Zareena is a Malayalam and Tamil film actress who made her debut in a Malayalam movie named Nokketha Doorathu Kannum Nattu, alongside 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...

 and Padmini

Padmini (actress)

Padmini was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who has acted in over 250 Indian films. She has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi language films...

. This movie was re-made 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...

 as Poove Poochudava

Poove Poochudava

Poove Poochudava is a Tamil film starring Nadhiya, Padmini, Anand, Girdar, S. V. Sekhar, V. K. Ramaswamy and Jaishankar etc., the film is directed by Fazil, and features music by Maestro Ilayaraja. The movie was released in the year 1985...

during the 1980s with Padmini

Padmini (actress)

Padmini was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who has acted in over 250 Indian films. She has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi language films...

 and marked her debut in Tamil. She currently acts in leading character roles. She has acted alongside most of the leading artists in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries.

After her marriage, she settled abroad with her husband and two children. She currently resides in Mumbai with her family. She made a comeback with blockbuster hit M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi

M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi

M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi is a 2004 Tamil family-drama film directed by M. Raja. It is a remake of super hit Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi starring mass hero Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, and Jayasudha directed by ace director Puri Jagannath released on 19, April 2003...

. The film received critical acclaim for her performance as Jeyam Ravi's mother.
In 2008, she signed on as the brand ambassador for Arokya Milk and Thangamayil Jewellery. She recently appeared in a Tamil movie named Pattalam, which released on March 27, 2009. Nadhia currently hosts a popular television show called Jackpot, replacing actress Khusboo on Jaya TV.

One of her erstwhile childhood friends is actress Ponni Swaminathan of Bicycle Bride

Bicycle Bride

Bicycle Bride is a comedy film directed by Hassan Zee and starring Andreas Wilson, Melanie Kannokada, Shruti Tewari, Jessica Kitchens, Rajiv Neema, Veronica Valencia, and Jonathan Bock...

 and Night of Henna

Night of Henna

Night of Henna is a comedy film directed by Hassan Zee , and is the first Pakistani-American feature film. The film stars Pooja Kumar, Reef Karim, Nancy Carlin, Suhail Tayyeb, Ponni Swaminathan Chesser, and Craig Marker.-Plot:...

 fame.

