Sunitha (actress)

Sunitha Shivaramakrishnan
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Kodai Mazhai Vidya, Vidya Sree, Sunitha Raj
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979 – present
Spouse(s)	Raj
Children	Sashank
Parent(s)	Venugopal Shivaramakrishnan Bhuvana Shivaramakrishnan

Sunitha is an Indian actress known for her roles in films made in southern India during the 1990s.

Movie career

She entered into film industry through the movie Kodai Mazhai is a 1986 Tamil movie Directed by Muktha S. Sundar, Music by Ilayaraja Starring Rajanikanth, Prasad, Lakshmi and 1990 Varavu Nalla Uravu the family movie Director Visu Tamil Nadu State Award for best Story Writer and Nenja Thottu Sollu the Tamil movie a female oriented story based on a character called (Pongona) Directed by T.N. Kanna.

The Malayalam movies Nirabhedangal Director Sajan Starring Prathap Pothen, Ambika, Geetha and Kanikanum Neram Director Rajasenan Starring Ratheesh, Saritha in 1987. Her popular movies include, Mrugaya is a Malayalam action drama film written by AK Lohithadas and directed by IV Sasi and Appu directed by Dennis Joseph and written by Sreekumaran Thampi starring Mohanlal, K.R. Vijaya and Gajakesariyogam Directed by P.G. Viswambharan Starring Mukesh, Innocent and Neelagiri directed by I. V. Sasi and written by Ranjith and Georgootty C/O Georgootty the film was produced under the banner of Chandragiri Productions. It was Haridas' directorial debut. Haridas got the State Award for Best New face Director for this film Starring Jayaram, Thilakan and Mimics Parade and Kasargod Khader Bhai comedy film directed by Thulasidas and starring Siddique, Jagadeesh and Pookkalam Varavayi directed by Kamal Written by Ranjith & Nathan starring Jayaram, Shamili and Savidham Directed by George Kithu starring Nedumudi Venu, Santhi Krishna and Snehasagaram directed by Sathyan Anthikkad starring Murali, Manoj K Jayan and Mukha Chithram directed by Suresh Unnithan and Samooham directed by Sathyan Anthikad with Suhasini Manirathnam and Suresh Gopi and Vatsalyam directed by Cochin Haneefa and written by Lohithadas Starring Mammootty, Geetha and Nandini Oppol Directed by Mohan Kuplari starring Geetha, Nedumudi Venu and Sowbhagyam Directed by Sandhya Mohan and Pradakshinam directed by Pradeep Chockli starring Manoj K Jayan, Balachandran Chullikkadu and Kaliveedu movie family drama film that explores the marital relationship directed by Sibi Malayil starring Jayaram, Manju Warrier.

She entered into Kannada film industry through the movie in 1990 Anukulakobba Ganda Movie Directed by M.S.Rajashekar Starring Raghavendra Rajkumar and Aralida hoovugalu Directed by Chi Dattharaj Starring Shivarajkumar, Srinath and Puksatte Ganda Hotte Tumba Unda a typical drama movie Directed by Raj Kishore Starring Ambareesh and Roll Call Ramakrishna Directed by B Rama Murthy, produced by S R Raajeshwari, music by Upendra Kumar and starring Ananth Nag, Devraj.

She has paired with leading Indian actors such as Mammooty, Mohanlal, Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Ambareesh, Anant Nag, Shivaraj Kumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and so many others.

As a dancer

Sunitha, alternatively known as Kodai Mazhai Vidya and Vidyasree, is a well known Indian classical dancer. She is trained in Bharatanatyam style of dancing. She began dancing at the age of 3 and did her arangetram at the age of 11. She has had the privilege of experiencing the old tradition of 'Gurukul'. She received her training in the Vazhuvoor style of Bharatanatyam from Padmashree Vazhuvoor Ramaiyya Pillai and his son Kalaimamani Vazhuvoor R.Samaraj. To date she has given more than 200 dance recitals all over the world. She has performed dances in many stage shows, all over the world with Amitabh Bachchan, Mamooty, Mohanlal, Vineeth etc.

