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List of awards and nominations received by Jyothika
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Jyothika is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films.[1] She also acted in some Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. She won one National Award, five Filmfare Awards,[2] six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Cinema Express Awards, two South Indian International Movie Awards,[3] two International Tamil Film Awards[4] and four Dinakaran Awards. She is also a recipient of the Kalaimamani Award.[5] She is regarded as one of the most prolific actresses in Tamil cinema.[6] She has been ranked among the best actresses of South India by The Times of India and was referred as one of the Superstar women in Indian Cinema by The Hindu.[7][8]
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She debuted in Bollywood in the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1997), directed by Priyadarshan. She starred in her first Tamil film Vaali (1999) and her first Telugu film Tagore (2003), opposite Chiranjeevi. She received her first Filmfare Award for Vaali (1999) as Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South.[9] She was awarded the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for Kushi (2000). A string of successful films followed and gained prominence for her performances in Kushi (2000), Dumm Dumm Dumm [10](2001), Poovellam Un Vasam [11] (2001), Kaakha Kaakha (2004), Perazhagan (2004), Chandramukhi (2005) and Mozhi, (2007), for the latter three she won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.For the movie, Mozhi, she was in the final three for National Film Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance, however she lost the award to Umashree for the Kannada film Gulabi Talkies.[12] She has a record of holding maximum number of nominations with 16 for Best Tamil Actress at South Filmfare Awards.[5][13][14][15]
Jyothika left the industry at the peak of her career marrying Tamil actor Suriya on 11 September 2006, after being engaged in a relationship for several years,[16] and whom she was paired with in seven films. She made a comeback in the film 36 Vayadhinile (2015) where her performance was given strong reviews and she received Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South for the movie.[12] By Winning her fourth Best Actress Award at Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, she broke the record of winning most Best Actress Title till date with four as her record.[17] After the success of 36 Vayadhinile, she appeared in a series of women centric films like Magalir Mattum (2017), Naachiyaar (2018), Kaatrin Mozhi (2018), Raatchasi (2019), and Ponmagal Vandhal (2020)[18] and also played a lead female role in Mani Ratnam's multi-starrer Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018).[19][20] She made a comeback to Malayalam and Hindi film industry with critically acclaimed performances in Kaathal – The Core (2023) with Mammootty[21][22][23]for which she won her fifth filmfare Lady in the category Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Malayalam[24] and Shaitaan (2024) with Ajay Devgn and R. Madhavan.[25][26][27] The latter became the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 2024.[28]
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National Film Awards
IIFA Utsavam Awards
Kalaimamani Awards
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
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Edison Awards (India)
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Filmfare Awards South
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Filmfare Awards
International Tamil Film Awards
Dinakaran Film Awards
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Zee Cine Awards
South Indian International Movie Awards
Vijay Awards
Cinema Express Awards
Other awards and honours
As film producer
References
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