Kasthuri is an Indian film actress, model and TV show anchor. She was a leading South Indian actress in the 1990s.

Biography

She had her schooling in Madras and started modelling while in High School. She won the Miss Madras title in 1992. Subsequently, she got offers to act in films. She debuted as heroine in the Tamil film Aatha Un Koyiley in 1991, and had appear in a number of Tamil fims thereafter, including the horror flick Rasathi Varum Naal, Government Mappilai,Chinnavarand Senthamizh Paatu alongside Prabhu Ganesan

Prabhu Ganesan

Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...

 in 1992.

She acted in many Telugu films which gained her enough fan following in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. After the success of Bharatheeyudu, the dubbed version of the Tamil film Indian, in which she acted as beloved daughter of Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...

, she got several opportunities to act opposite top heroes. Films like Soggadi Pellam, Merupu did not give any footage to her career.

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.

Kasthuri bowed out of films after her Hindi short film The Bypass in 2003. In 2007, there were rumours that she was planning a comeback. But these rumours proved false.

Kasthuri made a come back in 2010 featuring in a item number in the hit film "Tamil Padam".

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Noted
1991	Rasathi Varum Naal		Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
1992	Aattha Un Koyilile		Tamil
	Chinnavar	Meena	Tamil
	Senthamizh Pattu	Shanmathi	Tamil
	Urimai Oonjalaadukirathu	Uma	Tamil
	Abirami		Tamil
	Government Mappillai		Tamil
	God Father		Telugu
1993	Aathma		Tamil
	Rakkayi Koyil		Tamil
	Enga Muthalali	Kalyani	Tamil
	Pass Mark		Tamil
	Pudhiya Mugam Pudhiya Mugam Pudhiya Mugam is a 1993 Tamil thriller film directed by Suresh Menon. It stars Vineeth, Suresh Menon and Revathi as prime characters. The film featured an acclaimed soundtrack by A. R...		Tamil	Cameo Appearance
1994	Thendral Varum Theru	Nalini	Tamil
	Amaidhi Padai	Thayamma	Tamil
	Rajapandi	Ponnuthaayi	Tamil
	Aagaya Pookkal		Tamil
1995	Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava is a 1995 Malayalam film directed by Rajasenan.In this movie, Narendra Prasad and Rajan P. Dev plays two brothers both named Bava. Jayaram plays Premachandran, their driver with whom the daughters of both the Bavas falls in love. This makes the Bavas enemies and it becomes...	Ammu	Malayalam Malayalam language Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
	Sindubath		Tamil
	Chinnamani		Tamil
	Agarajan		Malayalam
1996	Indian	Kasturi	Tamil
	Krishna Krishna (film) Krishna is a 1996 Indian movie from S. Deepak starring Sunil Shetty, Karishma Kapoor, Om Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Tinu Anand.-Plot:Krishna is a new name in the world of crime, whose exploits attract the attention Raja, a heir to a dead underworld don. Raja is just reduced to remain at the mercy of...		Tamil
	Soggadi Pellam		Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
	Merupu		Telugu
1997	Annamayya	Akkalamma	Telugu
	Maa Aayana Bangaram		Telugu
1998	Sneham		Malayalam
	Mangalya Pallakku		Malayalam
	Kaadhal Kavidhai		Tamil
1999	Suyamvaram Suyamvaram Suyamvaram is a 1999 Tamil comedy-drama film starring an ensemble cast from actors in the Tamil film industry and shot by a large technical team from the industry...	Uma	Tamil
	Ladies Special		Tamil
	Panchapandavar		Malayalam
2001	Akase Veedhilo	Padma	Telugu
	Engalukkum Kaalam Varum	Pooja	Tamil
2002	Machakanni		Tamil
2003	The Bypass	Woman in the jeep	Hindi	Short film
2009	Malai Malai Malai Malai Malai Malai is a 2009 Tamil language film, starring Arun Vijay and Vedhika in the lead roles. Prabhu and Prakash Raj also have significant roles in the film...	Lakshmi	Tamil
2010	Thamizh Padam Thamizh Padam Thamizh Padam is a 2010 Tamil-language spoof film written and directed by debutant C. S. Amudhan. The film stars Shiva and Disha Pandey in the lead roles. The film's plot parodies contemporary commercial films in Tamil cinema, mocking the stereotypical scenes....		Tamil	Special Appearance
2011	Pathinaaru	Ilavarasi	Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Thoonga Nagaram		Tamil	Special Appearance
2012	Kadhal 2 Kalyanam Kadhal 2 Kalyanam Kadhal 2 Kalyanam is an upcoming Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by newcomer Milind Rau that stars debutante Sathya, brother of Tamil actor Arya, and Divya Spandana in the lead roles, whilst, Jayashree, Nagendra Prasad, Kasthuri and Anuja Iyer play pivotal roles...		Tamil	Post-production
	Naanga		Tamil	Filming

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