Kasthuri (actress)

Kasthuri
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Occupation	Film actress, model

Kasthuri is an Indian film actress, model and TV show anchor.

Career

Kasthuri debuted in the Tamil film Aatha Un Koyiley in 1991, and appeared in a number of Tamil films thereafter, including the horror film Rasathi Varum Naal, Government Mappilai, Chinnavar and Senthamizh Paatu alongside Prabhu Ganesan in 1992.

Kasturi was the subject of a 30-minute documentary film Kasthuri: A South Indian Film star made by Richard Breyer and N. C. Rajamani in 1995.

Although Kasthuri initially retired from film after her Hindi short film The Bypass in 2003, she made a come back in 2010 with the film Thamizh Padam.

Personal life

Kasturi was born at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her Father was an Engineer at I.I.T and mother was an advocate. She has a younger brother. She was an all rounder in school and had participated many completions like singing, dance and quiz. She was a rank holder in S.S.L.C and Plus two exams and the recipient of Gold medal. She was a state level hockey champion during school days. She was also an active member of National Cadet Corps (India) and became an RD cadet in air force wing. She also participated in the popular quiz show Master Mind India, hosted by Siddhartha Basu and made it to the finals in 2000. She has also done modeling before entering the movie industry. She won Miss Madras title in 1992. She has even participated in Miss India contest during 1994.

She appears in the photo-book A Beautiful Body Project: The Bodies of Mothers.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Co-stars
1991	Chakravarthy	Praseetha	Malayalam
1992	Aattha Un Koyilile	Kasturi	Tamil
	Chinnavar	Meena	Tamil
	Senthamizh Pattu	Shanmathi	Tamil	Prabu,Suganya,Vijayakumar,Manjula,Sujatha,Goundamani,Senthil
	Urimai Oonjalaadukirathu	Uma	Tamil
	Abhirami	Dhanam	Tamil
	Government Mappillai	Mallaria	Tamil
	God Father		Telugu
1993	Aathma		Tamil
	Rakkayi Koyil		Tamil
	Enga Muthalali	Kalyani	Tamil	Vijayakanth
	Pass Mark		Tamil
	Pudhiya Mugam		Tamil	Cameo Appearance
	Nippu Ravva	Bharathi	Telugu
1994	Thendral Varum Theru	Nalini	Tamil
	Jaana	Kasturi	Kannada
	Amaidhi Padai	Thayamma	Tamil
	Rajapandi	Ponnuthaayi	Tamil
	Aagaya Pookkal		Tamil
1995	Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava	Ammu	Malayalam
	Sindubath		Tamil
	Chinnamani		Tamil
	Kolangal	Uma	Tamil
	Agrajan	Sreedevi	Malayalam
1996	Ibbara Naduve Muddina Aata		Kannada
	Indian	Kasturi	Tamil	Kamalhasan,Suganya,Manisha koirala,Urmila madonkar,Manorama,Nedumudi venu
	Krishna		Tamil
	Soggadi Pellam		Telugu
	Merupu	Prema	Telugu
1997	Chilakkottudu	Kasturi	Telugu	Jagapati Babu
	Annamayya	Akkalamma	Telugu
	Maa Aayana Bangaram		Telugu
1998	Sneham	Radhika	Malayalam
	Mangalya Pallakku	Seethalakshmi	Malayalam
	Kaadhal Kavidhai	Kasturi	Tamil
	Thutta Mutta		Kannada
1999	Suyamvaram	Uma	Tamil
	Habba		Kannada
	Ladies Special		Tamil
	Panchapaandavar	Nandini	Malayalam
2001	Akase Veedhilo	Padma	Telugu
	Dosth		Tamil	Special appearance
	Engalukkum Kaalam Varum	Pooja	Tamil
	Premakke Sai	Vedha	Kannada
2002	Machakanni		Tamil
2003	The Bypass	Woman in the jeep	Hindi	Short film
2009	Malai Malai	Lakshmi	Tamil
2010	Thamizh Padam		Tamil	Special Appearance
	Gudu Gudu Gunjam	Malleeshwari	Telugu
	Don Seenu	Lakshmi	Telugu
2011	Pathinaaru	Ilavarasi	Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Thoonga Nagaram		Tamil	Special Appearance
2012	Naanga		Tamil
2013	Azhagan Azhagi		Tamil	Special appearance
	Naan Rajavaga Pogiren	Bharathi	Tamil
2014	Vadacurry		Tamil
	Naan Ponnu Ondru Kanden		Tamil	Special appearance
	Therodum Veedhiyile		Tamil	Special appearance Filming
	Andhra Mess		Tamil	Filming
	Areyrey		Telugu	Filming
	Kadhal 2 Kalyanam		Tamil	Post-production

External links

• Kasthuri at the Internet Movie Database