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Mumtaj
Mumtaj (born 5 July 1980) is an Indian former actress of Tamil cinema.
She entered the film industry through the Tamil film Monisha En Monalisa (1999) by T. Rajender and subsequently garnered popularity appearing in glamorous roles in films including Kushi (2000), Looty (2001) and Chocolate (2001). In 2018, after her appearance in Bigg Boss Tamil 2 (marked her last media appearance), she announced her retirement from the film industry for good after spending 19 years in the industry and has no interest in making a comeback to the industry.
Mumtaj was known as a popular actress in the Indian film industry in the 2000s for appearing in several Tamil films such as Monisha En Monalisa (1999), Kushi (2000), Chocolate (2001), Gemini (2002), Chellame (2004), London (2005), Veerasamy (2007) and Rajadhi Raja (2009).
Mumtaj was born on 5 July 1980. She completed her schooling at Mount Mary's Convent School, Bandra, Mumbai. As a teenage ardent film fan, she revealed that her room was full of posters featuring Sridevi, and when the school bus used to cross Filmistan Studios, she used to crane her neck out to catch a glimpse of the artistes.
Mumtaj's acting career began after she was spotted by film producer Sudhakar Bokade in a dance programme at Mount Mary's Convent School in Mumbai, when he subsequently offered to do a film with her, after he completed an ongoing project with Dilip Kumar titled Kalinga during 1996. As Kalinga faced delays, Bokade could not eventually start the film with Mumtaj although she had begun acting classes.
During her stint at the acting course, she was recruited by veteran filmmaker Chetan Anand to work on his film produced by Bharat Shah, with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. For one and a half years, Mumtaj waited for the shoot to begin, before the project was shelved following Anand's death. Later in 1997, Tamil director T. Rajender signed her to play the lead role of a pop singer in his romantic drama film, Monisha En Monalisa (1999). The film took two years to make owing to production troubles and Rajender's political activity, before opening to negative reviews from critics in April 1999.
She made a supporting role in S. J. Surya's Kushi (2000), where she portrayed a glamorous college student alongside Vijay and Jyothika. Her performance in the song "Kattipudi Kattipudida" won her appreciation and further film offers, and as a result, Mumtaj was able to increase her appearance fee substantially.
In her subsequent projects, rather than her acting skills, her performances in song sequences won her appreciation and she regularly accepted to feature in item numbers. In the early 2000s, some of the more notable music videos shot on her included "Macha Machiniye" from Star (2001), "Malai Malai" from Chocolate (2001),"Missi Missi Papa" from Looty and "Subbamma Subbamma" from Roja Kootam (2002).[citation needed]
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Mumtaj
Mumtaj (born 5 July 1980) is an Indian former actress of Tamil cinema.
She entered the film industry through the Tamil film Monisha En Monalisa (1999) by T. Rajender and subsequently garnered popularity appearing in glamorous roles in films including Kushi (2000), Looty (2001) and Chocolate (2001). In 2018, after her appearance in Bigg Boss Tamil 2 (marked her last media appearance), she announced her retirement from the film industry for good after spending 19 years in the industry and has no interest in making a comeback to the industry.
Mumtaj was known as a popular actress in the Indian film industry in the 2000s for appearing in several Tamil films such as Monisha En Monalisa (1999), Kushi (2000), Chocolate (2001), Gemini (2002), Chellame (2004), London (2005), Veerasamy (2007) and Rajadhi Raja (2009).
Mumtaj was born on 5 July 1980. She completed her schooling at Mount Mary's Convent School, Bandra, Mumbai. As a teenage ardent film fan, she revealed that her room was full of posters featuring Sridevi, and when the school bus used to cross Filmistan Studios, she used to crane her neck out to catch a glimpse of the artistes.
Mumtaj's acting career began after she was spotted by film producer Sudhakar Bokade in a dance programme at Mount Mary's Convent School in Mumbai, when he subsequently offered to do a film with her, after he completed an ongoing project with Dilip Kumar titled Kalinga during 1996. As Kalinga faced delays, Bokade could not eventually start the film with Mumtaj although she had begun acting classes.
During her stint at the acting course, she was recruited by veteran filmmaker Chetan Anand to work on his film produced by Bharat Shah, with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. For one and a half years, Mumtaj waited for the shoot to begin, before the project was shelved following Anand's death. Later in 1997, Tamil director T. Rajender signed her to play the lead role of a pop singer in his romantic drama film, Monisha En Monalisa (1999). The film took two years to make owing to production troubles and Rajender's political activity, before opening to negative reviews from critics in April 1999.
She made a supporting role in S. J. Surya's Kushi (2000), where she portrayed a glamorous college student alongside Vijay and Jyothika. Her performance in the song "Kattipudi Kattipudida" won her appreciation and further film offers, and as a result, Mumtaj was able to increase her appearance fee substantially.
In her subsequent projects, rather than her acting skills, her performances in song sequences won her appreciation and she regularly accepted to feature in item numbers. In the early 2000s, some of the more notable music videos shot on her included "Macha Machiniye" from Star (2001), "Malai Malai" from Chocolate (2001),"Missi Missi Papa" from Looty and "Subbamma Subbamma" from Roja Kootam (2002).[citation needed]