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Meera Jasmine

Meera Jasmine is a National Award winning Indian actress. She has acted in several successful movies in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada and won India's National Award for Best Actress in 2004. Her latest Telugu movie Satyagrahi will also be made in Hindi and Bengali, extending her reach to the North and East Indian markets.

Biography

Meera Jasmine was born Jasmine Mary Joseph on 15 February 1983 in Kuttappuzha, Tiruvalla, Kerala to Joseph Philip and Aleyamma. She completed her schooling in Mar Thoma Residential School in Tiruvalla. She currently lives in Panampilly Nagar in Kochi (formerly Cochin).

A chance meeting with Malayalam screenwriter Lohithadas gave way to her debut in Malayalam Cinema through the movie Soothradharan, assuming the screen name "Meera Jasmine". But it was with the phenomenal success of her first Tamil movie, Run that made her a major star. This was followed by acclaimed performances in Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam (her national-award winning Malayalam movie), Mani Ratnam's Ayutha Ezhuthu (Tamil), Ammayi Bagundi (Telugu) and Sandaikozhi (Tamil). She also acted in Malayalam movies 'Kasthooriman' and 'Achuvinte Amma' where her performance was excellent.

After the hit of Sandaikozhi, she became a rage in Tamil Nadu once again, with the song, "Dhavani Potta Deepavali", eulogising her, at the top of every chart. Her latest Tamil movie Mercury Pookal has won her rave reviews. Her latest release is the Malayalam movie Rasatantram, in which she plays the role of a boy! She has signed up a new movie Satyagrahi which will be a trilingual in Telugu, Hindi and Bengali, directed and acted in by Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan.

Trivia

Meera Jasmine is a self-confessed fan of Tamil Indian musical genius Ilayaraaja.
Despite being a Christian, she visits temples religiously.
Her personal life is very often the target of the Kerala's yellow press, being romantically linked to directors and actors, at one point even being "married off" by the press to co-star Prithviraj.

Upcoming movies

Trilingual in Telugu, Hindi and Bengali named Satyagrahi with Pawan Kalyan as co-star and director.
Telugu movie with Balakrishna as co-star and P Vasu as director.
Telugu movie with GVG Raju as producer and Gopichand as co-star
Tamil movie Adalinal Kadhal Seiveer with Raja as co-star and Revathy Verma as director
Malayalam movie Nilavu with Vineeth as co-star and Lenin Rajendran as director

Awards

National Award for the Best Actress in 2004 for the film Paadhom Onnu: Oru Vilaapam (roughly translates to 'Lesson One: A Lament') in which she portrayed a Muslim girl who is a victim of child marriage.
Kerala State Award for the Best Actress in 2004 for the films Kasthooriman ('Musk Deer') and Paadhom Onnu: Oru Vilaapam
Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 2004 for Paadhom Onnu: Oru Vilaapam.

Filmography

Rasatantram (Malayalam, 2006) as Kanmani aka Velayudhan Kutty directed by Sathyan Anthikkad
Mercury Pookal (Tamil, 2006) as Anbu Selvi directed by S S Stanley
Sandaikozhi (Tamil, 2005) as Hema directed by Lingusamy
Kasthoorimaan (Tamil, 2005) as Uma directed by Lohithadas
Bhadra (Telugu 2005) as Anu directed by Boyapati Srinu
Achuvinte Amma (Malayalam, 2005) as Ashwathi directed by Sathyan Anthikkad
Maurya (Kannada, 2004) as Alamelu
Perumazhakkalam (Malayalam, 2004) as Raziya directed by Kamal
Gudumba Shankar (Telugu, 2004) as Gauri directed by Veera Shankar
Ammayi Bagundi(Telugu, 2004) as Janani and Satya directed by Balasekaran
Ayutha Ezhuthu (Tamil, 2004) as Sasi directed by Mani Ratnam
Chakram (Malayalam, 2003) as Indrani directed by Lohithadas
Joot (Tamil, 2003) as Meera directed by Azhagam Perumal.
Anjaneya (Tamil, 2003) as Divya directed by Maharajan
Swapnakkoodu (Malayalam, 2003) as Kamala directed by Kamal
Kasthooriman (Malayalam, 2003) as Priyamvada directed by Lohithadas
Paadhom Onnu Oru Vilaapam (Malayalam, 2003) as Shahina directed by T. V. Chandran
Pudhiya Geethai (Tamil, 2003) as Sushi. Directed by Jagan
Gramophone (Malayalam, 2003) as Jennifer directed by Kamal
Bala (Tamil, 2002) as Aarthi directed by Deepak
Run (Tamil, 2002) as Priya directed by Lingusamy
Soothradharan (Malayalam, 2001) as Shivani directed by Lohithadas

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 == Upcoming movies ==
 * Trilingual in Telugu, Hindi and Bengali named Satyagrahi with Pawan Kalyan as co-star and director.
+* Telugu movie with Balakrishna as co-star and P Vasu as director.
 * Telugu movie with GVG Raju as producer and Gopichand as co-star
 * Tamil movie Adalinal Kadhal Seiveer with Raja as co-star and Revathy Verma as director