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Ethnicity
  
Role
  
Film actress

Years active
  
2000–present


Name
  
Suhasini Naidu

Children
  
Prasanna Vihaan

Spouse
  
Prasanna (m. 2012)

Sneha smiling while wearing gold earrings and a red and yellow blouse with diamonds

Full Name
  
Suhasini Rajaram Naidu

Born
  
12 October 1981 (age 43) (
1981-10-12
)

Residence
  
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Occupation
  
Actress, Promotional model

Parents
  
Rajaram Naidu, Padmavathy Rajaram

Movies
  
Similar People
  
Prasanna, Bhavana, Shriya Saran, Trisha, Anushka Shetty

Profiles

Suhasini Rajaram Naidu, popularly known by her stage name Sneha, is an Indian film actress, who works in the South Indian film industry. She debuted in the Malayalam film Ingane Oru Nilapakshi (2000), directed by Anil – Babu and was later signed for the Tamil film Virumbugiren, though it was only released two years later. She started getting offers in Tamil and moved her focus to Kollywood, and the movie Ennavale, where she starred opposite R. Madhavan, was released first in the same year.

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Sneha with a tight-lipped smile while wearing a yellow beaded sleeveless blouse

She debuted in Telugu in the year 2001 with the film Priyamaina Neeku, which was a commercial success. Following this, she appeared in some Tollywood films . She also appeared in Malayalam films like in Thuruppu Gulan, Pramaani, The Great Father and Shikkar, The Hunt. She has also appeared in a few Kannada language films.

Sneha smiling while wearing a yellow long sleeve blouse, white and yellow dupatta, earrings, and wristwatch

She has won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil) for her performance in Unnai Ninaithu, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress twice, in 2001 for her performances in the films Virumbugiren, Aanandham, and Punnagai Desam, and later for Pirivom Santhippom (2008). She has also won Nandi Special Jury Award-Telugu for her performance in the movie Radha Gopalam.

Sneha smiling while looking afar and wearing a yellow, pink, and purple dress, gold necklace, and earrings

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Personal life

Sneha smiling while hands on her hips and wearing gold, brown, and red Indian dress, earrings, gold necklace, bracelets, armlet, and hair accessories

Sneha was born as Suhasini in Mumbai to a Telugu Family to Rajaram and Padmavathy, and is the youngest of four children. Her family moved to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates soon after her birth, where she attended Our Own English High School. The family later settled in Panruti, Tamil Nadu where she owned a marriage hall.

Sneha smiling and wearing a cream and gold dress and some jewelry while Prasanna carrying their son and wearing blue long sleeves

Sneha was paired with Prasanna for the first time in Achchamundu! Achchamundu! (2009). Since then, there were numerous reports in the media on their affair. Prasanna was spotted in all her modeling shows and both were spotted together in movie previews. Though both denied it as a rumour, later, on 9 November 2011, Prasanna announced, "Yes... Sneha and I decided to marry soon with the blessings of our parents." They got married on 11 May 2012 in Chennai.

Sneha with a tight-lipped smile and looking afar while wearing an emerald necklace

She currently resides in Chennai with her husband. On 10 August 2015, she gave birth to a baby boy.

2000–2004

Sneha smiling while wearing a yellow long sleeve blouse, white and yellow dupatta, and earrings

Fazil nazeem recommended Sneha to Anil-Babu who was searching for a heroine for his love story Ingane Oru Nilapakshi (2000). The film featured Sneha as an aspiring dancer, with the actress performing for seven classical songs. She was signed by Susi Ganeshan for his directorial debut Virumbugiren in 2000, which however became long delayed and Ennavale opposite Madhavan became her first Tamil release. She won many accolades for her outstanding performance. Later that year, Sneha starred in N. Linguswamy's family drama Aanandham and won many awards, which featured her as part of an ensemble cast and in K. Balachandar's Parthale Paravasam. She finished the year with a foray into Telugu cinema, with an appearance in Priyamaina Neeku, followed by Tholi Valapu.

She was part a part of eight films that were released in 2002. M. Raja's Hanuman Junction became a major success. Other films that year included the Vasanth's Hey! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke, Unnai Ninaithu and April Madhathil. The former bombed at the box office, while the latter emerged commercially successful. Her performance in Unnai Ninaithu led to her being awarded the first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also won other award for her performance. Subsequently, she acted in lead role in King and a supporting role in Pammal K. Sambandam with Kamal Haasan and Abbas, respectively. Virumbugiren that featured Sneha as a rustic village belle, eventually released in December 2002 and went on to win several Tamil Nadu State Film Awards; Sneha herself won the Best Actress award.

Sneha acted in two films in 2003, Vaseegara with Vijay and a heroine-oriented double role in Parthiban Kanavu. both were a huge success. She received high praise for her performance in Parthiban Kanavu, with The Hindu writing: "Till date this is the best role that has come Sneha's way and the charming actress has utilised the opportunity well. With make-up or without it, Sneha sparkles".

