Jyothika Profile

Jyothika Sadanah Saravanan is an Indian actress who has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film industries as the lead heroine. However, she is widely popular in Kollywood and is regarded as one of the top actresses in the field.Jyothika Saravanan (Sadhana before marriage) was born in Bombay.She is the daughter of a film producer, Chander Sadanah, and Seema Sadanah. She has two sisters, Nandita (Nagma step sister), who is also an actress, Radhika (Roshni), and a younger brother Rahul. She did her schooling in Bombay. She discontinued her Psychology Degree from Mithibai College of Arts, Bombay to come into acting. She dated well acclaimed Tamil actor Surya for over 4 years, then married surya on 11 September 2006.After the wedding, she announced her decision to stop acting. She gave birth to a girl baby Diya on August 10, 2007. She now devotes her full time and attention looking after her daughter.Her first movie was the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, directed by Priyadarshan, opposite Akshaye Khanna. Though the film did not do well at the box office, she was noticed by the Tamil and Telugu industry. She proceeded to act in Kollywood, where she debuted in a guest appearance in Vaali. Jyothika won the Filmfare Award for the Best Newcomer for this film. Her first Tamil movie as a heroine was Poovellam Kettuppar with Surya. A string of successful movies followed, among them Kushi,Tenali and Dumm Dumm Dumm. In 2003 she starred in Dhool with Vikram, in Kaaka Kaaka with Surya and in Thirumalai with Vijay.In 2004, she acted in a double role for Perazhagan and received the Dinakaran Best Actress Award and TheFilmfare award for it.Her professional rival was Simran Bagga who enjoyed a stupendous success in her career.Jyothika was lucky enough to get the chance in Chandramukhi from Simran Bagga who was pregnant and was unable act in the film.Her most successful movie to date is Chandramukhi in 2005 with Rajinikanth. She is widely recognised for her notable role in the film Chandramukhi, which is a remake of Apthamithra, a successful Kannada film (that also starred the late actress Soundarya).Her last movie Mozhi, in which she played the role of a self confident, strong and brave mute and deaf girl, was a huge success, and her performance as Archana is considered as her best ever performance. Thus Jothika left the field of arclights leaving a lasting impact. After her marriage with the well-acclaimed actor Surya on 11 September 2006, she left the film industry. But now she has decided to go in acting after a couple of months timeMozhi (English: Language) is a Tamil language feature film produced by Prakash Raj and directed by Radha Mohan. The movie, which has a critically acclaimed storyline, stars Malayalam actor Prithwiraj, Jyothika, Prakash Raj and Swarnamalya in pivotal roles. Although The film deals with many serious issues of life, it moves at a fast pace and is in general funny, with Prakash Raj providing most of the hilarious moments. Vidyasagar has scored the music for the film whilst A. Sreekar Prasad handled the editing & K.V:Guganof the film, respectively. Shooting sessions for the film were held at several locations including India and Mauritius. The film was released on February 23, 2007 and has become a blockbuster upon release despite facing Paruthiveeran at the box-office.