Tamanna Bhatia known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with some Hindi films. In addition to acting, she also participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.
In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi film Chand Sa Roshan Chehra and appeared in the Abhijeet Sawant album song “Lafzon main” from the album Aapka Abhijeet, which was also released in 2005, before working in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. In the same year, Tamannaah made her Telugu film debut in Sri, and the next year she appeared in her first Tamil movie, Kedi. In 2007, she starred in two college-life-based drama films, Happy Days in Telugu and Kalloori in Tamil.
Her projects include the reasonably successful Tamil films Ayan (2009), Paiyaa (2010), Siruthai (2011), Veeram (2014), Dharma Durai (2016), Devi (2016), Sketch (2018) and her Telugu films include 100% Love (2011), Oosaravelli (2011), Racha (2012), Thadaka (2013), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Bengal Tiger (2015), Oopiri (2016), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), F2: Fun and Frustration (2019), and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019). She thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. She is one of the highest paid actresses in South Indian cinema. She has acted in nearly 65 films in three languages.
She received the “Dayawati Modi” Award in 2017. She also received an honorary doctorate from the Confederation of International Accreditation Commission for her contributions to Indian cinema.Tamannaah was born on 21 December 1989 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, to Santosh and Rajani Bhatia.She has an elder brother, Anand Bhatia.Her father is a diamond merchant.She is of Sindhi Hindu descent.She did her schooling in Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School, Mumbai.
She later changed her screen name for numerological reasons, varying it slightly to Tamannaah. She has been working since the age of 13, when she was spotted at her school’s annual day function and offered a lead role, which she took up, and then also became a part of Mumbai’s Prithvi Theatre for a year. She also appeared in Abhijeet Sawant’s album song “Lafzo Mein” from the album Aapka Abhijeet, which was released in 2005.Tamannaah later appeared in R. Kannan’s Kanden Kadhalai, the official remake of Jab We Met (2007), co-starring Bharath.
Her voice was dubbed by playback singer Chinmayi.Kanden Kadhalai opened to decent feedback from critics and Tamannaah’s performance won praise from them.A reviewer from Sify stated: “Funny and full of life, it is Tamannaah who is the heart and soul of this love story. She has come up with a live wire performance and the magic of the film lies in her performance”, adding that no actress in Tamil cinema could play that role better than her though she did not look like a Thevar girl hailing from Theni.Her performance in the film earned her a nomination at the 57th Filmfare Awards South in the Best Tamil Actress category, making her the only actress to earn two nominations in two different languages at that event.
She also won the South Scope award for the same.During this phase, she was established as an undisputed top actress in Tamil cinema.Tamannaah’s first release of 2010 was N. Linguswamy’s Paiyaa, co-starring Karthi, which was a Tamil road movie. The film opened to positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success.She earned a nomination each at the 58th Filmfare Awards South and 5th Vijay Awards in the Best Tamil Actress category.
Her other two releases of 2010 were S. P. Rajkumar’s Sura, co-starring Vijay and M. Raja’s Thillalangadi, co-starring Jayam Ravi, the former being Vijay’s 50th film as an actor and the latter being the official remake of Surender Reddy’s Kick (2009). Both the films flopped at the box office.
Tamannaah All Movie List :
Title | Role | Language | Year |
Chand Sa Roshan Chehra Sri | Jia Oberoi Sandhya | Hindi Telugu | 2005 |
Kedi | Priyanka | Tamil | 2006 |
Viyabari Happy Days Kalloori | Savithri Madhu Shobhana | Tamil Telugu Tamil | 2007 |
Kalidasu Ready Ninna Nedu Repu Netru Indru | Archana Swapna Herself Naalai | Telugu Telugu Telugu Tamil | 2008 |
Padikkadavan Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam Ayan Ananda Thandavam Kanden Kadhalai | Gayathri Geetha Subramanyam Yamuna Madhumitha Anjali | Tamil Telugu Tamil Tamil Tamil | 2009 |
Paiyaa Sura Thillalangadi | Charulatha Poornima Nisha | Tamil Tamil Tamil | 2010 |
Siruthai Ko 100% Love Badrinath Venghai Oosaravelli | Swetha Herself Mahalakshmi Alakananda Radhika Niharika | Tamil Tamil Telugu Telugu Tamil Telugu | 2011 |
Racha Endukante… Premanta! Rebel Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu | Chaitra Srinidhi / Sravanthi Nandini Ganga | Telugu Telugu Telugu Telugu | 2012 |
Himmatwala Tadakha | Rekha Pallavi | Hindi Telugu | 2013 |
Veeram Humshakals Alludu Seenu Entertainment Aagadu | Kopperundevi Shanaya Herself Sakshi Saroja | Tamil Hindi Telugu Hindi Telugu | 2014 |
Nannbenda Baahubali: The Beginning Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Size Zero Inji Iduppazhagi Bengal Tiger | Herself Avanthika Aishwarya Balakrishnan Herself Meera | Tamil Telugu Tamil Telugu Tamil Telugu | 2015 |
Speedunnodu Oopiri Thozha Dharma Durai Jaguar Devi Abhinetri Tutak Tutak Tutiya Kaththi Sandai | Herself Keerthi Subhashini Herself Devi / Ruby Divya (Bhanu) | Telugu Telugu Tamil Tamil Kannada Tamil Telugu Hindi Tamil | 2016 |
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan Jai Lava Kusa | Avanthika Ramya Herself | Telugu Tamil Telugu | 2017 |
Sketch Aa Bb Kk Naa Nuvve Next Enti? K.G.F: Chapter 1 | Amuthavalli Tamanna Meera Tammy Milky | Tamil Marathi Telugu Telugu Kannada | 2018 |
F2: Fun and Frustration Kanne Kalaimaane Devi 2 Abhinetri 2 Khamoshi Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Petromax Action | Harika Bharathi Devi Lakshmi Meera Diya | 2019 | |
Sarileru Neekevvaru | Herself | Telugu | 2020 |
Seetimaarr Maestro Plan A Plan B | Jwala Reddy Simran TBA | Telugu Telugu Hindi | 2021 |
Gurthunda Seethakalam F3 Bole Chudiyan That Is Mahalakshmi Bhola Shankar | Nidhi TBA TBA TBA TBA | Telugu Telugu Hindi Telugu Telugu | 2022 |
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