Padmapriya Janakiraman

Padmapriya (Popularly known as Priya) an actress in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film industries.

Personal

Padmapriya is a Tamil Brahmin, but was born in Delhi and brought up in Punjab. Her father was in the army and thus she has lived all over India. She is an established actress in the South Indian cinema. She loves Reading, Travelling, Classical Music, Cooking, Swimming and Dancing. Padmapriya is a pure vegetarian and loves good food.

Education

MBA finance graduate at Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies.

PG Diploma in Environmental Law from National Law School

XI and XII from Kendriya Vidyalaya Trimulgherry. Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

B.Sc Computer Science and Engineering, Loyola Academy, Alwal, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Career

Corporate

She was working with GE as a risk consultant in Bangalore and Gurgaon.

Classical Dancer

She has grown up to be a vibrant dansuese under the auspices of the famous guru Natya Brahma V.S. Ramamurthy. She performed more than 200 public performances to her credit. Her Krishna Leela Ballet, where she performed the role of Lord Krishna for Hyderabad Doordarshan in 1990 is telecast even today on almost all Krishna Jayanti festivals and was specially chosen for the SAARC exchange program - she also featured in Nritya Rupam, an innovative choreography by Jayalakshmi Eshwar at Delhi, which was also specially telecast by Delhi Doordarshan. She has also won Miss. Andhra Pradesh in 2001.

Movies

Her passion for acting and modeling has made her successful in her films. Her first film was in Telugu. She then started acting in malayalam movies, where she acted with all the superstars such as Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi. Her first film in Tamil being Thavamai Thavamirundhu paired with actor/director Cheran, which turned to be a huge hit. Then followed Pattiyal a film directed by Vishnuvardhan in which she paired with Arya.

She has also ventured into Hindi cinema and is doing Striker where she is paired opposite Siddharth. The movie is directed by Chandan Arora.

Filmography

• Bhoomi Malayalam
• Kutty Srank
• Pokkisham....Nadira
• My Mothers Laptop (2008)
• Striker (2008) (Hindi)....Madhu
• Pazhassi Raja (2008)...Nili
• Pachamarathanalil(2008)
• Mirugam
• TIME ...Susan Thomas
• Moonu Pengul (2007) ...Kunnipennu
• Paradesi (2007) ...Usha
• Satham Podathey ...Bhanu
• Veeralipattu (2007) ...Pooja
• Anchil Oraal Arjunan (2007) ...Pavitra
• Yes Your Honor (2006)...Maya
• Karathu Pakshigal (2006)... Poongudi
• Bhargava Charitram Moonam Kandam (2006)..Sophia
• Ashwaroodan (2006)...Sitalakshmi
• Pattiyal (2006) .... Saroja
• Vadakkum Nathan (2006)...Mira
• Rajamanikyam (2005) .... Malli
• Thavamai Thavamirundhu (2005) .... Vasanthi
• Amrutham (2004) .... Sainaba
• Kaazhcha (2004) .... Lakshmi
• Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi(2003)...Vasanthi

External links

• Padmapriya at the Internet Movie Database
• Padmapriya fansite with photos and videos
• Padmapriya pictures
• Padmapriya's Interview
• Sify Chat Transcript
• Pattiyal Movie review

References