Suvaluxmi

Suvaluxmi (born 19 August 1977) is an Indian actress who predominantly appeared in Tamil films. She also appeared in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada films.[2][3][4]

Suvaluxmi
Born	Suvalakshmi Munshi (1977-08-19) 19 August 1977 Kolkata
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994-2003
Parent(s)	K. C. Munshi Indranidevi[1]

Career

As a child, Suvaluxmi was passionate about Indian classical and folk dance forms and performed the art forms across regional shows. Her performance on stage was noticed by film director Satyajit Ray, who cast her as the female lead in the film adaptation of his story Uttoran (1994).[5] The film, which was completed by his son Sandip Ray following Satyajit Ray's demise, won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay in 1994 and was screened in film festivals around the world, including at Cannes.[6]

Alongside graduating with a degree of Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calcutta in 1998, Suvaluxmi acted as the female protagonist in several movies in South Indian languages.[7] She made her debut in Tamil films with Aasai (1995), a romantic thriller film directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. Suvaluxmi portrayed Yamuna and paired opposite Ajith Kumar, with her character being vigorously pursued by her brother-in-law, portrayed by Prakash Raj. Upon release, the film won positive reviews and performed well at the box office, with all three lead actors getting a boost in their career.[8] Her second film, Agathiyan's Gokulathil Seethai (1996) opposite Karthik, also performed well commercially and earned the actress critical acclaim. Despite the success of her first two films, Suvaluxmi's subsequent films failed to expand her initial popularity and she felt that the rise of glamorous roles for female actors in Tamil films, meant that she found it difficult to find apt characters to portray and was typecast as a homely girl.[9] In the late 1990s, she appeared in several Tamil films, though her roles and the performance of her films failed to get acclaim. In 2001, she opted to quit films and pursue a career as a lawyer and finally signed up to appear in Ponvannan's critically acclaimed film Nadhi Karaiyinile (2003), for which she won positive reviews, with The Hindu noting she gave a "heartrending enactment".[10] She was a leading homely actress during late 1990s from 1994 till 2003 and successfully completed 9 years in silver screen.

Personal life

She married professor Swagato Banerjee in 2002 and travelled to live in Geneva then San Francisco with her husband. In 2007, she turned down an offer from Mohan Raja to portray a supporting role in Santosh Subramaniam (2008) and restated her retirement from films.[11] Since her departure from the film industry, Suvaluxmi practised as a natural artist and graduated with a degree of Masters of Fine Arts in Illustration during 2013 from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.[12] In 2017, she also turned down an offer from Atlee to portray an important role in Mersal.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Uttoran	Manashi	Bengali film
1995	Aasai	Saraswathi (Yamuna)
1996	Gokulathil Seethai	Nila
1996	Kalki	Herself
1997	Kathirunda Kadhal
1997	Love Today	Sandhya
1997	Kadhal Palli	Uma
1998	Ponmanam	Maheswari
1998	Dinanthorum	Booma
1998	Santhosham	Bhavani
1998	Kavalai Padathe Sagodhara	Philomina
1998	Iniyavale	Meena
1998	Anuragakottaram	Anna	Malayalam film
1998	Nilaave Vaa	Sangeetha
1998	En Aasai Rasave
1999	Housefull	Indhu
1999	Suyamvaram	Ezhilarasi
1999	Ponvizha	Ponni
1999	Nee Varuvai Ena	Dream Bride	Guest appearance
1999	Kanmani Unakkaga	Sudha
2000	Eazhaiyin Sirippil	Thulasi
2000	Krishna Leele		Kannada film
2000	Maayi	Lakshmi
2000	Kannaal Pesavaa	Poongodi
2000	Durga	Ganga	Telugu film
2000	Pottu Amman
2001	Kanna Unnai Thedukiren	Maheswari
2001	Aandan Adimai	Maheswari
2003	Vani Mahal	Selvi
2003	Nadhi Karaiyinile	Jameela	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize

Television

She acted in Soolam Serial during 2001 aired in Sun TV.

References

1. "Suvalakshmi Profile". Nilacharal.
2. "Suvalakshmi's no to films". Indiaglitz. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
3. Rangarajan, Malathi (28 November 2003). "Nadhi Karaiyinilae". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
4. Ashok Kumar, S. R (23 August 2002). "Tamil film in Chinese fest". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
5. "Satyajit Rays son offers film tribute to his father". intoday.in. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
6. "UTTORAN - Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
7. "Rediff On The Net, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
8. Kamath, Sudhish (1 December 2001). "Realistic film-making". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
9. "Welcome to Sify.com". www.sify.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
10. "The Hindu : "Nadhi Karaiyinilae"". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
11. "Suvalakshmi's no to films - Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
12. "Bio". Suvaluxmi Banerjee. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

External links

• Suvalakshmi on IMDb