Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Amala (actress)





Amala Akkineni

Amala at TeachAIDS launch in 2010
BornAmala Mukherjee
September 12, 1968 (age 43)
India West Bengal, India
OccupationActress, Social Activist, Bluecross Hyderbad Convenor.
Years active1986–1992
SpouseNagarjuna
(1992-present)
Amala Akkineni is an Indian film actress and Animal welfare activist. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu,Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films.

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[edit]Biography

Amala Mukherjee was born on September 12,1968 inWest Bengal to an Irish mother and Bengali father. She has an elder brother and sister. She moved with her family to Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh as a kid when her navy officer father was stationed there. [1] After attending Catholic school with middling success she switched to Kalakshetra, Chennai where she trained in Bharatnatyam. She is married to Telugu movie actorNagarjuna. She is also one of the prominent animal rights activists of India.

[edit]Career

Amala made her debut in a Tamil film titled Mythili Yennai Kadali directed by T. Rajendar, which was a big box office hit. Winning overnight fame, she charmed cinegoers in a flurry of fifty films. She acted in a number of Tamil movies. Her performance in Pushpak and Agni Natchathiram (dubbed in Telugu as Gharshana) are unforgettable. She acted with her future husband in hits like Nirnayam and Shiva. The latter was a mega blockbuster and brought her wider fame and recognition. She acted with iconic actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Mammootty, Prabhu, Mohan, Satya Raj(with whom gossips about her relationship) in Tamil, Mohanlal,Kumar Bangarappa and V. Ravichandran in Kannada,Suresh Gopi in Malayalam and Nagarjuna, Venkatesh,Rajashekar and Chiranjeevi in Telugu among several others. Her Hindi co-stars were Mithun Chakraborty, Vinod Khanna and Aditya Pancholi. She worked with veteran directors like Bharathiraja, Maniratnam and Ram Gopal Varma.

[edit]Personal life

Amala is married to Telugu Film actor Akkineni Nagarjuna. Amala is the founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[2] a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. She is a vegan and an environmentalist. She also teaches Yoga for women, and actively promotes communal harmony. She has a son.

YearFilmNotes
Mythili Ennai Kathali
Kodai Mazhai-Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu
Panneer Nathigal
Kanne Kaniyamuthe
Oru Iniya Udhayam
Unnai Ondru Ketpen
1987VelaikaranRajinikanth
SathyaKamal Hassan
Poopoova Poothirukku
Koottu Puzhukkal
Vedham PudhithuSathyaraj
Kavithai Pada Neramillai
Idhu Oru Thodarkathai
1988Agni NatchathiramPrabhu Ganesan, Karthik Muthuraman
Kodi ParakuthuRajinikanth
JeevaSathyaraj
IllamSivakumar
Kaliyugam
Pesum PadamKamal Haasan
1989MappillaiRajinikanth
Varam
Nalaya Manithan
Uthama PurushanPrabhu Ganesan
Vetri VizhaKamal Hassan
1990Pudhu PadaganVijaykanth, Sarathkumar
Mounam SammadhamMammooty, Sarathkumar
1991Vaasalile Oru Vennila
Karpura Mullai
19921992

[edit]Telugu Movies

YearFilmCo-star
1987Kirai DadaNagarjuna
1988Raktha TilakamVenkatesh
Chinna BabuNagarjuna
1989ShivaNagarjuna
1990Raja VikramarkaChiranjeevi
Prema YuddhamNagarjuna
Aggi RamuduVenkatesh
1991NirnayamNagarjuna
AagrahamRajasekar

[edit]Hindi Movies

YearFilmCo-star
1988DayavanAditya Pancholi
Kab Tak Chupe RahungiAditya Pancholi
PushpakKamal Haasan
1989DostMithun Chakraborty
JurratKumar Gaurav
1990ShivaNagarjuna
Saugandh : Co star - Akshay kumar

[edit]Malayalam Movies

YearFilmCo-starRole
1990Ente SooryaputhrikkuSuresh GopiMaya Vinodini
1992UlladakkamMohanlalReshma

[edit]Kannada Movies

YearFilmCo-star
1990Bannada GejjeV. Ravichandran
1992Ksheera SaagaraKumar Bangarappa
Belliyappa BangarappaKumar Bangarappa

[edit]References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4facuGogBY
  2. ^ "Blue Cross of Hyderabad - The Team". Blue Cross of Hyderabad. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

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