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Shrinivas Khale

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Birth name :- Shrinivas Vinayak Khale
Also known as :-   Khale Kaka
Born :-   30 April 1926, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Died :-   2 Sep 2011 (aged 85), Thane, Maharashtra
Genres :-   Indian classical music
Occupation :- Composer, Music Director
Instruments :- Harmonium
Years active :- 65 years
Father :-   Vinayak Kashinath Khale
Mother :-   Laxmi Vinayak Khale

Introduction
Pandit Shrinivas Vinayak Khale was an Indian composer/music director from Maharashtra, India. He was one of the most respected artists in the Marathi music industry for over six decades. He was the recipient of Padma Bhushan award in 2010
On behalf of Hridayesh Arts, a yearly award Swar Shrinivas Puraskar has been announced, the first recipient being Kamlesh Bhadkamkar who has spent 12 years as a music composer and worked closely with Kaka himself.

Work begin

Pt. Khale's compositions include numerous song in five languages – Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati and Sanskrit. He recorded 141 poems and composed music for six Marathi films (Yanda Kartavya Ahe-1956, Bolki Bahauli-1961, Palsala Pane Teen-year not known,Jivhala-1968, Porki-1970, and Sobati-1971 ; A film Laxmi Pujan-1952 was never released). He also provided music to theatrical playsPaanigrahan, Vidushak and Devache paay during his stint in Akashwani, Mumbai.
Kaka worked with many artists in the industry, including Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosale, Usha Mangeshkar, Suman Kalyanpur, Sulochana Chavan, Shobha Gurtu, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Veena Shahastrabuddhe, Devki Pandit, Madhurani, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Panditt Vasantrao Deshpande, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Sadhana Sargam, Dr. Balamurali Krishnan, Talat Mahmood, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Bhupender Singh, Mahendra Kapoor, Suresh Wadkar, Arun Date and more. He had also worked with his daughters and other young artists for balgeete (songs for kids) in his stint.
Kaka was also the only musician to bring along two Bharat Ratna recipient singers, Lata Mangeshkar and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi for a Hindi bhajan (devotional song) album Ram Shyam Gun Gaan. His last album "Nath Maza Mi Nathancha" was released in September 2009 which includes Abhangas and Bhaktigeetas by Saint Krishnadas.

Family

Pt. Khale was born in a Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family, having origins from Parali village in Kokan-Raigad zilla, Maharashtra, India. His father was Vinayak Kashinath Khale, and mother was Laxmi Vinayak Khale. His elder brother, Kashinath Khale, influenced his choice of a career in music.

His family moved to Baroda, where Khale began his music lessons with Kanchanlal, a Gujrati music teacher. He continued then with Pt. Bansilal Bharati, Gulam Rasool, Aftaab e Mousiqui Faiyaaz Khan Sahab, Ustad Atta Hussainkhan and then Pt. Madhusudan Joshi. It was from the latter two that he learned the Agra gharana gayaki.

Honors

(2012) Hridayesh Arts by Hridyanath Mangeshkar, Mangesh Padgaonkar, Yeshwant Dev and his disciples (in honor of 1st anniversary)
(2012) Swar Gandhar Pratisthan and Thane Viraat Samajik & Sanskrutik Manch (in honor of 1st anniversary)
(2011) Hridayesh Arts by Shri. Sushil Kumar Shinde
(2010) Shankaracharya, Sawan Kumar Tak (director), Governor of Maharashtra K. Shankarnarayanan at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai
(2010) BK Bhagat Pratishthan members of Thane
(2008) Mr. Kumar Ketkar, chief editor of Loksatta (marathi newspaper) and Hridayesh Arts
(2006) Dainik Lokmat by Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh
(2005) Ram Gabale (marathi film director)
(2005) Hridayesh Arts by Bharat Ratna Gansamradni Lata Mangeshkar
(2000) Atharva Pratishthan by Shiv Sena Pramukh Shri Balasaheb Thakrey
(1995) Suvarna Tabakadi / Golden Disc by Shri Naushad Ali through Hridayesh Arts
(1993) Shrimati Lata Mangeshkar Puraskar from Governor of Maharashtra P.C.Alexander at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai
(1991) Swaryatri Samaj Gaurav by Guruprathistan Mumbai on Doordarshan

