Sujatha (actress)

This article is about the Indian actress. For the Bangladeshi actress, see Sujata (actress).

Sujatha
Born(1952-12-10)10 December 1952[1]
Galle, Dominion of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka)
Died6 April 2011(2011-04-06) (aged 58)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActress
Years active1968–2007
Spouse
Jayakar
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(m. 1977)​
ChildrenSajith, Divya
Parents
  • Sankaran Menon (father)
  • Saraswathi (mother)
RelativesGopi Menon (Young brother)

Sujatha (10 December 1952[1] – 6 April 2011) was an Indian actress who performed and starred in a variety of unique characters in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films- in addition to few in Kannada and Hindi languages as well. The actress was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. After starring in numerous Malayalam films in her mother-tongue, Sujatha later got introduced to the Tamil film industry by veteran director K. Balachander and producer P.R. Govindarajan as a protagonist in her first Tamil film, Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974). It was a critically acclaimed film and launched the actress's first commecrical breakthrough in her acting career. Whereas, her first Telugu picture happened to be a Telugu/Tamil bilingual titled as Guppedu Manasu (1979) in Telugu and was simultaneously shot as Nool Veli in Tamil of the same year.[2] She died of a cardiac arrest on 6 April 2011 in Chennai (aged 58).

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