Sija Rose is an Indian actress, who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil Cinema. She hosted the television reality show Lets Dance on Amrita TV in the year 2014. Sija participates in the reality show Star Challenge on Flowers TV. Sija played a small role as Dulquar Salman's sister in her first Malayalam film Ustad Hotel. She made her debut in Tamil with the movie Kozhi Koovuthu playing a role of a village girl named Thulasi in the year 2012.

Sija Rose
Born
Sija Rose

NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active2012–present

Early life edit

Sija completed her schooling from Al Wadi Al Kabir Indian School in Muscat, Oman. Sija Rose wanted to follow her father's footsteps and pursue journalism. She completed her graduation from Mumbai.[1]

Career edit

After completing her graduation, she was in Kerala for holiday. During that period, she got the opportunity to do modelling and appeared in a few TV commercials which led to her getting a film offer.[2] Her debut venture was the Kannada film Magadi in 2012. In her first Malayalam film Ustad Hotel, she played a small role as Dulquer Salman's sister. Also in 2012, she made her Tamil debut in Kozhi Koovuthu,[3] playing a village belle called Thulasi.[2]

In 2013, she had three releases on the same day: debut director N. K. Gireesh's Nee Ko Njaa Cha, Annayum Rasoolum and Rajesh Amanakara's Entry. While she was the female lead in Nee Ko Njaa Cha,[4] in which she did the role of a hotel receptionist,[5] she was seen in supporting roles in Annayum Rasoolum and Entry.[6][5] "It's about a simple girl who values Indian culture and traditions," said the actress. Her next two releases were the Tamil films Masani and Madhavanum Malarvizhiyum in which she was seen as a Bharatanatyam dancer.[7] Thereafter she worked as an assistant director with Rajesh Pillai for the Hindi film Traffic and did not accept any acting offers in the meantime.[8] After the completion of Traffic she signed her next film, Bijith Bala's debut venture Nellikka in which she plays Priya, the love interest of lead actor Deepak.[9] She has also signed up the period-drama Ennu Ninte Moideen based on the real life love story of Moideen and Kanchanamala.[10]

In 2014, she hosted the reality television show Let's Dance on Amrita TV.[11]

Filmography edit

Films edit

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
2012 Magadi Pavithra Kannada [12]
Ustad Hotel Fazeeha Abdul Razak Malayalam [13]
Kozhi Koovuthu Thulasi Tamil [14]
2013 Nee Ko Njaa Cha Anjali Menon Malayalam [15]
Annayum Rasoolum Lily [16]
Entry Subaida
Kaanchi Lakshmi
Masani Kavitha Tamil [17]
2014 Madhavanum Malarvizhiyum Malar
2015 Mili Raji Malayalam Also Assistant Director [18]
Nellikka Priya [19]
Ennu Ninte Moideen Ameena Bichal
2016 Traffic Rajeev's girlfriend Hindi Also Assistant Director [20]
Kavi Uddheshichathu..? Lillykutty Malayalam [21]
Rekka Mala Tamil [22]
2017 Bairavaa Poongodi
2021 Kasada Thapara Amudhini [23]
Udanpirappe Maragathavalli Vairavan [24]
2022 Roy Teena Malayalam Released on SonyLIV
TBA The Smile Man TBA Tamil
TBA Arjun Chakravarthy TBA

Television edit

Year Title Role Channel Notes Ref.
2014 Let's Dance Season 2 Host Amrita TV Dance Show
Comedy Festival Dancer Mazhavil Manorama Comedy show
Onnum Onnum Moonu Guest Talk Show
2015 Let's Dance Season 3 Host Amrita TV Dance Show
Star Challengers Contestant Flowers TV Game show
2016 Comedy Super Nite 2 Guest Comedy Show
2018-2019 Thakarppan Comedy Dancer Mazhavil Manorama
2019 Dance Kerala Dance Contestant Zee Keralam Dance Show
Boeing Boeing Contestant Game Show
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam Dancer Dance Show
2020 Salt and Pepper Herself Kaumudy TV Cookery show
2021 Red Carpet Guest Amrita TV Reality show
Mahduram Shobhanam Dancer Zee Keralam Special show

References edit

  1. ^ "Wish upon a star". Times of Oman. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "M'wood is still male-dominated: Sija Rose". The Times of India. 10 January 2017.
  3. ^ Manigandan, K. R. (29 December 2012). "Kozhi Koovuthu: Clichéd take". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Muhurat of 'Nee Ko Njaa Cha'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  5. ^ a b "What's in store for Sija Rose?". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Rajesh Amanakara's Entry launched". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Sija Rose bags a solid role | Deccan Chronicle". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Acting is easier than direction: Says Sija Rose". The Times of India. 14 January 2014.
  9. ^ "My stint as an assistant director helped me in my acting skills: Sija". The Times of India. 4 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Sija Rose plays Prithviraj's fiancee !". The Times of India. 20 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Sija enjoys hosting reality show". The Times of India. 3 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Magadi Review". Indiaglitz. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  13. ^ "10 Malayalam films to watch before you die". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Kozhi Koovuthu {2/5}: Critic Review". Times Of India. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Nee Ko Njaa Cha Malayalam Movie Review by MM360". 4 January 2013.
  16. ^ "Malayalam film Annayum Rasoolum's great response". News18. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  17. ^ S. R. Ashok Kumar (16 March 2013). "Audio Beat: Tunes to groove to". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  18. ^ Mili is a motivational film: Rajesh Pillai Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  19. ^ "Nellikka review. Nellikka Malayalam movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Traffic set for Hindi remake". Hindustan Times. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  21. ^ Muhammed, Rafi. "Kavi Udheshichathu movie review 2016 – Film Fever Media". Film Fever Media. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Rekka will be a commercial entertainer". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  23. ^ Dinamalar (26 May 2019). "கசட தபற பர்ஸ்ட் லுக் வெளியானது | First look of Kasada Thapara is out". தினமலர் - சினிமா (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  24. ^ "ஜோதிகாவின் 'பொன்மகள் வந்தாள்' படப்பிடிப்பு நிறைவு". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 24 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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