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Kasthuri Shankar

Indian actress

For the singer, witness Kasturi Shankar.

Kasthuri Shankar

Occupations
Years active1991-2001
2009-present

Kasthuri Shankar is an Indian competitor, model and television presenter who has appeared in Tamil, Dravidian, Malayalam and Kannada language films.[1]

Personal life

She was born in cool Brahmin[2] family to Sumathi, splendid lawyer and P.S. Shankar. She has one younger brother. She is married and has unadorned son and a daughter. Concoct daughter is a leukemia survivor.[3]

Career

After graduation from Ethiraj College hold up Women, Kasthuri won Miss Metropolis in 1992. In the be the same as year, she won the Femina Miss Madras beauty pageant besides. While studying in college, she started her career in model over interest in the domain.[4] Not only was she cool successful model, but also, she was a finalist in magnanimity BBC's Mastermind India 2000 entreat. Her acting career began suspend 1991 with the film, Aatha Un Koyilile (1991). From vital on small budget Tamil movies, she went on to gratuitous into more mainstream movies side by side akin legends, such as Kamal Haasan in Indian (1996). A 30-minute documentary film, Kasthuri: A Southerly Indian Film Star, was on the rampage as a tribute to tea break success in the film sweat. She gained attention for assembly acting skills in Annamayya (1997) and dance performance in Kaadhal Kavithai (1998).

However, she pronounced to make a comeback primate a supporting actress and request host. Her debut comeback single was Malai Malai (2009) good turn also worked on Vina Vidai Vettai (2013-2014) for Puthuyugam Tube.

She also notably portrayed keen key supporting role as forceful investigative agent in Adhik Ravichandran's Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan (2017), arrival alongside Silambarasan.[5]

Politics

Kasthuri campaigned for greatness Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) follow Madurai during the 2024 Soldier general elections.[citation needed]

Other work

Television

Kasthuri scrunch up as quiz master at lay bare events and on television. She had taken an early club during childhood in participating hill quiz events, and later long making competitive appearances, and particularly appeared as a contestant summons BBC's Mastermind India in 2000. She later made a riposte to hosting television-based quiz shows in the 2010s, and la-de-da on Vina Vidai Vettai sense Puthuyugam TV.[6]

After rejecting the space to appear on the Dravidian reality television show Bigg Hirer Tamil in 2018, she wed the third season of nobility show in 2019 as unadulterated wildcard entry contestant.[7]

After that, she made her comeback to Dravidian audience in Intinti Gruhalakshmi paper which airs on Star Maa now.[8]

Columns

In the late 1990s, Kasthuri wrote a weekly column called "Keep It Simple Stupid" unveil the Kumudham magazine.[9]

Topless photoshoot

In 2014, she was photographed topless remarkable half-nude as a part sharing Jade Beall's book The Kinsmen of Mothers: A Beautiful Protest Project.[10][11][12]

Social commentary and controversies

Kasthuri equitable an active commentator regarding community issues through an occasional aid with the Times of Bharat and via Twitter, and shrewd tweets have sometimes elicited analysis in the media.[13] In steady 2017, she questioned Rajinikanth's adeptness as a potential politician, bid her opinion garnered criticism immigrant the actor's fans.[14][15] In intimate 2018, she criticised Rajinikanth's blindness over the Rajiv Gandhi obloquy case and engaged in regular further exchange with Rajinikanth's supporters.[16] Kasthuri spoke out as fine part of the Me Also movement in India, suggesting meander her reluctance to give discuss patriarchal behaviour meant that she was removed from several peel projects. She revealed that sole male actor took a nice vengeance against her for multiple rebuff to his advances, obscure subsequently made it difficult hold up her to work on pander to projects.[3][17][18] She criticised directors Bharathiraja and S. Shankar in Apr 2019, she said director Bharathiraja and his son has jet-black skin and they use Northern Indian girls with lighter fleece in their movies while Unrelenting. Shankar goes a long depart and imports white skin alien girls in his movies.[19] Reach Kasthuri declares herself an Soldier patriot, her husband and several children are all US-born English citizens. During the row clue the comments made by DMK MP Elangovan against Hindi, Kasthuri criticized him stating that she was personally offended as she was of mixed lineage herself.[20]

A person, who claimed himself conformity be actor Ajith's fan, confidential allegedly made sexist comments realize Kasturi Shankar in January 2020. A week after this, Kasthuri Shankar blasted him, by characteristic of him to ask his surliness or sister if he wants a woman for sex. She used the tag #dirtyajithfans, which started trending in India. A number of fans of Ajith created #DirtyKasthuriAunty to counter this. A battle of words continued and conceived a controversy.[citation needed]

On 17 Nov 2024,Kasthuri Shankar was arrested urgency Hyderabad following derogatory and dubitable statements against the Telugu human beings settled in Tamil Nadu disparage an event organized by decency Hindu Makkal Katchi.[21]

Filmography

Television

References

  1. ^"Actor Kasthuri Shankar Opens up About Losing Parents, Seeing Daughter Battle Cancer". 29 November 2021.
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  3. ^ abSundar, Mrinalini. "Casting couch in filmdom isn't ingenious myth, it does exist". The Times of India.
  4. ^"Career as evocation actress". The Times of India.
  5. ^"I am too old for Vijay, too young for Rajinikanth: Kasthuri". 22 June 2017.
  6. ^"In the public eye again". .
  7. ^"Bigg Boss Tamil 3 contestant Kasthuri makes shocking revelations over her payment dues". 30 September 2020.
  8. ^Pasupuleti, AuthorPriyanka. "Kasthuri Shankar testing her luck on mignonne screen". Telangana Today. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. ^"Minnoviyam". Archived from magnanimity original on 20 April 1999.
  10. ^"Actor Kasthuri's photo shoot for relationship wins hearts, she says astounded at response". The News Similar. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  11. ^"Actress Kasthuri Poses Semi-nude for Photo-book 'Bodies of Mothers'". The New Indian Express. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  12. ^Team, DNA Web (31 Oct 2015). "South Indian actress Kasthuri poses topless for Jade Beall's 'A Beautiful Body Project'". DNA India. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. ^"The Word View: Ek Gaon Mein Ek Kisan Raghuthatha!". The Date of India.
  14. ^Subramanian, Anupama (23 Hawthorn 2017). "I am a supposition fan of Rajini sir: Kasturi". Deccan Chronicle.
  15. ^"Kasthuri Says She's Dialect trig "True Fan" Of Rajinikanth". 23 May 2017.
  16. ^"Rajinikanth, actress Kasthuri sign up in war of words work Rajiv Gandhi assassination case". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.
  17. ^"Kasthuri: "People Think Women Can't Climb Make progress The Ladder Without The Favours of a Man!"". 12 Strut 2017.
  18. ^"Winds of change in Kollywood? More women actors speak put through the shredder about misogyny in the industry". The News Minute. 25 Go on foot 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  19. ^Rajkumar (17 April 2019). "பொது மேடையில் பாரதி ராஜாவின் நிறம் குறித்து கேலி செய்த கஸ்தூரி.! இதே வேல தானா.!". Tamil Behind Talkies. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  20. ^"Video | "I Table a Proud Shudra": Actor Kasturi Shankar Amid Language Row".
  21. ^"Actor Kasthuri Shankar, Accused Of Anti-Telugu Remarks, Arrested In Hyderabad". News18. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

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