Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Jayamala
Jayamala, is a Kannada (Indian) film actress. Her famous films are Giri Kanye, Shankar Guru, Aaj Ka Ye Ghar, Sampoorna Teerth Yatra, Balak, Spy in Rome, Love and Murder and Harishchandra Taramati. She has also produced a movie Aaj Ka Ye Ghar.
Film career
Jayamala is a multifaceted personality in the Kannada film industry having been a leading lady in the eighties and later turned producer making many award-winning artistic films.
Jayamala has acted in several movies in Kannada, Tulu, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. She has acted with several big Kannada stars like Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Rajkumar, Shankar Nag and Prabhakar. She had several hits like Shankar Guru, Giri kanye , etc.
Her first production venture Thaayi Saaheba was directed by Girish Kasaravalli and it won a National award. Jayamala received a special jury award for her brilliant performance in the film. She has also produced a children's film Thuttoori which won both National and State Government awards.
As a treasurer in the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, the actress has taken active interest in many activities of the Kannada film producers association. In 2008 Jayamala became the first woman president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC).
Jayamala created history of sorts when she became the only actress in the Indian film industry to be conferred a doctorate for writing a thesis, She wrote a thesis on the rehabilitation of rural woman in Karnataka. The thesis required her to tour many places in Karnataka and also scrutinise many documents. The doctorate was conferred by the Bangalore University on 18 January 2008 and presented by former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.
Jayabharathi
Jayabharathi is a popular Malayalam film actress who started her career in late 1960s. She is a two-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for best actress. She was born in 1953.
Jayabharathi became one of the most successful Malayalam film actresses and performed with such notable leading men as Prem Nazir, Madhu, Jayan, M. G. Soman, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. She won the Kerala State Film Awards for her performances in various films in 1972 and Madhavikutty in 1973. One of her famous films was Rathinirvedam, directed by Bharathan, in which she played the role of a woman who fell in love with a boy younger than her. She also directed few films in Malayalam.
After being trained since the age of five under Kalamandalam Natarajan, Rajaram (a student of Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai) and Vazhuvoor Samraj Pillai, Jayabharathi entered films as a teenager. Life revolved around film studios, dance rehearsals and stage performances. The actress is busy these days with her dance school, Aswathi Arts Academy, which she runs from home. She is also starting another one in Coimbatore. In 2003, Jayabharathi performed in nine temples in and around Kerala.She is married to Malayalam actor Sathar with whom she has a son named AKS Unni.
Divya Bharti
Divya Bharti (February 25, 1974 - April 5, 1993) was an Indian Bollywood Actress. She started her career in 1990 with Telugu films making her debut in Bobbili Raja. After several other hits in the South, she entered Hindi films with 'Vishwatma' in 1992 as her debut film, where she earned accolades for performing the song Saat Samundar Paar. She appeared in more than 14 Hindi films between 1992 and 1993 - a world record for a newcomer. She married Sajid Nadiadwala in May 1992. Her career was cut short by her death in April 1993 at the age of 19. She had just turned nineteen in February of that year. The investigation into the circumstances of her death was closed in 1998, and the exact nature of her death still remains a mystery.
Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif (born 16 July 1984 is an actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu, and Malayalam films. She was voted the "Hottest Woman in the World" by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Kaif was born in Hong Kong to a Kashmiri Muslim father, Mohammed Kaif, and an English mother, Suzanne Turquotte, both of whom are British citizens. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif has seven siblings. She was raised in Hawaii and later moved to her mother's home country, England.
Career
Kaif began her modeling career at the age fourteen; her first job was for a jewelry campaign. She continued modeling in London under a contract with the Models 1 Agency and did campaigns for houses such as La Senza and Arcadius, and even walked on the London Fashion Week.[4]
Kaif's London modeling-work led to her discovery by London-based filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003). She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments. However, filmmakers were initially hesitant to sign her because she could not speak Hindi.
Kaif saw moderate success with the 2005 film Sarkar, where she played the bit part of Abhishek Bachchan's girlfriend, and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), where she was paired opposite Salman Khan.
In 2007, Kaif appeared in her first major hit movie, Namastey London, wherein she starred as a British Indian girl alongside Akshay Kumar for the second time after the box office letdown Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006). Her run of hit films continued with Apne, Partner, and Welcome.
In 2008, she played the villain role for the first time in Abbas-Mustan's hit action thriller Race. She played the role of Saif Ali Khan's secretary who is secretly in love with his hostile stepbrother (played by Akshay Khanna). Kaif's second release of the year was Anees Bazmee's production Singh Is Kinng, opposite Akshay Kumar. The film was a big success at the box office. Kaif's final release of the year, Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, was a commercial failure, but its script has made its way into the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for artistic merits, original screenplay with a substance, and the film as a whole.
