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Meena is a Actor Indian born on 16 september 1976 at Chennai (Inde)

Meena

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Birth name Meena Durairaj
Nationality Inde
Birth 16 september 1976 (47 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards

Meena is an Indian actress who has starred as a lead heroine in the South Indian film industry. Meena debuted as a child artist in Tamil film Nenjangal in 1982 and has later starred in films produced by various regional industries.

She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and several Hindi films. She is among the few actors who have been successful in all the South Indian languages. She is one of the most established actresses in the South Indian film industry. In addition to acting, Meena is a model, singer, dancer, TV host and occasional dubbing artiste.

Biography

Meena was brought up in Chennai by Tamil father Durairaj and Malayali mother Raj Mallika from Chirakkal Palace-Kannur Dist. She was enrolled in Vidyodhya schools in Chennai. Because of her busy acting schedule, she had to discontinue schooling in the 8th standard, later taking up private coaching and completing the 10th standard in vidyodaya schools in Chennai. She went on to get her master's in History from the University of Madras through the open university system in 2006. Meena is a trained Bharathanatyam dancer and speaks six languages: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and English.

Her mother has played a pivotal role in shaping her career and acted as her guide and advisor. Meena has always credited her mother for standing behind her as a pillar of strength. When the make-up artists failed to turn up at a remote village in Kakinada during the shoot of Bobbili Simham in 1994, Roja did Meena's hair for those two days and was much appreciated by Meena herself. Roja and Meena are best friends. Other close friends are actress Sanghavi, Sridevi Vijaykumar, Maheswari, and so on.

Meena married Vidyasagar, a Bangalore-based software engineer, on 12 July 2009 at Arya Vysya Samaj Kalyana Mandapam. The couple later visited Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh. The couple is back to Chennai to hold a reception at Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar Hall, in which all leading southern Indian actors participated. The couple has a daughter Nainika born on 1 January 2011 in Chennai.

Usually with

Senthil
Senthil
(21 films)
K.S.Ravikumar
K.S.Ravikumar
(8 films)
Vadivelu
Vadivelu
(18 films)
Vijayakumar
Vijayakumar
(18 films)
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
(17 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Meena (124 films)

