Aparna Gopinath

Aparna Gopinath
Aparna in 2014
Born
Kozhikode
Occupations
  • Film Actress
  • Theatre Actress
Years active2013–2019

Aparna Gopinath is an Indian film actress and theatre artist. She debuted in 2013, with the Malayalam film ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi opposite Dulquer Salmaan.

Early life

Aparna was born into a Malayali family in Chennai.[1] She was a theatre artist and contemporary dancer before her acting debut. She has associated herself with Koothu-P-Pattarai, an avant-garde theatre movement of Chennai, and had also acted in renowned plays like Six Characters in Search of an Author, Woyzeck, Moonshine, Sky Toffee, Sangadi Arinjo based on seven short stories of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and several Shakespearean plays.[2][3][4][5]

Career

Movie career

She debuted in movies with Martin Prakkat's ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi which became a super hit. She played the role of Madhumitha, a college student and the love interest of Dulquer Salmaan in the movie.[6] Her second movie as heroine was Asif Ali starrer Bicycle Thieves.[7]

She played the female lead in Mamas' Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 which is a sequel to 1995 cult comedy Mannar Mathai Speaking[8] and Boban Samuel's Happy Journey (2014) starring Jayasurya.[9] She played the role of a junior journalist in director Venu's film Munnariyippu starring Mammootty which fetched rave reviews for her acting skills.[10] She had signed Mohanlal-Priyadarshan film Ammu to Ammu but it was later shelved due to production difficulties.[11] In 2016, she completed Kranthi which saw no theatrical release.

Theater career

In Chennai, she was active in English theatre and was a part of plays like Six Characters in Search of an Author and worked with various theatre groups including Masquerade, The Little Theatre, Magic Lantern, Madras Players,[12] Koothu–p-Pattarai.[1] Over the years, she has directed[13] and acted in over 50 plays. Her favorite remains Moonshine And Skytoffeeby, by a Chennai-based group called Perch directed by Rajeev Krishnan.[12][14]

In 2014, she was a part of Under The Mangosteen Tree, an adaption of a Vaikom Muhammad Basheer tale.[15]

Awards

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref.
2013 ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi Madhumitha Debut film [6]
Bicycle Thieves Meera [7]
2014 Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 Nithya [8]
Happy Journey Ziya [9]
Gangster Lilly [19]
Munnariyippu Anjali [10]
2015 Onnam Loka Mahayudham ACP Tara Mathew [20]
Charlie Dr. Kani [21]
2016 School Bus Aparna [22]
2017 Sakhavu Neethi [23]
2018 Mazhayathu Anitha [24]
2019 Oru Nakshathramulla Aakasham Uma [25]
Safe Shreya Sreedharan [26]

References

  1. ^ a b Kumar, P. K. Ajith (10 April 2014). "Roll of roles". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ^ "I'm open to more challenging roles: Aparna Gopinath". The Times of India. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Aparna Gopinath". Facebook. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Aparna Gopinath". Rotten Tomatoes. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Aparna Gopinath Archives | Moviexpress.comMoviexpress.com". Moviexpress.com. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Aparna Gopinath dances her way to Mollywood". The New Indian Express. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Aparna Gopinath's next film with Asif Ali". Asianet. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ a b "Aparna Gopinath signs up for Mannar Mathai sequel". The Times of India. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Jayasurya's 'Happy Journey' starts rolling". Asianet. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ a b "'Munnariyippu' Teaser Featuring Mammootty and Aparna Gopinath Released". International Business Times. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Mohanlal, Priyadarshan to Team up for Big-Budget Multilingual Film". International Business Times. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Aparna Gopinath : Breaking All the Stereotypes! | RITZ". RITZ Magazine. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Christmas pantomime". The Hindu. 29 August 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2018.[dead link‍]
  14. ^ "Moonshine and Skytoffee: Bengaluru's tryst with timeless Basheer". OnManorama. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  15. ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (21 August 2014). "In search of freedom". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  16. ^ TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards: Shobhana, Prithviraj win best actor, actress awards Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Kerala9.com (20 January 2014). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  17. ^ Campus Cine Awards Archived 7 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Campus Cine Awards (6 January 2015). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  18. ^ "IIFA Utsavam 2017 (2016) Kannada Full Show, Nominees & Winners". Updatebro.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  19. ^ "'Gangster' features Nyla Usha and Aparna Gopinath in key roles". CNN-News18. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Tovino and Aparna Gopinath come together!". The Times of India. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Dulquer starts shooting for 'Charlie'". Sify. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  22. ^ "From Chic to Mommy: Aparna Gopinath". Deccan Chronicle. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  23. ^ "Aparna Gopinath plays an activist in Sakhavu". The Times of India. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  24. ^ "Aparna Gopinath on playing a mother in Suveeran's Mazhayathu". Deccan Chronicle. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  25. ^ "Aparna Gopinath in 'Oru Nakshatramulla Aakasham'". The Times of India. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Malayalam film 'Safe' explores violence against women". Gulf News. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.