Padmapriya (Popularly known as Priya).She is a famous actress in Malayalam and Tamil.She is a typical Tamil girl.Padmapriya was Miss Andra Pradesh in 2001.
Padmapriya was born to Brig (Retd) V.K. Janakiraman and Mrs. Vijaya. Janakiraman and has her roots in Thenkasi, Tirunelveli a small town in Southern Tamilnadu.Padmapriay is an MBA finance graduate at Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies. She worked for three years with GE (General Electric) as a risk consultant in Bangalore and Gurgaon.
Classical Dancer:->Padmapriya started leaning Dance at the age of six.She has grown up to be a vibrant dansuese under the auspices of the famous guru Natya Brahma V.S. Ramamurthy. She performed more than 200 public performances to her credit. Her Krishna Leela Ballet, where she performed the role of Lord Krishna for Hyderabad Doordarshan in 1990 is telecast even today on almost all Krishna Jayanti festivals and was specially chosen for the SAARC exchange program - she also featured in Nritya Rupam, an innovative choreography by Jayalakshmi Eshwar at Delhi, which was also specially telecast by Delhi Doordarshan.
ENTRY INTO FILM INDUSTRY:->Her passion for acting and modeling has made her successful in her films.Her first ever movie role was a sexually exploitted poor sister of a blind brother, in the Telugu movie - "Seenu Vaasanthi Lakshmi", a remake of Malayalam hit - "Vasanthiyum, Lakshmiyum pinne gnaanum..". She then started acting in malayalam movies.She made her debut in a Telugu Movie but got a break in Blessy’s “Kaazhcha”. In 2006, she bagged the Kerala State film award for “Karuthapakshikal” and `Yes Your Honour.“Amruthum”, “Vadakumnathan” and “Ashwaroodan” are some of her popular movies.
Entry into Tamil Cinema:->Director Cheran was looking for a homely actress for his semi-biographical "Thavamai thavamirunthu" and signed this actress. The movie was a Huge Hit and soothed the audience's hearts that longed for a brilliant performance. Then followed Pattiyal a film directed by Visnuvardhan in which she paired with Arya. Her upcoming movie in Tamil is Vasanth's "Sattham Podathey.." opposite to current heartthrob on Kerala & Tamilnadu - Prithviraj.
