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Kasthuri is a Actor Indian born on 1 may 1974 at Chennai (Inde)

Kasthuri

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Birth name Shannmathi
Nationality Inde
Birth 1 may 1974 (50 years) at Chennai (Inde)

Kasthuri is an Indian film actress, model and TV show anchor.

Biography

Kasturi was born at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her Father was an Engineer at I.I.T and mother was an advocate. She has a younger brother. She was an all rounder in school and had participated many completions like singing, dance and quiz. She was a rank holder in S.S.L.C and Plus two exams and the recipient of Gold medal. She was a state level hockey champion during school days. She was also an active member of National Cadet Corps (India) and became an RD cadet in air force wing. She also participated in the popular quiz show Master Mind India, hosted by Siddhartha Basu and made it to the finals in 2000. She has also done modeling before entering the movie industry. She has even participated in Miss India contest during 1994.

She is married to Ravikumar, a U.S based doctor and settled in Arizona, U.S. The couple has a daughter Shobini and a son, Sankalp.

She appears in the photo-book A Beautiful Body Project: The Bodies of Mothers.

Usually with

Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
(9 films)
Senthil
Senthil
(9 films)
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S. Manivannan
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Sujatha
Sujatha
(6 films)
Nassar
Nassar
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kasthuri (47 films)

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Actress

Mili
Mili (2015)
, 1h53
Directed by Rajesh Pillai
Genres Drama
Actors Nivin Pauly, Amala Paul, Kasthuri, Shamna Kasim, Praveena, Saikumar
Roles Nancy
Rating60% 3.0012953.0012953.0012953.0012953.001295
Mili is a motivational film about Mili, an introvert girl who is very depressed. But she finds it in herself to think of her nadir as but a stepping stone to success. She chooses to rise above the challenges and take back the reins of her life.
Vadacurry
Vadacurry (2014)

Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jai, Swathi Reddy, RJ Balaji, Kasthuri, Sunny Leone, Misha Ghoshal
Roles Sathish's Sister-in-law
Rating54% 2.7081452.7081452.7081452.7081452.708145
The movie is about how much Jai who sees an iPhone in a tea shop and steals it. soon he gets an change of heart and decides to replace it but the problems and struggles he comes across in giving the phone back are tremendous.
Pathinaaru
Pathinaaru (2011)
, 1h46
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Shiva, Madhu Shalini, Abhishek Shankar, Kasthuri, Black Pandi, Darbuka Siva
Roles Ilavarasi (cameo appearance)
Rating56% 2.842382.842382.842382.842382.84238
Shiva (Shiva) and Indu (Madhu Shalini) are city-based students,who love each other. However, their love is strongly opposed by the latter’s parents. They're given a handwritten book titled "Pathinaaru" (Sixteen) by Indhu's mother to read.
Thamizh Padam, 2h
Directed by C. S. Amudhan
Genres Comedy
Actors Shiva, Disha Pandey, Paravai Muniyamma, M. S. Bhaskar, Venniradai Moorthy, Manobala
Roles Item number
Rating73% 3.6859953.6859953.6859953.6859953.685995
The story opens in a village where male infanticide is predominant, and all male babies are required to be killed immediately after birth. One such baby is headed for such a fate, until he "speaks" to his caretaker-grandmother (Paravai Muniyamma) and asks to be sent to Chennai on a goods train, where he plans to grow into a hero. The old woman complies, and takes the baby to Chennai and raises him herself, living in the city's poorer section.
Malai Malai
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Arun Vijay, Vedhika, Pooja Umashankar, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Kasthuri
Roles Lakshmi
Rating55% 2.7859052.7859052.7859052.7859052.785905
Palani Vel (Prabhu) and Vetri Vel (Arun Vijay) are two brothers who eke out a living as a farmer and a mini van driver respectively in a village on the foothills of Palani temple. They are inseparable and they fight, sing and booze together and when Vetri falls in love with a city based RJ Anjali (Vedika) who is on a visit to Palani, he finds another girl Lakshmi (Kasturi) to romance his brother.
Sedin Dujone, 2h40
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Kasthuri, Biplab Chatterjee, Kanchana Moitra, Kunal Mitra, Manoj Mitra

The focus is on hero Raj (Amitabh Bhattacharya) and not so much on the two heroines Kasturi and Kanchana Moitra. Raj is a famous singer when the film opens. He falls in love with Maria, a Catholic nun-to-be and the two are engaged. Just before they tie the knot, Raj's friend Suman steps in stealthily with the intention of raping her. Kasturi jumps to her death and Raj loses his sanity.
Akasa Veedhilo
Directed by Srinivasa Rao Singeetham
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri, Chalapathi Rao, Rahul Dev
Roles Padma
Rating43% 2.196022.196022.196022.196022.19602
Chandu (Nagarjuna) and Suri (Rajendra Prasad) are pilots and thick friends. Indu (Raveena Tandon) and Padma (Kasthuri) are very good friends. Chandu gets married to Indu and Suri marries Padma. Indu and Padma become pregnant.Indu meets with a car accident and she becomes infertile. Padma gives birth to twins, Ram and Lakshman. Indu and Chandu adopt Ram. After three years, Lakshman is infected by cancer. He needs to undergo bone marrow transplantation. Indu refuses and flees with Ram to Delhi fearing that Chandu will force her to send Ram for operation. Later on, she realizes her mistake and boards a flight to return to her husband so that Ram can be operated upon. Pakistani militants hijack the flight and they divert the flight's route. Lakshman is on his death-bed. How Chandu rescues the flight's passengers and puts an end to the story forms the climax.
Engalukkum Kaalam Varum, 2h25
Actors Kausalya, Livingston, Vivek, Kasthuri, Vadivelu, Kovai Sarala
Roles Pooja

Kuppan (Livingston), after losing his mother, comes from the village to live with the family of his uncle Mannangatti (Manivannan) in the city. Mannangatti works abroad for his family. Mannangatti has three daughters : Lakshmi (Kausalya), a soft-spoken girl, and arrogant city girls Pooja (Kasthuri) and Teja (Vineetha), and a son Vellaiyan (Vadivelu) who wants to get married as fast as possible. When Mannangatti comes back from abroad, he decides to arrange his children's marriage. Pooja gets married with the rich NRI Santhosh (Vivek) and Teja gets married with Ramesh (Karan), a government employee, who wants to make it big in life. Vellaiyan falls in love with Jennifer (Kovai Sarala) and marries her. While Lakshmi refuses to marry the person her father has chosen and marries her cousin Kuppan secretly. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Suyamvaram
Suyamvaram (1999)
, 2h35
Directed by K.S.Ravikumar, Arjun Sarja, Sundar C., R. Sundarrajan, P. Vasu
Genres Drama
Actors Vijayakumar, Manjula Vijayakumar, Radhakrishnan Parthiban, Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Abbas
Roles Uma
Rating55% 2.7635152.7635152.7635152.7635152.763515
Kuselan (Vijayakumar) and Suseela (Manjula) have 9 children: 3 boys (Sathyaraj, Prabhu Ganesan and Abbas) and 6 girls (Rambha, Roja, Kasthuri, Maheswari, Preetha Vijaykumar and Suvalakshmi). R. Parthiban is the family's loyal servant but he is treated as one of their own, while Napoleon is the family doctor.