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Actress

Drushyam
Drushyam (2014)
, 2h30
Directed by Sripriya
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Daggubati Venkatesh, Meena, Nadhiya, Kruthika Jayakumar, Esther Anil, Naresh Vijaya
Roles Jyothi
Rating82% 4.145254.145254.145254.145254.14525
Rambabu is a cable network operator who lives in Rajavaram, a village located in the Araku region, with his wife Jyothi and their daughters – Anju, a twelfth-grade student, and Anu, who is in secondary school. By virtue of his job, Rambabu spends a lot of time watching films in multiple languages. He does so with so much interest that he makes major life decisions by subconsciously taking on the behaviors of characters from these films.
Jagadguru Adi Shankara, 2h9
Directed by J. K. Bharavi
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Upendra, Mohan Babu, Sai Kumar, Srihari, Suman
Roles Gangadevi
Rating62% 3.1458153.1458153.1458153.1458153.145815
Adi Shankara (Kaushik Babu) is born at Kaladi of Kerala state to a Brahmin family. Soon Adi Shankara is born Agni Deva (Tanikella Bharani) says to Rudraksha Rushi (Mohan Babu) that he has only 8 years of life. So Rudraksha Rushi gives 24 years of life to Shankara from his span, at a cycle of every 8 years whenever Shakara's life is in trouble. After his father's death Shankara shows his remarkable power in acquiring mastery over four Vedas at the age of eight. When he is caught by a crocodile in Purna River, he seeks the permission of his mother to become Sanyasi and then only the crocodile leaves him. Reluctantly, his mother accepts his proposal and then the crocodile disappears. In search of a guru, he leaves for North India. Then he finds his guru, Govinda Bhagavatpada (Srihari). The guru teaches him 'Jala Stambhana', 'Agnisthambana','Vaayusthambana' and 'Parakaya Pravesha' (leaving one's own soul and entering others) etc. skills. Soon, Shankara decides to preach his Advaita Vedanta philosophy to the people who are quarreling among themselves in the name of castes and religions. Shankara teaches a lesson to one such person, Kapalikudu (Suman), who is responsible for the quarrels among the people. In another sequence, a Chandala (Nagarjuna Akkineni) proves to Shankara that all the people are equal before god. During his philosophical tour, Shankara gets a chance to debate with Mandana Misra (Sai Kumar). While Misra I about to give up, his wife Ubhaya Bharathi (Kamalinee Mukherjee) challenges Shankara by asking some question on sex and related questions. As he being a Sanyasi, he can't answer her questions. He then asks for a recess of 15 days. He later, do parakaya Pravesha and enters the dead body of a king (Mynampati Sreerama Chandra) then he makes love with the king's wives (Kamna Jethmalani) and learns and gets the answers for the questions posed by Udaya Bharathi. Although being a sage, he performs the rituals of his mother. This factor irks the elders of his religion. However, they repent for their act later. Finally, having occupied 'Sarvagnapeetha' of Kashmir, he gets salvation and disappears in Lord Shiva (Chiranjeevi).
Drishyam
Drishyam (2013)
, 2h44
Directed by Jeethu Joseph
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Mohanlal, Meena, Kalabhavan Shajon, Ansiba Hassan, Siddique, Asha Sarath
Roles Rani
Rating82% 4.148194.148194.148194.148194.14819
Georgekutty (Mohanlal) is an orphan who had dropped out of school after his 4th grade. Now he is a businessman running a cable TV service in a rural area. He is married to Rani (Meena) and they have two daughters, Anju (Ansiba Hassan) and Anu (Esther Anil). His only interest apart from his family is watching films. He spends most of his time in front of the TV in his small office.
Thambikottai, 2h30
Actors Narain, Poonam Bajwa, Prabhu, Meena, Santhanam, Sangeetha
Roles Shanmugapriya
Rating39% 1.9876451.9876451.9876451.9876451.987645
Azhagiri (Narain) and his sister Shanmughapriya (Meena) are siblings who live only for each other. Azhagiri is a student and his sister is a lecturer. Santhanam and co forms his more than one sidekicks and M. S. Baskar is their professor who invariable falls quarry to Santhanam’s unwitting jokes and intentional pranks. Azhagiri goes to Thambikkotai on an NSS field trip. There he falls in love with Kanaga (Poonam Bajwa) who is the daughter of the Amirthalingam (Rajendran), a rich-don of the village. Amirthalingam tries to kill government officers who want to repair a damaged bridge that connects the village with the outside world. The village has a connection to Azhagiri, his sister and their dead father, Shanmugam (Prabhu, which then forms an awesome climax).
Kadha, Samvidhanam Kunchacko
Genres Drama
Actors Sreenivasan, Meena, Shivaji Guruvayoor, Augustine, Janardhanan, Sona Nair
Roles Ann Mary
Rating36% 1.823671.823671.823671.823671.82367
Sreenivasan plays Kunchacko, a no-holds-barred money minter who has chopped off heads and hearts on his way to the top of the world. Getting married to Ann Mary (Meena) prompts him to turn a few new green leaves, though he soon figures out that making amends is not as easy as it seems.
Mariyadhai
Mariyadhai (2009)

