Sangeetha Krish

Sangeetha Krish
Sangeetha Krish
Born	Sangeetha Santharam; Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Rasika (Malayalam film industry); Deepthi (Kannada film industry)
Occupation(s)	Actress, dancer, television presenter
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Krish (m. 2009)
Children	1
Honours	Kalaimamani (2020)

Sangeetha Krish (née Santharam) is an Indian actress, dancer and television presenter who predominantly appears in Tamil-31 Movies, Telugu-26 movies and Malayalam films.^[3] She is known as "Rasika" in Malayalam cinema. Making her debut in the mid-1990s, Sangeetha is best known for her performances in the films Khadgam (2002), Pithamagan (2003), Uyir (2006), Dhanam (2008), Manmadan Ambu (2010), Masooda (2022) and Varisu (2023).

Early life

Sangeetha was born in Chennai, India, to Santharam and Bhanumathi.^[4] Her grandfather, K. R. Balan, is a film producer, who had produced more than 20 Tamil films. Also her father had produced several films.^{[citation needed]} She has two brothers. She studied at St. John's English School and Junior College, Besant Nagar, Chennai.^[4] Sangeetha is a Bharatanatyam dancer as she had learned Bharatanatyam during her school days.^[5]

Career

Film

She started her acting career in the late 1990s under the name Rasika, beginning in an unreleased film opposite her cousin Venkat Prabhu titled Poonjolai.^[6] Her debut release was the big-budget Malayalam political thriller, Gangotri (1997). She subsequently played small roles in successful films like Summer in Bethlehem (1998) and Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998). She was cast as a second heroine in the Mammootty-starrer Ezhupunna Tharakan (1999) and Dileep starrer Deepasthambham Mahaashcharyam (1999). In the 2000s , she changed her stage name to birth name Sangeetha and played lead and supporting roles. She also earned a small role in the Mohanlal-starrer Sradha (2000). Her supporting roles in Khadgam (2002) and Pithamagan (2003) earned her Filmfare Awards in Telugu and Tamil. She then debuted in Kannada films alongside of Dr. Vishnuvardhan in Janani janmabhumi (1997) and later acted alongside Sudeep in Nalla (2004).

Television

She was a judge on Vijay TV's hit show Jodi No.1. She was one of the three judges along with Silambarasan and Sundaram in Jodi No.1 Season Two, with S. J. Suryaah and Sundaram in Jodi No.1 Season Three, and with Jeeva and Aishwarya Dhanush in Jodi No.1 Season Four.

She was a guest judge during the finals of Vasantham Central's Indian dance competition "Dhool" held in Singapore in 2008. She was the anchor of Enga Veetu Mapillai show in Colors Tamil. And also she is a guest jude in Dhee and Jabardasth and she is hosted Bindaas game show for few episodes in Zee telugu

