Anju

Anju

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Anju Profile

  • Name:
  • Anju
  • Born:
  • March 23, 1975

Anju Biography

Anju is a south Indian film actress who started her career playing child artist roles and later moved to lead heroine and supporting roles. 1979 Tamil movie, Uthiripookkal was her first movie when she was only 2. As a child artist, she appeared onscreen with name, Baby Anju. She is most known for portraying the central characters of critically acclaimed Malayalam movies – Rukhmini and Kaattukuthira. She played S. P. Balasubramaniam’s daughter’s role in Keladi Kanmani. The popular and nostalgic song, ‘Thumpi vaa thumpa kudathil’ of Olangal was pictured on her. She was married to Kannada actor Tiger Prabhakar and has one son. But the couple divorced later. Now she is busy with television serials. Madha Yaanai Koottam (2013) is her recent released movie.

 

In 1988, she played the lead role of a teenager in the movie, Rukhmini which earned her Kerala state award for best actress. She played the role of a teenager who is being pushed to prostitution. The movie won National award for best regional movie in Malayalam. She played lead actress in critically acclaimed Malayalam movie of 1990, Kattukuthira, directed by P. G. Viswambharan and scripted by S. L. Puram. Anju played the role of a teenager belonging to a rich family who commits suicide in the climax, by hanging herself with her lover Mohan, the character played by Vineeth.

 

She entered films in the late 1970’s. Olangal, Kaattathe kilikoodu, Gaanam, Paalam, Sagaram Shantham and Yathra are a few among her noted Malayalam works. She also appeared in Tamil movies like Uthiripookkal, Polladhavan, Meendum Kokila etc. She played Mammootty’s daughter in a few movies during 1980’s played his wife’s role in Kauravar (1992). They together worked in Neelagiri also. She was paired opposite Sreenivasan in 1994 comedy movie, Vaarabhalam. Minnaram, Ezharapponnaana, Cabinet, Nariman, Kizhakkan Pathrose and Ottayal Pattalam are other noted appearances.

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Updated: May 04, 2014

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