Sreemukhi (born 10 May 1993) is an Indian television presenter and actress who works in

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cinema. Sreemukhi started her career as a television host and made her film debut with a supporting role in '' Julai'' (2012). She later played the lead role in ''

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'' (2012). Sreemukhi is one of the highest-paid personalities in Telugu television.

Early life and career

Sreemukhi was born on 10 May 1993 in Nizamabad of present-day

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, India. She studied

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in her graduation. Before making her debut into films, Sreemukhi started her career with hosting a TV show ''Adhurs'' and also hosted the singing program ''Super Singer 9''. Sreemukhi made her film debut as Raaji in '' Julai'' as

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's sister under the direction of

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and ''

'' as lead actress in the direction of Pavan Sadineni. She also acted in ''

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'' as the sister of Ram in movie as ''Swecha''. The following year she did a small cameo in Sekhar Kammula's '' Life is Beautiful'' and was the lead actress in ''Dhanalakshmi Talupu Tadithey'' and Nara Rohit's ''

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''. Along with these she also made her first feature film in Tamil, ''

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'' paired opposite Sathya. Her 2015

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Telugu bilingual film ''Chandrika,'' marked her debut in

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In 2015, Sreemukhi co-hosted the

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(SIIMA) in

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. She also hosted stand up comedy show ''Pataas'' for ETV Plus, ''Bhale Chance Le'' for

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, and appeared in the film ''

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''. In 2019, she entered season 3 of ''Bigg Boss Telugu'' as a contestant where she finished as a runner up. In 2021, Sreemukhi returned to cinema playing the lead in the film ''Crazy Uncles.'' A reviewer from ''

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'' wrote, "Sreemukhi deserves better than a film that uses a ‘good message’ as an excuse to minimise her to nothing but a glam doll. She looks gorgeous as ever but the film offers her no scope to perform."

Filmography

Films

*''All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.''

Television

References

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