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Girija Shettar is a Actor born on 20 july 1969
Girija Shettar is a former film actress of British Indian origin, known for her works in South Indian films. In 1989, Shettar starred in Maniratnam's film Geethanjali. She then did the Malayalam film Vandanam, directed by Priyadarshan in which she starred alongside Mohanlal.
In 1992, she signed for the lead role in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, which she left mid-way to complete a prior commitment. Ayesha Julka replaced her after the first schedule. In the same year, she starred in another Telugu film Hrudayanjali under the direction of A. Raghurami Reddy, which won four Nandi awards. The film was completed in 1992 but was released only in 2002.
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Birth 20 july 1969 (55 years)
In 1992, she signed for the lead role in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, which she left mid-way to complete a prior commitment. Ayesha Julka replaced her after the first schedule. In the same year, she starred in another Telugu film Hrudayanjali under the direction of A. Raghurami Reddy, which won four Nandi awards. The film was completed in 1992 but was released only in 2002.
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Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003)
, 2h35Directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Genres Romance
Actors Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia D'Souza, Shriya Saran, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Satish Shah, Abhishek Bachchan
Roles herself
Rating61%
Rishi (Ritesh Deshmukh) and Anju (Genelia D'Souza) are childhood buddies. They were born on the same day, in the same hospital. Even their parents are best friends from their college years and are now neighbours. Rishi and Anju are inseparable, so much so that they study in the same college in the same class.
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
, 2h56Directed by Mansoor Khan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka, Mamik Singh, Deepak Tijori, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Pooja Bedi
Roles lead in song Jawa ho yaaron
Rating80%
The movie is set in Dehradun in north India. The movie opens with the description of the various colleges in the city. The Rajput college has students from affluent backgrounds with each student being an heir to a multimillion fortune. In contrast, the Model college has students from poor local households. Other colleges include Xaviers College and Queens College, the latter being an all-girls college with the guys from all three colleges trying to woo the students there.
Geethanjali (1989)
, 2h17Directed by Mani Ratnam
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Girija Shettar, Sowcar Janaki, Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar, Vijayachander
Roles Geethanjali
Rating82%
Prakash (Akkineni Nagarjuna), a carefree, mischievous student graduates from College. During his celebration with his friends, he gets into a road accident. Although the accident is only minor, during medical tests, he is diagnosed with terminal cancer and has few months to live. Unable to hear his mother's constant wailing, he packs his bags and leaves to his family's vacation home in Ooty.
Vandanam (1989)
, 2h48Directed by Priyadarshan
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Mohanlal, Girija Shettar, Mukesh, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Nedumudi Venu, Saleema
Roles Gaadha
Rating78%
Professor Kurian Fernandez (Nedumudi Venu), a convict escapes from jail, along with Raghu (Ganesh Kumar), his cell mate. After a failed attempt to chase and nab the duo, the officials draws out several plans to capture both. Police authorities strongly feel that Fernandez will land up in Banglore and may try to meet up with his only daughter. Unnikrishnan (Mohanlal) and K.Purushothaman Nair (Jagadish), two inspectors from Kerala police are sent to Bangalore to follow the activities of Gaadha (Girija Shettar), daughter of Fernandez. Upon reaching Bangalore, Unnikrishnan meets Peter (Mukesh), his college mate, who is also now an inspector with Karnataka police. Unnikrishnan and Peter makes up a team and sidelines Purushothaman Nair, who struggles hard to cope up with Kannada language. The police team stays at a room just opposite to where Gaadha stays as a paying guests. Gaadha, working at an advertisement agency as a copy writer is staying along with Maggie Aunty (Sukumari), who is constantly in fight with her son (Kuthiravattom Pappu). Unnikrishnan and Peter, who are born flirts, are more interested in drinking and playing cards than investigation. K.P.Nair tries to report this to the authorities, but fails in getting both in control. Unnikrishnan slowly develops a crush towards Gaadha, which gets transformed into a full-fledged passion, but Gaadha never accepts it. Unni befriends with Maggie aunty and tries all ways to woo Gaadha. Meanwhile, Unni and Peter finds out that Fernandez is in the city and is constantly in touch with Gaadha. The police commissioner (M. G. Soman) is in all efforts to nab Fernandez. Unnikrishnan decides to use Gaadha to reach out Fernandez. Gaadha reveals to Unni about the past of Fernandez, when he was a college professor, who was loved and cared by the students. The sincere professor questioned the college authorities on many administration malpractices, which made him a dust in their eyes. The son of the police commissioner was punished by professor, which led to serious fracas in college and authorities were forced to take action on him under severe protests from students. In retaliation, he attacked professor while traveling with a female student. The girl was raped and killed and the professor was falsely convicted in the case. Now, professor is out of jail to avenge on it. Unnikrishnan tries to convince professor with the help of Gaadha, but he fails to give up. Meanwhile, an old man, who is a client of the ad agency, where Gaadha works, likes her and asks her to join him as his secretary abroad. Gaadha, who had by then developed a soft feeling towards Unni lets him to bring his mother (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) to see her. At the same time, Professor succeeds in killing the son of the commissioner. He orders a shoot at sight at Fernandez. Professor goes berserk and loses mental stability and decides to plant a bomb at the city stadium, which might kill hundreds of civilians. Unnikrishnan asks Gaadha to make him give up this heinous plan, but he refuses. That evening, Fernandez plants a bomb, but police team under Unnikrishnan corners him and takes him to the tower. Professor, despite repeated requests denies to explain how defuse the bomb. But Unnikrishnan successfully defuses the bomb, thereby saving the lives of hundreds. But Gaadha, who actually wanted to join with Unni, couldn't join with him and decides to go with the old man to London. The film ends with both the cars with Gaadha and Unni stopping at a junction, when the signal turns green, they move to opposite roads.
Geethanjali (1989)
, 2h17Directed by Mani Ratnam
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Girija Shettar, Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar, Vijayachander, Sumithra
Roles Geethanjali
Rating82%
Prakash (Akkineni Nagarjuna), a carefree, mischievous student graduates from College. During his celebration with his friends, he gets into a road accident. Although the accident is only minor, during medical tests, he is diagnosed with terminal cancer and has few months left. Unable to hear his mother's constant crying, he packs his bags and leaves to his family's vacation home in Ooty for a few weeks.
Directed by Priyadarshan
Actors Mohanlal, Girija Shettar, Raghuvaran, Nizhalgal Ravi, Sreenivasan, Vincent
Rating74%
Dhanushkodi is about drug cartels of South India based at Chennai. Sreenivasan plays an undercover cop who is having an identity of a journalist. He meets his old friend Mohanlal who is working in a Government Office and informs him about his mission. Raghuvaran plays the kingpin of drug business.As the investigation progresses, Sreenivasan's attains a shocking information as he realizes the real guy behind Raghuvaran is Mohanlal.