Sunitha owns and serves as artistic director at the Nrithyanjali School of Dance, based in United States. She has enriched the cultural life of the South Carolina by dedicating herself to teaching and performing classical dance over the past ten years.

Personal life

She is born to Venugopal Shivaramakrishnan and Bhuvana at Andhra Pradesh. She is married to Raj and has a son, Shashank. She currently resides at South Carolina, United States with family.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Co-Actor	Notes
1980	Hum Paanch		Hindi
1986	Kodai Mazhai	Vidhya	Tamil	Rajanikanth & Prasad	Debut Movie as Heroine
1987	Kanikanum Neram	Indu	Malayalam	Vineeth
1987	Nirabhedangal	Indu	Malayalam	Prathap Pothen
1989	Mrugaya	Bhagyalakshmi	Malayalam	Mammootty
1990	Appu	Sarojini	Malayalam	Mohanlal
1990	Vettaikkaran Siluva		Tamil
1990	'Anukoolakkobba Ganda	Radha	Kannada	Raghavendra Rajkumar
1990	Gajakesariyogam	Karthika	Malayalam	Mukesh
1990	Varavu Nalla Uravu	Valarmathi	Tamil	Shakthikumar, Visu
1991	Neelagiri	Lakshmi	Malayalam	Mammootty
1991	Rollcall Ramakrishna	Swapna	Kannada	Ananth Nag
1991	Mimics Parade	Sandhya Cheriyan	Malayalam	Siddique
1991	Kollur Kala		Kannada	Sasikumar
1991	Georgootty C/O Georgootty	Alice	Malayalam	Jayaram
1991	Irikku MD Akathundu	Ancy Sreedharan	Malayalam	Mukesh
1991	Aralida Hoovugalu	Sudha	Kannada	Shivarajkumar
1991	Pookkalam Varavayi	Thulasi	Malayalam	Jayaram
1991	Mukha Chithram	Sunanda	Malayalam	Siddique
1991	Mrugam		Telegu
1991	Puksatte Ganda Hotte Tumba Unda	Revathi	Kannada	Ambareesh
1992	Snehasaagaram	Kaveri	Malayalam	Manoj K Jayan
1992	Mukhamudra	Devi	Malayalam	Siddique
1992	Mantrikacheppu	Shyama	Malayalam	Jagadeesh
1992	Aardram	Sainaba	Malayalam	Murali
1992	Savidham	Neelima	Malayalam	Ashokan
1992	Ponnurukkum Pakshi	Amminikutty	Malayalam	Suresh Gopi
1992	Nenja Thottu Sollu	Pongana	Tamil	Paari
1992	Kasargod Khader Bhai	Sandhya Cheriyan	Malayalam	Siddique
1993	Sowbhagyam	Indhu	Malayalam	Jagadeesh
1993	Vakkeel Vasudev	Sridevi	Malayalam	Jayaram
1993	Aagneyam	Ramani	Malayalam	Jayaram
1993	Vatsalyam	Sudha	Malayalam
1993	Addeham Enna Iddeham	Mercy	Malayalam	Jagadeesh
1993	Samooham	Radhika	Malayalam	Vineeth
1994	Poochakkaru Mani Kettum	Radhika	Malayalam	Mukesh
1994	Nandini Oppol	Maya	Malayalam	K. B. Ganesh Kumar
1994	Bombat Raja Bandal Rani		Kannada
1994	Pradakshinam	Sudha	Malayalam	Manoj K Jayan
1994	Rowdy Rajyam	Lekshmy	Telugu
1995	Janani		Kannada	Rockline Venkitesh
1995	Chiranjeevi Rajagowda	Vasantha	Kannada	Tiger Prabhakar
1996	Kaliveedu	Urmila	Malayalam	Jagadeesh
1997	Om Saravana Bava		Tamil	Sowmyan
1999	Meese Hotta Gandasige Demandappu		Kannada
2000	Mimics 2000		Malayalam
2003	Dum	Ranjo	Hindi

External links

Sunitha at the Internet Movie Database