MEERA NANDAN

Meera Nandan is an Indian actress who works in the South Indian film industries. She started her career as a television host in Malayalam television and went on to become an actress, mostly appearing in Malayalam language films.

Born	Meera Nandakumar 26 November 1990 (age 24) Kochi, Kerala, India
Other names	Meera Nandaa, Meera Nandha(a)
Occupation	Actress, model, host, singer
Years active	2007–present

Early life :

Meera Nandan was born as Meera Nandakumar on 26 November 1990 as the daughter of Nandakumar and Maya at Perandoor, Elamakkara, Kochi She has a younger brother Arjun Nandakumar. She did her schooling in Bhavans Vidya Mandir. After completing her degree in English literature from St. Teresa's College Ernakulam, she is pursuing her masters in Mass Communication with Journalism through distant education from Manipal University. Actress Divya Unni is a distant relative of her.

Career :

Meera first appearance before the camera was in an advertisement for Mohanlal's Taste Buds. In 2007, she auditioned as a competitor in Idea Star Singer aired on Asianet Television but was selected as an anchor for the programme. She was anchoring television programmes on Amrita TV and Jeevan TV, too.

She made her acting debut in Malayalam cinema the following year, playing the female lead in Lal Jose's Mulla. Lal Jose was looking for "a new face with a girl next door look" and Poornima, wife of actor Indrajith Sukumaran, thought that Meera suited the role and approached her. After discussing with her parents, she accepted the role of Lachi, a "bold, smart and outgoing girl", which won her accolades. The next year she made her Tamil cinema debut with Valmiki and quickly signed a few more Tamil films: K. T. Kunjumon's Kadhalukku Maranamillai, Ayyanar and Suriya Nagaram. During the filming of Suriya Nagaram, its director Chellamuthu, "impressed by Meera's good heart and discipline", proposed to her, but Meera rejected his proposal, telling him that her parents had fixed her marriage with someone else.She, however, confessed years later that she said was not engaged but lied to "escape from the situation".

She debuted in Telugu cinema in 2011 with Jai Bolo Telangana. The Malayalam film, Seniors saw her playing the role of a villain, with Meera stating that the film was "a revelation even to me". Including Seniors she had four Malayalam releases in 2011, but she felt that it was not a good year for her as none of them helped her career. In 2013, she was first seen as a journalist in Lokpal. That year she also turned playback singer. She sang the romantic number "Mazhayude Ormakal" composed by Ratheesh Vegha for V. K. Prakash's Silence. Her debut Kannada film Karodpathi, for which she had begun shooting in 2012, then titled as Kotyadhipathi released after a long delay in 2014. She played the role of a tribal girl in Black Forest, which won the National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation.

She was next seen playing a prominent role in Madhav Ramadasan's Apothecary. Her final release Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu in which she played a Muslim girl. 2015 she had next first release in three years, Sandamarutham.  In Telugu, she has completed filming for Hitudu (earlier titled Gunde Ninda Gudigantalu), in which she will be seen as a tribal woman in three different stages, as a 14-year-old teenager, as a 23-year-old youngster and as a 35-year-old woman.

Filmography :

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Mulla	Lachi	Malayalam	Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South Winner, Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
2009	Currency	Rose	Malayalam
	Valmiki	Vandhana	Tamil
	Puthiya Mukham	Sreedevi	Malayalam	Winner, AMMA Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Kerala Cafe		Malayalam	Segment: Mritunjayam
	Patham Nilayile Theevandi	Indu	Malayalam
2010	Pulliman	Radha	Malayalam
	Elsamma Enna Aankutty	Jeni	Malayalam
	Ayyanar	Anitha	Tamil
	Oridathoru Postman	Usha	Malayalam
2011	Jai Bolo Telangana	Sahaja	Telugu
	Kadhalukku Maranamillai		Tamil
	Seniors	Lakshmi	Malayalam
	Shankaranum Mohananum	Rajalakshmi	Malayalam
	Ven Shankhu Pol	Nandan's sister	Malayalam
	Swapna Sanchari	Lakshmi	Malayalam
2012	Padmasree Bharat Dr. Saroj Kumar	Actress	Malayalam	Special appearance in the song "Kesu"
	Suriya Nagaram	Thamizhselvi	Tamil
	Mallu Singh	Neethu	Malayalam
	Madirasi	Bhama	Malayalam
	Bhoomiyude Avakashikal	Saradha	Malayalam
2013	Lokpal	Jain	Malayalam
	Red Wine	Jasna	Malayalam
	Yathra Thudarunnu		Malayalam
	Aattakatha	Sethulakhsmi	Malayalam
	Tourist Home	Reshma	Malayalam
	Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty	Kunjumol	Malayalam
2014	Black Forest	A tribal girl	Malayalam
	Karodpathi	Vidya	Kannada
	Apothecary	Daisy	Malayalam
	Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu		Malayalam
2015	Elinjikkavu PO	Lakshmi	Malayalam
	Sandamarutham		Tamil
	4th Degree		Telugu	Filming
	Kaattum Mazhayum	Anjaly	Malayalam	Filming
	Naanu Nam Hudgi		Kannada	Filming
	Hitudu		Telugu	Filming