Awards

(2010) Padma Bhushan Awards (2010–2019)
(2010) Big Marathi Music Award for "Best Music Director"
(2009) Sarva Shreshtha Puraskar
(2008) Swarna Ratna Puraskar and Music Director Datta Davjekar Puraskar
(2007) Sangeet Ratna Puraskar
(2007) Worldspace honour for outstanding contribution to Marathi music as Composer
(2006) Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar
(2003) Dadasaheb Phalke Trust Award
(2003) Samanvay Pratishthan Puraskar, Sudhir Phadke Puraskar, Bal Gandharva Puraskar
(2000) Mahalaxmi Puraskar
(1995) Golden Disc for completing 50 years in field of music
(1993) Lata Mangeshkar Award
(1970) Sur Sringar Puraskar

Anushka Sharma

anushka sharma

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Born :-   1 May 1988 (age 24), Bangalore
Occupation :-   Model, Actress
Father :- Ajay Kumar Sharma
Mother :-   Ashima Sharma
Years active :-   2008–present
debut film :-- Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)


Introduction

anushka sharma in 'Rab ne bana di jodi'

Anushka Sharma

In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and made her acting debut in Chopra'sRab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She received critical appreciation for portraying a vivacious wedding planner in the romantic comedy Band Baaja Baaraat (2010). Both films fetched her a Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards ceremony. She later won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Yash Chopra's romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).

Biography
Sharma was born in Bangalore, but her parents are from Uttarakhand. Her father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. She has an elder brother named Karnesh, who was a state-level cricketer and is now in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She then moved to Mumbai to further her modeling career.

Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films. She began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.
Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film was a huge success and her performance was appreciated. Film critic Taran Adarsh said, "Anushka looks the character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK and Anushka manages it very well from start to end." Her second film, Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7, 2010. She was praised for breaking out of the shell of the conservative and homely Taani to play the feisty and independent Bulbul, and her performance was applauded.

Anushka Sharma in Rab ne bana di jodi

She has two other projects on hand. She began shooting for her first venture outside of Yash Raj with Nikhil Advani and Akshay Kumar in Patiala House in December 2009. Patiala House is scheduled to be released on February 11, 2011. She has also started filming for her third Yash Raj Film, Band Baaja Baaraat, directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.

Personal Quotes

Anushka Sharma in Rab ne bana di jodi
with shaharukh

On memories of her first walk on the ramp: That was long time back when I was only 15. I was told that I should walk just like I walk on the streets and that's exactly what I did. Trust me it was really bad, but it was a great learning experience for me. I was very very very nervous; I started watching fashion shows and reading on fashion. Then I got really involved in it. And with the help of the models who taught me here I am. Now I think I can walk well on the ramp.

On what she does when she isn't modeling: I meet up with my friends; catch up on sleep. I love reading. I'm doing my majors in economics through correspondence because of the lack of time.

My hair is quite healthy. Since I have a contract with Sunsilk they do all the protein treatments for me. The hair pack that they apply makes my hair healthy.

I am blessed with very good skin, but because of the damage from all the make up we apply and pollution I wash my face regularly. I drink lots of water and try to be happy.

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Tani Sahni	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2010	Badmaash Company	Bulbul Singh
2010	Band Baaja Baaraat	Shruti Kakkar	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2011	Patiala House	Simran
2011	Ladies vs Ricky Bahl	Ishika Desai
2012	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Akira Rai	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013	Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola	Bijlee Mandola
2014	P.K.		Filming
2014	Bombay Velvet		Pre-production

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Oviya

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Born :- Apr 29, 1991 (age 21), Thrissur, Kerala
Birth Name :- Helen Nelson
Occupation :-   South Indian Actress
Years active :-   2008 - present
Education :- B.A.

Career

before director Sargunam approached her for Kalavani. The film saw her feature opposite Vimal, and the film subsequently gained positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit at the box office. She subsequently received several offers. She was seen in half-a-dozen films in the following 12 months, including a guest appearance in Kamal Haasan's Manmadhan Ambu and the Kannada and Telugu remakes of Kalavani, in which she reprised her character from the original. She is shooting for several Tamil films, including Pandiraj's Marina, Sundar C.'s Kalakalappu andSilu Silunu Oru Kadhal, opposite her Kalavani co-star Vimal.She also has acted in Moodar Koodam, Madha Yaanai Koottam and Pulivaal.

