Sreejaya Nair

Sreejaya Nair is an Indian film actress and dancer. She worked in the Malayalam film industry throughout 1990s and retired after marriage and returned to acting in 2014. She is a professional dancer and conducts a dance school named Sreejaya's School of Classical Dance in Bangalore.

Sreejaya Nair
OccupationActress, dancer
Years active1992 – 2000 (acting)
2014 – present (acting)
Spouse(s)Madhan Nair
Children1
Websitesreejaya.in

Early life

Sreejaya hails from Kothamangalam, Kerala, India. She began learning dance from the age of five under the teachers Kalamandalam Sumathi and Kalamandalam Saraswathi. She joined Kerala Kalamandalam and took classes in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam and Kuchipudi. She later began training under the teacher Chitra Chandrasekhar Dasarathy.[1]

Career

She made her film debut in the Malayalam drama film Kamaladalam in 1992.[2] In 1998, she acted in comedy drama Summer in Bethlehem.[3] She took a break after her marriage.[1]

Personal life

Sreejaya is married to businessman Madhan Nair and the couple has a daughter named Mythili. They moved to Kozhikode and then to Bangalore and Canada after marriage. Later returned to and settled in Bangalore. Sreejaya conducts a dance school named Sreejaya's School of Classical Dance in Bangalore, which has five branches in the city and trains more than 500 students.[4][1]

Filmography

Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1992KamaladalamDancer, Malavika's friend
1994Sagaram SakshiIndu
1994Vendor Daniel State LicencyBalagopalan's sister
1994Ponthan MadaReshmi
1995OrmakalundayirikkanamAmmu
1995BoxerReena Cheriyan
1997SupermanNalini
1997VamsamMeenu / Meenakshi
1997LelamAmmini
1998KanmadamSuma
1998Summer in BethlehemDevika
1998Meenakshi KalyanamLakshmi
1998AnuragakottaramAnna
1998Ayal Kadha EzhuthukayanuShobha
1998Rakthasakshikal SindabadAmmini
1999PathramJessy Peter
1999Parassala Pachan Payyannur ParamuManeesha
1999Stalin SivadasIndhu
1999Veendum Chila VeettukaryangalLizzy
1999MohakottaramManoj's wife
2000Aanamuttathe AangalamarMamatha Menon
2000Ayyappantamma Neyyappam ChuttuSr.Tissa
2014AvatharamValsala George
2017Careful-
2018Aravindante AthidhikalJanaki Subhramanyam
2018OdiyanThankamani Varassiar

Television
YearShowRoleChannelNotes
Aayirathil OruvalMazhavil ManoramaSerial
Character - Vrinda
Verutha Alla BharyaMazhavil ManoramaReality TV
VanithaMazhavil Manorama
TharapakittuKaumudy TV
Annie's KitchenHerselfAmrita TVTalk show

References
  1. അേശാക്, അശതി. "നടന ചാരുതയില്‍ ശ്രീജയ". Mangalam Publications (in Malayalam). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. "മമ്മൂട്ടിയെ സൈക്കിളിൽ നിന്നു വീഴ്ത്തിയ കഥ ശ്രീജയ പറയുന്നു". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 17 June 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. "'സമ്മര്‍ ഇന്‍ ബത്‌ലഹേം' എന്ന ചിത്രത്തിന്റെ ക്ലൈമാക്‌സില്‍ ജയറാമിന് പൂച്ചയെ അയച്ചതാര്: ചിത്രത്തിലഭിനയിച്ച നടി ശ്രീജയ പറയുന്നു". Chandrika (in Malayalam). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. "'അന്നു ഞാൻ ഡിപ്രഷനിലേക്ക് വഴുതി വീണു, കാനഡയിൽ നിന്നു മകളുടെ കൈപിടിച്ചു വന്നപ്പോൾ സ്വന്തമായി ഒന്നും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല!'; ശ്രീജയ പറയുന്നു ആ കാലഘട്ടത്തെക്കുറിച്ച്!". Vanitha (in Malayalam). 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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