Jyothika Saravanan

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kamam paramatmam jyothika Sadanah
Born 18 October 1978
Bombay, India
Spouse(s) Saravanan Sivakumar
[Jyothika at Paadal.com Official website]

Jyothika Sadanah Saravanan ( ஜோதிகா சாதானா சரவணன் ) is an Indian actress who has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film industries as the lead heroine. However, she is widely popular in Kollywood and is regarded as one of the top actresses in the field.

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[edit] Personal life

Jyothika Saravanan (Sadhana before marriage) was born in Bombay.She is the daughter of a film producer, Chander Sadanah, and Seema Sadanah. She has two sisters, Nandita (Nagma step sister), who is also an actress, Radhika (Roshni), and a younger brother Rahul. She did her schooling in Bombay. She discontinued her Psychology Degree from Mithibai College of Arts, Bombay to come into acting. She dated well acclaimed Tamil actor Surya for over 4 years, then married surya on 11 September 2006.After the wedding, she announced her decision to stop acting. She gave birth to a girl baby Diya on August 10, 2007.

[edit] Career

Her first movie was the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, directed by Priyadarshan, opposite Akshaye Khanna. Though the film did not do well at the box office, she was noticed by the Tamil and Telugu industry. She proceeded to act in Kollywood, where she debuted in a guest appearance in Vaali. Jyothika won the Filmfare Award for the Best Newcomer for this film. Her first Tamil movie as a heroine was Poovellam Kettuppar with Surya. A string of successful movies followed, among them Kushi,Tenali and Dumm Dumm Dumm. In 2003 she starred in Dhool with Vikram, in Kaaka Kaaka with Surya and in Thirumalai with Vijay.In 2004, she acted in a double role for Perazhagan and received the Dinakaran Best Actress Award and TheFilmfare award for it.Her professional rival was Simran Bagga who enjoyed a stupendous success in her career.Jyothika was lucky enough to get the chance in Chandramukhi from Simran Bagga who was pregnant and was unable act in the film.Her most successful movie to date is Chandramukhi in 2005 with Rajinikanth. She is widely recognised for her notable role in the film Chandramukhi, which is a remake of Apthamithra, a successful Kannada film (that also starred the late actress Soundarya).Her last movie Mozhi, in which she played the role of a self confident, strong and brave mute and deaf girl, was a huge success, and her performance as Archana is considered as her best ever performance. Thus Jothika left the field of arclights leaving a lasting impact. After her marriage with the well-acclaimed actor Surya on 11 September 2006, she left the film industry. But now she has decided to go in acting after a couple of months time

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[edit] Filmography

[edit] Movies in Tamil

Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
2007 Manikanda Selva Arjun Dubbed into Telugu as Manikanda
2007 Mozhi Radha Mohan Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prakashraj
2007 Pachaikili Muthucharam Gautham Menon Sarath Kumar Dubbed into Telugu as Drohi
2006 Sillunu Oru Kaadhal N. Krishna Surya Sivakumar, Bhumika Chawla Dubbed into Telugu as Nuvvu Nenu Prema
2006 Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu Gautham Menon Kamal Haasan Dubbed into Telugu as Raghavan
2006 Saravana K. S. Ravikumar Silambarasan
2006 June R Revathy S. Varma Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as June 7
2005 Chandramukhi P. Vasu Rajinikanth, Prabhu Dubbed into Telugu as Chandramukhi
2005 Maayavi D. P. Singhampuli Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Kidnap
2004 Arul Hari Vikram
2004 Perazhagan Sasi Shanker Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Sundarangudu
2004 Manmadhan A. J. Murugan Silambarasan Dubbed into Telugu as Manmadha
2003 Thirumalai Ramana Vijay
2003 Three Roses Parameshwar Laila, Rambha, Abbas, Govinda
2003 Kaaka Kaaka Gautham Menon Surya Sivakumar Remade in Telgu as Garshanna
2003 Dhool Dharani Vikram
2003 Priyamana Thozhi Vikraman Madhavan
2002 Raja Ezhil Ajith Kumar Dubbed into Telugu as Nuvvu Naaku Kavali
2002 Little John Srinivasa Rao Bentley Mitchum Dubbed into Telugu, Hindi and English as Little John
2002 123 Subhash Prabhu Deva Dubbed into Telugu as 123
2001 Poovellam Un Vasam Ezhil Ajith Kumar
2001 Dumm Dumm Dumm Alaga Perumal Madhavan Dubbed into Telugu as Dum Dum Dum
2001 12B Jeeva Shaam ,Simran Bagga Dubbed into Telugu as 12B
2001 Star Pravinkaanth Prashanth
2001 Thenali K. S. Ravikumar Kamal Hassan Dubbed into Telugu as Thenali
2000 Khushi S. J. Suryah Vijay
2000 Rhythm Vasanth Arjun Dubbed into Telugu as Rhythm
2000 Uyirile Kalanthathu K. R. Jaya Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Poratam
2000 Mugavari Durai Ajith Kumar Dubbed into Telugu as Chirunama
2000 Snegithiye Priyadarshan Sharbani Mukherjee, Tabu Bi-lingual film in Malayalam and Tamil. Malayalam title:Raakilipaatu
Dubbed into Hindi as Friendship
2000 Poovellam Kettuppar Vasanth Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Deal
1999 Vaali S. J. Suryah Ajith Kumar , Simran Dubbed into Telugu and Hindi as Vaali

[edit] Movies in Telugu

Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
2006 Shock Harish Shankar Ravi Teja
2004 Mass Lawrence Raghavendra Nagarjuna Dubbed into Tamil as Veeran

Dubbed into Tamil as Meri Jung - One Man Army
2003 Tagore V. V. Vinayak Chiranjeevi

[edit] Movies in Hindi

Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
1998 Doli Saja Ke Rakhna Priyadarshan Akshaye Khanna Dubbed into Tamil as Oonjal

[edit] Movies in Kannada

Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
2000 Nagarahavu Venkatesh Upendra

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