 2010
Ugadi Puraskar awards
Tamil Nadu Government
Filmfare Awards South
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Nandi Award for Best Actress
Cinema Express Awards

TSR-TV9 Film Awards

  • Best Actress – Drushyam (2014)[44]

Vayalar Awards

  • 2014: Vayalar Film Award for Best Actress  Drishyam (2013)[45]

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