Jyothika Saravanan lahir sebagai Jyothika Sadanah adalah seorang aktris India yang banyak muncul di film-film Tamil. Dia juga berakting di beberapa film Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu dan Hindi.
Dia memulai debutnya di Bollywood dalam film Hindi Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, disutradarai oleh Priyadarshan. Dia membintangi film Tamil pertamanya Vaali dan film Telugu pertamanya Tagore, berlawanan dengan Chiranjeevi.
Jyothika menerima pujian kritis karena memerankan wanita buta di Perazhagan, Alter-egos Chand...
Jyothika Saravanan lahir sebagai Jyothika Sadanah adalah seorang aktris India yang banyak muncul di film-film Tamil. Dia juga berakting di beberapa film Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu dan Hindi.
Dia memulai debutnya di Bollywood dalam film Hindi Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, disutradarai oleh Priyadarshan. Dia membintangi film Tamil pertamanya Vaali dan film Telugu pertamanya Tagore, berlawanan dengan Chiranjeevi.
Jyothika menerima pujian kritis karena memerankan wanita buta di Perazhagan, Alter-egos Chandramukhi dan Ganga di Chandramukhi, Seorang gadis bisu dan tuli di Mozhi dan seorang wanita paruh baya di 36 Vayadhinile. Namun, titik balik karirnya datang dengan kesuksesan Vaali (1999) dan Kushi (2000). Di puncak karirnya, ia setuju untuk berperan sebagai antagonis dalam Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007).
Dia menerima Penghargaan Filmfare pertamanya untuk Vaali sebagai Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Debut Wanita Terbaik โ Selatan. Dia dianugerahi Penghargaan Aktris Tamil Terbaik Filmfare untuk Kushi. Serangkaian film sukses mengikuti dan menjadi terkenal karena penampilannya di Kushi, Dhool, Thenali, Thirumalai, Dumm Dumm Dumm, Snegithiye, Kaaka Kaaka, Perazhagan, Chandramukhi, June R, Pachaikili Muthucharam, Mozhi dan 36 Vayadhinile.
Jyothika meninggalkan industri ini pada puncak karirnya dengan menikah dengan aktor Suriya pada 11 September 2006, setelah menjalin hubungan selama beberapa tahun, dan dengan siapa dia dipasangkan dalam tujuh film. Ia memenangkan tiga Penghargaan Filmfare, tiga Penghargaan Film Negara Bagian Tamil Nadu, Penghargaan Dinakaran, Penghargaan Film Tamil Internasional, serta penghargaan dan nominasi lainnya. Dia juga penerima Penghargaan Kalaimamani.
Dia kembali dalam film 36 Vayadhinile (2015), yang mendapat ulasan bagus dari para kritikus, terutama atas penampilannya dan dia menerima Penghargaan Kritikus Filmfare untuk Aktris Terbaik untuk film tersebut. Ia menjadi aktris pertama yang memenangkan Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Aktris Terbaik - Tamil dan Penghargaan Kritikus Filmfare untuk Aktris Terbaik.
Jyothika Saravanan born as Jyothika Sadanah is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films. She also acted in some Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films.
She debuted in Bollywood in the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, directed by Priyadarshan. She starred in her first Tamil film Vaali and her first Telugu film Tagore, opposite Chiranjeevi.
Jyothika received critical praise for playing a blind woman in Perazhagan, Alter-egos Chandramukhi and Ganga in Chandramukhi, A mute and deaf girl in Mozhi and a middle aged woman in 36 Vayadhinile. However, the turning point of her career came with the success of Vaali (1999) and Kushi (2000). At the peak of her career, she agreed to play the role of an antagonist in Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007).
She received her first Filmfare Awards for Vaali as Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut โ South. She was awarded the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for Kushi. A string of successful films followed and gained prominence for her performances in Kushi, Dhool, Thenali, Thirumalai, Dumm Dumm Dumm, Snegithiye, Kaaka Kaaka, Perazhagan, Chandramukhi, June R, Pachaikili Muthucharam, Mozhi and 36 Vayadhinile.
Jyothika left the industry at the peak of her career marrying actor Suriya on 11 September 2006, after being engaged in a relationship for several years, and with whom she was paired in seven films. She won three Filmfare Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Dinakaran Awards, International Tamil Film Awards and other awards and nominations. She is also a recipient of the Kalaimamani Award.
She made a comeback in the film 36 Vayadhinile (2015), which received good reviews from the critics, especially for her performance and she received Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for the movie. She became the first actress to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.