Suchitra Krishnamoorthi

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (born 9 March 1974) is an Indian actress, model and singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, South cinema, and television.^[1][2][3][4]

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Suchitra in 2014
Born	(1974-03-09) 9 March 1974 (age 50) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actress singer
Spouse	Shekhar Kapur ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2007)​
Children	1
Family	Anand–Sahni family (through marriage)
Musical career
Genres	Pop Rock
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Magnasound Sony Music Universal Music Group

Early life

Suchitra Krishnamurthy

Suchitra was born on 9 March 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Telugu family,^[5][6][7][8] Her father, V. Krishnamoorthi was a former commissioner of income tax and her mother, Dr Sulochana Krishnamoorthi was a historian and a professor.^[7][9] Suchitra was married to the filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, but they divorced. They have a daughter named Kaveri Kapur.

Career

Suchitra started her career with the TV series Chunauti while still in school in the year 1987–1988.^[10] She acted in a production of Peanuts: The Musical, a musical based on the famous comic strip Peanuts.^[11] She played the character Lucy.^[12] She appeared in television commercials endorsing products such as Palmolive soap, Clearasil, Sunrise Coffee, Limca and Colgate toothpaste.^{[citation needed]} In 1994, she made her breakthrough in films with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a commercial and critically acclaimed hit, opposite Shahrukh Khan. She also starred in Kilukkampetti opposite Malayalam star Jayaram.^{[citation needed]}

She pursued a music career in the mid- to late 1990s, releasing the pop albums Dole Dole,^[13] Dum Tara, Aha and Zindagi.^[14] She returned after 10 years in the film My Wife's Murder (2005), opposite Anil Kapoor.^[15] The year 2010 saw the release of Rann, a film about the Indian media, directed by Ram Gopal Varma.^[16] Suchitra played the role of a media executive named Nalini Kashyap.^[17] In 2022 Suchitra played the role of Nivedita in the critically acclaimed movie on Netflix " The " Odd Couple" opposite Divyendu Sharma"

Suchitra is a writer whose views were first noticed via her blogs.^{[citation needed]} Her many blogs – first on www.intentblog.com, a site where she was invited to share her views by Deepak Chopra, "art in a body part" and "give me another break", and subsequently on her own site – have put Suchitra in many controversies.^{[citation needed]} Suchitra's novel The Summer of Cool was released by Penguin India in January 2009 and met with huge success. It is her first in four called the Swapnalok Society series.^[18] The second book in the series is titled The Good News Reporter, and The Ghost on the Ledge, the third part of the series, was released in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Drama Queen, a memoir by Suchitra released in November 2013, received positive reviews.^{[19] [20]} The first print of the book sold out within a week of its release.^[21]

Drama Queen, a musical written by Suchitra and adapted from her book of the same title, opened at NCPA Mumbai in October 2016.^[22] Drama Queen is still currently being staged all across India

"Odd Couple" a feature film starring Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Vijay Raaz and Divyendu Sharma was released on Amazon India in 2022. It trended on top ten on Amazon India for several months

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1991	Kilukkampetti	Anu Pillai	Malayalam
	Sivaranjani	Sivaranjani	Tamil
1994	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	Anna	Hindi
	Jazbaat	Varsha
	Vaade Iraade	Jyoti
1999	Vishwa	Usha	Kannada
2005	My Wife's Murder	Sheela	Hindi
2007	Aag	Kavita
2009	Karma Aur Holi	Sujata
2010	Rann	Nalini Kashyap
	Mittal v/s Mittal	Karuna Maheshwari
2019	Romeo Akbar Walter	Rehana Kazmi
2022	Odd Couple	Nivedita Verma

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Kash-m-kash	Ashi
1995	Chinna Chinna Aasai- Suyamvaram	Surekha	Tamil language show
1987-1988	Chunauti
1988	Mujrim Haazir
2020	Never Kiss Your Best Friend	Sumer's mother
2022	Guilty Minds	Neela

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Record Label
1995	Dole Dole	Magnasound
1996	Dum Tara
1997	A-Ha
2007	Zindagi	UMG

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Music	Songwriter (s)	Album
		UK asian
Sawan Barse	2018	—	Surya Vishwakarma	Surya Vishwakarma
Namo Namo (Cover)	2019	—
Shararat	2023	—	Sunita Nagaranjan	Mayur Puri

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Record Label
1996	Channel Hits	Magnasound
1997	Party Zone
1998	The Ultimate Party Album

References

1. Paromita Pain (20 January 2009). "Emotion packed". Young World. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. Deepti Kaul (27 January 2009). "Book review: Swapnalok Society-The Summer of cool". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
3. Roshni Olivera (21 March 2005). "I have Shekhar's blessings: Suchitra". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
4. "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi wants ceiling fans redesigned after Sushant Kumar Rajput's death".
5. Krishnamoorthi, Suchitra (25 October 2013). Drama Queen. Hachette India. ISBN 978-93-5009-711-3.
6. "Drama Queen is an unabashed, unapologetic take on my life: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi". The Times of India. 5 February 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 April 2023. Proud of her Telugu roots, Suchitra never loses an opportunity to remind people of her Teluguness. "Often people think I am a Tamilian but my mother tongue is Telugu," she says, adding, "I have even included a few Telugu lines in Drama Queen!"
7. "How Actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy's Career Saw a Decline". News18. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. Suchitra was born on March 9, 1974, in a Telugu-speaking family in Maharashtra. Her father was a commissioner in the Income Tax Department while her mother was a professor and historian.
8. S. B. Vijaya Mary (2 February 2017). "Even our choices are karmic". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 April 2023. Most people assume my mother tongue is Tamil, it's actually Telugu. Though being born and brought up in Mumbai, at home we mostly spoke English.
9. "Sujata Kumar funeral: Daughter, sister Suchitra Krishnamoorthi perform final rites".
10. "Shah Rukh Khan's 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa' turns 26, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi shares heartfelt post".
11. "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi's travel and book tales".
12. "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi uninstalls Swiggy after food delivery app sacks 1,100 employees amid COVID-19 crisis".
13. "YouTube". Retrieved 17 February 2017 – via YouTube.
14. "Zindagi - Suchitra Krishnamoorthi". 22 March 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2017 – via YouTube.
15. "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi writes a new book based on her personal experiences". Mid-day.com. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
16. "I wanted to marry Ram Gopal Varma: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi". The Times of India. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
17. "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi writes a new book based on her personal experiences". Mid-day.com. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
18. Pain, Paromita (8 February 2009). "I was always good at writing". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
19. Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (20 November 2013). Drama Queen. Hachette India. ISBN 978-9350096697.
20. Khalid Mohamed (17 November 2013). "A spicy, saucy tell-all tale it is". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
21. "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi opens up about her candid new book". Hindustan Times. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
22. "Suchitra Krishnamoorthi staging an acting comeback with a play". Mumbai Mirror. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
    - Wadhwa, Seema. "Why Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Led Drama Queen Is A Winner". Curiosity Cult. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

External links

• Suchitra Krishnamoorthi at IMDb
• Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Official Website