Pallavi (actress)

Pallavi
Born Priti
8 June 1965
Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress

Pallavi (born Priti on 8 June 1965 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress and producer. She has acted in 165 motion pictures and 50 television series. Pallavi speaks seven languages and has made films in six of them. Starting her career as a model, she shifted towards movies and then television.

Known in her first Telugu film with Shoban Babu as "Priti", Pallavi was renamed by Kannada film director T. Nagabharana for her second film, Netra Pallavi (literally "Eyes of Pallavi") (Kannada, 1985). Pallavi began her own production company, and produced Tamil feature Films and television serials aired in Jaya tv.She also produced television commercials,and short films. The Tamil magazine Kumudam, devoted an entire issue to her career, saying:

Pallavi began her acting career with a level of worship typically reserved for seasoned veterans. From her early work in Illallu Priyalu (Telugu - 1984) and Aruvadainaal (Tamil - 1985), it quickly became apparent to the sharpest of critics – and even the most casual of moviegoers – that the chameleon-like Punjabi, Pallavi was an unparalleled master of glamour, character, accents and genres.

Making her Tamil cinema debut through the film Dharma Devathai opposite Vijayakanth, and Shivaji productions "Aruvadai Naal" with Prabhu simultaneously .She has appeared with actors such as Rajinikanth.[1]

Pallavi also acted in Television serials in Tamil and Telugu films.[1] She joined and campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2004 parliamentary elections.[1]

She produced and starred in a number of documentaries and short films for her own production company. One of which, "Captain Evolution", won an industry award at the International Tourism Film Festival in Germany.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "பா.ஜ.கவில் கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் ஸ்ரீகாந்த், நடிகை பல்லவி, பேராசியர் தீரன்" (in Tamil). Oneindia.in. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

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