Priya Anand

Priya Anand (born 17 September 1986)[1] is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly appears in Tamil films. She has also appeared in Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. After pursuing higher studies in the US, she began a career in modelling in 2008 before making her acting debut in the Tamil film Vaamanan (2009)[2] and then her Telugu debut in Leader a year later.[3] She made her Hindi debut in 2012 with a supporting role in English Vinglish and subsequently appeared in the films Fukrey (2013) as Priya and Rangrezz (2013).

Not to be confused with Priya Anand (voice actress).

Priya Anand
Anand at Fukrey Jugaadu event
Born
Priya Bharadwaj Anand

(1986-09-17) 17 September 1986
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActress, model
Years active2009–present

Early life

Priya was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu as the only child to a Tamil father named Bharadwaj and a half-Telugu, half-Marathi mother named Radha.[4] She was brought up in both her parents' hometowns, Chennai and Hyderabad, becoming fluent in Tamil and Telugu.[4] Besides native languages, Priya is proficient in English,[5] Bengali, Hindi, Marathi and Spanish as well.[4]

Priya became fascinated with films, developing an interest in cinema, since childhood, and noted that she has been dreaming of getting into the film industry and working on technical aspects of film making, but confesses she never thought of becoming an actor.[4][5] She moved to the US, where she pursued her higher studies.[5] Keeping her later career in mind, she studied Communications and Journalism at SUNY Albany.[4] In 2008, she returned to India and ventured into modeling, appearing in various television advertisements like Nutrine Maha Lacto, Prince Jewellery and Cadbury Dairy Milk.[4]

Career
Anand at Kootathil Oruthan movie screening

Priya was initially supposed to make her acting debut in the Tamil film Pugaippadam, which she signed up first, but since its release was delayed until 2010, her first release became the action-thriller Vaamanan, directed by newcomer Ahmed. She was signed for the project in late 2008 to portray Divya, a simple girl next-door, whom the male lead character, played by Jai, would fall in love with. The film created some anticipation before its release, mainly due to its hit music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which enabled a big opening,[6][7] with the song "Aedho Saigirai", which was picturised on her, being considered as her "claim-to-fame" that made her popular among Tamil audience, and being dubbed as a "Priya song".[8][9] However the film got a lukewarm reception and fared only averagely at the Chennai box office.

In 2010, three of her films released within a short span of time, the first on New Year 2010, which was the college-life based drama Pugaippadam, a film revolving around the friendship between seven students. Priya enacted the character of one of the student roles, a Malayali Christian named Shiney George.[10] The film opened to mixed reviews and proved to be commercially unsuccessful. She next starred in her first Telugu film, AVM Productions' Sekhar Kammula directed political drama Leader, alongside newcomers Rana Daggubati and Richa Gangopadhyay. She recalls that an assistant director of Kammula had found her on Facebook and invited her and how she had to audition thrice for the film to prove herself and eventually got the offer.[4][5] She played Ratna Prabha, a television channel reporter and friend to a young man, who would later go on to become a political leader. Although her screen presence in the film was very limited, her performance garnered overwhelming response and was well received,[3][11] while the film itself earned positive reviews and became a critical success.[4] The Dil Raju-produced family entertainer Rama Rama Krishna Krishna was her last 2010 release, in which she plays the love interest of the film's male protagonist. She next starred in 180, a bilingual Tamil-Telugu project by ad filmmaker Jayendra,[12] which was her only release in 2011. In the second half of 2011, she filmed for her début Hindi film English Vinglish, produced by R Balki,[13] in which she had shared screen with Sridevi, who Priya admires and considers her idol. Priya said: "I signed this film just to be up and close to an artist who has influenced me and to be part of something that was so important to her. I'm doing this movie as her fan and I'm fortunate enough to play a very important part in her journey in the film".[14]

She is currently filming simultaneously for three Tamil films, notably featuring the sons of prominent 1980s Tamil actors. Arima Nambi features Vikram Prabhu, Irumbu Kuthirai stars Atharvaa and Vai Raja Vai features her opposite Gautham Karthik.[15][16] She has also been signed up to play the female lead opposite Vimal in Kannan's next film, in which she will play Annapoorni, an educated young woman from Madurai.[17]

