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Geetha is a South India actress of Telangana origins. She debuted in a Tamil film Bhairavi as Rajnikant’s sister. Geetha acted in films in all the South Indian languages, and in a few hindi films; she even worked simultaneously in Telugu and Kannada films like Manavari Pandavarulu and Hennina Sedu.

Contents 1 Family and Early Background 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 External links

Geetha studied in Bangalore up to grade 7, at Raghavendra High School, Malleswaram, Bangalore. Her father worked for a multinational company and they moved to Chennai, where Geetha completed her high school at T Nagar Girls’ High School. In 1997, she married Vasan, a chartered accountant, whose family had seen her on television. The couple moved to New York, where Vasan works as the CFO of an Internet company. She is rumoured to be associated romantically with famous director, K. Balachander. She is 46 years old now.

Malayalam cinema which gave her break, utilized Geetha as a character actress and she decided to stay in the Malayalam film industry due to her love of meaningful roles. Director K. Balachander was her mentor and in Malayalam movies, she put in some superb performances notably the one in Panchagni, opposite Mohanlal, which was based on the true life story of Naxalite revolutionary Ajita, and also nominated for that year's national award for the best actress. The role in Panchagni was the turning point for Geetha, which gave her lot of accolades and acclamations from both the critics as well as the common cinema goers and made her a popular star in malayalam. Some of her other notable films include Vatsalyam, Sughamo Devi, Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha, Aadharam, Aavanazhi, and several other films.

Although her mother tongue is Telugu, she is widely accepted by Malayalees and remains one of their favourite actresses of all time.

• Something Something ... Unakkum Enakkum
• Sivakasi (2005) .... Muthappa's Mother
• Greetings (2004) .... Kasthuri
• Johny (2003)
• Sankeerthanampole (1997)
• Kuruthipunal (1996)

... aka Drohi (India: Telugu title: dubbed version)

• Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam (1995)
• Prayikkara Pappan (1995)
• Sadaram (1995) .... Sethulakshmi
• Nandini Oppol (1994)
• Rajadhani (1994)
• Rudraksham (1994)
• Vatsalyam (1993)
• Bhoomi Geetham (1993)
• City Police (1993)
• Ekalavyan (1993) .... Maya Menon
• Janam (1993)
• Khoshayathra (1993)
• Mafia (1993)
• Oru Kadankatha Pole (1993)
• Paithrukam (1993)
• Uppukandam Brothers (1993)
• Aapathbandavudu (1992) .... Lalitha

... aka The Saviour (India: English title)

• Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj (1992)
• Adharam (1992) .... Sethulakshmi
• Priyappetta Kukkoo (1992)
• Thalastaanam (1992)
• Welcome to Kodaikanal (1992)
• Azhakan (1991) .... Kanmany
• Thalapathi (1991) .... Devaraj's Wife

... aka Dal-pati (The Leader) (India: Hindi title)

• Parallel College (1991) .... Sridevi
• Pookkalam Varavayi (1991)
• Iyer the Great (1990)
• Indrajaalam (1990) .... Jayanthi
• Keladi Kanmani (1990)
• Lal Salam (1990)
• Radha Madhavam (1990)

• Nair Saab (1989)
• Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha (1989) .... Kunji
• Chakkikotha Chankaran (1989) .... Shailaja
• Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (1989)

... aka New Meanings

• Vaishali (1988) .... Malini
• Athinumappuram (1987)
• Amritamgamaya (1987) .... Bhanu
• Sruthi (1987) .... Subhadra Thampuratti
• Sayam Sandhya (1986)
• Pranamam (1986) .... Aparna
• Aavanazhi (1986) .... Seeta
• Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku (1986) .... Sreedevi
• Panchagni (1986) .... Indira
• Sughamodevi (1986) .... Thara
• Sagara Sangamam (1983) .... Dancer

... aka Salangai Oli (India: Tamil title: dubbed version) ... aka The Confluence

• Patnam Vachchina Pativrathalu (1982)
• Todu Dongalu (1981)

... aka Dual Thieves (India: English title)

• Kondaveeti Simham (1981)
• Thathayya Premaleelalu (1980)

• Manavoori Pandavulu (1978) .... Sinni

... aka Pandavas of Our Village

• "An American Dream" (????) TV Series .... Sethu

• Geetha at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography of Geetha