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2007	Kangaroo	Josekutty's sister	Malayalam
2008	Apoorva	Pooja	Malayalam
2009	Puthiya Mukham	Meera	Malayalam
2010	Kalavani	Maheswari	Tamil	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
	Manmadan Ambu	Sunanda	Tamil
	Puthumukhangal	Varsha	Malayalam
2011	Muthukku Muthaaga	Shwetha	Tamil
	Kirataka	Nethra	Kannada
	Manushyamrugam	Sophie	Malayalam
2012	Marina	Sopnasundari	Tamil
2012	Kalakalappu	Maya	Tamil	Edison Awards for Female Rising Star
2013	Sillunu Oru Sandhippu	Geetha	Tamil
	Moodar Koodam	Karpagavalli (Kapuli)	Tamil
	Madha Yaanai Koottam	Ritu	Tamil
2014	Pulivaal	Monica	Tamil
	Agarathi		Tamil	Post-production
	Yaamirukka Bayamey		Tamil	Post-production

Raja Ravi Varma

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Born :-   Apr 29, 1848 at Kilimanoor,Trivandrum
Died :- Oct 2, 1906 (aged 58) Kilimanoor, Trivandrum
Occupation :-   Painter
Father :-   Ezhumavail Neelakanthan Bhattatiripad
Mother :-   Umayamba Thampuratti
Spouse(s) :-   Pururuttathi Nal Bhageerathi Amma Thampuran
Children :-  Kerala Varma,  Rama Varma , Ayilyam Nal Mahaprabha Thampuran, Thiruvadira Nal Kochukunji Thampuran, Ayilyam Nal Cheria Kochamma Thampuran.

Introduction

Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Ravi Varma achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata andRamayana. His paintings are considered to be among the best examples of the fusion of Indian traditions with the techniques of European academic art. His families last descendant is Niranjitha Pattathil. Thus during his lifetime Varma is most remembered for his paintings of sari-clad women portrayed as shapely and graceful. Varma's paintings became an important motif in of the time, reproductions being found in almost every middle-class home. His exposure in the west came when he won the first prize in theVienna Art Exhibition in 1873. Raja Ravi Varma died in 1906 at the age of 58. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art.

About his Life

"Galaxy of Musicians", Indian women dressed in regional
attire playing a variety of musical instruments
popular in different parts of the country

Raja Ravi Varma was born as Ravi Varma Koil Thampuran of Kilimanoor palace, in the erstwhile princely state ofTravancore (Thiruvithankur) in Kerala. His father Ezhumavail Neelakanthan Bhattatiripad was an accomplished scholar, and his mother Umayamba Thampuratti (died 1886) was a poet and writer whose work Parvati Swayamvaram was published by Raja Ravi Varma after her death. His siblings were C. Goda Varma (born 1854), C. Raja Raja Varma (born 1860) and Mangala Bayi Thampuratti, who was also a painter.

At a young age he secured the patronage of HH Maharajah Ayilyam Thirunal of Travancore (a relative) and began formal training thereafter. He was trained in water painting by Rama Swami Naidu and later in oil painting by Dutch portraitistTheodor Jenson.

Raja Ravi Varma High School at Kilimanoor was named after him. There are many cultural organizations throughout Kerala in his name. His palace is nearly six kilometers from Ponganadu, 7.7 kilometers from Pazhayachanda and 36 km from Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala.

Damayanti sending a message
to Nala via a swan

Raja Ravi Varma was married to Pururuttathi Nal Bhageerathi Amma Thampuran (Kochu Pangi) of the Royal House of Mavelikara and they had two sons and three daughters.

Their elder son, Kerala Varma, born in 1876 went missing in 1912 and was never heard of again. Their second son was Rama Varma (born 1879), an artist who studied at the JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, married to Srimathi Gowri Kunjamma, sister of Dewan PGN Unnithan.

Raja Ravi Varma's eldest daughter, Ayilyam Nal Mahaprabha Thampuran, appears in two of his prominent paintings and was mother of Maharani Pooradam thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore. He had another daughter, Thiruvadira Nal Kochukunji Thampuran, grandmother of Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Maharajah. His third daughter, born in 1882, was Ayilyam Nal Cheria Kochamma Thampuran.