Kaif's first release for 2009, New York, with John Abraham, was a critical and commercial success. Kaif's performance was highly regarded. Wrote critic Taran Adarsh, "Katrina gives you the biggest surprise. Known for her glamour roles, Katrina proves that she can deliver if the director and writer offer her a role of substance. She's outstanding. In fact, people will see a new, different Katrina this time."
She next played a bit role as a biker chick in the multi-starrer action film Blue, popularly known as India's first underwater thriller, which performed decently at the box office. The film was not successful.
At the year's end, she appeared in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, with Ranbir Kapoor, and De Dana Dan with Akshay Kumar. Both films were commercial successes.
Kaif's first film of 2010 was Raajneeti, where she appeared opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film did extremely well at the box office, receiving a blockbuster status. She is currently filming Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan with Akshay Kumar. The film is set to be released on 24 December 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 1994. During her career, Rai has acted in over 40 movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali, which include a number of international productions.
Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world,Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali's next project, Devdas (2002), for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
After a low phase in her career during 2003–2005, she appeared in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her biggest Bollywood commercial success. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), and Enthiran (2010) which were commercially and critically successful. Rai has thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Indian film industry.
Aarti Chhabria
Aarti Chhabria , born 21 November 1982 is an Indian actress and a former model, who appears in Bollywood, Telugu and Kannada movies.
Career
Aarti was modeling since the age of 3 years. She was the Farex Baby, and appeared in several commercials like, Maggi Noodles, Pepsodent Tooth Paste, Clean and
Clear Facewash, Amul Frostick Ice-cream, Lml Trendy Scooter, Krach Cream.
After completing her education, Aarti shot into fame when she was crowned Miss India in 2000.[2] She then appeared in the music video of
Sukhwinder Singh's "Nashi Hi Nasha"; one titled 'Madhubala', one for Adnan Sami's "Roothe Hue Hai Kyo" from the album Tera Chehra.
She made her debut in Bollywood with Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai in 2002, but before that she had also acted in a cameo role in Akansha and Lajja in 1989
and 2001 respectively. She portrayed the roles of an NRI tapori in Awara Paagal Deewana, of a woman with a split personality in Raja Bhaiya, a conservative
Muslim belle who is a bar dancer, in love with an underworld don in Shootout at Lokhandwala, or a Christian housewife in Daddy Cool.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Asin
Asin Thottumkal born 26 October 1985, known mononymously as Asin is an Indian film actress from the state of Kerala.
Making her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikkad's Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), Asin had her first commercial success with Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Award for the Best Telugu Actress for the film.
After a number of films, she received her second South Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in her second Tamil film, Ghajini (2005). She played the lead female roles in hits, the thriller Ghajini (2005) and the action comedy Varalaru (2006). More recently, Asin made her début in Bollywood, with Ghajini, the remake of its Tamil namesake, subsequently winning the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.
Career
Asin Thottumkal debuted in a supporting role in Sathyan Anthikkad's Malayalam film Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka in 2001, at the age of 15. After taking a year out to pursue her education, Asin returned with her breakthrough film as an actress, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi opposite Ravi Teja, portraying a Tamil girl in her first Telugu language film, which subsequently fetched her the Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress. In the same year she won the Santosham Best Actress Award for her performance alongside Nagarjuna in her second Telugu film, Shivamani. Her following two Telugu films, Lakshmi Narasimha and Gharshana, both portrayed Asin as the love interest for police officers, giving her two successful films, cementing her place as a leading actress in the Telugu film industry.
Asin's first Tamil language film was M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi, in which she co-starred with Jayam Ravi. Asin reprised her role from her film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi for the remake, which saw her portraying a Malayali girl instead of the Tamil girl in the original. The movie subsequently went on to become one of the biggest hits in Tamil cinema during 2004, introducing Asin to Tamil film industry. After a brief return to Telugu films, to do Chakram, she appeared in Ullam Ketkumae. The film, initially launched in 2002, was originally meant to be the launch for Asin as a lead actress, along with then-debutants Arya and Pooja Umashankar. The college love story, directed by Jeeva, was long-delayed but eventually became a successful venture at the box-office, creating wider opportunities for her and the rest of the lead cast.