Directed by Vikraman
Actors Meena, Meera Jasmine, Sampath Raj, Ambika
Rating15% 0.758320.758320.758320.758320.75832
The story unfolds in a small village near Pollachi. Annamalai (senior Vijayakanth) leads a contended life with his wife Alamelu (Ambika), his daughter Sumathy (Ammu) and his son Pichai (junior Vijayakanth). A caring a loving father, he even allows his son to change his name from Pichai to Raja, when he is made fun of by his friends when he was very young.
Kuselan
Kuselan (2008)
, 2h26
Directed by P. Vasu
Genres Drama
Actors Rajinikanth, Meena, Nayantara, Jagapati Babu, Sunil, Mamta Mohandas
Roles Sreedevi
Rating49% 2.4556852.4556852.4556852.4556852.455685
An emotional tale, the story is about two childhood friends Balakrishna (Jagapathi Babu) and Ashok Kumar (Rajinikanth). Balu does not stop at anything to make his friend feel happy. As time passes by, they take different paths and Balu becomes a barber in a small village called Siricilla. He gets married to Devi (Meena) and has three children and leads a happy life. However, his finances are dry and he is often led to the door of Dharmaraju (Dharmavarapu), the financier. On the other hand, Balu has tough competition from the more smart and clever Kantha Rao (Sunil) who has a saloon right opposite to his shop. Balu is a man with self-respect and honesty. His life continues to roll until one day there is news that a film shooting is going to happen in a place near their village and the hero of the film is Superstar Ashok Kumar (Rajinikanth). The news spreads like wildfire and Balu know this but hesitates to show himself as a friend of Ashok Kumar. On the other hand, folks around get to know the friendship of Balu and Ashok Kumar and in this process those who have been ridiculing him start doing favors for him only with the intention of meeting Ashok Kumar or at least watching him from outside. But hesitant Balu is unable to do what they want and soon people start shunning him, even his own children start showing anger towards him.
Kuselan
Kuselan (2008)
, 2h33
Directed by P. Vasu
Genres Drama
Actors Rajinikanth, Pasupathy, Prabhu, Meena, Nayantara, Vadivelu
Roles Sreedevi
Rating49% 2.4601552.4601552.4601552.4601552.460155
Balakrishnan (Pasupathy) is the owner of a barber shop in a remote village. His family consists of his wife Sridevi (Meena) and three children. Balakrishnan struggles to persuade customers to visit his barber shop while his competitor Shanmugham (Vadivelu), former worker of Balakrishnan who has his own barber shop across from Balakrishnan's, uses cunning means to make business in haircutting. Balakrishnan's downfall in business causes him to neglect paying his children's school fees. Although he struggles to make a living, he still enjoys spending time with his family.
Katha Parayumbol, 2h10
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Meena, Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Mukesh, Jasveer Kaur
Roles Sridevi
Rating76% 3.8410753.8410753.8410753.8410753.841075
The story revolves around the life of a barber named Balan (Sreenivasan) in a small village called Melukavu in Kerala. The barber is financially constrained and has to raise a family with three children. His wife Sridevi (Meena) is beautiful and belongs to a high caste who had eloped with him. He is not able to cope with the competition from a new air-conditioned beauty salon/parlor opened by Sarasan (Jagadeesh), opposite his shop. He does not get a license or a loan for the salon. He is in debt and is ridiculed by everyone in the village. Life is tough for him – he does not have money for a full square meal, leave alone for his children's school fees
My Autograph
Directed by Sudeep
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Sudeep, Meena, Srinivasa Murthy, Deepa Bhaskar
Roles Divya
Rating72% 3.6247953.6247953.6247953.6247953.624795
The movie begins with Shankar(Sudeep) , who runs an advertising agency, boarding a train to visit his native village to invite all his friends for his wedding.The journey to his childhood days begins there. The happenings in the school, his tussle with his friends and his first love with his classmate, Kamala (Deepu), are all pictured realistically. Shankar reaches the village and invites all including Kamala, who promises to come to the wedding, with her husband and three children.Then, he goes to Kerala where he had his college education. His major crush at that time was Lathika (Sreedevika), a Malayalee girl, with whom he falls in love but later the affair proves to be short- lived as her parents marry her off to her cousin, Madhavan. On reaching Kerala to invite her, Shankar is shattered to see his lover as a widow.Meanwhile, he is dejected at the failure of his love affair then and he comes across a trusted friend Divya (Meena), who instils confidence, unearths his hidden talents and teaches him the lesson that one has to go ahead in life without looking back. However, she does not reveal the tragedy that occurred in her past.