Notable filmography

Year	Film	Language	Role	Costars
1984	Nokketha Doorathu Kannum Nattu	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...	Girly	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... , Padmini
1985	Koodum Thedi Koodum Thedi Koodum Thedi is a Malayalam film starring Mohanlal, Radhika, Rahman, Nadia Moidu, Soman, Thilakan, Sankaradi etc. Written by S. N. Swamy and Rajmohan, the film is directed by Paul Babu, and features music by Jerry Amaldev. The cinematography has been handled by P. C...	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...	Judy	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... , Rahman Rahman -People:*Rahman , Arabic male name*Abdur Rahman, Arabic male theophoric name meaning Servant of Allah-See also:* Rehman * Raman * Ramen, a Japanese noodle...
	Kandu Kandarinju Kandu Kandarinju Kandu Kandarinju is a 1985 Malayalam film made in India, starring Mammootty, Mohanlal and Rahman.-Plot:Sreedharan is struggling after the death of his father. He has an unmarried sister, Ammini, who was pregnant with her boyfriend's child six years ago. His younger brother Kunjunni is in college...	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...	Aswathy	Rahman Rahman -People:*Rahman , Arabic male name*Abdur Rahman, Arabic male theophoric name meaning Servant of Allah-See also:* Rehman * Raman * Ramen, a Japanese noodle...
	Onningu Vannengil	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...	Meera	Mammootty Mammootty Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles... , Lizy Lizy (actress) Lissy Priyadarshan is a popular South Indian film actress of 1980s. She is popularly known by the mononym Lissy. Though, was a leading heroine in Malayalam, she had also acted in several Tamil and Telugu. She gave up acting after her marriage with famous film director Priyadarshan in 1990...
	Poove Poochudava Poove Poochudava Poove Poochudava is a Tamil film starring Nadhiya, Padmini, Anand, Girdar, S. V. Sekhar, V. K. Ramaswamy and Jaishankar etc., the film is directed by Fazil, and features music by Maestro Ilayaraja. The movie was released in the year 1985...	Tamil	Sundari	Padmini, S. V. Sekhar, Jai Shankar
1986	Panchagni Panchagni Panchagni is a 1986 Malayalam film scripted by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan. It stars Geetha, Mohanlal and Nadia Moidu in major roles.-Plot:...	Malayalam	Savithri	Mohan Lal, Geetha
	Shyama Shyama (film) Shyama is a 1986 Malayalam–language romantic drama film directed by Joshiy and starring Mammootty and Nadia Moidu in the lead roles. The film was critically well received and was a box office hit.-Plot:...	Malayalam	Shyama	Mammootty Mammootty Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
	Pookalai Pareekatheergal	Tamil		Suresh
	Uyire Unakkaga	Tamil		Mohan
	Unakkaagavae Vaazhgiraen	Tamil		Sivakumar, Suresh
	Nilave Malare	Tamil		Rahman Rahman -People:*Rahman , Arabic male name*Abdur Rahman, Arabic male theophoric name meaning Servant of Allah-See also:* Rehman * Raman * Ramen, a Japanese noodle... , Baby Shalini, Rajesh
1987	Poove Ilam Poove	Tamil		Suresh, Jaisankar, Sumitra
	Pavazha Malligai	Tamil		Suresh
	Paadu Nilave	Tamil		Mohan
	Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi	Tamil		Sathiyaraj, Prabhu
	Mangai Oru Gangai	Tamil		Saritha, Suresh
	Iniya Uravu Poothathu	Tamil		Suresh
	Rekha	Tamil		Suresh
	Anbulla Appa	Tamil		Shivaji Ganesan, Rahman Rahman -People:*Rahman , Arabic male name*Abdur Rahman, Arabic male theophoric name meaning Servant of Allah-See also:* Rehman * Raman * Ramen, a Japanese noodle...
1988	Poo Mazhai Poliyudhu	Tamil		Vijaykanth, Suresh
	Irandil Ondru	Tamil		Ramki, Sivakumar
1989	Rajathi Raja Rajathi Raja Rajadhi Raja is a Tamil film directed by R. Sundarrajan. The movie was released on March 1989 with music by Ilaiyaraaja....	Tamil	Lakshmi	Rajinikanth, Radha
1990	En Veedu En Kanavar	Tamil		Suresh
1994	Vadhu Doctoranu	Malayalam	Ammukutty	Jayaram, Sreenivasan
	Chinna Madam	Tamil		Ramki, Vinitha
	Rajakumaran	Tamil		Prabhu, Meena
	Poongkaatru Puthithaanathu	Tamil
2004	M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi is a 2004 Tamil family-drama film directed by M. Raja. It is a remake of super hit Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi starring mass hero Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, and Jayasudha directed by ace director Puri Jagannath released on 19, April 2003...	Tamil	Mahalakshmi	Jeyam Ravi, Asin
2006	Thamirabharani	Tamil	Sakunthala Devi	Vishal, Banu, Prabhu
2008	Sandai Sandai Sandai is a drama Tamil film starring Sundar C and Ramya Raj. It is being directed by Sakthi Chidmabaram. It was previously known as Ezhu then Porukki then Adhirudalla then Mahamagam before finally settling on Sandai.-Plot:Thangalakshmi is a rich business woman living in Bangkok who has planned...	Tamil	Thangalakshmi	Sundar C, Ragini, Namitha
2009	Pattalam	Tamil	Daisy
2011	Doubles Doubles (2011 film) Doubles is a 2011 Malayalam comedy-action drama film directed by debutant Sohan Seenulal and written by the Sachi-Sethu duo. It stars Mammootty, Nadia Moidu and Taapsee Pannu in the lead roles, and features an extensive cast of supporting actors with Saiju Kurup, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar,...	Malayalam	Gauri	Mammootty Mammootty Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles... , Tapsee Pannu
2011	Sevens (film) Sevens (film) Sevenes is a 2011 Malayalam sports film written by Ikbal Kuttipuram and directed by Joshiy with Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Rejith Menon, Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Rima Kallingal, Bhama and Nadia Moidu in pivotal roles. The film centres around seven young men, passionate about sevens football, a...	Malayalam		Kunchako Boban, Bhama Bhama Bhama is an Indian film actress, who has mainly appeared in Malayalam films. She debuted in 2007 through Nivedyam directed by A. K. Lohithadas.-Career:... , Rima Kallingal Rima Kallingal Rima Kallingal is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing Malayalam films. After being named First Runner Up in the Miss Kerala 2008 contest, she went to pursue a career in acting... , Aparna Pillai Aparna Pillai Aparna Pillai, better known mononymously as Aparna is a Tamil film actress, who has appeared in Tamil films. She is probably best known for her performances in Nenjil Jil Jil and Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan.- Filmography :- References :...