Jyothika

Jyothika - Biography

Real/Other Names:: Jyothika Sadanah, Jyothika Sadanah Saravanan, Jo
Date of Birth:: October 18, 1978(Age-33)
Place of Birth:: Mumbai, India

Father: Chander Sadannah film producer)
Mother: Seema Sadannah
Spouse: Surya Sivakumar
Daughter: Diya

Jyothika - Personal life:

Jyothika Saravanan is a Punjabi. She did her schooling in Chembur Muslim School in Mumbai. She married actor Surya Sivakumar on September 11, 2006. The couple have a daughter, named Diya, who was born in 2007.

Jyothika - Career:

Her first movie was the Hindi film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, directed by Priyadarshan, opposite Akshaye Khanna. She proceeded to act in Kollywood films, where she debuted in a guest appearance in Vaali.
Her first Tamil movie as a lead artist was Poovellam Kettuppar with Surya Sivakumar. She starred in Kushi, for which she won the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award, Mugavari, Thenali and Dumm Dumm Dumm. In 2003 she starred in Dhool with Vikram, in Kaaka Kaaka with Surya and in Thirumalai with Joseph Vijay. In 2004, she acted in her first dual role in Perazhagan and received a Filmfare Award, the Dinakaran Best Actress Award, and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.

In Chandramukhi she played a woman suffering from a mental illness for which she won another Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Her performances in movies like Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu and Sillunu Oru Kaadhal followed. She also acted in the Radha Mohan-directed Mozhi, where she played a deaf and mute girl and in Gautham Menon's Pachaikili Muthucharam and in Manikanda.