Keerthy Suresh

In this Indian name, the name Suresh is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Keerthi.
Keerthy Suresh
Born (1992-10-17) 17 October 1992
Chennai , India
Nationality Indian
Other names Keerthy
Occupation Actress
Years active 2000–2002, 2013–present
Religion Hindu
Parent(s) Suresh Kumar
Menaka

Keerthy Suresh is an actress in the South Indian film industries.[1] Keerthy was a child actress in the early 2000s and, after graduating in fashion design, she returned into lead roles. She played her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film Geethaanjali and has signed up films in Tamil and Telugu languages as well.

Early life

Keerthy Suresh was born to Malayali film producer Suresh Kumar and a Tamil mother Menaka.[2][3] She has an elder sister, Revathy Suresh, who works as a VFX specialist and had previously worked for Shahrukh Khan's production house Red Chillies.[4][5] Until class four, Keerthy did her schooling in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[6] She then studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram before coming back to Chennai to join the Pearl Academy where she completed her degree in fashion design.[5] She also spent time on an exchange program in Scotland for four months, before completing a two-month internship in London. Despite making a career in acting, she has stated that she was also "seriously considering a career in designing".[4]

Career

In the early 2000s, Keerthy worked as a child actress in a few of her father's productions such as Pilots (2000), Achaneyanenikkishtam (2001) and Kuberan (2002).[5] 11 years after Kuberan she made her debut as a lead actress in Priyadarshan's horror comedy Geethaanjali,[7] in which she had a dual role. She was still studying during that time and shot for Geethaanjali during her semester break.[8] Reviews on the film and her performance were mixed, with Sify writing that she "does put in some effort but make only limited impression in a double role",[9] while Rediff wrote that she "has got a plum role but whether she impresses with her acting prowess is another matter".[10] In 2014, Keerthy had her next release, Ring Master directed by Rafi of Rafi Mecartin duo in which she shared screen space with Dileep. She played the role of a blind girl,[11] which she said was much more challenging than her double role in Geethanjali.[12] The film was a commercial success,[13][14] being termed a "super hit" by Sify.[15]

In 2014, she accepted her first projects outside of Malayalam and signed on to appear in several Tamil film projects simultaneously. Her first film release was A. L. Vijay's romantic comedy Idhu Enna Maayam (2015) opposite Vikram Prabhu, though the film did not perform well at the box office.[16] Her busy schedule throughout 2015 meant that she had to opt out of films which she had already started working on, including Krishna's Maane Thaene Paeye and Deekay's Kavalai Vendam, in order to accommodate bigger projects.[17] She consequently worked on two films with Sivakarthikeyan in quick succession, Rajini Murugan and Remo, while also playing the lead role in Prabhu Solomon's Mirattu alongside Dhanush.[18] That year, she also signed up her first Telugu film, Aina Ishtam Nuvvu directed by Ramprasad Ragutu. The film, supposedly an adaptation of Rendu Jella Sita (which was also Aina Ishtam Nuvvu's initial title), was termed "a sweet love story on the lines of the Ramayana" by Keerthy, who would be playing Janaki, a "bubbly playful character" similar to Sita.[19] She has completed shooting for the art film Darboni in which she would be seen as a Kashmiri girl.[20] Besides she is part of Paambhu Sattai in Tamil, in which she plays a poor Chennai girl from a lower middle class strata,[6] and Nenu Sailaja in Telugu.[21]

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Director Language Notes
2000 Pilots Herself Rajiv Anchal Malayalam Child artist
2001 Achaneyanenikkishtam Herself Suresh Krishna Malayalam Child artist
2002 Kuberan Herself Sundar Das Malayalam Child artist
2013 Geethaanjali Geetha / Anjali Priyadarshan Malayalam
2014 Ring Master Karthika Rafi Malayalam
2015 Idhu Enna Maayam Maya A. L. Vijay Tamil
2016 Nenu Sailaja Sailaja Kishore Tirumala Telugu
Rajini Murugan Karthika Devi Ponram Tamil
Paambhu Sattai Films that have not yet been released Nila Adam Dasan Tamil Post-Production
Thodari Films that have not yet been released Saroja Prabhu Solomon Tamil Post-Production
Remo Films that have not yet been released Bhakyaraj Kannan Tamil Filming
Vijay 60 Films that have not yet been released Bharathan Tamil Filming
Aina Istam Nuvvu Films that have not yet been released Janaki Ramprasad Ragutu Telugu Filming
Darboni Films that have not yet been released Devi Gopi Kuttikkal Malayalam Post-Production

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Charahgfhktddfhjcters Which Has Scope To Perform Excites Me, Says Keerthi Menaka". www.filmibeat.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Menaka-was-treated-like-a-queen/2013/05/13/article1587175.ece
  3. ↑ "Want to play memorable roles like mom". malayalam.filmibeat.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Menaka was treated like a queen". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "One for the family". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 Gupta, Rinku (7 April 2015). "Mayas Role Is Very Close to My Heart". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Nishan to romance Keerthi". Nowrunning. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "A star is born". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Movie Review : Geethanjali". Sify. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Review: Geethanjali disappoints". Rediff. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Playing a blind girl is not an easy task: Keerthy Suresh". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Keerthy Suresh on a ‘blind’ date". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Six months, six months". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Screening the Past". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "Kerala Box-Office April 10 to June 15 Summer Hits". Sify.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "The shooting of my first Tamil film is going on: Keerthy Suresh". The Times of India. 17 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Keerthi Suresh is Aari’s pair in Krishna’s rom-com". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "Anushka Shetty wishes Keerthy Suresh luck in K’wood". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  19. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140813023157/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com:80/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Keerthy-makes-her-debut-in-Telugu/articleshow/39950202.cms. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ "I want to play memorable roles like my mom did: Keerthy Suresh". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  21. ↑ Kumar, Hemanth (20 March 2015). "Keerthi Suresh to romance Ram". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "16th Asianet Film Award 2014 Winners List". kerala9.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  23. ↑ "Vayalar Samskarika Vedi Awards". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  24. ↑ "Nana Film Awards 2013- Winners List ~ Movie Gallery". Cinemapopcornphotos.blogspot.in. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

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