Neetha Ashok is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

films. She made her acting debut with the Tulu film ''Jabardasth Shankara'' (2019). Neetha gained recognition with her Kannada debut ''

Vikrant Rona ''Vikrant Rona'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Anup Bhandari, produced by Jack Manjunath and co-produced by Alankar Pandian. It stars Sudeepa in the title role with Milana Nagaraj, Nirup Bha ...

'' (2022).

Early life

Neetha was born in a

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family in coastal region village called Kota Village from

Udupi District Udupi district (also Udipi () in Kannada or Odipu () in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north Malabar c ...

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which is near to

Kundapura Kundapra, officially Kundapura, is a town in the Udupi district of Karnataka state in India. This town was known as Coondapoor when it was part of the erstwhile South Canara district (1862–1947) of the Madras Presidency of British India. Pr ...

Town, and lived in

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Mangaluru Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the stat ...

and

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. Her father is Ashok Herle, a banker and mother is Geetha Ashok Herle. She calls herself the great-granddaughter of

Shivaram Karanth Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and an ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him the ...

Career

Neetha Ashok starred in three Kannada television serials including ''Yashodhe'', ''Naa Ninna Bidalaare'', and ''Neelambari'' as the lead as well as a Hindi serial on

Doordarshan Doordarshan (), abbreviated as DD, is India's State-owned enterprise, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and B ...

. She made her feature film debut with the Tulu film ''Jabardasth Shankara'' starring her school senior

Arjun Kapikad Arjun Kapikad is an Indian actor and singer, who appears in Tulu cinema, Tulu films and Kannada cinema, Kannada film industries. He made his acting debut with the 2012 movie, ''Telikeda Bolli''. He is a frequent collaborater with his father De ...

directed by

Devadas Kapikad Devadas Kapikad is a Tulu film and theatre actor, director, writer, producer, lyricist and singer. He has also acted in some Kannada films. He owns a drama troupe called Cha-parka. Filmography *''All films are in Tulu, unless otherwise note ...

. She made her Kannada film debut with ''

'' (2022) after she met

Sudeep Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Kichcha Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and television presenter, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Te ...

at a

Colors Kannada Colors Kannada (previously known as ETV Kannada), is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment channel, owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecasts programs such as serials, reality sho ...

party.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashok, Neetha 21st-century Indian actresses Living people Indian film actresses Indian television actresses People from Udupi district 1991 births