Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (born 27 November 1975) is an Indian actress, model and singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, South cinema, and television.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
Suchitra Krishnamurthy
Suchitra was born on 9 March 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Telugu family,[5][6][7][8] Her father, V. Krishnamoorthi was a former commissioner of income tax and her mother, Dr Sulochana Krishnamoorthi was a historian and a professor.[7][9] Suchitra was married to the filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, but they divorced. They have a daughter named Kaveri Kapur.
Career
Suchitra started her career with the TV series Chunauti while still in school in the year 1987–1988.[10] She acted in a production of Peanuts: The Musical, a musical based on the famous comic strip Peanuts.[11] She played the character Lucy.[12] She appeared in television commercials endorsing products such as Palmolive soap, Clearasil, Sunrise Coffee, Limca and Colgate toothpaste.[citation needed] In 1994, she made her breakthrough in films with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a commercial and critically acclaimed hit, opposite Shahrukh Khan. She also starred in Kilukkampetti opposite Malayalam star Jayaram.[citation needed]
She pursued a music career in the mid- to late 1990s, releasing the pop albums Dole Dole,[13]Dum Tara, Aha and Zindagi.[14] She returned after 10 years in the film My Wife's Murder (2005), opposite Anil Kapoor.[15] The year 2010 saw the release of Rann, a film about the Indian media, directed by Ram Gopal Varma.[16] Suchitra played the role of a media executive named Nalini Kashyap.[15]
In 2022 Suchitra played the role of Nivedita in the critically acclaimed movie on Netflix " The " Odd Couple" opposite Divyendu Sharma"
Suchitra is a writer whose views were first noticed via her blogs.[citation needed] Her many blogs – first on www.intentblog.com, a site where she was invited to share her views by Deepak Chopra, "art in a body part" and "give me another break", and subsequently on her own site – have put Suchitra in many controversies.[citation needed] Suchitra's novel The Summer of Cool was released by Penguin India in January 2009 and met with huge success. It is her first in four called the Swapnalok Society series.[17] The second book in the series is titled The Good News Reporter, and The Ghost on the Ledge, the third part of the series, was released in 2016.[citation needed]
Drama Queen, a memoir by Suchitra released in November 2013, received positive reviews.[18][19] The first print of the book sold out within a week of its release.[20]
Drama Queen, a musical written by Suchitra and adapted from her book of the same title, opened at NCPA Mumbai in October 2016.[21] Drama Queen is still currently being staged all across India
"Odd Couple" a feature film starring Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Vijay Raaz and Divyendu Sharma was released on Amazon India in 2022. It trended on top ten on Amazon India for several months
^"Drama Queen is an unabashed, unapologetic take on my life: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi". The Times of India. 5 February 2017. ISSN0971-8257. Retrieved 17 April 2023. Proud of her Telugu roots, Suchitra never loses an opportunity to remind people of her Teluguness. "Often people think I am a Tamilian but my mother tongue is Telugu," she says, adding, "I have even included a few Telugu lines in Drama Queen!"
^ ab"How Actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy's Career Saw a Decline". News18. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. Suchitra was born on March 9, 1974, in a Telugu-speaking family in Maharashtra. Her father was a commissioner in the Income Tax Department while her mother was a professor and historian.
^S. B. Vijaya Mary (2 February 2017). "Even our choices are karmic". The Hindu. ISSN0971-751X. Retrieved 17 April 2023. Most people assume my mother tongue is Tamil, it's actually Telugu. Though being born and brought up in Mumbai, at home we mostly spoke English.
