
Born
and raised in Mumbai, Namitha is another actress in the
long list of imports from the Mumbai area that entered
the Telugu film industry via Tamil movies. A few other
notable imports are Kushboo, Nagma and Jothika. Her
father is a businessman and her mother is a housewife.
She is a Punjabi and was introduced into the film
industry first by Malayalam film director Siddhique. She
became popular with the Tamil version of the film Engal
Anna.
A Miss India contest brought Namitha to the
Telugu film industry. After entering Tollywood, she
immediately grabbed the attention of Telugu film lovers
with Sontam and Gemini though the films didn’t fare well
in the box office.
She is one of the few hefty
actresses that have had some success in Tamil cinema.
Namitha appeared in an English film named
Maya(Released 2006) directed by Eric Manning. She has
also another malayalam film in her credit with Mammootty
named Bus Conductor.
Filmography
Vyapari
(Tamil) (2007)
Nee Venunda Chellam (Tamil) (2006)
Thagapansamy (Tamil) (2006)
Pachchak Kuthira (Tamil)
(2006)
Love Ke Chakker Mein (Hindi) (2006)
Kovai
Brothers (Tamil) (2006) as Sania
Aanai (Tamil) (2005)
Englishkaran (Tamil) (2005)
Nayakudu (Telugu) (2005)
Bambarakkannaley (Tamil) (2005)
Chanakya (Tamil)
(2005)
Aai (Tamil) (2005) as Anjali
Engal Anna
(Tamil) (2004)
Gemini (Telugu language)
Sontham
(Telugu) (2002)
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