2004 was a mixed year for the actress, with Jana, Bose and Adhu all failing at the box-office. However, Vasool Raja MBBS opposite Kamal Haasan and Autograph and the Telugu film Venky were huge successes and won several awards.

2005–2008

The years 2005 and 2006 saw her acting in Telugu films such as Sankranthi with Venkatesh, Radha Gopalam with Srikanth, Sri Ramadasu with Nagarjuna, and Thuruppu Gulan with Mammootty winning plaudits at box office, while others released in the respective years turning as average grosser at the box office. She played the role of a commercial sex worker in Selvaraghavan's Pudhupettai, starring Dhanush. With Thuruppu Gulan, she paired with Mammootty. In the year 2006, she made her debut into Kannada film industry through Ravi Shastri, which tanked at the box office.

In 2007, Sneha starred in Naan Avanillai a super hit, while her Telugu films Madhumasam which run over 100 days and Maharadhi and Tamil film Pallikoodam turned out to be above-average grosser at box office.

Pirivom Santhippom, which saw her collaborating with Karu Pazhaniappan again, was her first film in 2008. Co-starring Cheran, the film opened to critical acclaim and emerged a sleeper hit, while fetching Sneha plaudits and several accolades. A review from Sify noted that she was "superb as Sala a woman torn by the dualities of her existence", labelling it as her "career best performance". She won her second Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress, besides the Vijay Award for Best Actress and nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress Award. Her Cameo appearance in the film Kuselan with Rajinikanth marked her 50th film in her career. She tried highly glamorous roles with Pandi and Inba, both turning out to be average grossers. She paired with Silambarasan in Silambattam which gave her another commercial success. Her Telugu films Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna and Pandurangadu turned out to be average grossers while Adivishnu flopped at the box office.

2009–2012

The thriller films Achchamundu Achchamundu, co-starring Prasanna and Hollywood actor John Shea, and Amaravathi, were her only releases of 2009 in Tamil and Telugu, respectively. Both films won many plaudits for dealing with bold themes of pedophiles and womb stealing, respectively. The former film won many awards in the International Panorama and the latter grossed average at box office.

In 2010, she starred in Venkat Prabhu's Goa. She again forayed into a glamorous ultra-modern chick role with a few shades of grey. She made cameo appearances in Vishal's Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai and the critically acclaimed Vasanthabalan directorial Angadi Theru. She also appeared in three Malayalam films. She acted in Pramani with Mammootty and paired up with Mohanlal for the first time in Shikkar, The Hunt, which was a huge success and considered as a milestone in Mohanlal's history. Her last release of 2011 was Vande Mataram. Starring opposite Mammootty again, she played an aviator in the film, which released to mixed critical response and bombed at the box-office.

In 2011, she was first seen as a tough Police Officer in Bhavani IPS, which opened to mixed reviews and bombed at the box office, although Sneha received praise for her performance. Ponnar Shankar, a period film penned by M. Karunanidhi, where she appeared as a warrior-princess, opened to mixed reviews and didn't do well at the box-office. Rajanna, a period film based on Telangana issue opposite Nagarjuna for the second time, released on 22 December 2011 to stupendous reviews.

In 2012, she appeared in a guest role along with actor Vikram for the film Marina and as an Air Hostess in a cameo role in the movie Oru Kal Oru Kannadi. Her long canned movie, Murattu Kaalai with Sundar C was released on 15 June 2012 to mixed reviews, being her first movie post marriage.

Post-marriage (2013 – present)

In 2013, she acted in a critically acclaimed movie Haridas. The movie opened to critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. Sneha was nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in the movie.

In 2014, she starred in a cameo role in Vijay Sethupathi's Pannaiyarum Padminiyum. Her next release was a trilingual made in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu – Un Samayal Arayil, the official remake of the Malayalam blockbuster Salt N' Pepper, where she starred opposite Prakash Raj and a bunch of debutantes. The Kannada version turned out to be a blockbuster while the other two versions tanked at the box office. Sneha's performance in the movie was widely praised. Sneha later hosted a Tamil reality television show Melam Kottu Thali Kattu and the show was aired for 2 seasons.

In 2015, Sneha appeared in a Telugu film S/O Satyamurthy with Allu Arjun, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen opposite Upendra directed by Trivikram Srinivas which turned out to be a blockbuster. That was her only release in 2015 and she has been in maternity break since then.

In 2016, after her maternity break for 1 year, Sneha signed a Malayalam movie opposite Mammootty produced by actors Prithviraj Sukumaran and Arya. She has also signed a Tamil movie to be directed by Mohan Raja alongside Sivakarthikeyan and Nayanthara. Both the movies are in pre-production stages. Sneha has also been signed up to judge a Tamil reality TV show alongside Raadhika Sarathkumar.

