Sangeetha | |
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Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Other names | Rasika |
Occupation | Actress/Dancer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse(s) | Krish (m. 2009–present) |
Sangeetha is an Indian film actress, model and female playback singer. She is known as Rasika in Malayalam movie industry. Making her acting debut in the mid-1990s, she is best known for her performances in the films Khadgam, Pithamagan, Uyir and Dhanam.
Sangeetha was born in Chennai, India, to Arvind and Bhanumathy. Her grandfather, K. R. Balan, is a film producer, who had produced more than 20 Tamil films. Also her father had produced several films. She has two brothers. Sangeetha is a Bharatanatyam dancer as she had learned Bharatanatyam during her school days.
She started her acting career in the late 1990s, beginning in an unreleased film opposite Venkat Prabhu titled Poonjolai and she performed primarily in low-budget films until her role in Telugu movie Khadgam, alongside Ravi Teja in 2002. Later she acted with Vikram, Surya Sivakumar and Laila in the National Award winning Pithamagan. Later, she appeared in the moderate hit Uyir as a possessive woman wanting her brother in law. She also played a minuscule role in Kaalai. Her last film in Tamil before marriage was Dhanam which won her lots of rave reviews.
She is a judge on Vijay TV's hit show Jodi No.1. She was one of the three judges along with Silambarasan and Sundaram in Jodi No.1 Season Two and with S.J.Suryaah and Sundaram in Jodi No.1 and with Jeeva and Aishwarya Dhanush in Jodi No.1 Season Three.