Personal life

She married film playback singer Krish in 2009 at the Arunachaleshwarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai.^[7] The couple has a daughter.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1997	Gangothri	Gopika	Malayalam
	Aattuvela	Malu	Malayalam
	Circus Sattipandu		Telugu
	Ee Hrudaya Ninagagi	Nirmala Mary/Priyadarshani	Kannada
	Janani Janmabhumi	Shanthi	Kannada
1998	Kaadhale Nimmadhi	Swapna	Tamil
	Udhavikku Varalaamaa	Stella
	Bhagavath Singh	Kosal/Kokila
	Summer in Bethlehem	Jyothi	Malayalam
1999	Deepasthambham Mahascharyam	Priya	Malayalam
	Guest House	Preethi	Tamil
	Asala Sandadi	-	Telugu
	Anbulla Kadhalukku	Priya	Tamil
	English Medium	Radhika	Malayalam
	Ezhupunna Tharakan	Aishwarya	Malayalam
2000	Doubles	Sangeetha	Tamil
	Sradha	Janeesha	Malayalam
	Varnakkazhchakal	Susan
	Chillaksharangal	Sumithra
	Ingane Oru Nilapakshi	Sangeetha
	Kannule Kaasu Kaattappa		Tamil
2001	Kabadi Kabadi	Mythili	Tamil
	Uthaman	Devika	Malayalam
	Navvuthu Bathakalira	Jayamma	Telugu	Credited as Deepti
	Maa Ayana Sundarayya	Srisha
2002	Khadgam	Seethalakshmi		Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Telugu) CineMAA Award for Best Supporting Actress
2002	Shambho Mahadeva	Pooja Varma	Malayalam	Unreleased
2003	Pellam Oorelithe	Sandhya	Telugu
	Ee Abbai Chala Manchodu	Jeevitha
	Aayudam	Kalyani
	Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kaanu	Sangita
	Pithamagan	Gomathy	Tamil	Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil) Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Nenu Pelliki Ready	Priya	Telugu
	Tiger Harischandra Prasad	Swathi
2004	Maa Intikoste Em Testaaru-Mee Intikoste Em Istaaru	Haarika Madhav
	Kushi Kushiga	Satya Bhama
	Nalla	Preethi	Kannada
	Vijayendra Varma	Television artist	Telugu	Guest appearance
2005	Sankranthi	Kalyani		Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
	Naa Oopiri	Gowri Venu
	Adirindayya Chandram	Padmavathy (Paddu)
2006	Uyir	Arundhathi Sathya	Tamil
	Kasu	Prarthana
	47A Besant Nagar Varai	Rashika
2007	Bahumati	Bhanumathi Venkataramana	Telugu
2007	Evano Oruvan	Vathsala Vasudevan	Tamil
2008	Kaalai	Lakshmi	Tamil
	Maa Ayana Chanti Pilladu	Chintamani	Telugu
	Nepali	Herself	Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Magic Lamp	Alphonsa	Malayalam
	Nayagan	Dr. Sandhya Viswanath	Tamil
	Dhanam	Dhanam Anantharaman	Tamil
	Indrajeet	Siri	Telugu
2009	Naan Avanillai 2	Mahalakshmi	Tamil
2009	Mathiya Chennai	Film heroine	Tamil
2010	Srimati Kalyanam	Swetha / Sita	Telugu
	Kutti Pisasu	Gayathri	Tamil	Trilingual film
	Cara Majaka		Telugu
	Bombat Car		Kannada
	Puthran	Devaki	Tamil
	Manmadan Ambu	Deepa		Nominated – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil) Nominated – Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Thambikottai	Beeda Pandiamma
2011	Uchithanai Muharnthaal	Nirmala Nadesan
2013	Vanakkam Chennai	Lawyer Girija		Guest appearance
2015	Massu Engira Masilamani	Principal S. Shankari
2017	Mupparimanam	Herself
2017	Neruppu Da	Annam
2020	Sarileru Neekevvaru	Swarajyam	Telugu
2021	Kutty Story	Eve	Tamil
2021	Telangana Devudu		Telugu
2022	Acharya	Dancer		Guest appearance
2022	Masooda	Neelam		SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2023	Varisu	Aarthi	Tamil
2023	Tamilarasan	Padma Srinivasan	Tamil

Television

Jodi No.1 (2008)
Dance Jodi Dance (2022)
Super Jodi (2023)

References

^ Srikanth, Srinivasa (16 June 2002). "Deepti, Rashika, Sangeeta..." Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 2 December 2002.
^ "T.N. Govt. Announces Kalaimamani awards for 2019, 2020". The Hindu. 20 February 2021.
^ "Former heroine Sangeetha lands a pivotal role in Mahesh Babu's 'Sarileru Neekevvaru'?". The Times of India. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b Sangeetha Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Interview at totaltollywood.com
^ "Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Actor Sangeetha content with her success". The Hindu. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
^ "Alitho Saradaga | 10th June 2019 | Actress Sangeetha| ETV Telugu". YouTube. 10 June 2019.
^ "Actress Sangeeta weds singer Krish - Telugu cinema marriage". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

External links

Sangeetha at IMDb^{[citation needed]}
Sangeetha (as Rasika) at IMDb

[1] Srikanth, Srinivasa (16 June 2002). "Deepti, Rashika, Sangeeta..." Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 2 December 2002.

[2] "T.N. Govt. Announces Kalaimamani awards for 2019, 2020". The Hindu. 20 February 2021.

[3] "Former heroine Sangeetha lands a pivotal role in Mahesh Babu's 'Sarileru Neekevvaru'?". The Times of India. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[totaltollywood1-4] Sangeetha Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Interview at totaltollywood.com

[5] "Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Actor Sangeetha content with her success". The Hindu. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

[6] "Alitho Saradaga | 10th June 2019 | Actress Sangeetha| ETV Telugu". YouTube. 10 June 2019.

[7] "Actress Sangeeta weds singer Krish - Telugu cinema marriage". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Supporting Actress
2002–2018	Sangeetha (2002) Jayasudha (2003) Keerthi Reddy (2004) Neha Oberoi (2005) Sandhya (2006) Sonia Deepti (2007) Jayasudha (2008) Ramya Krishna (2009) Abhinaya (2010) Annie (2011) Amala (2012) Lakshmi Manchu (2013) Lakshmi Manchu (2014) Ramya Krishna (2015) Nandita Swetha (2016) Ramya Krishna (2017) Anasuya Bharadwaj (2018)
2020–present	Tabu (2020–2021) Nandita Das (2022) Rupa Lakshmi (2023)

v t e SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2012–2020	Saloni Aswani (2012) Lakshmi Manchu (2013) Shriya Saran (2014) Ramya Krishna (2015) Anasuya Bharadwaj (2016) Bhumika Chawla (2017) Anasuya Bharadwaj (2018) Lakshmi (2019) Tabu (2020)
2021–present	Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (2021) Sangeetha (2022) Kiara Khanna (2023)