She has 10 days of shoot left in her much delayed movie Vidiyal opposite R. Sarath Kumar. She is also reported to have been hearing scripts to star opposite her husband Prasanna. The couple is also in talks for opening their own Production House.

Other assignments

Sneha was to make her Bollywood debut with Mad Dad, alongside Naseeruddin Shah and Ayesha Takia to be directed by Revathy S Varma. Sneha was also roped in to play Sita in Rajkumar Santoshi's Ramayan featuring Ajay Devgn in lead. However, both the projects failed to take off. She was also reported to play a major role in Kochadaiyaan to be written by K. S. Ravikumar and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. In December 2011, Sneha confirmed in an interview that she will be starring opposite Rajinikanth. But later, she opted out of the project to allocate dates for the film Haridas to which, is already committed.

Modeling

She has appeared in many commercials like Saravana Stores, Horlicks, Aashirvaad. Post marriage, Sneha along with her husband Prasanna worked on Univercell commercials which created viral response.

She also appeared in numerous fashion shows like Chennai International Fashion Week, Sydney Sladen Fashion Week and other shows which were held in Chennai and Mumbai.

Filmography

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Kurukshetra as
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Vinaya Vidheya Rama as
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2017
The Great Father as
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2016
Ore Mukham as
Bhama
2015
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2015
S/O Satyamurthy as
Lakshmi
2014
Un Samayal Arayil as
Gowri
2014
Pannaiyarum Padminiyum as
Cameo appearance
2014
Medaram Jathara
2013
Haridas as
Amudhavalli
2012
Murattu Kaalai as
Bhuvana
2012
Oru Kal Oru Kannadi as
Genefa (Cameo appearance)
2011
Rajanna as
Lachuvamma
2011
Ponnar Sankar as
Arukkaani Thangam, beti of Nellian Kodan (Jayaram) and Thamarai
2010
Bhavani IPS
2010
Vandae Maatharam as
Nandini
2010
Shikkar as
Lakshmi Kutty
2010
Pramani as
Janaki
2010
Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai as
Dr. Ramya
2010
Goa as
Suhasini
2009
Amavarathi as
Latha Venkat
2009
Achchamundu! Achchamundu! as
Malini Kumar
2008
Silambattam as
Gayathri
2008
Kuselan as
Special Appearance
2008
Pandurangadu as
Lakshmi
2008
Pandi
2008
Inba
2008
Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna
2008
Pirivom Santhippom as
Visalakshi
2007
Naan Avanillai as
Anjali
2007
Pallikoodam
2007
Madhumasam as
Hamsa
2007
Maharadhi as
Bhairavi
2006
Manasu Palike Mounaragam
2006
Ravi Shastri as
Bhanu (as lead role)
2006
Pudhu Pettai as
Krishnaveni
2006
Evandoi Srivaru as
Divya
2006
Thuruppu Gulan as
Lakshmi Menon
2006
Sri Ramadasu as
Kamala
2005
ABCD
2005
Chinna
2005
This is Pandu
2005
Radha Gopalam as
Radha
2005
Sankranthi
2005
Aayudham as
Mahalakshmi
2004
Adhu
2004
Bose as
Charu
2004
Vasoolraja M.B.B.S as
Janaki Vishwanathan (Paapu)
2004
Jana as
Manimegalai
2004
Venky as
Sravani
2004
Autograph
2004
Commando the Force
2004
Jalladon Ka Jallad
2003
Parthiban Kanavu as
Sathya / Janani
2003
Ennai Thalatta Varuvala
2003
Vaseegara as
Priya
2002
Virumbugirean
2002
April Maadhaathil as
Shwetha
2002
King as
Tamil
2002
Yai Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey as
Raji
2002
Unnai Ninaithu as
Radha
2002
Pammal K. Sambandam as
Malathi
2002
Punnagai Desam as
Priya
2002
Mr. Rangeela
2001
Ennavale as
Laxmi
2001
Hanuman Junction as
Meenakshi
2001
Tholi Valapu as
Soumya
2001
Paarthale Paravasam as
Nurse Chella
2001
Aanandham as
Viji
2001
Priyamyna Neeku... as
Sandhya
2001
Blast Barood
2000
Ingine Oru Nilapakshi
1999
Aaag Hi Aag
1999
Veedu Samanyudu
1998
Yamraaj as
Nisha
1998
Chandaal
1998
Do Numbri as
Ganga
1992
Ghazab Tamasha
1990
Ek Number Ka Chor as
Akash's girlfriend
1989
Mahisagarne Aare
1989
Nishane Bazi
Music Department
2009
Heylassa (playback singer)
2008
Apoorva - The Rare School Days (playback singer)
Soundtrack
2016
Devara Naadalli (performer: "Alleluaiah")
Self
2018
Dance Jodi Dance (TV Series) as
Self / Judge
2017
Dance jodi dance 2.0 (TV Series)
2010
Horlicks Mauka Promo (Video short) as
Self
2010
Market Street as
Self

References

Sneha (actress) Wikipedia


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