Suvaluxmi

Suvaluxmi
Born Suvaluxmi Munshi
(1977-08-19) 19 August 1977
Kolkata
Occupation Actress
Years active 1994-2003
Spouse(s) Swagato Banerjee
(m.2002-present)
Parent(s) K. C. Munshi
Indranidevi[1]

Suvaluxmi (born 19 August 1977) is an Indian actress who predominantly appeared in Tamil films. She also appeared in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada films.[2][3][4]

Career

As a child, Suvaluxmi was passionate about Indian classical and folk dance forms and performed the art forms across regional shows. Her performance on stage was noticed by film director Satyajit Ray, who cast her as the female lead in the film adaptation of his story Uttoran (1994).[5] The film, which was completed by his son Sandip Ray following Satyajit Ray's demise, won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay in 1994 and was screened in film festivals around the world, including at Cannes.[6]

Alongside graduating with a degree of Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calcutta in 1998, Suvaluxmi acted as the female protagonist in several movies in South Indian languages.[7] She made her debut in Tamil films with Aasai (1995), a romantic thriller film directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. Suvaluxmi portrayed Yamuna and paired opposite Ajith Kumar, with her character being vigorously pursued by her brother-in-law, portrayed by Prakash Raj. Upon release, the film won positive reviews and performed well at the box office, with all three lead actors getting a boost in their career.[8] Her second film, Agathiyan's Gokulathil Seethai (1996) opposite Karthik, also performed well commercially and earned the actress critical acclaim. Despite the success of her first two films, Suvaluxmi's subsequent films failed to expand her initial popularity and she felt that the rise of glamorous roles for female actors in Tamil films, meant that she found it difficult to find apt characters to portray and was typecast as a homely girl.[9] In the late 1990s, she appeared in several Tamil films, though her roles and the performance of her films failed to get acclaim. In 2001, she opted to quit films and pursue a career as a lawyer and finally signed up to appear in Ponvannan's critically acclaimed film Nadhi Karaiyinile (2003), for which she won positive reviews, with The Hindu noting she gave a "heartrending enactment".[10]

Personal life

She married scientist Swagato Banerjee in 2002 and travelled to live in Geneva then San Francisco with her husband. In 2007, she turned down an offer from Mohan Raja to portray a supporting role in Santosh Subramaniam (2008) and restated her retirement from films.[11] Since her departure from the film industry, Suvaluxmi practised as a natural artist and graduated with a degree of Masters of Fine Arts in Illustration during 2013 from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.[12]

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageRoleNotes
1994UttoranBengaliManashi
1995AasaiTamilSaraswathi (Yamuna)
1996Gokulathil SeethaiTamilNila
1996KalkiTamil
1997Kathirunda KadhalTamil
1997Love TodayTamilSandhya
1997Kadhal PalliTamilUma
1998PonmanamTamilMaheswari
1998DinanthorumTamilBooma
1998SanthoshamTamilBhavani
1998Kavalai Padathe SagodharaTamilPhilomina
1998IniyavaleTamilMeena
1998AnuragakottaramMalayalamAnna
1998Nilaave VaaTamilSangeetha
1998En Aasai RasaveTamil
1999HousefullTamilThe Flowergirl
1999SuyamvaramTamilEzhilarasi
1999PonvizhaTamilPonni
1999Nee Varuvai EnaTamilDream BrideGuest appearance
1999Kanmani UnakkagaTamilSudha
2000Eazhaiyin SirippilTamilThulasi
2000Krishna LeeleKannada
2000MaayiTamilLakshmi
2000Kannaal PesavaaTamilPoongodi
2000DurgaTeluguGanga
2000Pottu AmmanTamilGanga
2001Kanna Unnai ThedukirenTamilMaheswari
2001Aandan AdimaiTamilMaheswari
2003Nadhi KaraiyinileTamilJameelaTamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize

Television

Soolam(2002-2004) - Tamil Devotional TV serial - Sun TV(India)

References

  1. ↑ "Suvalakshmi Profile". Nilacharal.
  2. ↑ "Suvalakshmi's no to films". Indiaglitz. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (28 November 2003). "Nadhi Karaiyinilae". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  4. ↑ Ashok Kumar, S. R (23 August 2002). "Tamil film in Chinese fest". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Satyajit Rays son offers film tribute to his father". intoday.in. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "UTTORAN - Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rediff On The Net, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Kamath, Sudhish (1 December 2001). "Realistic film-making". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to Sify.com". www.sify.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "The Hindu : "Nadhi Karaiyinilae"". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Suvalakshmi's no to films - Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Bio". Suvaluxmi Banerjee. Retrieved 30 September 2017.



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