Jyothika

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jyothika

• Does Jyothika smoke?: No

• Does Jyothika drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Jyothika started her acting career in 1998 by playing the role of Pallavi Sinha in the Bollywood film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.

• She worked in different languages such as Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.

• She featured in several advertisements of popular brands such as Comfort (fabric softener), Santoor Soap, etc.

• She was the brand ambassador for RmKV silk sarees and Wardrobe Hub in Chennai.

• In 2001, she worked in the trilingual film Little John as Vani, which was released in 3 different languages, i.e., Tamil, Hindi, and English.

• She won several awards for her work in the entertainment industry such as Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South for Vaali (1999), Filmfare Award for Best Actress-Tamil for Kushi (2000), Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Actress for the films Perazhagan (2004), Chandramukhi (2005) & Mozhi (2007), Kalaimamani Award in 2005, and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress South for 36 Vayadhinile (2015).

• Jyothika and her husband Suriya together founded Agaram foundation, a nonprofit organization to help children who drop out of school early in Tamil Nadu.

• In an interview, Jyothika talked about her married life and mentioned how she and Suriya met on the set of a film and fell in love while working together on various projects. She added that it was Suriya’s respect towards women which attracted her. Jyothika said that she married a month after Suriya proposed to her for marriage as she was satisfied with her success in her career and wanted to give time to her personal life. ^[1]Hindustan Times