Meera Vasudevan is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in 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...

, 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...

, Hindi and Telugu-language

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...

 films.

Career

Vasudevan was born in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 in a Tamil

Tamil people

Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...

 brahmin

Brahmin

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 family as the eldest daughter to Vasudevan and Hemalatha. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in Psychology

Psychology

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 and English literature

English literature

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, she became a successful model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

, appearing in many ad films

Television advertisement

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, shooting into fame. Her entry into the film industry happened through the 2003 Hindi

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 satirical film Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula

Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula

Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula is a 2003 Bollywood film.-Synopsis:Radha is employed with an advertising agency, and has a chance to see and meet prominent models. She meets her dreamboat, Vikram Verma , on one such day...

alongside Milind Soman

Milind Soman

Milind Soman is a Scottish-born Indian model and actor. He was born in Scotland and lived in England for seven years before his family moved back to India.-Professional life:...

, her Telugu film Golmaal, however, released first. The same year she made her film debut in the Tamil film industry

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 as well, appearing in Samuthirakani's

Samuthirakani

Samuthirakani is a Tamil film actor and director. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander. His 2009 directorial Naadodigal was a runaway hit, which was later remade in three languages. He has acted in several films as well and is best known for his performances in Subramaniapuram and...

 directorial debut Unnai Saranadainthen, in which she shared screen space with Venkat Prabhu

Venkat Prabhu

Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren , better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry...

 and S. P. B. Charan

S. P. B. Charan

Charan Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam, better known and creditted as S. P. B. Charan , is an Indian actor, producer and a playback singer. Son of popular Indian singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, he first worked as a playback singer in the Tamil and Telugu film industries...

. Her portrayal of Bobby, an adamant village girl, in the film, was appreciated by critics and earned her the Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress

Tamil Nadu State Film Award (Special Prizes)

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.

After unsuccessful films like Anjali I Love You in Telugu and Arivumani in Tamil, she stepped into the Malayalam film industry in 2005 with the Blessy

Blessy

Blessy is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has made several critically acclaimed films in Malayalam. As a film director, he is influenced by Padmarajan and Bharathan.- Career :...

-directed Thanmathra

Thanmathra

Thanmathra is a 2005 Malayalam film directed by Blessy, based on Padmarajan's short story Orma, which portrays the effects of Alzheimer's disease on the life of an individual and his family...

alongside Malayalam superstar Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

. Her performance as Lekha Ramesan, a housewife

Housewife

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 and mother of two children, received rave reviews and fetched her the Best Female New Face Award at the 2005 Ujala-Asianet Awards.

In 2006, she again starred in a Hindi film, Jaadu Sa Chal Gayaa, after 3 years, following which she appeared in the Tamil comedy film

Comedy film

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 Jerry

Jerry (film)

Jerry is a 2006 Tamil comedy film. The film was previously titled, Idhuthan Kadhal Enbathaa.-Plot:Jayaram alias Jerry is a man who always takes bet and he hates love. He is challenged by his friends that Jerry would make three women love him.He makes Meera, police inspector , Sruthi his classmate...

as a police inspector and the Malayalam drama film

Drama film

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 Oruvan

Oruvan

Oruvan is a 1999 Tamil language film directed by Suresh Krishna. The film features Sarathkumar and Pooja Batra in lead roles whilst Devayani, Raghuvaran and Anandaraj play supporting roles.-Cast:*Sarathkumar as Surya*Pooja Batra as Kalpana...

, in which she again enacted the role of a housewife. Vasudevan next starred in a number of Malayalam-language films, which include Ekantham

Ekantham

Eakantham is a 2006 Malayalam feature film directed by Madhu Kaithapram, who made his debut. The film stars veteran actors Thilakan and Murali. It tells the story of two brothers who suffer from isolation and loneliness in their old age...

, Valmeekam and Khaki and two Hindi-language films, Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii

Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii

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and Thodi Life Thoda Magic

Thodi Life Thoda Magic

Thodi Life Thoda Magic is a 2008 Hindi film directed by Anand L. Rai, and produced by Saahil Chhada. The movie stars Jackie Shroff, Parmeet Sethi, Paresh Rawal and Arbaaz Khan in pivotal roles. The film's music is by Vinay Tiwari....

in 2007

In 2009, she had three releases so far, the Malayalam-language films Orkkuka Vallappozhum

Orkkuka Vallappozhum

Orkkuka Vallappozhum is a Malayalam movie released in 2009. This 120 minute feature, the debut venture of Sohanlal has Thilakan as Sethumadhavan - a seventy year old enjoying his retired life and trying to rediscover the innocence of his past.- Plot :...

, Decent Parties

Decent Parties

Decent Parties is a 2009 Malayalam-language film by Abraham Lincoln starring Jagadish.- Plot :Sudheendran is a photographer and runs photo studio Padma Studio...

and Vairam: Fight For Justice

Vairam: Fight For Justice

Vairam: Fight For Justice is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by M. A. Nishad under the banner of Cinema NSR India Pvt Ltd. The main cast includes Pasupathy, Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Jayasurya, Dhanya Mary Varghese and Samvrutha Sunil.-Plot:...

