JYOTHIKA Profile

Jyothika Sadanah Saravanan is an Indian actress who has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film industries as the lead heroine. She is regarded as a Superstar in South Indian Cinema because of her continuous string of hits. She is paid the highest salary among Indian actresses, beating Trisha and Kareena Kapoor

Personal life

Born in Bombay, she is the daughter of a film producer, Chander Sadanah, and Seema Sadanah. She has two sisters, Nandita (Nagma), who is also an actress, Radhika (Roshni), and a younger brother Rahul. She has a Psychology Degree from Mithibai College of Arts, Bombay. She is one of the very few Indian actress who had a clean image among the general public. She had dated Surya for over 4 years and married him on 11 September 2006. After the wedding, she announced her decision to stop acting. She's expecting her first baby in the month of August 2007.However she continues to do ad films and some work for TV. She is one of the few actresses who remained at top for a very long time. Jyothika continuely gave hits after hits and she was still in the lead among newcomers like Sneha, Trisha, Asin and Nayanthara. She is considered even more successful than Simran (her proffessional rival in the industry) becouse the latter only remain at top for 5 years unlike Jyothika who have been in the lead for past 10 years. In a recent poll conducted by popular magazine in Chennai, she has been named in top 5 all time tamil actresses. Jyothika was ranked 4th after Savitiri, Revathi and Saroja Devi.

Career

Her first movie was the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, directed by Priyadarshan, opposite Akshaye Khanna. Though the film did not do well at the box office, she was noticed by the Tamil and Telugu industry. She proceeded to act in Kollywood, where she debuted in a guest appearance in Vaali. Her first Tamil movie as a heroine was Poovellam Kettuppar with Surya. A string of successful movies followed, among them Kushi, Dumm Dumm Dumm and Snegithiye. In 2003 she starred in Dhool with Vikram, in Kaaka Kaaka with Surya and in Thirumalai with Vijay. Other films include Nagarahavu (Kannada) and Tagore (Telugu). In 2004, she acted in a double role for Perazhagan and received the Dinakaran Best Actress Award for it. In 2005, she acted in Manmadhan opposite Silambarasan and won accolades for her role in it. Her most successful movie to date is Chandramukhi in 2005 with Rajinikanth. She is widely recognised for her notable role in the film Chandramukhi, which is a remake of Apthamithra, a successful Kannada film (that also starred the late actress Soundarya), which in fact was the remake of a national award Malayalam film "Manichithrathazhu" starring national award winning Malayalam actress Shobhana. It's reported that her first and last Malayalam movie Seethakalyanam is not going to be released because of financial problems. Her last films are Pachaikili Muthucharam, Mozhi and Manikanda in 2007 .

She was also the Brand Ambassador for RMKV, the famous wardrobe hub in Chennai. It was reported that her inception had increased the market value of the store. At a given point of time, "Entha Colour", the caption for one of the advertisement, were the buzz words among chennai-ites. After her marriage with the well-acclaimed actor Surya on 11 September 2006, she left the film industry.However she continues to do ad films and some work for TV.

When queried whether Jyothika will return to acting, Suriya says, “It is for her to decide. If she is keen to continue to act, I have no hesitation”.

Awards

* Filmfare Award - 1999 - Best Debutant (Vaali)
* Filmfare Award - 2000 - Best Actress (Tamil) (Khushi)
* Filmfare Award - 2003 - Best Actress (Tamil) (Perazhagan)
* Dinakaran Award - 2004 - Best Actress (Perazhagan)
* Tamil Nadu Government Award - 2004 - Best Actress (Perazhagan)
* Kalaimamani Award - 2005 - Best Actress (Chandramukhi)
* 55th Fans Association awards - 2005 - Best Actress (Chandramukhi)
* Hub Awards Choice Award - 2006 - Best Actress (Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu)

Filmography

Movies in Tamil

Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
2007 Manikanda Selva Arjun Dubbed into Telugu as Manikanda
2007 Mozhi Radha Mohan Prithwiraj
2007 Pachaikili Muthucharam Gautham Menon Sarath Kumar
2006 Sillunu Oru Kaadhal N. Krishna Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Nuvvu Nenu Prema
2006 Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu Gautham Menon Kamal Haasan Dubbed into Telugu as Magadheera
2006 Saravana K. S. Ravikumar Silambarasan
2006 June R Revathy S. Varma Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as June 7
2005 Chandramukhi P. Vasu Rajinikanth, Prabhu Dubbed into Telugu as Chandramukhi
2005 Maayavi D. P. Singhampuli Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Kidnap
2004 Arul Hari Vikram
2004 Perazhagan Sasi Shanker Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Sundarangudu
2004 Manmadhan A. J. Murugan Silambarasan Dubbed into Telugu as Manmadha
2003 Thirumalai Ramana Vijay
2003 Three Roses Parameshwar Abbas, Govinda
2003 Kaaka Kaaka Gautham Menon Surya Sivakumar
2003 Dhool Dharani Vikram
2003 Priyamana Thozhi Vikraman Madhavan
2002 Raja Ezhil Ajith Kumar Dubbed into Telugu as Nuvvu Naaku Kavali
2002 Little John Srinivasa Rao Bentley Mitchum Dubbed into Telugu, Hindi and English as Little John
2002 123 Subhash Prabhu Deva Dubbed into Telugu as 123
2001 Poovellam Un Vasam Ezhil Ajith Kumar
2001 Dumm Dumm Dumm Alaga Perumal Madhavan Dubbed into Telugu as Dum Dum Dum
2001 12B Jeeva Shaam Dubbed into Telugu as 12B
2001 Star Pravinkaanth Prashanth
2001 Thenali K. S. Ravikumar Kamal Hassan Dubbed into Telugu as Thenali
2000 Khushi S. J. Suryah Vijay
2000 Rhythm Vasanth Arjun Dubbed into Telugu as Rhythm
2000 Uyirile Kalanthathu K. R. Jaya Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Poratam
2000 Mugavari Durai Ajith Kumar Dubbed into Telugu as Chirunama
2000 Snegithiye Priyadarshan Sharbani Mukherjee, Tabu Dubbed into Hindi as Friendship and into Malayalam as Raakilipaatu
2000 Poovellam Kettuppar Vasanth Surya Sivakumar Dubbed into Telugu as Deal
1999 Vaali S. J. Suryah Ajith Kumar , Simran Dubbed into Telugu and Hindi as Vaali

Movies in Telugu
Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
2007 Raghavan Gautam Menon Kamal Hassan
2006 Shock Harish Shankar Ravi Teja
2004 Mass Lawrence Raghavendra Nagarjuna Dubbed into Tamil as Veeran
2003 Tagore V. V. Vinayak Chiranjeevi

Movies in Hindi
Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
1998 Doli Saja Ke Rakhna Priyadarshan Akshaye Khanna

Movies in Kannada

Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
2000 Nagarahavu Venkatesh Upendra

Movies in Malayalam
Year Film Director Co-Stars Other Notes
2000 Raakilipaatu Priyadarshan Sharbani Mukherjee, Tabu remake of tamil film Snegithiye
Seethakalyanam Jayaram