Charmy Kaur

 

"Charmi" redirects here. For other uses, see Charmi (disambiguation).

Born	Charmi Kaur May 17, 1987 (age 27) Vasai, Mumbai , India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Charmy, Charmee
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Height	5'5

Charmi Kaur (also spelt as Charmee or Charmy) is an Indian film actress, who has predominantly appeared in Telugu films. She acted with stars such as Dileep, Mammootty, Amitabh Bachchan, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Jr. NTR, Prabhas, Siddarth, Ravi Teja, Sumanth, Nitin and Silambarasan. Charmi gave her voice to Kajal Aggarwal in the film Chandamama (2007).

Early life

Charmy was born in Mumbai and her family is of Punjabi-Sikh background. She studied in Carmelite Convent English High School in Vasai.

Career

She made her acting debut in the 2002 Telugu film Nee Thodu Kavali, in which she acted as a housewife at a young age of 13. This film was a flop, but helped Charmy in getting noticed by the south Indian film industry. Her next film was Kadhal Azhivathillai with Silambarasan, which was also a flop. During this time she acted in a Malayalam film directed by Vinayan named Kattuchembakam. This film also bombed in box office. After that she acted in a couple more Tamil films but they bombed at the box office.

Charmy at the shoot of Dongala Mutha

Her re-entry to Telugu films happened with Neeke Manasichhaanu a film with Sreekanth which was a failure; then in Sri Anjaneyam, directed by ace director Krishna Vamsi which too was a failed attempt. It was followed by another failure with Chanti, paired against Ravi Teja. She finally got a big break in Telugu with Gowri in which she was paired with Sumanth. The stupendous success of Mass with Nagarjuna strengthened her position in Tollywood. Charmy's most critically acclaimed film so far is Anukokunda Oka Roju. It was a heroine-oriented thriller. Her performance in the film was acclaimed by critics.

In 2006 she acted in Pournami which was a total failure in spite of high expectations, but her performance was appreciated. Though she did not learn Indian classical dance, her Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dances in the film were appreciated by audiences. Later that year she was paired for the second time with Sumanth in Chinnodu but it was not a successful venture. Her next film, Rakhi (with NTR), was a hit. In 2007 Mantra, a thriller with Charmy in the lead role, was declared as a surprise hit. Her performance in the film was appreciated and fetched her the Nandi Award for Best Actress of 2007.

Then, she starred in several lady oriented roles, including Anukokunda Oka Roju, Mantra, Manorama 2009, Kavya's Diary, Sye Aata, Mangala in Telugu and Laadam in Tamil, out of which Anukokunda Oka Roju and Mantra were very successful.

In 2011, she got a chance to work in Bollywood in the film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap starring Amitabh Bachchan. She had a supporting role in the film , which performed averagely in the box office. In 2012, she mostly did special songs in high budget films like Dhamarukam, Naayak and Yaare Koogadali. She appeared in two more Bollywood films, Zila Ghaziabad and R... Rajkumar. She starred in two female-oriented Telugu films, Prema Oka Maikam, directed by Chandu of 10th class fame, in which she played a call girl character in the film and Pratighatana in which she played a journalist. Pratighatana was Charmy's 50th film.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Nee Thodu Kavali	Manasa	Telugu
2002	Kadhal Azhivathillai	Charmi	Tamil
2002	Kattuchembakam	Chembakam	Malayalam
2003	Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu	Divya Natarajan	Tamil
2003	Neeke Manasichchaanu	Sridevi	Telugu
2003	Kadhal Kisu Kisu	Indhu	Tamil
2004	Sri Anjaneyam	Padma	Telugu
2004	Gowri	Sweta	Telugu
2004	Chanti		Telugu
2004	Mass	Priya	Telugu
2005	Chakram	Lakshmi	Telugu
2005	Anukokunda Oka Roju	Sahasra	Telugu	Santosham Best Actress Award CineMAA Award for Best Actress (Jury)
2005	Political Rowdy	Kaveri	Telugu
2005	Allari Pidugu	Subbalakshmi	Telugu
2006	Chukkallo Chandrudu	Sandhya	Telugu
2006	Lakshmi	Sailaja	Telugu
2006	Style	Shruti	Telugu
2006	Pournami	Chandrakala	Telugu
2006	Chinnodu	Anjali	Telugu
2006	Rakhi	Gowri	Telugu
2007	Lava Kusha	Sinchana	Kannada
2007	Mantra	Mantra	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Actress
2008	Sundarakanda	Pinky	Telugu
2008	Bhale Dongalu		Telugu	Special appearance
2008	Michael Madana Kamaraju	Archana	Telugu
2008	Kausalya Supraja Rama	Kausalya	Telugu
2008	King		Telugu	Special appearance
2009	Laadam	Angel	Tamil
2009	Manorama	Geetanjali	Telugu
2009	Kavya's Diary	Kavya	Telugu
2009	Mahatma		Telugu	Special appearance
2010	Aagathan	Shreya	Malayalam
2010	Indhu		Telugu
2010	Sye Aata		Telugu
2010	Ragada		Telugu	Special appearance
2011	Mangala	Mangala	Telugu	Nandi Special Jury Award
2011	Dongala Mutha	Rani	Telugu
2011	Nagaram Nidrapothunna Vela	Niharika	Telugu
2011	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap	Amrita / Amrutha[6]	Hindi
2011	Mayagadu	Vandana Chidambaram	Telugu
2011	Dev S/o Mudde Gowda	Kavya	Kannada
2012	Thappana	Mallika	Malayalam
2012	Dhamarukam		Telugu	Special appearance
2012	Yaare Koogadali		Kannada	Special appearance
2013	Sevakudu		Telugu
2013	Naayak		Telugu	Special appearance
2013	Zila Ghaziabad	Sanika	Hindi
2013	Saradaga Ammayitho		Telugu	Cameo appearance
2013	Prema Oka Maikam	Mallika	Telugu
2013	R... Rajkumar		Hindi	Special appearance
2014	Pratighatana	Nischala	Telugu
2014	Rambha Urvasi Menaka	Swathi	Telugu	Filming
2014	Mantra 2	Mantra	Telugu	Filming

Awards

• 2012: Nandi Special Jury Award for Mangala
• 2007: Nandi Award for Best Actress for Mantra
• 2005: Santosham Best Actress Award for Anukokunda Oka Roju
• 2005: CineMAA Award for Best Actress (Jury) for Anukokunda Oka Roju