, in which she portrayed a Malayali housewife, whose daughter gets molested and killed. Projects she is currently working on include Aattanayagan, co-starring Sakthi Vasu

Sakthi Vasu

Shakthi Vasudevan is a Tamil film actor. He is the son of film director P. Vasu and began his career in his father's films as a child artiste.-Career:...

 and Remya Nambeeshan and Thasaiyinai Thee Sudinum, a periodic film set in the 1940s.

The ICC setmax campaign was her calling to success and fame and marked her entry into acting. After about 500 failed screentests, the Setmax ad shot by Prahlad Kakkar won the best ad campaign of the year, and was noticed by the director Parvati's mother & got her a screentest for Rules- Pyar ka superhit formula in 2004 for which she was nominated for best upcoming actress by Screen Awards and Sansui - PNC Awards.
She is still doing ads in bombay and in the south.She will be seen in more movies shortly.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Golmaal	Meenakshi Narahari	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...
	Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula is a 2003 Bollywood film.-Synopsis:Radha is employed with an advertising agency, and has a chance to see and meet prominent models. She meets her dreamboat, Vikram Verma , on one such day...	Radha	Hindi
	Unnai Saranadainthen	Bobby	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...	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress Tamil Nadu State Film Award (Special Prizes) The Tamil Nadu State Film Award are given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil films.-The list:Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won....
2004	Anjali I Love You		Telugu
2005	Arivumani		Tamil
	Thanmathra Thanmathra Thanmathra is a 2005 Malayalam film directed by Blessy, based on Padmarajan's short story Orma, which portrays the effects of Alzheimer's disease on the life of an individual and his family...	Lekha Ramesan	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...	Winner, Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year
2006	Jaadu Sa Chal Gayaa	Nandini	Hindi
	Jerry Jerry (film) Jerry is a 2006 Tamil comedy film. The film was previously titled, Idhuthan Kadhal Enbathaa.-Plot:Jayaram alias Jerry is a man who always takes bet and he hates love. He is challenged by his friends that Jerry would make three women love him.He makes Meera, police inspector , Sruthi his classmate...	Jeeva	Tamil
	Penn		Tamil	TV series
	Oruvan Oruvan Oruvan is a 1999 Tamil language film directed by Suresh Krishna. The film features Sarathkumar and Pooja Batra in lead roles whilst Devayani, Raghuvaran and Anandaraj play supporting roles.-Cast:*Sarathkumar as Surya*Pooja Batra as Kalpana...	Jaya Bharathan	Malayalam
2007	Ekantham Ekantham Eakantham is a 2006 Malayalam feature film directed by Madhu Kaithapram, who made his debut. The film stars veteran actors Thilakan and Murali. It tells the story of two brothers who suffer from isolation and loneliness in their old age...	Dr. Sophie	Malayalam
	Valmeekam	Krishnapriya	Malayalam
	Kanalpoovu		Malayalam	TV series
	Khaki	Sethulakshmi Ramakrishnan	Malayalam
	Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii is a Hindi movie released in June 2007. It stars Zain Khan and Rahul Bose as the lead protagonists...	Malini	Hindi
2008	Thodi Life Thoda Magic Thodi Life Thoda Magic Thodi Life Thoda Magic is a 2008 Hindi film directed by Anand L. Rai, and produced by Saahil Chhada. The movie stars Jackie Shroff, Parmeet Sethi, Paresh Rawal and Arbaaz Khan in pivotal roles. The film's music is by Vinay Tiwari....	Naina	Hindi
	Kathi Kappal	Saaral Parivallal	Tamil
2009	Orkkuka Vallappozhum Orkkuka Vallappozhum Orkkuka Vallappozhum is a Malayalam movie released in 2009. This 120 minute feature, the debut venture of Sohanlal has Thilakan as Sethumadhavan - a seventy year old enjoying his retired life and trying to rediscover the innocence of his past.- Plot :...		Malayalam
	Decent Parties Decent Parties Decent Parties is a 2009 Malayalam-language film by Abraham Lincoln starring Jagadish.- Plot :Sudheendran is a photographer and runs photo studio Padma Studio...	Sreeja Sudheendran	Malayalam
	Vairam: Fight For Justice Vairam: Fight For Justice Vairam: Fight For Justice is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by M. A. Nishad under the banner of Cinema NSR India Pvt Ltd. The main cast includes Pasupathy, Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Jayasurya, Dhanya Mary Varghese and Samvrutha Sunil.-Plot:...	Devi Sivarajan	Malayalam
	Aattanayagan	Indra	Tamil	Filming
	Thasaiyinai Thee Sudinum		Tamil	Filming

Commercials appeared in from 2003 till present date

videocon internet tv with shahrukh khan by UTV, Deven Khote

Fair &Lovely by Nirvana films, prakash varma

Kenstar by Red ice prodn, E.Niwas

Knorr soup by mindscreen, Rajiv menon

ICC World Cup Cricket Rangoli by genesis prodns, Prahlad Kakkar

Reliance R-World with Virendra Sehwag by Apocalypse films; Pradeep Sarcar

Coke with Vikram by mindscreen, Rajiv menon

Fair & Lovely Talc by UTV, Deven Khote

Chennai Silks by J.D & Jerry

surf excel by VKP, Trends

Alpenliebe by Keroscene films

Pears junior by Black Magic prodns

Pilsbury '2010 feb (now on air) by Narayan,for Fingerprint films

Hosting

Discovery travel and living, Indian rendezvous with chennai as the celebrity anchor for Discovery Channel

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