Suvaluxmi
Suvaluxmi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Suvalakshmi Munshi |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994-2003 |
| Spouse |
Swagato Banerjee (m. 2002) |
| Parent(s) | K. C. Munshi Indranidevi[1] |
| Website | https://suvaluxmi.com/index.html |
Suvaluxmi(சுவ லக்ஷ்மி) is an Indian former actress who mainly appeared in Tamil films. She also appeared in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada films. Portraying homely characters , she is well known of her characters in Aasai (1995), Gokulathil Seethai (1996), Love Today (1997), Nilaave Vaa (1998) and Nadhi Karaiyinile (2003) which all the commercially successful films.[2][3][4][5]
Career
[edit]As a child, Suvaluxmi was passionate about Indian classical and folk dance forms and performed the art forms across regional shows. Her performance on stage was noticed by film director Satyajit Ray, who cast her as the female lead in the film adaptation of his story Uttoran (1994).[6] The film, which was completed by his son Sandip Ray following Satyajit Ray's demise, won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay in 1994 and was screened in film festivals around the world, including at Cannes.[7]
Alongside graduating with a degree of Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calcutta in 1998, Suvaluxmi acted as the female protagonist in several movies in South Indian languages.[8] She made her debut in Tamil films with Aasai (1995), a romantic thriller film directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. Suvaluxmi portrayed Yamuna and paired opposite Ajith Kumar, with her character being vigorously pursued by her brother-in-law, portrayed by Prakash Raj. Upon release, the film won positive reviews and performed well at the box office, with all three lead actors getting a boost in their career.[9] Balsekaran's Love Today (1997) opposite Vijay, also performed well commercially. Despite the success of these two films, Suvaluxmi's subsequent films failed to expand her initial popularity and she felt that the rise of glamorous roles for female actors in Tamil films, meant that she found it difficult to find apt characters to portray and was typecast as a homely girl.[10] In the late 1990s, she appeared in several Tamil films, though her roles and the performance of her films failed to get acclaim. In 2001, she opted to quit films and pursue a career as a lawyer and finally signed up to appear in Ponvannan's critically acclaimed film Nadhi Karaiyinile (2003), for which she won positive reviews, with The Hindu noting she gave a "heartrending enactment".[11] She was a leading actress from 1994 till 2001 and successfully completed 8 years in silver screen.
After her marriage, in 2007 she turned down an offer from Mohan Raja to portray a supporting role in Santosh Subramaniam (2008) and restated her retirement from films.[12] Since her departure from the film industry, Suvaluxmi practices as a natural artist and graduated with a degree of Masters of Fine Arts in Illustration during 2013 from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.[13]
Personal life
[edit]She married Professor Swagato Banerjee in 2002 and lived in Geneva and then in San Francisco and then in Louisville.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]- 2001-2002 Soolam as goddess Parvati
References
[edit]- ^ "Suvalakshmi Profile". Nilacharal. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Suvalakshmi's no to films". Indiaglitz. 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (28 November 2003). "Nadhi Karaiyinilae". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 December 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Ashok Kumar, S. R (23 August 2002). "Tamil film in Chinese fest". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 December 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Welcome to the official website of Suvalakshmi". suvalakshmi.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Satyajit Rays son offers film tribute to his father". intoday.in. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "UTTORAN - Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Rediff On The Net, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry". www.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Kamath, Sudhish (1 December 2001). "Realistic film-making". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Welcome to Sify.com". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ ""Nadhi Karaiyinilae"". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Suvalakshmi's no to films - Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Bio". Suvaluxmi Banerjee. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
External links
[edit]- Suvalakshmi at IMDb
- Living people
- Tamil actresses
- Actresses in Tamil cinema
- Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners
- Actresses from Kolkata
- Academy of Art University alumni
- Actresses in Bengali cinema
- Actresses in Kannada cinema
- Actresses in Malayalam cinema
- Actresses in Telugu cinema
- 20th-century Indian actresses
- 21st-century Indian actresses
- Actresses in Tamil television