Meera Vasudevan (born 29 January 1982) is an Indian film actress and
model, who has appeared in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu-language
films.
Meera was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra in a Tamil brahmin family as the
eldest daughter to Vasudevan and Hemalatha. After graduating with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and English literature, she
became a successful model, appearing in many ad films, shooting into
fame. Her entry into the film industry happened through the 2003 Hindi
satirical film Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula alongside Milind Soman,
her Telugu film Golmaal, however, released first. The same year she
made her film debut in the Tamil film industry as well, appearing in
Samuthirakani's directorial debut Unnai Saranadainthen, in which she
shared screen space with Venkat Prabhu and S. P. B. Charan. Her
portrayal of Bobby, an adamant village girl, in the film, was
appreciated by critics and earned her the Tamil Nadu State Film Special
Award for Best Actress.
After unsuccessful films like Anjali I Love You in Telugu and Arivumani
in Tamil, she stepped into the Malayalam film industry in 2005 with the
Blessy-directed Thanmathra alongside Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. Her
performance as Lekha Ramesan, a housewife and mother of two children,
received rave reviews and fetched her the Best Female New Face Award at
the 2005 Ujala-Asianet Awards.
In 2006, she again starred in a Hindi film, Jaadu Sa Chal Gayaa, after
3 years, following which she appeared in the Tamil comedy film Jerry as
a police inspector and the Malayalam drama film Oruvan, in which she
again enacted the role of a housewife. Meera next starred in a number
of Malayalam-language films, which include Ekantham, Valmeekam and
Khaki and two Hindi-language films, Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii and Thodi
Life Thoda Magic in 2007.
In 2009, she had three releases so far, the Malayalam-language films
Orkkuka Vallappozhum, Decent Parties and Vairam: Fight For Justice, in
which she portrayed a Malayali housewife, whose daughter gets molested
and killed. Projects she is currently working on include Aattanayagan,
co-starring Sakthi Vasu and Remya Nambeeshan and Thasaiyinai Thee
Sudinum, a periodic film set in the 1940s.
The ICC setmax campaign was her calling to success and fame and marked
her entry into acting. After about 500 failed screentests, the Setmax
ad shot by Prahlad Kakkar won the best ad campaign of the year, and was
noticed by the director Parvati's mother & got her a screentest for
Rules- Pyar ka superhit formula in 2004 for which she was nominated for
best upcoming actress by Screen Awards and Sansui - PNC Awards. She is
still doing ads in bombay and in the south.She will be seen in more
movies shortly.
Commercials appeared in from 2003 till present date
videocon internet TV with shahrukh khan by UTV, Deven Khote Fair
&Lovely by Nirvana films, prakash varma Kenstar by Red ice prodn,
E.Niwas Knorr soup by mindscreen, Rajiv menon ICC World Cup Cricket
Rangoli by genesis prodns, Prahlad Kakkar Reliance R-World with
Virendra Sehwag by Apocalypse films; Pradeep Sarcar Coke with Vikram by
mindscreen, Rajiv menon Fair & Lovely Talc by UTV, Deven Khote Chennai
Silks by J.D & Jerry surf excel by VKP, Trends Alpenliebe by Keroscene
films Pears junior by Black Magic prodns Pilsbury '2010 feb (now on
air) by Narayan,for Fingerprint films Hosting Discovery travel and
living, Indian rendezvous with chennai as the celebrity anchor for
Discovery Channel