His descendants comprise the Mavelikara Royal house while two of his granddaughters, including the said Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, were adopted to the Travancore Royal Family, the cousin family of the Mavelikara House, to which lineage the present Travancore MaharajaUthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma belongs. Well known among his descendants are writer Shreekumar Varma (Prince Punardam Thirunal), artists Rukmini Varma (Princess Bharani Thirunal) and Jay Varma, classical musician Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma and others.

The Maharashtrian Lady

Career

Raja Ravi Varma received widespread acclaim after he won an award for an exhibition of his paintings at Vienna in 1873. Raja Ravi Varma's paintings were also sent to the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893 and he was awarded two gold medals. He travelled throughout India in search of subjects. He often modeled Hindu Goddesses onSouth Indian women, whom he considered beautiful. Ravi Varma is particularly noted for his paintings depicting episodes from the story of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, and Nala andDamayanti, from the Mahabharata. Ravi Varma's representation of mythological characters has become a part of the Indian imagination of the epics. He is often criticized for being too showy and sentimental in his style. However his work remains very popular in India. His many fabulous paintings are available at Laxmi Vilas Palace of Vadodara.

The demi-god vulture Jatayu is struck down by the
demon Ravana, as Jatayu attempted to
intercede in the demon's kidnapping of Sita.

In 1904, Viceroy Lord Curzon, on behalf of the King Emperor, bestowed upon Raja Ravi Varma the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal. At this time his name was mentioned as "Raja Ravi Varma" for the first time, raising objections from Maharaja Moolam Thirunal of Travancore and besides, as per the Marumakkathayam tradition, the name of the maternal uncle (Raja Raja Varma) was prefixed to the name. Thereafter he was always referred to as Raja Ravi Varma.

In 1993, art critic Rupika Chawla and artist A Ramachandran jointly curated a large exhibition of Raja Ravi Varma's works at the National Museum, New Delhi. Considering his vast contribution to Indian art, the Government of Kerala has instituted an award called Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram, which is awarded every year to people who show excellence in the field of art and culture. Awardees include:

K.G. Subramaniam (2001)
M.V. Devan (2002)
A Ramachandran (2003)
Vasudevan Namboodiri (2004).
Kanayi Kunhiraman (2005)
V. S. Valiathan (2006)

Lucy Booth

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Born :-   28 April 1868
Occupation :-    Founder of The Salvation Army
Spouse(s) :- Emanuel Daniel Hellberg(1894)

Biography
Lucy Milward Booth was the eighth and youngest child of Catherine and William Booth, the Founder of The Salvation Army.

At the age of 16, Lucy and her sister Emma went to India to work with The Salvation Army there. Emma married Frederick Tucker in 1888. The Booth-Tuckers soon moved to London because of Emma's failing health, and Lucy followed.

On 18 October 1894 Lucy married Colonel Emanuel Daniel Hellberg, a Swedish Officer. As was the custom in the Booth family, the couple added 'Booth' to their married name, becoming Booth-Hellberg. They went on to have five children together: Emma, Eva, Lucy, Daniel and Ebba Mary Booth-Hellberg. Their son Daniel died in infancy in 1896.^[2] Lucy returned to India with her new husband and they together commanded the Indian Territory, taking on the names Ruhani and Raj-Singh respectively. They were appointed to France and Switzerland in 1896.

Lucy wrote the song Keep On Believing for The Salvation Army. In 1909 her husband died. She went on to become the territorial commander for Denmark, Norway, and South America before she retired in 1934. In 1933 he was admitted to The Salvation Army's most prestigious award, the Order of the Founder, "for long and exceptional service under peculiarly difficult circumstances, together with her readiness at all times to answer to the call of duty, particularly in the earlier years in India and France, and, latterly, in South America".

"Commissioner Lucy" died (or was Promoted to Glory) at Bromma in Stockholm on 18 July 1953, at the age of 85.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Samantha Ruth

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Born :-   28 April 1987,  Chennai
Residence :- Chennai, India
Other names :- Yasodha
Occupation :-   Model, Actress
Alma mater :-   Stella Maris College, Chennai
Years active :- 2007 - Present

Introduction

Samantha Ruth

Samantha Ruth Prabhu mainly works for the South Indian film industry. Samantha was brought up in Chennai and pursued a career in modeling during her late teens. Despite signing up to Ravi Varman'sMoscowin Kavery in 2007, her first release happened to be the critically acclaimed 2010 Telugu romance film, Ye Maaya Chesavedirected by Gautham Menon. She has then appeared in critically acclaimed and commercially successful Telugu films likeBrindavanam, Dookudu, Eega, Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu establishing herself as a leading contemporary actress in Telugu cinema.

