Meera Mitun

Meera Mitun is a model and actress, who has appeared in Tamil language films. After beginning her career as a print model, she became an actress, making her debut with a supporting role in 8 Thottakkal (2017).

Meera Mitun
Born
Tamizhselvi Mani

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationModel, actress
Years active2015–present

Career

As a model

In mid-2013, Mitun was spotted by choreographer Ganesh Guru, who convinced her to try out as a model. After a few auditions, she took part in her first fashion show for Co-Optex, a wedding saree brand. She moved on to work with brands such as Kingfisher and competed in the Miss Face of Chennai beauty pageant.[1] Mitun took part in the Miss Madras 2015 pageant, finishing as a runner-up behind Deepika Murali.[2] By 2015, she was a regular participator on the Chennai modelling and social scene, notably featuring on the Cinema Spice Chennai Fashion Calendar.[3][4]

She took part in Star Vijay's Jodi Number One show in early 2015, as a part of its eighth season, and was thrown out after the judges were unhappy with her attitude.[5]

In 2016, she was crowned Miss South India 2016 at the zonal rounds of the Miss Queen of India 2016 pageant. She competed with eighteen candidates from five southern states to win the title[1][6][7](She was then dethroned following misconduct and fraudulent activities.[8])

Following her victory, Mitun worked on a deal with sponsors Natural to mentor and handle the audition process for the competition for girls from Tamil Nadu.[9]

In 2017, she helped set up the fourth Miss Tamil Nadu beauty pageant, under her newly designated role as Regional Director of Tamil Nadu Miss South India.[10][11]

Mitun garnered criticism from audiences for posting a topless picture to mark Tamil New Year in 2018.[12]

She soon fell out with the organisers of the Miss Tamil Nadu beauty pageant, and chose to create her own competition titled Miss Tamil Nadu Diva for 2019. She later alleged that Ajith Ravi, an organiser of the Miss Tamil Nadu beauty pageant, had sent her death threats to stop her from going ahead with the event.[13] Ravi denied her allegations and labelled that Mitun had engaged in fraudulent behaviour, taken money from other designers and cheated potential contestants.[14] Soon after, the organisers of Miss South India decided to revoke her 2016 title, owing to her fraudulent activities. The title was later given to Sanam Shetty.[15] She was subsequently quizzed and then given anticipatory bail in relation to criminal charges.[16]

As an actress

Mitun's first acting assignment was in Gautham Menon's Yennai Arindhaal (2015) as a friend of the character played by Trisha. She shot for the film in late 2014 and appeared in scenes alongside Trisha and Ajith Kumar, but her character did not make the theatrical cut. During 2016, she shot for a small role in Elan's unreleased fantasy film Graghanam, and for a supporting role in 8 Thottakkal (2017), which became her first film release.[1][17][18] Her next appearance was in Vignesh Shivan's heist comedy Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2018), where she portrayed a supporting role. The makers had approached her after seeing her first film, and cast her opposite Kalaiyarasan as an angry wife.[19][20]

In 2018, Mitun revealed that she had auditioned to play Trisha's character in Karthik Subbaraj's Petta (2019) alongside Rajinikanth, and that she was also meant to feature alongside Vikram in Kamal Haasan's production Kadaram Kondan (2019). Ultimately, she did not feature in either film.[21][22][23] Her next release was Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari (2019), an action drama film starring debutant actors.[24][25][26]

In June 2019, she took part in Star Vijay's Bigg Boss Tamil programme.[27] Upon her exit, Mitun received offers to feature in Pandiraj's Namma Veettu Pillai (2019) and Agni Siragugal (2020). However, in the following months, she complained after her role was largely removed from the former film, and she was completely dropped from the latter film. She subsequently accused production studio Sun Pictures and actor Kamal Haasan for being involved in making the changes.[28][29]

Activism

Mitun announced on her Instagram page that she had been appointed as the state director of the anti-corruption commission in Tamil Nadu by the Government of India.[30][31] She was subsequently removed from the posting for non-compliance in a submitting a police clearance certificate.[32][33]

Personal life

Mitun was born as Tamizh Selvi.[34] She is from Chetpet and is the daughter of D. Mani, a civil engineer; and Shyamala, a homemaker. Her brother Thamizhamuthan is an engineer.[1]

She did her bachelors in microbiology from Ethiraj College for Women and her masters from SRM University.[35] She then briefly worked as a researcher at Dr Cherian's Foundation.[1][36]

Mitun is divorced following a brief marriage.[37]

Filmography
Films
YearFilmRoleNotes
20178 ThottakkalMaha
2018Thaanaa Serndha KoottamIniyan's friend's wife
2019Bodhai Yeri Budhi MaariRoshan's girlfriend
Television
YearProgrammeRoleChannelNotes
2015Jodi Number One – Season 8ContestantStar Vijay
2019Bigg Boss Tamil 3ContestantStar VijayEvicted Day 35

Controversy

Mitun released a couple of videos on her Big Boss housemates. S Ahmed Meeran, a well known Instagram roast content creator, featured those videos on his series TikTok Vaasigal.[38] The actress took to her social media and tried bashing Meeran by calling his roast content ‘misguiding and disrespectful’. This created a huge buzz among Big Boss fans and Meeran's followers.[39]

