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Keerthy Suresh

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In this Indian name, the name Suresh is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Keerthy.

Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian film actress and model who appears predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for portraying actress Savitri in the Telugu biopic film Mahanati (2018).[3]

Keerthy Suresh
Suresh at Thodari Audio Launch
Born (1992-10-17) 17 October 1992 (age 32)[1]
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India[2]
Occupations
  • Film actress
  • model
Years active
  • 2000–2005
  • 2013–present
Parents
Awards

Keerthy is the daughter of producer G. Suresh Kumar and actress Menaka Kumar.[4] Keerthy began acting as a child actress in the early 2000s and returned to films after studying fashion design. She had her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film Geethaanjali.[5] She went on to star in films such as Ring Master (2014), Idhu Enna Maayam (2015), Rajini Murugan (2016), Remo (2016), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Bairavaa (2017), Nenu Local (2017), Thaana Serndha Kootam (2018), Mahanati (2018), Sandakozhi 2 (2018) and Sarkar (2018).

Early life

Keerthy was born to Malayalam[6] film producer and director G. Suresh Kumar and Tamil actress Menaka.[7][8] She has an elder sister Revathy Suresh. Until class four, Keerthy did her schooling in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[9] She then studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram before coming back to Chennai to join the Pearl Academy, where she completed her degree in fashion design.[10] She also spent time on an exchange program in Scotland for four months, before completing a two-month internship in London. Despite making a career in acting, she has stated that she was also "seriously considering a career in designing".[11][12] Keerthy also plays the violin.[13]

Career

In the early 2000s, Keerthy worked as a child actress in a few of her father's productions, such as Pilots (2000), Achaneyanenikkishtam (2001) and Kuberan (2002) and some television serials.[10] 11 years after Kuberan, she made her debut as a lead actress in Priyadarshan's horror film Geethaanjali,[14] in which she had a dual role. She was still studying during that time and shot for Geethanjali during her semester break.[15] Reviews on the film and her performance were mixed, with Sify writing that she "does put in some effort but makes only a limited impression in a double role",[16] while Rediff wrote that she "has got a plum role but whether she impresses with her acting prowess is another matter".[17] In 2014, Keerthy had her next release Ring Master, directed by Rafi of Rafi Mecartin duo, in which she shared screen space with Dileep. She played a blind girl,[18] which she said was much more challenging than her double role in Geethanjali.[19] The film was a commercial success,[20][21] being termed a "super hit" by Sify.[22]

In 2014, Keerthy accepted her first projects outside of Malayalam and signed on to appear in several Tamil film projects simultaneously. Her first film release was A. L. Vijay's romantic comedy Idhu Enna Maayam (2015), opposite Vikram Prabhu, though the film did not perform well at the box office.[23] Her busy schedule throughout 2015 meant that she had to opt out of films which she had already started working on, including Krishna's Maane Thaene Paeye and Deekay's Kavalai Vendam, in order to accommodate bigger projects.[24] She consequently worked on two films with Sivakarthikeyan in quick succession, Rajini Murugan and Remo, while also playing the lead role in Prabhu Solomon's Thodari, alongside Dhanush.[25] Her Telugu debut film was planned to be Ainaa Ishtam Nuvvu[26] but it was canceled.[citation needed] Subsequently, the debut was the 2016 film Nenu Sailaja with actor Ram Pothineni. In January 2017, Keerthy appeared in Bairavaa, opposite actor Vijay and directed by Bharathan.[27] She also appeared in Tamil film Paambhu Sattai and Telugu film Nenu Local in 2017.[28][29]

In early 2018, she appeared in Agnyaathavaasi and Thaana Serndha Kootam. She also acted in Nag Ashwin-directed epic Mahanati where she portrayed the late southern actress Savitri and for which her performance has received critical acclaim.[30] In late 2018, she appeared in three consecutive commercial films, Saamy 2 opposite Vikram,[31] Sandakozhi 2 opposite Vishal,[32] and Sarkar starring Vijay, directed by AR Murugadoss.[33]

In mid-2019, she made a cameo appearance in the Nagarjuna starrer Manmadhudu 2, which was directed by Rahul Ravindran.[34]

