Sithara (actress)

Sithara
Sithara
Born	Sithara Parameshwaran Nair; 30 June 1973 (age 52); Kilimanoor, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985 – present
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Sithara is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. She made her Tamil debut in 1989 with K. Balachander's Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal.^[1] She is best known for her performances in the successful films Padayappa, Halunda Tavaru and Pudhu Vasantham. She is also known for her works in television.^[2]

In a film career spanning nearly thirty nine years, she has starred in over hundred films in a variety of roles, including the Telugu films Srimanthudu, Shankaraabharanm, and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy.^{[citation needed]}

Sithara made a Tamil cinema comeback with Nagesh Thiraiyarangam directed by Guinness record holder Isaq.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Early life

Sithara was born as the eldest among three children to Parameshwaran Nair and Valsala Nair in Kilimanoor. Her father Parameshwaran Nair was an engineer at the electricity board and her mother was also an officer at the electricity board. She has two younger brothers, Pratheesh and Abhilash. She studied in Lourdes Mount School, Vattappara. She was studying for pre-university certification at Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College, Kilimanoor, when she acted in her debut movie Kaveri (1986).^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1986	Kaveri	Kaveri	Malayalam
1987	Oridathu	Rema
1987	Ponnu	Ammu
1988	Mukthi	Shobha
	Aryan	Thatrikutty
	Paadha Mudra	Sharadha
1989	Naduvazhikal	Rema
	Mazhavilkavadi	Amminikutty
	Puthiya Karukkal	Sindu
	Chanakyan	Geethu
	Jaathakam	Malini
	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Jyothi	Tamil
1990	Purappadu	Kunjumol	Malayalam
	Vachanam	Maya
	Maanmizhiyaal	Prasanna
	Orukkam	Bhagi
	Unnai Solli Kutramillai	Janaki	Tamil
	Manaivi Vantha Neram	Latha
	Pudhu Pudhu Ragangal	Kanika
	Pudhu Vasantham	Gowri
	Puriyaadha Pudhir	Sindhu
	Oru Veedu Iru Vasal	Guest Appearance
1991	Teneteega	Amrutha	Telugu
	Archana IAS	Archana	Tamil
	Ezhunnallathu	Remani	Malayalam
	Srivari Chindulu	Madhavi	Telugu	^[7]
	Paattondru Ketten	Sneha	Tamil
1992	Kaaval Geetham	Priya
1992	Endrum Anbudan	Nandhini
1993	Maamiyar Veedu	Anandavalli
	Pettredutha Pillai	Kalyani
	Journalist	Ranjini Menon	Malayalam
	Chamayam	Liza	Malayalam	^[8]^{[better source needed]}
1994	Pondattiye Deivam	Parimala, Shyamala	Tamil
	Bhagyavan	Ammu	Malayalam
	Halunda Tavaru	Jyothi	Kannada
1995	Karulina Kudi	Yashodha
	Kavya	Kalpana
	Bangarada Kalasha	Uma
	Deergha Sumangali	Gayathri
	Ganeshana Galate	Lakshmi
	Thai Thangai Paasam	Kalyaani	Tamil
1996	Bangarada Mane	Megha	Kannada
1997	Guru	Vaidehi	Malayalam
1997	Ammavra Ganda	Prenu	Kannada
1998	Natpukaaga	Gowri	Tamil
1999	Chinna Durai	Maragatham
	Padayappa	Nandhini
	Sneham Kosam	Gowri	Telugu
	Panchapandavar	Yamuna	Malayalam
2000	Manu Needhi	Poongodi's mother	Tamil
	Mugavaree	Shantha
	Thirunelveli	Varadappan's wife
2001	Jenu Goodu	Sharada	Kannada
2004	Samba	Samba's sister	Telugu	^[9]
2009	Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu	Lisamma	Malayalam	^{[citation needed]}
	Vellathooval	Sheela	Malayalam
	Josh	Sathya's mother	Telugu
2010	Naanu Nanna Kanasu	Kalpana	Kannada
	Brindavanam	Lakshmi	Telugu
	Gudu Gudu Gunjam	Seeta
2012	Yamaho Yama	Yana' wife
2013	Black Butterfly	Indira	Malayalam
	Mathapoo	Karthik's sister	Tamil
	Om 3D	Jyothi	Telugu
2014	Naa Rakumarudu	Bindu's mother
	Legend	Jaidev's younger sister
	Poojai	Ramaswamy's wife	Tamil
	Chinnadana Nee Kosam	Nithin's Mother	Telugu
2015	Srimanthudu	Charuseela's mother
	Bhale Bhale Magadivoy	Lucky's mother
	Mr. Airavata	Sita Devi	Kannada
	Sankarabharanam	Rajjo Devi	Telugu
2016	Chakravyuha	Student's mother	Kannada
2016	Janatha Garage	Bujji's Mother	Telugu
2017	Sathamanam Bhavati	Sudha	Telugu
	Munnodi	Sathya's mother	Tamil
	Jaya Janaki Nayaka	Narayana's wife	Telugu
	Oxygen	Raghupathi's wife
	2 Countries	Laya's Mother
2018	Brihaspathi	Sudhir's mother	Kannada
	Rangula Ratnam	Vishnu's mother	Telugu
	Nagesh Thiraiyarangam	Nagesh's mother	Tamil
	Bharat Ane Nenu	Bharath's step mother	Telugu
	Buckasura	Arya's mother	Kannada
	Raju Gadu	Seeta	Telugu
	Amma I Love You	Annapurna	Kannada
	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Lakshmi	Telugu	^[10]
	Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava	Varalakshmi
	Hello Guru Prema Kosame	Gayatri
2019	Mr. Majnu	Nikitha's mother
2019	Jodi	Vasavi
2022	Sammathame	Krishna's mother
2023	Ala Ila Ela	Janaki		^[11]
2024	Hit List	Vijay's mother	Tamil
2024	Oru Thee	Janaki
2025	Maareesan	Meenakshi

