Jyothika filmography


Jyothika is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil films.[1][2] She also acted in some Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films. She debuted in Bollywood in the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1997), directed by Priyadarshan. She starred in her first Tamil film Vaali (1999) and her first Telugu film Tagore (2003), opposite Chiranjeevi.She won one National Award, four Filmfare Awards,[3] six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Cinema Express Awards, one South Indian International Movie Award,[4] International Tamil Film Award[5] and four Dinakaran Awards. She is also a recipient of the Kalaimamani Award.[6] She is regarded as one of the most prolific actresses in Tamil cinema.[7] She has been ranked among the best actresses of South India by The Times of India and The Hindu.[8][9]

She debuted in Bollywood in the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1997), directed by Priyadarshan. She starred in her first Tamil film Vaali (1999) and her first Telugu film Tagore (2003), opposite Chiranjeevi. She received her first Filmfare Award for Vaali (1999) as Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South.[10] She was awarded the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for Kushi (2000). A string of successful films followed and gained prominence for her performances in Kushi (2000), Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001),[11] Poovellam Un Vasam (2001),[12] Kaakha Kaakha (2004), Perazhagan (2004), Chandramukhi (2005) and Mozhi, (2007), for the latter three she won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.For the movie, Mozhi, she was in the final three for National Film Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance, however she lost the award to Umashree for the Kannada film Gulabi Talkies.[13] She has the been nominated 16 times for Best Tamil Actress at South Filmfare Awards.[6][14][15][16]

Jyothika left the industry at the peak of her career marrying Tamil actor Suriya on 11 September 2006, after being engaged in a relationship for several years,[17] and with whom she was paired in seven films. She made a comeback in the film 36 Vayadhinile (2015) where her performance was given good reviews and she received Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil.[13][18] By winning her fourth Best Actress Award at Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, she broke the record of winning most Best Actress Title till date with four as her record.[19] After the success of 36 Vayadhinile, she appeared in a series of women centric movies like Magalir Mattum (2017), Naachiyaar (2018), Kaatrin Mozhi (2018), Raatchasi (2019), and Ponmagal Vandhal (2020) [20] and also played a lead female role in Mani Ratnam's multi-starrer Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018).[21][22][13] In Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007) she had a crucial role.[18] In 2018, she appeared as the lead role of Chitra, a housewife to Arvind Swamy's character in Mani Ratnam's film Chekka Chivantha Vaanam. The first look was released on 21 August. The film has a worldwide release on 27 September 2018.[23] She was next seen as a housewife struggling to find her own identity in Kaatrin Mozhi, the Tamil remake of Vidya Balan's Tumhari Sulu. The project was directed by Radha Mohan and marked his reunion with Jyothika after Mozhi.[24] After the success of Kaatrin Mozhi, Jyothika signed three films, Raatchasi, produced by Dream Warrior Pictures in which she plays a school teacher;[25] Jackpot, in which she appears as a cop co-starring Revathi under 2D Entertainment[26][27] and Thambi, a Jeethu Joseph film along with Karthi.[28][29] She made a comeback to Malayalam and Hindi film industry with critically acclaimed performances in Kaathal – The Core (2023) with Mammootty[30][31][32] and Shaitaan (2024) with Ajay Devgn and R. Madhavan.[33][34] [35] The latter became the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 2024.[36]

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