In 2020, she appeared in the thriller film Penguin, which released on Amazon Prime due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

As of 2020, she has signed on to appear in multiple projects such as a Malayalam film Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham alongside Mohanlal and directed by Priyadarshan,[35] and three Telugu films: Miss India,[36] Good Luck Sakhi,[37] and Rang De opposite Nithiin.[38] She has also announced that she is one of the female leads in Rajinikanth’s Annaatthe directed by Siva.[39] In August 2020 she signed on to appear alongside director Selvaraghavan in Saani Kaayidham, which marks his acting debut.[40] In October 2020, it was announced that she was going to appear opposite Mahesh Babu for the first time in Sarkaru Vaari Paata directed by Parasuram. [41]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes Ref.
2000 Pilots Church kid Malayalam Child artist [42]
2001 Achaneyanenikkishtam Kunjunni's classmate Malayalam Child artist [42]
2002 Kuberan Siddharth's adopted child Malayalam Child artist [42]
2013 Geethaanjali Geetha, Anjali Malayalam Debut film as lead actress [43]
2014 Ring Master Karthika Malayalam [44]
2015 Darboni Devi Malayalam Unreleased [45]
Idhu Enna Maayam Maya Tamil Debut Tamil film [46]
2016 Nenu Sailaja Sailaja Telugu Debut Telugu film [47]
Rajini Murugan Karthika Devi Tamil [48]
Thodari Saroja Tamil [49]
Remo Kavya Tamil [50]
2017 Bairavaa Malarvizhi Tamil [51]
Paambhu Sattai Veni Tamil [52]
Nenu Local Keerthi Telugu [53]
2018 Agnyaathavaasi Sukumari Telugu [54]
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Madhu Tamil [55]
Mahanati Savitri Telugu [56]
Seema Raja Bhoomi Tamil Cameo appearance [57]
Saamy Square Diya Tamil Also singer for "Pudhu Metro Rail" [58]
Sandakozhi 2 Sembaruthi Tamil [59]
Sarkar Nila Tamil [60]
2019 Manmadhudu 2 Suma Telugu Cameo appearance [61]
2020 Penguin Rhythm Tamil
Telugu		 Amazon Prime film [62][63]
Miss India † Samyuktha Telugu Completed; Netflix film [64]
Good Luck Sakhi † Sakhi Telugu Post-production [65]
2021 Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham † Aarcha Malayalam Post-production [66][67]
Rang De † TBA Telugu Filming [68]
Annaatthe † TBA Tamil Filming [69][70]
Saani Kaayidham † TBA Tamil Filming [40]
Sarkaru Vaari Paata † TBA Telugu Filming [71]

Television

Year Serial Role Language Notes Ref
Grihanadhan Child artist Malayalam Telefilm
2004 Santhana Gopalam [72]
2005 Krishna Kripa Sagaram [73]
2016 Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi Contestant Tamil
2018 Sun Naam Oruvar Herself Talk show about social causes
Memu Saitham S2 Telugu Episode 12 (Talk show about social causes) [74]
No. 1 Yaari with Rana S2 Guest Episode 6

Awards and nominations

Keerthy Suresh awards and nominations
Totals[a]
Wins10
Nominations17
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2014 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut – Malayalam Geethaanjali Won [75]
16th Asianet Film Awards Best New Face of the year Won [76]
2015 Edison Awards Best Female Rising Star Idhu Enna Maayam Won [77]
2016 5th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut - Tamil Won [78]
2017 64th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Nenu Sailaja Nominated [79]
6th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut (Telugu) Nominated [80]
Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best Debut Actress Nominated [81]
Entertainer Of The Year Nominated
2018 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Best Actress Mahanati Nominated [82]
2019 Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards Best Actress Nadigaiyar Thilagam Nominated [83]
Special Jury Award Won
Edison Awards Best Actress Nominated [84]
National Film Awards National Film Award for Best Actress Mahanati Won [85]
Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best Actress Won [86]
8th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress (Telugu) Won [87]
TSR – TV9 National Film Awards Best Actress Won [88]
66th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Won [89][90]

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