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Chithra (actress)
Indian actress (1965–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chithra (21 May 1965 – 21 August 2021) was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films.[4][5] She had acted in more than 100 films.[citation needed] She acted along with Prem Nazir and Mohanlal in her first film Aattakalasam in 1983.[6] She was nicknamed "Nallennai Chithra" because of the fame she attained with the advertisement of an oil company she had acted in.[7]
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Personal life and death
She was born as second child among three children to Madhavan and Devi at Kochi in 1965. She has an elder sister Deepa and a younger sister, Divya. She studied at ICF Higher secondary school, Chennai.[8] She studied until tenth grade and could not continue her studies since she became busy with movies by then.
She was married to Vijayaraghavan since 1990. They have a daughter, Mahalakshmi born in 1992. She retired from films after her marriage. She resided at Saligramam, Chennai with her family. She acted in Tamil serials.[9] She died on 21 August 2021 in Chennai due to a sudden cardiac arrest.[10]
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Partial filmography
Malayalam films
Tamil films
Telugu films
Kannada films
Hindi films
Television
- Manasi (Doordarshan Malayalam)
- Kaialavu Manasu (Sun TV) as Kanchana
- Asaigal
- Udhyogasthan
- Saariyum Illai Thappum Illai - Micro Thodar Macro Sinthanaigal
- Nagamma (Telugu) as Indrani
- Kanavarukaaga (Sun TV) as Arundhati
- Malargal (Sun TV) as Indira
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