After the release of Ullam Ketkumae, Asin was cited as a leading heroine after signing films with prominent actors of the Tamil industry in Ghajini, Majaa, Sivakasi and Varalaru respectively. The film which provided the breakthrough for Asin was Ghajini. The film, co-starring Surya and Nayantara and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, earned her the Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Her role was that of a vivacious young model named Kalpana. Sify.com praised her portrayal as "magical", descriving her character as a "lovable chatterbox", played with "sheer ability in the romantic interludes, the poignant and heartfelt scenes when she rescues minor girls from villains and her gory end are touching". The following Diwali in 2005, Asin had two releases, Sivakasi and Majaa. Despite the latter becoming an average grosser, the former went on to be a successful venture at the box office, despite Asin's poorly etched out role.
The following year, her long-delayed venture, Varalaru opposite Ajith Kumar, became the biggest blockbuster of 2006 in Tamil cinema. The film's hero-centric plot retreated Asin to the sidelines, but her role was well acclaimed by critics.1 Asin appeared in Pawan Kalyan's Annavaram, another successful venture in which she had a poorly-etched out role.1 In January 2007, Asin appeared opposite Ajith Kumar and Vijay in two different films, Aalwar and Pokkiri, with the latter becoming a success, whilst Aalwar became a failure. Whilst Asin's role in Aalwar was criticized, her performance in Pokkiri was lauded by critics.11 Her final project of the year was opposite in Hari's Vel, which had a Diwali 2007 release, subsequently becoming her third successful film which released during the Diwali season in three years. Asin, who portrayed a TV anchor, was appreciated for her role in the film.1
Asin appeared in her first dual role in K. S. Ravikumar's magnum opus Dasavathaaram opposite Kamal Haasan, who portrayed ten roles. The film, which was under production since September 2006, became Asin's largest film till date. Despite being overshadowed by Haasan's ten roles, Asin's portrayal's in the film were praised as her "best-to-date" with one of her roles being that of a Vaishnavite in the 12th century; whilst the other character was a Brahmin girl from Chidambaram.1 Dasavathaaram subsequently went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters in South Indian film history.1 Since establishing herself as the leading actress in South India, Asin opted to move into Bollywood, to get nationwide fame. Her first film, Ghajini opposite Aamir Khan was the remake of her breakthrough film of the same name. Upon release, the film garnered positive reactions from critics and masses alike, with Asin being singled out for her "fabulous" portray. Noted critic, Taran Adarsh describes her Hindi debut as "fabulous" and that "to share the screen space with an actor of the stature of Aamir Khan and yet remain in your memory even after the show has ended is no cakewalk. She looks fresh and photogenic and acts her part brilliantly", giving Asin's performance a positive outlook.1 Asin later appeared in Vipul Shah's London Dreams alongside Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, in which she played a member of a five-troupe band.
Nayantara
Diana Mariam Kurian (born on 18 November 1984), best known by her stage name Nayantara , is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. After several commercial successes such as Chandramukhi, Ghajini, Billa and Yaaradi Nee Mohini, she has established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Tamil cinema.
Career
Diana was spotted when she was still in college by director Satyan Anthikkad, who cast her opposite Jayaram in the 2003 Malayalam film Manassinakkare. Later, she co-starred alongside Mohanlal in Natturajavu and in Fazil's Vismayathumbathu. She was also cast with Mammootty in Thaskaraveeran and Raapakal.
She subsequently started appearing in Tamil and Telugu films. 2005, she was cast opposite Sarath Kumar in Ayya, debuting in the Tamil film industry, and followed it up with Chandramu khi. The comedy horror film, in which she starred alongside Rajinikanth, became one of the most successful Tamil films in history, running for over 700 days in theatres, turning Nayantara eventually in one of the most-sought after actresses in Tamil. Later that year her third Tamil film, A. R. Murugadoss' Ghajini released, where she played a secondary female character, which again was a commercially highly successful venture. She then made her debut in Telugu, starring in the film Lakshmi, following which she performed in Boss, alongside Venkatesh and Nagarjuna, respectively. She regained her star billing in Kollywood acting opposite Ajith Kumar in the Vishnuvardhan-directed Billa. The gangster film, a remake of the same-titled 1980 Tamil film, went on to become a blockbuster success at the box office.
In 2008 she had five releases, four of which in Tamil. Her first release, Yaaradi Nee Mohini was a huge hit and received seven nominations at the 56th Filmfare Awards South, including a Best Actress nomination for Nayantara herself for her portrayal of Keerthi. It was one of the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. Her subsequent releases, however, Kuselan opposite Rajnikanth, Sathyam opposite Vishal, Aegan opposite Ajith Kumar and Villu opposite Vijay were all unsuccessful. Her only successful release in 2009 was Aadhavan with Surya which released in October 2009, and become one of the few hits of 2009 which ran for 100 days. Her latest movies which released in 2009 aadhavan (tamil), and in 2010 bodyguard (malayalam) and adurs (telugu) were hit and simha was a super hit.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Geetha
Geetha is an Indian actress who has performed in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. She debuted in the Tamil language film Bhairavi as Rajnikant’s sister. Since then she has acted in films of all the South Indian languages, and in a few Hindi films.
