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Kamna Jethmalani (born 11 December 1985) is an Indian actress. She debuted in 2005 with the Telugu film Premikulu and had her first commercial success with her third feature film Ranam. Subsequently, she played the lead role in a number of Telugu-language films, while also debuting and appearing in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films.
Early life
Born into a Sindhi Hindu family in Mumbai. Jethmalani is a granddaughter of businessman Shyam Jethmalani.[1] Her pet name is "Dinky". Her mother Divya is a housewife and her father Nimesh Jethmalani is a businessman. She has two siblings - brother Kapil and sister Karishma. Ram Jethmalani is her great-uncle.[2][3]
She was the runner-up at the Miss Mumbai contest in 2004 and also appeared in the music video of the pop song 'Chhod do Aanchal Zamaana Kya Kahega' by Bombay Vikings & Mera Dadla by Vaishali Samant & Avadhoot Gupte.[1]
Personal life
On 11 August 2014, Kamna married Suraj Nagpal, a Bangalore-based businessman.[4][5]
Career
She appeared in the video of "Chhod Do Aanchal Zamaana Kya Kahega" by Neeraj Shridhar – Bombay Vikings in 2004. The following year, she made her movie debut with the Telugu film Premikulu. Though that film flopped, her subsequent film Ranam was a big hit. Her first Tamil film was Idhaya Thirudan with Jayam Ravi. She did an item number in the film Sainikudu. She has acted in Machakaaran opposite Jeevan. Since then, she has done several south Indian films, in which she performed the lead role.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Premikulu[6] | Vennela | Telugu | |
| Idhaya Thirudan | Deepika | Tamil | ||
| 2006 | Ranam | Maheswari | Telugu | |
| Samanyudu [7] | Vandana | |||
| Sainikudu | Herself | Special appearance in song | ||
| 2007 | Toss | Kamna | ||
| Ugadi | Kaveri | Kannada | Dubbed into Telugu as America Alludu in 2011 | |
| Machakaaran | Shivani Rajangam | Tamil | Dubbed into Telugu as Dheera in 2009 | |
| 2008 | King | Herself | Telugu | Special appearance in song Nuvvu Ready |
| 2009 | Andamaina Abadham[7] | Vaishnavi | ||
| Bendu Apparao R.M.P | Padma Priya | |||
| Rajadhi Raja | Namitha | Tamil | ||
| 2010 | Kathi Kantha Rao | Ratnam | Telugu | |
| 2011 | Makeup Man | Chandra | Malayalam | |
| Kasethan Kadavulada | Archana | Tamil | ||
| 2013 | Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath | Malayalam | ||
| Action 3D | Anitha | Telugu | ||
| Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara | Queen | |||
| Bhai | Colony girl | |||
| 2014 | Agraja | Kannada | ||
| 2015 | Chandrika | Chandrika | Telugu | |
| 2021 | Garuda | Template:TBA | Kannada | post production |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gupta, Namita (4 September 2013) Straddling many worlds. Deccan Chronicle
- ↑ Mr Ram Jethmalani is my relative - one of my grandfather’s brothers Template:Webarchive. Deccan Chronicle 20-May-2015
- ↑ Kamna Jethmalani is the granddaughter of Ram Jethmalani – Times of India Template:Webarchive. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (11 December 2014). Retrieved on 2016-03-30.
- ↑ Kamna Jethmalani married 8 months ago. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ Marriage is my private life: Kamna Jethmalani(9 December 2014). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ Kamna Jethmalani to do a cameo. The Times of India(17 June 2013). Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Zeroing in. The Times of India(23 October 2008). Retrieved 29 August 2013.