Aparna Gopinath

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Aparna Gopinath
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Born
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Aparna Gopinath is an Indian actress of film actress and theatre artist. She debuted in the Malayalam film ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi opposite to Dulquer Salmaan.

Early life[edit]

Aparna was born into a 121 Malayali family settled in Chennai.[1] She was a theatre artist and contemporary dancer before her acting debut. She has associated herself with ‘Koothu-P-Pattarai’, an avant-garde theatre movement of Chennai, and had also acted in renowned plays like ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’, ‘Woyzeck’, ‘Moonshine’, ‘Sky Toffee’, ‘Sangadi Arinjo’ based on seven short stories of Vaikom abhishekh and several Shakespearean plays.[2][3][4][5][6]

Movie career[edit]

She debuted in movies with Martin Prakkat's ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi which became a super hit. She played the role of Madhumitha, a college student and the love interest of Dulquer Salmaan in the movie.[7] Her second movie as heroine was Asif Ali starrer Bicycle Thieves.[8]

She also acted female lead in Mamas' Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 which is a sequel to 1995 cult comedy Mannar Mathai Speaking[9] and Boban Samuel's Happy Journey starred Jayasurya.[10] She also acts as a Junior journalist in director Venu's film Munnariyippu starring Mammootty which received rave reviews for her acting skills.[11] She had signed Mohanlal-Priyadarshan Film Ammu to Ammu but was later shelved due to production difficulties.[12] In 2016, she completed Kranthi which saw no theatrical release.

Theater career[edit]

In Chennai, she was active in English theatre and was a part of plays like ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ and worked with various theatre groups including Masquerade, The Little Theatre, Magic Lantern, Madras Players,[13] Koothu–p-Pattarai.[1] Over years, she has directed[14] and acted in over 50 plays. Her favorite remains "Moonshine And Skytoffeeby", by a Chennai-based group called Perch directed by Rajeev Krishnan.[13][15]

In 2014, she was a part of ‘Under The Mangosteen Tree’, an adaption of a Vaikom Mohammed Basheer tale.[16]

Awards[edit]

Filmography[edit]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref.
2013 ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi Madhumitha Debut film [7]
Bicycle Thieves Meera [8]
2014 Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 Nithya [9]
Happy Journey Ziya [10]
Gangster Lilly [20]
Munnariyippu Anjali [11]
2015 Onnam Loka Mahayudham ACP Tara Mathew [21]
Charlie Dr. Kani [22]
2016 School Bus Aparna [23]
2017 Sakhavu Neethi [24]
2018 Mazhayathu Anitha [25]
2019 Oru Nakshathramulla Aakasham Uma [26]
Safe Shreya Sreedharan [27]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kumar, P. K. Ajith (10 April 2014). "Roll of roles". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. "I'm open to more challenging roles: Aparna Gopinath". The Times of India. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. "Aparna Gopinath". Facebook. Retrieved 21 September 2013.[non-primary source needed]
  4. "Aparna gopinath – Movies, Photos, Filmography, biography, Wallpapers, Videos, Fan Club". entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  5. "Aparna Gopinath". Rotten Tomatoes. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. "Aparna Gopinath Archives | Moviexpress.comMoviexpress.com". Moviexpress.com. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Aparna Gopinath dances her way to Mollywood". The New Indian Express. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Aparna Gopinath's next film with Asif Ali". Asianet. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Aparna Gopinath signs up for Mannar Mathai sequel". The Times of India. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Jayasurya's 'Happy Journey' starts rolling". Asianet. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "'Munnariyippu' Teaser Featuring Mammootty and Aparna Gopinath Released". International Business Times. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  12. "Mohanlal, Priyadarshan to Team up for Big-Budget Multilingual Film". International Business Times. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Aparna Gopinath : Breaking All the Stereotypes! | RITZ". RITZ Magazine. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  14. "Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Christmas pantomime". The Hindu. 29 August 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2018.[dead link]
  15. "Moonshine and Skytoffee: Bengaluru's tryst with timeless Basheer". OnManorama. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  16. Nagarajan, Saraswathy (21 August 2014). "In search of freedom". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  17. TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards: Shobhana, Prithviraj win best actor, actress awards. Kerala9.com (20 January 2014). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  18. Campus Cine Awards. Campus Cine Awards (6 January 2015). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  19. "IIFA Utsavam 2017 (2016) Kannada Full Show, Nominees & Winners". Updatebro.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  20. "'Gangster' features Nyla Usha and Aparna Gopinath in key roles". CNN-News18. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  21. "Tovino and Aparna Gopinath come together!". The Times of India. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  22. "Dulquer starts shooting for 'Charlie'". Sify. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  23. "From Chic to Mommy: Aparna Gopinath". Deccan Chronicle. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  24. "Aparna Gopinath plays an activist in Sakhavu". The Times of India. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  25. "Aparna Gopinath on playing a mother in Suveeran's Mazhayathu". Deccan Chronicle. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  26. "Aparna Gopinath in 'Oru Nakshatramulla Aakasham'". The Times of India. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  27. "Malayalam film 'Safe' explores violence against women". Gulf News. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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