Life Begin

Samantha Ruth in a puja

Born to a Malayali mother and a Telugu father, Samantha was brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu becoming fluent in the Tamil language. Despite her mixed regional background, Samantha has cited that she sees herself as a Tamilan, as she was brought up speaking Tamil and English at home. As part of her education, Samantha completed her schooling from Holy Angels Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, T. Nagar. She graduated with a commerce degree from Stella Maris College, Chennai.
In an interview with The Times of India, Samantha revealed that she is deeply in love and quite happy in her relationship. She stated, "We are going very strong and I am very happy". But the actress refused to say the name of the person. Later there were rumors that her boyfriend is Siddharth, her Jabardasth movie co-star. The duo even sparked the rumors of marriage on their visit to Srikalahasti temple together, along with some of their family members.

Career

Samantha Ruth

Samantha's first release was Indira Productions' Gautham Menon directed Telugu film, Ye Maaya Chesave. The film, simultaneous remade in Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, created much anticipation prior to release, primarily due to the first-time-collaboration between Menon and composer A. R. Rahman. The actress was signed up for the project in mid August 2009 and completed schedules across India and the United States for the film which released in February 26, 2010. The film portrays Samantha as the lead character of Jessie, which was also the working title of the film; a Malayali Christian girl living in Hyderabad, whom the male protagonist, played by Naga Chaitanya falls in love with. Upon release, Samantha received very positive reviews for her portrayal, with the film also garnering much critical acclaim. Critics at Sify claimed that Samantha was the "scene-stealer" and her beauty "is alluring" adding that "she was the girl to watch out for". Jeevi, from the Idlebrain reviews site, cited that "Samantha’s debut is one of the best heroine debuts in Telugu cinema" and that her "minute expressions she gave spoke volumes about her", whilst labelling the film as a "classic". Samantha, alongside her co-star, Naga Chaitanya, also appeared in a guest appearance in the Tamil version of the film. Both films emerged as grand successes in Tamil and Telugu respectively, propelling Samantha to sign bigger projects. She followed up her collaborations with Gautham Menon and A. R. Rahman by appearing in the music video for the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 promotional song, Semmozhiyaana Tamizh Mozhiyaam, which Menon directed and Rahman composed.
Samantha's next release was the Sathya Jyothi-produced romantic drama, Baana Kaathadi, opposite Adharvaa, which was actually the third Tamil film signed by her, but released first due to the delay of the other two projects. Following agreeing terms in early 2009, the film continued shoot for a year and after several postponements finally released in August 2010 to positive responses. In the film, Samantha plays a student of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), the first such role in Tamil cinema. Her next release, was Ravi Varman's Moscowin Kavery, initially her very first acting assignment, which began in August 2007, with Samantha, then briefly known as Yasodha, joining the team later in the year. The film introduced a host of new actors, with music carried out by Thaman, then making his debut in music composing. In an interview, much prior to release in 2008, Ravi Varman mentioned that he had decided that Samantha would be the lead actress for his film within three minutes after viewing one of her commercial assignments. In the interview, he went on to describe her as an actress with "intelligence" and "potential", whilst drawing comparisons with noted actress, Revathi. However, due to Ravi Varman's date conflicts with his projects as a cinematographer, the film languished in development hell, eventually releasing in August 2010. The film gained unanimously poor reviews from critics, however Samantha's performance was labelled as one of the sole highlights that the film offered. Samantha, during the making of the last three releases, had also signed up for the Narain starrer, Pookada Ravi in August 2008 to play the lead role of a modern girl. Despite the film continuing schedules at regular intervals, the film was stalled throughout 2009 and is unlikely to be released. Samantha went onto feature in Vamsi Paidipally's Brindaavanam in which she had a supporting role alongside NTR Jr and Kajal Aggarwal. Her role of Indu was well received despite being shorter in screen time than her previous roles and the film became her second successful Telugu film.