Activities

On 20 June 2011, Anand became an ambassador for the "Save the Children" campaign for both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.[18]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2009VaamananDivya TamilDebut Tamil film
2010PugaippadamShiney George
LeaderRatna Prabha Telugu
Rama Rama Krishna KrishnaPriya
2011NootrenbadhuRenuka NarayananTamil
180Telugu
2012English VinglishRadhaHindiNominated—Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female
Nominated—Star Guild Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ko Antey KotiSathyaTelugu
2013RangrezzMegha Joshi Hindi
FukreyPriya
Ethir NeechalGeetha Tamil
Vanakkam ChennaiAnjali Rajamohan
2014Arima NambiAnaamika Raghunath
Irumbu KuthiraiSamyuktha Ramakrishnan
Oru Oorla Rendu RajaPriya
2015Vai Raja VaiPriya
Trisha Illana NayantharaTrain passengerGuest appearance
2017EzraPriyaMalayalamMalayalam debut
MuthuramalingamVijiTamil
RaajakumaraNandiniKannadaKannada debut
Kootathil OruthanJananiTamil
Fukrey ReturnsPriyaHindi
2018Kayamkulam KochunniJanakiMalayalam
OrangeRadhaKannada[19]
2019Kodathi Samaksham Balan VakeelTeena ShankarMalayalam[20]
LKGSarala Munusamy Tamil
Adithya VarmaPriya Menen
2020Sumo TBAPost-production[21]
2021 James TBA Kannada Filming[22][23][24]
RDX TBA Filming[25][26][27]

Web Series
YearWorkRoleLanguagePlatformRef.
2020A Simple MurderRichaHindiSonyLIV[28][29]

References
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  2. Settu Shankar Priya Anand debuts through Vaamanan. OneIndia.in. 8 September 2008
  3. Prakash, BVS (19 April 2010). "T-town's lucky debutants". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  4. "Interview with Priya Anand".
  5. Rajamani, Radhika (5 February 2010). "I had to audition thrice for Leader". Rediff. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  6. Moviebuzz (24 June 2009). "Vaamanan to release on July 3". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  7. Moviebuzz (9 July 2009). "Will it be Jai Ho this Friday?". Sify. Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  8. "I'm single: Priya Anand". The Times of India. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  9. "Priya Anand: Little Miss Sunshine". The Times of India. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  10. Manikandan, K R (5 January 2010). "For friendship's sake". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  11. Rajamani, Radhika (5 February 2010). "Many thought my acting as Ratna was natural". Rediff. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  12. Suganth, M (12 May 2010). "Changing focus". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  13. "Priya completes shoot for English Vinglish". The Times of India. 20 November 2011.
  14. "Priya Anand: Working with her idol". The Times of India. 19 November 2011.
  15. "Vikram Prabhu signs his next flick!". The Times of India. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  16. "Priya Anand pairs opposite Gautam Karthik". The Times of India. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  17. "Priya Anand plays a village belle in her next - The Times of India". The Times of India.
  18. Actor Priya Anand announces support for Save the Children Archived 1 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Savethechildren.in. 20 June. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  19. "It's Priya Anand for Orange". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  20. "Dileep-B Unnikrishnan movie titled Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel - Times of India". Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  21. "Agila Ulaga Superstar returns after Thamizh Padam 2! - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  22. "'ಜೇಮ್ಸ್‌' ಪುನೀತ್‌ಗೆ ನಾಯಕಿಯಾದ ಪ್ರಿಯಾ ಆನಂದ್! ಮತ್ತೆ ಒಂದಾಯ್ತು 'ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ' ಜೋಡಿ". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  23. "It's Priya Anand opposite Puneeth Rajkumar in James | Cinemaexpress". m.cinemaexpress.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  24. "Priya Anand to romance Puneeth Rajkumar once again in James - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  25. "Priya Anand to pair up with Shivarajkumar in her next - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  26. "ಶಿವಣ್ಣನಿಗೆ ನಾಯಕಿಯಾಗಿ ಮಿಂಚಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಪ್ರಿಯಾ ಆನಂದ್". Kannadaprabha (in Kannada). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  27. "Priya Anand to star opposite Shivarajkumar?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  28. "Priya Anand: A Simple Murder got me excited about life and work again". The Indian Express. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  29. Janani K (1 August 2020). "Priya Anand is back to work, to make her digital debut with Simple Murder - Television News". India Today. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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