Geetha Kadambee (born 14 July 1962) is an Indian actress who appears in

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and

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films. She debuted in the Tamil film ''

Bairavi ''Bairavi'' is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by M. Bhaskar, and produced by Kalaignanam, who also wrote the story and dialogues. It stars Rajinikanth, Sripriya and Geetha. Geetha was introduced in this film. Srikanth played th ...

'' (as

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 160 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannad ...

's sister). Since then she has acted in over 200 films in all major

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n languages, and in a few Hindi films. She also appears in South Indian television serials. Geetha has won two

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and a

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and

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each.

Career

Geetha made her film debut with the 1978 Tamil film ''

'' as the

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in which she played

's sister. She was in her seventh grade when she was cast for the film. She later discontinued her studies to concentrate on her movie career. Her performance as Indira in the 1986

film ''

Panchagni ''Panchagni'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film directed by Hariharan and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The story is loosely inspired from the life of naxalite K. Ajitha who was part of the naxalite movement in Kerala ...

'' based on the true life story of a Naxalite revolutionary Ajitha was well acclaimed and described by The Hindu as "one of Malayalam cinema's landmark heroines". The same year she had more Malayalam releases such as ''

Sukhamo Devi ''Sukhamo Devi'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Venu Nagavally in his directorial debut. The story was based on his own life's experience. It features Mohanlal, Shankar, Geetha and Urvashi i ...

'', '' Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku'', ''

Aavanazhi ''Aavanazhi'' is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran. The film deals with social and political issues of that time. It stars Mammootty, Geetha, Seema, Sukumaran, Captain Raju, Janardan ...

'', ''

Geetham Geetam, (Sanskrit: गीतम्; gītaṃ) the simplest music form in Carnatic music, was created by Purandara Dasa in order to introduce ''talas'' with '' sāhityaṃ'' (lyrics). Gītaṃ literally means "song" in Sanskrit. Structure A g� ...

'', etc. made her a popular actress in Malayalam cinema She won the State award for the second best actress in 1989 for ''

Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha ''Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha'' () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical drama film directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, and starring Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Balan K. Nair, Captain Raju and Madhavi. The film wo ...

''., most of her notable performances were with

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and

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appe ...

Her notable

movies are with Rajkumar,

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, Vishnuvardhan and

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. Some of her notable movies are ''

Dhruva Thare ''Dhruva Thare'' () is a 1985 Indian Kannada-language film directed by M. S. Rajashekar. The film stars Rajkumar, Geetha and Deepa. The movie is famous for its songs composed by Upendra Kumar. It is based on the novel ''Aparanji'' written by ...

'', ''

Devatha Manushya ''Devatha Manushya'' () is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. The film stars Rajkumar, Geetha, K. S. Ashwath and Sudharani. The movie is famous for its evergreen songs, which were composed by Upendra Ku ...

'', ''

Anuraga Aralithu ''Anuraga Aralithu'' () is a 1986 Indian Kannada-language film directed by M. S. Rajashekar. It is based on the Kannada novel ''Anuragada Anthahpura'' written by H. G. Radhadevi. The film was produced by M. S. Puttaswamy. The film stars Rajk ...

'', ''

Shruthi Seridaaga ''Shruthi Seridaaga'' is a 1987 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Chi Dattaraj. The film was produced by Raghavendra Rajkumar. The film starred Rajkumar, Madhavi and Geetha. The music for the film was scored by T. G. Lingappa and the ...

'', and ''

Aakasmika ''Aakasmika'' () is a 1993 Indian Kannada language action thriller film directed by T. S. Nagabharana. The film stars Rajkumar, Geetha and Madhavi. The film was based on Ta Ra Su's trilogy ''Aakasmika – Aparadhi – Parinama'' thereby be ...

'' with Rajkumar. Other films are ''

Eradu Rekhegalu ''Eradu Rekhegalu'' is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language drama film, directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Saritha, Srinath and Geetha. Produced by Chandulal Jain, the film is a remake of 1969 Tamil hit ''Iru Kodugal''. The music was compose ...

'', ''

Mareyada Manikya ''Mareyada Manikya'' (Kannada: ಮರೆಯದ ಮಾಣಿಕ್ಯ) is a 1985 Indian Kannada film, directed by Vijay and produced by Sharada. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, K. R. Vijaya, Geetha and Dheerendra Gopal in the lead roles. The ...

Mrugaalaya ''Mrugaalaya'' is a 1986 Indian Kannada-language film directed by V. Somashekhar and produced by M. P. Shankar. The film stars Ambareesh, Geetha, Shivaram and Sundar Krishna Urs. The film has musical score by Rajan–Nagendra. The film was du ...

Veeradhi Veera ''Veeradhi Veera'' is a 1985 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Vijay and produced by N. N. Bhat. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Geetha, Vajramuni and Sudheer. The film has musical score by M. Ranga Rao. This was the last film of Musur ...

, Mithileya Seethayaru,

Nenapina Doni ''Nenapina Doni'' (Kannada: ನೆನಪಿನ ದೋಣಿ) is a 1986 Indian Kannada film, directed by T. S. Nagabharana Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana (born 23 January 1953), commonly known as T. S. Nagabharana, is an Indian film d ...

, Shiva Mecchida, Giri Baale,

Ramanna Shamanna ''Ramanna Shamanna'' is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language action drama film, written by Shanmugha Priyan and directed by B. Subba Rao. The film had an ensemble cast including Ambareesh, V. Ravichandran, Madhavi, Geetha and Devaraj, while many ot ...

Goonda Guru ''Goonda Guru'' is a 1985 Indian Kannada film, directed by A. T. Raghu and produced by S. Ramnath and Chandulal Jain. The film stars Ambareesh, Geetha, Vajramuni, Hema Choudhary and Sundar Krishna Urs in the lead roles. The film has musical s ...