Film Career
Her first notable role in a Malayalam movie (she was mentored by director Kailasam Balachander) was her performance in Panchagni (based on the true life story of Naxalite revolutionary Ajita), opposite Mohanlal. Geetha was nominated for that year's national award for best actress.[citation needed] The role in Panchagni was the turning point for Geetha and made her a star.[citation needed] Some of her other notable films include Vatsalyam, Sughamo Devi, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Aadharam, and Aavanazhi and Puthu Puthu Arthangal.
She has over 100 south Indian Films including over 50 Kannada Films to her credit.
Geetha also acted in Tamil tele-serials like Kai Alavu manasu and Engirindho Vanthaal.
After her marriage in 1997- she quit acting for a brief period- however she has returned to the Industry and has acted usually as the hero's mother in movies like Santhosh Subramaniam and Something Something.
Anu Haasan
Anu Haasan born Anuradha Chandrahaasan on 15 July 1970 is a Tamil actress and TV anchor. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed film Indira (1995) and has since appeared in a few Tamil-language films, playing minor supporting roles. She currently hosts the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu on the Tamil channel Vijay. A versatile personality, she is also an entrepreneur, model, musician and martial arts expert.
Film Career
She stepped into acting, when she enacted the titular role in the 1995 Tamil film Indira, directed by her cousin Suhasini Mani Ratnam. Afterwards, she appeared only in a few films, playing minor supporting roles such as the mother, sister or wife character of the lead actor. Among her films, her notable ones are Run (2002), in which she starred as the protagonist's sister, which earned her Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Nala Damayanthi (2003).
By 2000, she ventured into television,acting first in the series Anbulla Snehgidhiye, which was adapted from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's award winning novel Sister of My Heart.For her performance in the series, she received accolades and several awards. She then starred in a number of TV series like Avan Aval Avargal, Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu and Vivahita (Malayalam), following which she turned anchor for the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu (named after herself), aired on Vijay TV. The show, which she hosts now for over three years, soon became very popular and made her ultimately a household name in Tamil Nadu.
In addition, Anu has worked as a dubbing artiste as well, lending her voice for many non-Tamil-speaking actresses, including Raveena Tandon, Preity Zinta and Geetu Mohandas.
Abhirami
 
Abhirami (born on 26 July 1983 as Divya Gopikumar) is an Indian film actress, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.
Her height helped her in starting her career as a TV anchor for the program Top Ten aired on Asianet Channel. She is a versatile singer also. She acted in a small role in a Malayalam film Pathram in 1999. Later she acted in hit films like Millennium Stars, Njangal Santhushtaraanu, Sraddha etc.
Film Career
She acted opposite top actors in Malayalam film industry including Superstar Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram etc. Later she shifted to Kollywood starring in films like Middle Class Madhavan, Samudhiram etc. She acted opposite Prabhu, Sharath Kumar, Arjun etc in Tamil. Her first Tamil film was Vanavil opposite Arjun.The biggest film of her career is Virumaandi opposite Acting Legend Kamal Hassan. She won lot of critical accolades for the role she portrayed in the film. Besides Tamil and Malayalam, she acted in Telugu and Kannada films and was a popular actress in Tollywood.she acted opposite Superstar Upendra in the film Raktha Kanneeru in 2004 and in Sriram opposite superstar Shivrajkumar.
Before acting in films, She acted in a 100 episode Malayalam serial Akshaya Pathram by Sreekumaran Thampy. She also starred as a child artist in renowned director Adoor Gopalakrishnan's movie Kathapurushan.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
1995 | Kathapurushan | | Malayalam | |
1999 | Pathram | Shilpa Mary Cherian | Malayalam | |
2000 | Shraddha | Swapna | Malayalam | |
Njangal Santhushtaraanu | Geethu | Malayalam | | |
Millennium Stars | Radha | Malayalam | | |
2001 | Melevaryathe Malaghakuttikal | Devika | Malayalam | |
Vaanavil | Priya | Tamil | | |
Middle Class Madhavan | Abhirami | Tamil | | |
Dosth | | Tamil | | |
Samudhiram | | Tamil | | |
Charlie Chaplin | Mythili Ramakrishnan | Tamil | | |
2002 | Thank You Subbarao | Susi | Telugu | |
Karmegham | Abhirami | Tamil | | |
Samasthanam | | Tamil | | |
2003 | Laali Haadu | Sangeetha | Kannada | |
Raktha Kanneeru | Chandra | Kannada | | |
Charminar | Keerthi | Kannada | | |
Sriram | Vasundhara | Kannada | | |
2004 | Cheppave Chirugali | Radha | Telugu | |
Virumaandi | Annalachmi | Tamil | |
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tamannaah Bhatia
Tamannaah Bhatia born 21 December 1989 is an Indian film actress and model.She has appeared in Tamil films as well as Hindi films. She made her acting debut in her only Hindi film so far, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra that released in 2005, before working in the major South Indian film industries.