References
  1. "How a nerdy biotech grad became Miss South India 2016". Rediff.com. 20 January 2016.
  2. Sarumathi, K. (31 January 2015). "Queens of Mandaveli and Alwarpet". Thehindu.com.
  3. "Cinema Spice Chennai Fashion Calendar 2015 Preview and Party". Yashmith.com. 12 January 2015.
  4. "Sanchita Shetty turned on the charm at the launch party of Steam and Whistles pub at GRT Grand in Chennai | Chennai News". The Times of India. 31 May 2016.
  5. "Watch Bigg Boss 3 fame Meera Mitun thrown out of Vijay TV's Jodi No 1 show". Behindwoods.com. 16 July 2019.
  6. "Meera Mitun Crowned as Parfum Monde Dubai Confident Group Miss South India 2016". 10 January 2016.
  7. "Women of grit & beauty on a walk to success". The New Indian Express. 6 November 2016.
  8. "Indian Beauty Pageant Winner Meera Mithun dethroned". EuropeTimes. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. Purushothaman, Kirubhakar (4 November 2016). "A new role for Meera Mithun". Deccan Chronicle.
  10. "Shreesha crowned Miss Tamil Nadu 2018". Dtnext.in. 1 November 2017.
  11. "Pegasus organises fourth 'Miss Tamil Nadu' beauty contest". Timesnew.co. 30 October 2017.
  12. "This Actress Posts a TOPLESS Photo and Wishes Happy Tamil New Year for TAMIL People – View Topless Pic Inside! – ApHerald". Indian Herald.
  13. "Miss Tamil Nadu winner Meera Mitun received death threats for conducting Miss Tamil Nadu Diva beauty pageant and files police complaint". Behindwoods.com. 31 May 2019.
  14. Menon, Thinkal (6 June 2019). "Meera Mitun says Joe threatened to kill her; he says she's a fraud". The Times of India.
  15. "Miss South India Title Stripped From Meera Mitun; Given To Sanam Shetty". Silverscreen.in. 4 June 2019.
  16. "Bigg Boss Tamil 3: High court grants bail to contestant Meera Mithun in cheating cases". The Times of India. 19 July 2019.
  17. "Ramp walk your way to Miss South India 2017". The New Indian Express. 18 October 2016.
  18. Balachandran, Logesh (9 May 2017). "It was little uneasy for me to see myself dirty onscreen". The Times of India.
  19. "8 Thottakkal fame Meera Mitun to act in Thaanaa Serndha Koottam". Behindwoods.com. 15 November 2017.
  20. Menon, Thinkal (15 November 2017). "Meera Mitun is acting in Suriya's film". The Times of India.
  21. "The model who was replaced by Trisha! – Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 5 January 2019.
  22. "Vikram to wrap up both his films on floors soon!". Sify.com. 9 July 2018.
  23. Subramanian, Anupama (5 January 2019). "Meera Mitun upset over missing chance to work with Rajinikanth". Deccan Chronicle.
  24. "Chennai-based model Pradaini Surva to debut with Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari". The New Indian Express. 3 February 2019.
  25. Subramanian, Anupama (7 April 2019). "Not averse to glam roles: Meera Mitun". Deccan Chronicle.
  26. Sharanya CR (6 April 2019). "Meera Mitun tells us why she is so choosy about the roles she picks". The Times of India.
  27. "Police summons Bigg Boss 3 fame Meera Mithun for inquiry". The New Indian Express. 3 July 2019.
  28. "Bigg Boss Tamil 3 fame Meera Mithun signs yet another biggie". The New Indian Express.
  29. "Bigg Boss' Meera Mitun Opens Up About Her Kollywood Woes". 11 October 2019.
  30. "பிக் பாஸ் மீரா மிதுனுக்கு மத்திய அரசு வேலையா? மீரா மிதுன் வெளியிட்ட செய்தி!". nakkheeran. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  31. G, Ezekiel Majello (19 November 2019). "Fashion model wields the whip". Deccan Chronicle.
  32. "Live Chennai: Meera Mithun removed from the post of TN state Director Anti corruption Commission,Meera Mithun, Tamilnadu State Director for Anti-Corruption Commission, Doctor and Entrepreneur Dr A Mohamed Hakkim as new Director". www.livechennai.com.
  33. Prasath, Rajendra (14 December 2019). "'நீயே ஒரு டுபாக்கூர்'.. மீரா மிதுன் பவரை பிடுங்கிய அரசு.. சோழமுத்தா போச்சா.. சிரிக்கும் நெட்டிசன்ஸ்!". tamil.filmibeat.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  34. "Meera Mithun releases her dad's photos that go viral - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  35. Sathish, Anusha (26 July 2019). "Police Officers Thronged Bigg Boss Tamil House to Enquire Meera Mithun". News Bricks. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  36. "Stepping Into The Big League". Magzter.com.
  37. Meera Mitun exclusive interview about Bigg Boss. Behindwoods.com (30 July 2019). Retrieved on 19 August 2019.
  38. "Ahmed Meeran is behind series 'TikTok Vaasigal'". The Statesman. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  39. "Instagram fame Ahmed Meeran gives it back to Bigg Boss Meera". in.style.yahoo.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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