Nigooda Rahasya ''Nigooda Rahasya'' (Kannada: ನಿಗೂಢ ರಹಸ್ಯ) is a 1990 Indian Kannada suspense thriller film, directed by Perala and produced by Jagadish Malnad and Kashinath Chindupurge. The film stars Shankar Nag, Geetha, Vanitha Vasu an ...

Ramapurada Ravana ''Ramapurada Ravana'' is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Rajachandra and produced by C. Jayaram and G. Radhakrishna. The film stars Anant Nag, Aarathi, Geetha and Thoogudeepa Srinivas. The film has musical score by Rajan–Na ...

Prachanda Kulla ''Prachanda Kulla'' is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by P. S. Prakash and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Radhika and Sudarshan. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The movie is famo ...

Hrudaya Pallavi ''Hrudaya Pallavi'' is a 1987 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by R. N. Jayagopal and produced by Kurunji Shivaram and Smt Jaya Shivaram. The film stars Srinath, Geetha, Ramakrishna and Pavithra. The film has musical score by M. Ranga ...

Daada ''Daada'' is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by P. Vasu and produced by R. K. Manik Chand. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Geetha, Suparna and Sangeetha. The musical score was composed by Vijay Anand. Cast * Vishnuvardhan as Da ...

Aaradhane ''Aaradhane'' is a Kannada films of 1984, 1984 Indian Kannada film, directed by Deepak Balraj and produced by BVB. The film stars Vishnuvardhan (actor), Vishnuvardhan, Geetha (actress), Geetha, Hema Choudhary, K.S.Ashwath and Shivaram in lead r ...

Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa ''Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa'' is a 1990 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Renuka Sharma and produced by Subramaniam Kumar and V. Swaminathan. The film stars Sreenivas Murthy, Geetha and Master Sanjay. The film has musical score by K. V. ...

'' and

Aruna Raaga ''Aruna Raaga'' ( kn, ಅರುಣರಾಗ) is a 1986 Indian Kannada-language action drama film, starring Anant Nag and Geetha. It was directed by K. V. Jayaram and is based on the novel of the same name, written by Rekha Kakhandaki. It was ...

. She formed a successful romantic pair with

Ambareesh Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted i ...

and acted with him in over fifteen movies. Geetha also acted in

Serials like ''Kai Alavu Manasu'' and ''Engirindho Vanthaal'', both directed by

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. She also starred in the

Serials such as ''Katha Kathayaam Karanamaam'' and recently in Rajakumari, where she played

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's mother which aired on Sun TV. She did a cameo as

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's dance partner for the song 'Ve Vela Gopemmala' in

K. Viswanath Kasinadhuni Viswanath (born 19 February 1930) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is recipient of five National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, ten Filmfare Awards South, ...

's ''

Sagara Sangamam ''Sagara Sangamam'' () is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language dance film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jaya Prada, Sarath Babu, S. P. Sailaja and Chakri Toleti. Upon releas ...

''.

Personal life

In 1997 she married Vasan Thatham, an American

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and Indian Chartered accountant. The couple live in

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, where Vasan is a business promoter and advisor to corporations. The couple have one son who was born in 1999 After her marriage, she took a break from acting during 1998 to 2002. She returned to acting in 2003 and has played roles like hero's mother, in movies such as

Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (; ) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva in his directorial debut and produced by M. S. Raju under Sumanth Art Productions who gave the screenplay as well. The film star ...

Okkadu ''Okkadu'' ( ''The One'') is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film written and directed by Gunasekhar. It stars Mahesh Babu, Bhumika Chawla and Prakash Raj. The film was produced by M.S. Raju while music was composed by Mani Shar ...

, Pournami, ''

Unakkum Enakkum ''Unakkum Enakkum'' (), also known by its formal title ''Unakkum Enakkum ... Something Something'', is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by M. Raja. A remake of Telugu film ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (2005), it star ...

'', ''

Santosh Subramaniam ''Santosh Subramaniam'' (spelt ''Santhosh Subramaniyam'' onscreen) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Mohan Raja and produced by Kalpathi S. Agoram. The film stars Jayam Ravi and Genelia while Prakash Raj, G ...

'', ''

Azhagiya Tamil Magan ''Azhagiya Tamil Magan'' ( Adorable Tamil son) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language psychological action thriller film written and directed by Bharathan, written by S. K. Jeeva and produced by Swargachitra Appachan. The film stars actor Vijay in a ...

'' and '' Masters''.

Filmography

Tamil

Telugu

Malayalam

Kannada

Hindi

Television

Malayalam

* Sthreethvam ( Surya TV) * American Dreams ( Asianet) *Kuthirakal (

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)

Tamil

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as Saradha * Kaialavu Manasu as Saradha *

Kadhal Pagadai ''Kaadhal'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film based on a true story, directed by Balaji Sakthivel, starring Bharath (in his first film as a main lead actor) and Sandhya. It was produced by S. Shankar and featured musi ...

* Oppanai * Engirindho Vanthaal as Kousalya * Katha Kathayaam Karanamaam * Rajakumari ( Sun TV)

Telugu

* Bathuku Jataka Bandi (

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) * Thene Manasulu (

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)

Awards

;

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress The Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language film actresses. Since its inception, the award was wo ...

- ''

'' (1986) ;

* 1989 - Second Best Actress - ''Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha'' ;

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Aadhaaram ''Aadhaaram'' is a 1992 Malayalam-language drama film directed by George Kithu, written by Lohithadas. The film stars Murali as Bapputty, who is trying to rebuild life after completing his prison sentence. The film also features Suresh Gopi, ...

;Cinema Express Awards * 1988 : Best Actress – Malayalam - Vaishalii

References

External links

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