Priya Anand
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Priya Anand (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Tamil films. She has also appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films. After pursuing higher studies in the US, she began a career in modelling in 2008 before making her acting debut in the Tamil film Vaamanan (2009) and then her Telugu debut in Leader a year later.[1][2] She made her Hindi debut in 2012 with a supporting role in English Vinglish and subsequently appeared in the films Fukrey (2013) and Rangrezz (2013).
Early life
Priya Anand was born on 17 September 1986 in
Priya became fascinated with films, developing an interest in cinema, since childhood, and noted that she has been dreaming of getting into the film industry and working on technical aspects of film making, but confesses she never thought of becoming an actor.
Career
2009–2011: Early work in Tamil and Telugu cinema
Priya was initially supposed to make her acting debut in the Tamil film Pugaippadam, which she signed up first, but since its release was delayed until 2010, her first release became the action-thriller Vaamanan, directed by newcomer Ahmed. She was signed for the project in late 2008 to portray Divya, a simple girl next-door, whom the male lead character, played by Jai, would fall in love with. The film created some anticipation before its release, mainly due to its hit music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which enabled a big opening,[8][9] with the song "Aedho Saigirai", which was picturised on her, being considered as her "claim-to-fame" that made her popular among Tamil audience, and being dubbed as a "Priya song".[10][11] However the film got a lukewarm reception and fared only averagely at the Chennai box office.
In 2010, three of her films released within a short span of time, the first on New Year 2010, which was the
2012–2015: Debut in Bollywood and breakthrough in Tamil cinema
She has made her debut
She acted simultaneously for four Tamil films; Arima Nambi (2014) features Vikram Prabhu, Irumbu Kuthirai (2014) stars Atharvaa, with Vimal in Oru Oorla Rendu Raja (2014) and Vai Raja Vai (2015) features her opposite Gautham Karthik.[18][19] Priya Anand has shot for a special cameo in G. V. Prakash Kumar’s Trisha Illana Nayanthara (2015) which is being directed by newcomer Adhik Ravichandran.[20]
2017–present
Priya Anand debuted in
Social work
On 20 June 2011, Priya became an ambassador for the Save the Children campaign for both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.[29]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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2009 | Vaamanan | Divya | Tamil | Debut Film |
2010 | Pugaippadam | Shiney George | ||
Leader | Ratna Prabha | Telugu | ||
Rama Rama Krishna Krishna | Priya | |||
2011 | 180 |
Renuka Narayanan | Bilingual film | |
Nootrenbadhu | Tamil | |||
2012 | English Vinglish | Radha | Hindi | Nominated–Zee Cine Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
Nominated– Star Guild Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Ko Antey Koti | Sathya | Telugu | ||
2013 | Rangrezz | Megha Joshi | Hindi | |
Fukrey | Priya | |||
Ethir Neechal | Geetha | Tamil | ||
Vanakkam Chennai | Anjali Rajamohan | |||
2014 | Arima Nambi | Anaamika Raghunath | ||
Irumbu Kuthirai | Samyuktha Ramakrishnan | |||
Oru Oorla Rendu Raja | Priya | |||
2015 | Vai Raja Vai | Priya | ||
Trisha Illana Nayanthara | Train passenger | Cameo | ||
2017 | Ezra | Priya | Malayalam | [30] |
Muthuramalingam | Viji | Tamil | ||
Raajakumara | Nandini | Kannada | Kannada debut | |
Kootathil Oruthan | Janani | Tamil | ||
Fukrey Returns | Priya | Hindi | ||
2018 | Kayamkulam Kochunni | Janaki | Malayalam | |
Orange | Radha | Kannada | [31] | |
2019 | Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel | Teena Shankar | Malayalam | [32] |
LKG | Sarala Munusamy (Sara M. Samy) | Tamil | ||
Adithya Varma | Priya Menen | |||
2022 | James
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Nisha Gayakwad | Kannada | [33][34] |
2023 | Kasethan Kadavulada
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Shakthi | Tamil | [35] |
Leo | Priya Joshy Andrews | [36] | ||
2024 | Karataka Damanaka | Kusuma | Kannada | [37] |
Andhagan † | TBA | Tamil | Completed[38] | |
Sumo † | TBA | Post-production[39] |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Language | Platform | Ref. |
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2020 | A Simple Murder | Richa | Hindi | webseries |
[40] [41] |
2021 | Maya | Maya | Tamil | Short film by Ondraga | [42] |
2022 | Maa Neella Tank | Surekha | Telugu | Zee5 webseries | [43] |
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External links
- Priya Anand at IMDb
- Priya Anand on Twitter