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Meena Durairaj, (mononymously known as Meena, born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a South Indian film and television actress. Meena debuted as a child artist in Telugu and Tamil
films and has later starred in films produced by various regional
industries. She is one of the most established actresses in the southern
Indian film industry. In addition to acting, Meena is also a top model,
singer, dancer, TV host and occasional dubbing artiste. At one time she
was considered as the biggest south Indian actress by acting opposite
Superstars of south India.
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Meena (actress)
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Meena | |
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Born | Meena Durairaj September 16, 1976 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1982 - present |
Spouse | Vidyasagar (2009–present) |
Children | Nainika |
Parents | Durairaj Raj Mallika Read More>> |
Contents
- 1 Personal life
- 2 Career
- 3 Other work
- 4 Filmography
- 5 Awards & Honours
- 6 References
- 7 External links
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Personal life
Meena was born in Chennai as the daughter to a Tamil father Durairaj and a Malayali mother Raj Mallika. She was enrolled in Vidyodhya schools in Chennai. Because of her busy acting schedule she had to discontinue schooling in the 8th standard, later taking up private coaching and completing the 10th standard. She went on to get her MA in History from the University of Madras through the open university system in 2006.[1] Meena is a trained Bharathanatyam dancer and speaks six languages: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and English.
Meena married Vidyasagar on July 12, 2009 at Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh. Vidyasagar is a Bangalore-based Software Engineer.[2] Meena gave birth to a daughter Nainika on 1 January 2011 at 11.30am in Chennai.[3]- Read More>>
Career
Child artiste
Meena started her career in 1982 as a child artist in the film Nenjangal, starring Dr. Sivaji Ganesan in the lead role, after Ganesan saw her at a birthday party.[1] She says of Ganesan that "I feel extremely proud to have been discovered by the legend".[1] Since then, she has appeared in over 45 films as a child artiste - Read More>>
Lead female roles
She made her debut in Telugu beside the legend Akkineni Nageswara Rao in Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu.She made her debut in Tamil in Oru Pudiya Kadhai, and also stars in Telugu and Kannada films. Her first role in Malayalam that gained attention was in Santhwanam. Meena has expressed a wish to do more films in Malayalam.[1] She says of her transition from being a child star to being a heroine that "Memories as a child are really fabulous and I still cherish them. And it is still more special as that phase is over. Now, I am enjoying my stint as a heroine."[1]
She has acted with Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vishnuvardhan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Ravichandran, Kamal Haasan, Mammootty, Vijayakanth, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh.Ajith Kumar, Prabhu Deva, Sarathkumar, Mohanlal, Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Prashanth, Sudeep, Raviteja, eventually herself becoming a star. She had great hits with films like Bobbili Simham, Muthu, Mutamestri,Ejaman, Veera, Avvai Shanmughi . She also made a special appearance in Shahjahan and played a role along with Surya in Periyanna. She acted opposite Vikram in Kadhaleesham. Meena has acted both as a child and as an adult opposite Rajnikanth. She has acted with almost all leading actors in South India. Following the release of Muthu in Japan and its commercial success, Meena's popularity rose in Japan.[citation needed] A role in Kadha Parayumbol and in its Tamil and Telugu remakes, Kuselan and Kathanayakudu respectively, were well received by audiences. Meena has expressed regret about Kuselan, after her part was overshadowed.[4] - Read More>>
Recent roles
Meena's releases in 2009 were Mariyadhai with Vijayakanth[5] and Katha, Samvidhanam: Kunchacko with Sreenivasan.[6]
She played the Telugu Saint Vengamamba in Tarigonda Vengamamba, directed by Uday Bhaskar.[7]
In 2011, She played the role of Narain's sister in the movie named Thambikottai, in this movie Poonam Bajwa is the pair for Narain. Other actors in this movie include Prabhu and Vadivelu. Which is now running well in cinema's. Her role in this movie was very good and well accepted.[8][9][10]
After marriage she paired with Ramesh Aravind in the film Hendtheera Darbar. The film was a remake of Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana that starred Nassar, Radhika, Goundamani, Senthil, Vadivelu and Kovai Sarala.- Read More>>
Television
Meena has appeared in several television shows and soap operas:
- She acted as a married woman in a 1990 TV serial Anbulla Amma co-starring with Tamil actress Manorama.
- She hosted a game show on Jaya TV in 2005 called Houseful.[13][14]
- She appeared as one of the judges for the first season of the dancing competition Masthana Masthana aired on Sun TV.
- She appeared on Sun TV's serial Lakshmi in 2006.[15]
- She acted in the TV serial Mudda Mandaram on Gemini TV.
- She appeared in a serial on Sun TV in 2009 called Kalyanam, written by Pattukottai Prabhakar.[16]
- She has appeared as one of the main judge for the second season of the dancing competition Boys VS Girls Season 2 aired on Star Vijay.
- Recently after giving birth to her daughter her first debut to television is Jodi Number One Season 5. She was a judge for one of the rounds aired on Star Vijay.
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Other work
Music composing
Meena has been a playback singer for some albums with Manoj Bharathi. She sang a song for the Tamil film Kadhal Sadugudu.[17] Meena has recorded two pop albums, 16 Vayathinile, and Kadhalism, which she began recording in 2001 with actor Vikram.[18][19] Meena has been a playback singer in the music of D.IMAN in the movie sena and the song is "indru intha kalayil en nenjil echo aachuDubbing
Meena and Prasanna had dubbed for Cheran's movie Pokkisham. Prasanna has dubbed for Aryan Rajesh, who has played Cheran's son in the film, while Meena has rendered voice for Padmapriya.[20] Meena dubbed her voice for soundarya in ponnumani movie.- And also there are resources saying that Meena has also dubbed for other films for their heroines
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