Suchitra Murali

Suchitra Murali
Born	Suchitra (1975-04-17) 17 April 1975 Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Actress, Administrator, Dancer, Television presenter
Years active	1990–2003
Spouse(s)	Murali (2002–present)
Children	Neha

Suchitra Murali^[1] (born 17 April 1975), commonly known by her stage name Suchitra, is an Indian film actress. Debuting with the 1990 film No.20 Madras Mail she has appeared mostly in Malayalam films as well as few films in Tamil.

Personal life

Suchitra is born to Karunakaran and Usha on 17 April 1975.She has a sister Sumitra and a brother Deepu Karunakaran who works as a director.^[2] She had her primary education from Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum.^[3] Suchitra became a mainstream actress at a very young age when at the age of 14 she was cast as the heroine in the film No.20 Madras Mail. She left the industry at a relatively young age of 27 after her marriage to Murali in March 2002. The couple has a daughter Neha and are settled in U.S. She has opened a dance school there called "Naatya Graha Dance Academy".

Career

Suchitra who at a very early age of 15 debuted as a heroine in the film No.20 Madras Mail did numerous films in Malayalam in the 90s mostly with heroes like Mammooty, Mohanlal , Mukesh, Jagadeesh, and Siddique. Such was her popularity among the youth that by the time she retired at the age of 27 she had already acted in 38 movies. She also acted in a handful of Tamil films. The 1991 release Gopura Vasalile, along with Karthik Muthuraman and Bhanupriya, was her most popular Tamil movie.

Suchitra is also a trained Indian Classical dancer. She was trained in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, and Kuchipudi by Guru V. Mythili.

Other activities

Suchitra was the Joint Secretary twice (1997-2000 & 2000-2003) in the AMMA. Her versatility and application during her tenure was well appreciated by the other members.^[4] Suchitra was also seen recently as a celebrity judge in episodes of the popular reality shows Idea Star Singer and Vodafone Comedy Stars both on Asianet. She also represented Kerala in the "Miss World Pageant" held in Bangalore in 1997. It has been also noticed by many that despite leaving the film industry in 2002 Suchitra has kept her beauty and charisma as before and even today she is still a crowd puller.

Filmography

Television

• Sambavami Yuge Yuge (Surya TV)

References

External links

• Suchitra on IMDb
• Suchithra at MSI