TV serials

List of Sithara Malayalam television serials credits
Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Notes
1998–2001	Ganga Yamuna Saraswati		Tamil	Raj TV	TV debut
1999	Sindhooram		Malayalam	Asianet
2000	Parasparam			Surya TV
2002	Sneha			Asianet
2006	Eetharam
2006	Summer in America	Meera		Kairali TV
2008	Aarthi	Arathi	Tamil	Raj TV
2008–2009	Thirumagal		Tamil	Kalaignar TV
2010	Swathi Chinukulu	Tulsi	Telugu	ETV
2012	Mouna Raagalu		Telugu	ETV
2016	Kavari Maangal	Sandhya	Tamil	Jaya TV
2017	Parasakti		Tamil	Vasanth TV
2017	Ee Tharam Katha	Hema	Telugu	ETV
2021-2022	Intinti Gruhalakshmi	Pravallika	Telugu	Star Maa
2023–2024	Poova Thalaya	Rajeshwari	Tamil	Sun TV

Personal life

Sithara never married, a decision she took early in her life after her father's death.^[12]

References

^ "Sithara-An eventful career". The Hindu. 21 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ Y. SUNITA CHOWDHARY (25 March 2010). "The evergreen star". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ "தியேட்டரில் நடக்கும் கதைதான் 'நாகேஷ் திரையரங்கம்' திரைப்படம்". Tamil Cinetalk. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ "கின்னஸ் சாதனையாளர் இயக்கும் 'நாகேஷ் திரையரங்கம்'". Chennai Online. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ Subramanian, Anupama (27 October 2016). "Veteran Latha returns as a tribal woman". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^ "ഞാൻ പ്രണയിച്ചിരുന്നു. Sithara was a lead actress from 1989 till 1999.പക്ഷേ..." ManoramaOnline. manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ "Srivari Chindulu Telugu Full Movie | Naresh | Sithara | Gollapudi | Annapurna | Trendz Telugu". YouTube. 15 March 2022.
^ "sithara". teluguvids.com.^{[dead link]}
^ "Telugu cinema Review - Samba - NTR, Bhumika Chawla, Genelia - VV Vinayak - Kodali Nani". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ Jayakrishnan (14 March 2018). "Mahesh Babu and Kiara Advani shooting a romantic number for 'Bharat Ane Nenu'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ "The 'Ala Ila Ela' Pre-release event was held in Hindupur and the makers are confident about the success of their film". The Times of India. 26 June 2023.
^ "Actress Sithara reveals why she decided not to get married". OnManorama. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

External links

Sithara at IMDb

[1] "Sithara-An eventful career". The Hindu. 21 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

[2] Y. SUNITA CHOWDHARY (25 March 2010). "The evergreen star". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[3] "தியேட்டரில் நடக்கும் கதைதான் 'நாகேஷ் திரையரங்கம்' திரைப்படம்". Tamil Cinetalk. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

[4] "கின்னஸ் சாதனையாளர் இயக்கும் 'நாகேஷ் திரையரங்கம்'". Chennai Online. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

[5] Subramanian, Anupama (27 October 2016). "Veteran Latha returns as a tribal woman". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

[6] "ഞാൻ പ്രണയിച്ചിരുന്നു. Sithara was a lead actress from 1989 till 1999.പക്ഷേ..." ManoramaOnline. manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[7] "Srivari Chindulu Telugu Full Movie | Naresh | Sithara | Gollapudi | Annapurna | Trendz Telugu". YouTube. 15 March 2022.

[8] "sithara". teluguvids.com.^{[dead link]}

[9] "Telugu cinema Review - Samba - NTR, Bhumika Chawla, Genelia - VV Vinayak - Kodali Nani". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[shooting_a_romantic_number-10] Jayakrishnan (14 March 2018). "Mahesh Babu and Kiara Advani shooting a romantic number for 'Bharat Ane Nenu'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[11] "The 'Ala Ila Ela' Pre-release event was held in Hindupur and the makers are confident about the success of their film". The Times of India. 26 June 2023.

[12] "Actress Sithara reveals why she decided not to get married". OnManorama. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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Sithara
Born	Sithara Parameshwaran Nair (1973-06-30) 30 June 1973 (age 52) Kilimanoor, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985 – present