Kushboo Sundar
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[edit] Personal
She is married to director Sundar C. and has two daughters. She has been living in Chennai for the past twenty years. She has a brother, Abdullah S. Khan.
[edit] Career
She started her career in the eighties as a child artist. Her first movie was Thodisi Bewafaii (1980) where she had an uncredited appearance. Later, in 1981, she had her first role in Laawaris. Since then, she has played in over 100 movies, some of them opposite popular Tamil actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Prabhu. She is known for her TV show Jackpot and her serial Kalki.
Apart from Tamil movies, she also acted in various movies in Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam. Kushboo was introduced to South Indian by the Kannada actor-director Ravichandran. She has acted in many movies with him notably Ranadheera(1987), Anjada Gandu, Shanthi Kranthi and Yugapurusha.
[edit] Controversy
In 2005, there was a well-publicized controversy about her remarks in an interview for AIDS awareness, about the need for protective sex: she said it was fine for girls to have pre-marital sex - but not without taking precautions to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Later, she added that no educated man should expect his wife or girlfriend to be a virgin. [1] Two political parties lashed out for her because of her remarks: the Dalit Panthers of India and the Pattali Makkal Katchi[2]. She was ordered to court and her counsel offered to withdraw the previously issued anticipatory bail petition. The judge acceded and dismissed the petition as withdrawn.[3]
[edit] Trivia
- Has a temple built by her fans in Chennai. The same has been demolished after the controversy on her remarks.[citation needed]
- She is muslim but has a temple built in her name
[edit] External links
- Kushboo at the Internet Movie Database
