Namitha

Namitha
Namitha
Born	Namitha Mukesh Vankawala; Surat, Gujarat, India
Occupation(s)	actress, model
Years active	2001–present
	Modelling information
Height	6 ft (183 cm)
Hair colour	brown
Eye colour	black

Namitha is an Indian film actress, mostly active in the South Indian film industry. She competed in the Miss India 2001 pageant and made her film debut in 2002. She was one of the contestant in the Bigg Boss Tamil 1 reality show hosted by Kamal Haasan in Star Vijay.

Career

Namitha was crowned Miss Surat during the year of 1998. She went on to participate in the 2001 Miss India pageant and ended up as the fourth runner-up,^[1] while Celina Jaitley was crowned Miss India. This publicity opened up doors for her and she did a number of TV commercials like Himani cream & hand soap, Arun Ice Creams, Manikchand Gutka, and Nile herbal shampoo.

She made her acting debut in the Telugu film Gemini but Sontham directed by Sreenu Vaitla got released first. Technically Gemini is her first movie. Subsequent to that, she starred in the Tamil film Aai. In 2006 she made her Bollywood debut in the Hindi film Love Ke Chakkar Mein. Standing 6'2" tall, she is one of the tallest actresses in Bollywood.^[2] On 26 October 2010, there was an attempt to kidnap her by a fan at Trichy in Tamil Nadu.^[3]

Social Life

Namitha has been an advocate of safe driving and in June 2012, she and Tamil actor Bharat promoted awareness of safe driving.^[4] Namitha is proficient in Karate with double black belts, she loves to dance, watch various movies, swim and play badminton in her spare time and likes to work out.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Other notes
2002	Sontham	Nandini	Telugu
2002	Gemini	Manisha Natwarlal	Telugu
2003	Oka Raju Oka Rani	Preethi	Telugu
2003	Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli	Sasirekha	Telugu
2004	Engal Anna	Gowri	Tamil
2004	Aithe Enti	Anjali Sharma	Telugu
2005	Aai	Anjali	Tamil
	Englishkaran	Maheshwari	Tamil
	Nayakudu		Telugu
	Chanakya	Deivanayaki	Tamil
	Bambara Kannaley		Tamil
	Aanai	Ramya	Tamil
2006	Kovai Brothers	Sania	Tamil
	Love Ke Chakkar Mein	Neha Batra	Hindi
	Pachchak Kuthira	Poovu	Tamil
	Thagapansamy	Swapna	Tamil
	Nee Venunda Chellam	Anjali	Tamil
	Neelakanta	Ganga	Kannada
2007	Vyapari	Namitha	Tamil
	Naan Avanillai	Monica Prasad	Tamil
	Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Dhanalakshmi	Tamil
	Billa	C. J	Tamil
2008	Sandai		Tamil
	Kamasutra Nights	Aunt Maya	English
	Pandi	Salangai	Tamil
	Indra		Kannada
2009	Perumal	Saroja	Tamil
	Thee	Ruchidevi	Tamil
	1977	Chandini	Tamil
	Billa	Lisa	Telugu	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
	Indira Vizha	Kamini	Tamil
	Jaganmohini	Jaganmohini	Tamil
2010	Black Stallion	Laura Fernandez	Malayalam
	Azhagaana Ponnuthan	Jennifer	Tamil
	Guru Sishyan	Anitha	Tamil
	Simha	Mahima	Telugu
	Hoo		Kannada
2011	Ilaignan	Sena	Tamil
2011	Namitha I Love You	Sunanda	Kannada
2013	Benki Birugali	Mona	Kannada
2016	Ilamai Oonjal	Durga	Tamil
2016	Puli Murugan	Julie	Malayalam
2017	Pottu		Tamil	Filming

References

^ "Namitha was crowned Miss Surat in 1998 – The Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
^ "Namitha Kapoor Measurements, Bra Size, Height, Weight". Measurementshub.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
^ Bharathan, Bijoy (27 October 2010). "Namitha's die-hard fan – The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Namitha, Bharath want you to be safe on the road!". Sify.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
^ "Namitha Kapoor and South Indian Cinema's bed room scenes hesitation". indilens.com. Retrieved 12 March 2010.

External links

Namitha at IMDb
Namitha on X

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[1] "Namitha was crowned Miss Surat in 1998 – The Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

[2] "Namitha Kapoor Measurements, Bra Size, Height, Weight". Measurementshub.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

[3] Bharathan, Bijoy (27 October 2010). "Namitha's die-hard fan – The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[4] "Namitha, Bharath want you to be safe on the road!". Sify.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[5] "Namitha Kapoor and South Indian Cinema's bed room scenes hesitation". indilens.com. Retrieved 12 March 2010.

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