Aparna Gopinath is an Indian film actress and theatre artist. She debuted in 2013, with the Malayalam film '' ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi'' opposite

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Early life

Aparna was born into a

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family in

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. She was a theatre artist and

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before her acting debut. She has associated herself with Koothu-P-Pattarai, an avant-garde theatre movement of

, and had also acted in renowned plays like ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'', ''Woyzeck'', ''Moonshine'', ''Sky Toffee'', ''Sangadi Arinjo'' based on seven short stories of

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and several

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plays.

Career

Movie career

She debuted in movies with Martin Prakkat's '' ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi'' which became a super hit. She played the role of Madhumitha, a college student and the love interest of

in the movie. Her second movie as heroine was Asif Ali starrer ''Bicycle Thieves''. She played the female lead in Mamas' ''

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'' which is a sequel to 1995 cult comedy ''

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'' and Boban Samuel's '' Happy Journey'' (2014) starring

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. She played the role of a junior journalist in director

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's film ''

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'' starring

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which fetched rave reviews for her acting skills. She had signed

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film ''Ammu to Ammu'' but it was later shelved due to production difficulties. In 2016, she completed ''Kranthi'' which saw no theatrical release.

Theatre career

, she was active in English theatre and was a part of plays like ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' and worked with various theatre groups including

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, The Little Theatre, Magic Lantern, Madras Players, Koothu–p-Pattarai. Over the years, she has directed and acted in over 50 plays. Her favorite remains ''Moonshine And Skytoffeeby'', by a Chennai-based group called Perch directed by Rajeev Krishnan. In 2014, she was a part of ''Under The Mangosteen Tree'', an adaption of a

tale.

Awards

* 2013 – TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards – Best Debutante actress – ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi * 2013 – Amrita Film Awards for Best New Face – ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi * 2014 – Asiavision Movie Awards (special Jury Award) –

* 2014 – Nominated –

3rd South Indian International Movie Awards The nominations for the 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards were announced at a press conference held at a five star hotel in Hyderabad on July 17, 2014. Actors Rana Daggubati and Shriya Saran, who are the brand ambassadors of SIIMA, we ...

for Best Female Debutant – ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi * 2014 – Nominated -

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for Best New Face of the Year (Female) – ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi * 2015 – Nominated –

for Best Actress –

* 2015 – Nominated – Campus Choice Cine Awards for Most Popular Actress –

Campus Cine Awards
. Campus Cine Awards (6 January 2015). Retrieved 26 January 2016. * 2015 – Nominated –

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Malayalam films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. The year indicates the year of release of the film. Mul ...

–

* 2016 – Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam – Charlie * 2015 – Nominated – 4th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Actress –

*2016 –

2nd IIFA Utsavam The 2nd IIFA Utsavam ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian film industry, South Indian cinema in 2016 was an event held on 28 and 29 March 2017 at the Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The event, which is the second e ...

for Performance in a Supporting Role – Female -Malayalam – Charlie

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gopinath, Aparna Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Chennai 21st-century Indian actresses IIFA Utsavam winners