indian celebrities: Suhasini

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Suhasini

Suhasini Maniratnam (born Suhasini on 15 August 1961) is an Indian actress. She made her film debut in 1980 with the Tamil film Nenjathai Killathe for which she won theTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.^[1]^[2] Suhasini has won a National Film Award for Best Actress for Sindhu Bhairavi in 1986.Suhasini has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. She started her career as a make-up artist for several leading actors at that time. In Kannada, she acted in several movies like Bandhana and Muttina Haara (1990) directed by Rajendra Singh Babu,Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu (1983) directed by K. Balchander, and Suprabhatha, directed by Dinesh Babu. In Kannada films, she is a popular artist, especially in Vishnuvardhan movies which were hits at box office. She was introduced to Malayalam cinema throughPadmarajan's Koodevide (1983), which also featured Mammootty. Her role in the AFI Fest-nominated feature Vaanaprastham (1999), which starred Mohanlal, was particularly well received.