Bhatia made her Telugu debut the same year with Sri and the following year appeared in her first Tamil film Kedi. In 2007, she starred in the two college-life based drama films, Happy Days in Telugu and Kalloori in Tamil, which both earned her critical acclaim. Following commercial successes with Padikathavan (2009), Ayan (2009) and Paiyaa (2010), she established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Tamil film industry. She also has experience as a model and has appeared in various television advertisements.
Film Career
Bhatia started her acting career with a Hindi film, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra that released in early 2005, which remains her only Bollywood release till date. The same year, she debuted in the Telugu cinema as she appeared in the film Sri in which she played the leading female role opposite Manoj Kumar. In 2006, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry, starring in the film Kedi alongside Ravi Krishna and another newcomer Ileana D'Cruz. She essayed a negative role in the film, which did not do well at the box office.
In 2007, she had three releases. After her appearance in the unsuccessful Vyapari, she starred in the Sekhar Kammula-directed Telugu film Happy Days, which received highly positive reviews and became her first major box office success. Her next release was the Tamil drama film Kalloori, directed by Balaji Sakthivel that won her accolades and critical acclaim in Tamil as well.
In 2008, she again had three releases, but appeared in cameo roles in two of them. Her 2009 Blockbuster Tamil film Ayan, made her a leading actress. Her recent film Kandein Kadhalai, which is a remake of the 2007 Hindi blockbuster Jab We Met, has been declared a decent success. She enacted the role, originally played by Kareena Kapoor, and was praised by critics for her performance. Her recent 2010 release is Lingusamy's Paiyaa which is already declared a huge hit. She is currently acting in two Tamil films that are Thillalangadi alongside Jayam Ravi and Sura with Vijay.
Anushka Shetty
Anushka Shetty
Anushka Shetty born on 7 November 1981 as Sweety Shetty) is an Indian film actress, working in the Telugu and Tamil film industries.
Film Career
Shetty made her acting debut in Puri Jagannath's 2005 Telugu film Super alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna. The same year, she acted in another film Mahanandi, which was an unsuccessful venture. In 2006, she had four releases, the first being S. S. Rajamouli's Vikramarkudu opposite Raviteja, in which she portrayed the character Neeraja Goswami. The film went on to become very successful and got her much recognition, that eventually made her very popular in Andhra Pradesh. She next had starred in the film Astram, a remake of the 1999 Hindi film Sarfarosh, following which she debuted in the Tamil film industry, acting in the Sundar C.-directed action flick Rendu, sharing screen space with R. Madhavan. Later that year, she made a special appearance in A. R. Murugadoss' directorial debut in Telugu, Stalin.
Her first release in 2007 was Lakshyam, after which she starred in Raghava Lawrence's Don opposite Nagarjuna again, of which particularly the former did very well at the box office. 2008 she had appeared in six films overall; Okka Magaadu was the first release, in which she played one of three female leads. Her subsequent releases Swagatam alongside Jagapati Babu and Bhumika Chawla and Baladur opposite Ravi Teja again, garnered poor reviews and box office returns. She next appeared in the film Souryam pairing with Gopichand again, which became a box office hit.
In 2009, Shetty first starred in the film Arundati. The film, a heroine-centric film, in which she essayed two roles for the first time, was a critical as well as commerical success. Her performance, as Jejamma in particular, was highly critically acclaimed and fetched her her first Nandi Award. Her next film, the action flick Billa, a remake of the 2007 Tamil namesake, itself a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don, featured Shetty in an entirely contrary role to her role in Arundati. Her final release in 2009 was her second Tamil feature film, Vettaikkaran, in which she was paired with lead actor Vijay and which she was also successful. She is currently acting in another Tamil film Singam, whilst in Telugu her upcoming released include Vedam, Panchakshari and Kaleja, all scheduled to release in 2010.