Anu Sithara

Anu Sithara is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam films.^[3] She has also appeared in some Tamil films. She made her debut in 2013 as a child artist Pottas Bomb in 2013. Anu is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and well known for her stage shows.

Anu Sithara
Anu sithara at shubharathri movie shooting spot
Born	Anu Sithara Salam (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 29) Wayanad, Kerala, India
Occupations	Actress dancer
Years active	2013–present
Spouse	Vishnu Prasad ​ (m. 2015)​ [1]
Parents	Abdul Salam (Father) Renuka (Mother)[2]

Personal life

Anu was born on 21 August 1995^[4][5][6] to Renuka and Abdul Salam. She has one sibling, Anu Sonora.^[7][8][9] Sithara did her schooling at SKJM Higher Secondary School in Kalpetta and later graduated from WMO Arts and Science College with a degree in B.Com. She was always active in her dancing classes and has won many prizes henceforth. She learned classical dance from Kerala Kalamandalam. She married her boyfriend Vishnu Prasad in 2015.^[10]

Career

Early career (2013–2016)

Sithara stepped into acting in 2013. She made her debut in Malayalam Cinema with the movie Pottas Bomb. Later, she played a minor role in the super-hit film Oru Indian Pranayakadha. In 2015, she appeared in a cameo role in Sachy's film Anarkali as Athira. Since then she has acted the movies such as Happy Wedding, Campus Diary, and Marupadi.

Breakthrough and recognition (2017–present)

In 2017, she played a lead role with Kunchacko Boban in the film Ramante Edanthottam. The film was directed by Ranjith Shankar. The film was successful and received positive reviews from audiences and critics alike. Later she acted in films such as Achayans, Sarvopari Palakkaran, and Aana Alaralodalaral. She then appeared in the film Captain, and received appreciation for her role. She then acted with Tovino Thomas in the film Oru Kuprasidha Payyan and she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam in 2019. Apart from acting in Malayalam, Anu made her first debut in Tamil Cinema with the film Podhu Nalan Karudhi in 2018, She played the female lead role opposite Karunakaran in the film.

In 2019, she shared screen space with Dileep in the film Subharathri as Sreeja Krishnan. It was directed and written by Vyasan K.P. Later, she appeared in an action-drama Mamangam directed by M. Padmakumar. Mammookka, Unni Mukundan, and Siddique. After playing a cameo appearance in the film Maniyarayile Ashokan as Unnimaya (cameo) in 2020, Anu was last seen in the film 12th Man as Merin. It was a thriller movie directed by Jeethu Joseph and starred Mohanlal in the lead role.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films in Malayalam unless otherwise indicated

List of Anu Sithara film credits

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Pottas Bomb	Aswathy	Debut film	[4]
	Oru Indian Pranayakadha	Young Thulasi		[11]
2015	Anarkali	Athira	Cameo appearance	[11]
2016	Happy Wedding	Shahina		[12]
	Campus Diary	Kaashi Thumba		[11]
	Marupadi	Riya		[13]
2017	Fukri	Alia Ali Fukri		[14]
	Ramante Edanthottam	Malini		[15]
	Achayans	Prayaga		[16]
	Sarvopari Palakkaran	Linta Jose		[17]
	Naval Enna Jewel	Asma		[18]
	Aana Alaralodalaral	Parvathy		[19]
2018	Captain	Anitha Sathyan		[20]
	Padayottam	Meera Teacher		[21]
	Oru Kuttanadan Blog	Hema Rahul Bhanuprasad		[22]
	Johny Johny Yes Appa	Jaisa		[23]
	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan	Jalaja		[24]
2019	Neeyum Njanum	Hashmi Anzari		[25]
	Podhu Nalan Karudhi	Mridula	Tamil film	[13]
	And the Oscar Goes To...	Chitra		[26]
	Subharathri	Sreeja Krishnan		[27]
	Adhyarathri	Anitha Mullakkara	Cameo appearance	[28]
	Mamangam	Manikyam Chandroth Panicker		[29]
2020	Maniyarayile Ashokan	Unnimaya	Cameo appearance	[30]
2021	Vanam	Malli	Tamil film	[31]
2022	12th Man	Merin Sam		[32]
2023	Momo in Dubai	Khadeeja Muhammed		[33]
	Santhosham	Aadhya Suresh Kumar		[34]
	Pathu Thala	Samudra Arunmozhi	Tamil film	[35]
	Vaathil	Thani		[36]
2024	Aalan	TBA	Tamil film
TBA	Anuradha Crime No.59/2019 †	Anuradha	Filming	[37]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2015	Bug	Vani	YouTube	Short film
2016	Ninachirikkathe	Ayisha
2017	Lifinu Venam Plus	Anchor	Asianet Plus	Comedy show
	Yuva Film Awards	Dancer	Asianet	Award show
	Mazhavil Mango Music Awards	Dancer	Mazhavil Manorama
	D4 Dance Junior v/s Senior	Judge		Reality show
	Onnum Onnum Moonu	Guest
	Annies Kitchen		Amrita TV	Cooking show	[38]
2018	Thakarppan Comedy	Judge	Mazhavil Manorama
	Comedy Utsavam		Flowers TV	Talent Show
	Nadanam Venulaayam	Dancer	Surya TV	Award show
	Red FM Malayalam Music Awards	Dancer	Mazhavil Manorama
2019	Badai Bungalow	Guest	Asianet	Talk show	[39]
	Vanitha Film Awards	Dancer	Surya TV	Award show
2020	Box	Producer	YouTube	Web series as Producer
	Red Carpet	Mentor	Amrita TV	Reality show
	Super 4 Season 2	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama		[40]
	Top Singer (TV series)		Flowers TV
2021	Parayam Nedam	Participant	Amrita TV
	Welcome 2021	Dancer	Kairali TV
	Atham Pathu Ruchi	Host	Mazhavil Manorama	Cooking show
	Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3)	Dancer	Asianet	Reality television	[41]
	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam	Guest	Zee Keralam		[42]
2022	Start Music Aaradhyam Padum Season 4	Guest	Asianet
	Atham Pathu Ruchi	Promo Host	Mazhavil Manorama	Cooking show
	Flowers Oru Kodi	Participant	Flowers TV
2023	Dancing Stars	Judge	Asianet
2023	Funs upon a time season 3	Judge	Amrita TV	Comedy show

Awards and nominations

Anu Sithara awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations
Totals[lower-alpha 1]
Wins	3
Nominations	12
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2017	Asiavision Awards	New Sensation in Acting (Female)	Ramante Edanthottam	Won	[citation needed]
	Asianet Film Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	SIIMA for Best Actress – Malayalam			Nominated
	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam			Nominated	[43]
2018	Asianet Film Awards			Nominated
	Vanitha Film Awards	Special Performance (Actress)		Won
	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam	Best Actress		Nominated
	65th Filmfare Awards South			Nominated	[44]
	7th South Indian International Movie Awards			Nominated
2019	Asianet Film Awards		Oru Kuprasidha Payyan	Won
	21st Asianet Film Awards		Ramante Edanthottam	Nominated
	66th Filmfare Awards South		Captain	Nominated	[45]
	8th South Indian International Movie Awards			Nominated	[46]
	SIIMA for Best Actress – Malayalam	Best Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated
	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam	Best Actress		Nominated	[47]

References

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39. "Anu Sithara performs on Badai Bungalow". The Times of India. 11 December 2019.
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External links

• India portal
• Films portal

• Official website
• Anu Sithara at IMDb
• Anu Sithara on Instagram
• Anu Sithara on Twitter