2011 - 2012 : Stardom in the Telugu cinema

Samantha Ruth performing a dance show

In 2011, Samantha made a guest appearance as a mentally ill patient in Gautham Menon's Nadunisi Naaygal, before featuring in the big budget Telugu film, Dookudu, along sideMahesh Babu. The film was a blockbuster. The film opened to positive review with critics from CNN-IBN labelling the film as "a treat for Mahesh's fans", adding that Samantha "looks good in song sequences"^[26] The Times Of India also praised the film mentioning that "Samantha looks beautiful and has done a great job, though her role as Prashanthi isn't too lengthy".^[27] The film took the largest ever opening for a Telugu film and grossed

12.58 crores on the first day of its release. In 2012, Samantha made a guest appearance in Gautham Menon's Ekk Deewana Tha which was the remake of director's own films, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Ye Maaya Chesave, repeating her role from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. She was then featured in S. S. Rajamouli's live action Telugu-Tamil bilingual project Eega/Naan E.^[28] The film was a blockbuster and Samantha was praised for her acting. She then signed on Gautham Menon's trilingual project,^[29] playing the female lead in all three languages — Telugu, Tamil and Hindi and shooting all scenes thrice with different co-actors. ^[30] The Telugu and Tamil versions titled Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu and Neethaane En Ponvasantham released in December 2012, while the Hindi version, Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau has been delayed and is expected to be released in 2013.

2013 onwards

In the beginning of 2013, she appeared in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu that featured Venkatesh and Mahesh Babuin the lead, marking her second film with Mahesh Babu. The film was critically and commercially successful and her performance was praised by critics along with the other female lead, Anjali. Mahesh S Koneru of 123telugu.com commented on her performance stating "Samantha is beautiful and adorable in this movie. Her cute expressions and romantic scenes with Mahesh Babu make you want to root for her". IBN Live too commented positively on her performance stating "Good to see Samantha shed her glamorous side and welcome performance-oriented roles, which she only handles with deftness and ease". Later, in February, she played the lead role in Nandini Reddy's Jabardasthco-starring Siddharth. The film, which was an unofficial remake of the 2010 Hindi film Band Baaja Baaraat was commercially unsuccessful. Oneindia Entertainment in their review commented "Samantha has good scope in the film and her bubbly characterisation is entertaining. The actress will surely impress you in both romantic and emotional sequences. Her belly dance in the song 'Meghamala' is very hot". She then starred in Trivikram Srinivas' Attharintiki Daaredhi with Pawan Kalyan, which released to positive reviews and is touted to become the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year. Samantha's next film Ramayya Vasthavayya directed by Harish Shankar, featuring NTR Jr released to mixed reviews on October 11, 2013. Autonagar Surya opposite Naga Chaitanya under the direction of Deva Katta will be Samantha's first release in 2014.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Ye Maaya Chesave	Jessie	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Nandhini	Tamil
2010	Baana Kaathadi	Priya	Tamil
2010	Moscowin Kavery	Kaveri Thangavelu	Tamil
2010	Brindavanam	Indu	Telugu
2011	Nadunissi Naaygal	Asylum Patient	Tamil	Cameo appearance
2011	Dookudu	Prashanthi	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2012	Ekk Deewana Tha	Samantha	Hindi	Cameo appearance
2012	Eega	Bindu	Telugu
2012	Naan Ee	Bindu	Tamil
2012	Neethaane En Ponvasantham	Nithya Vasudevan	Tamil
2012	Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu	Nithya Yalavarthi	Telugu
2013	Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu	Geetha	Telugu
2013	Jabardasth	Shreya	Telugu
2013	Autonagar Surya	Sirisha	Telugu	Post-production
2014	Manam	Nithya	Telugu	Post-production
2013	Ramayya Vasthavayya	Akarsha	Telugu
2014	Anjaan		Telugu	Filming
2014	Production No.4		Tamil	Filming
2014	Kaththi	Veni	Tamil	Filming

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2011	CineMAA Awards	CineMAA Award for Best Female Debut	Ye Maaya Chesave	Won
	58th Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu		Nominated
	58th Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South		Won
	Nandi Awards	Nandi Special Jury Award		Won
	TSR TV9 Film Awards	TSR TV9 Best Heroine Award		Won
	Vijay Awards	Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress	Baana Kaathadi	Nominated
2012	59th Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu	Dookudu	Nominated
2012	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actress – Telugu	Dookudu	Nominated
2013	Vikatan Awards 2012	Best Actress - Tamil	Neethaane En Ponvasantham	Won
2013	TSR TV9 Film Awards 2012	Best Actress - Telugu	Eega	Won

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