Pranitha Subhash

Pranitha Subhash
200px Pranitha Subhash at the SIIMA Awards, 2013.
Native name	ಪ್ರಣಿತ ಸುಭಾಷ್
Born	Pranitha Subhash (1992 -10-17) 17 October 1992 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Residence	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Ethnicity	Kannada
Occupation	Actress, Model, Entrepreneur
Years active	2010–present

Pranitha Subhash (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian film actress, model and entrepreneur who predominantly appears in Telugu and Kannada films. She was raised in Bangalore and pursued a career in modelling before plunging into films. She debuted as an actor in the 2010 Kannada film, Porki, a remake of Telugu film Pokiri, and in the same year starred in the Telugu film, Em Pillo Em Pillado. Her Tamil debut was with the film Udhayan (2011). She went on to appear in several commercially successful Telugu films like Baava (2010), Attarintiki Daredi (2013)

In 2012, she starred in a critically acclaimed parallel cinema, Bheema Theeradalli for which she was nominated for Filmfare award for Best Kannada actress and SIIMA award for Best Kannada actress.

Early life and family

Pranitha was born into a Kannadiga family. Her father Subhash is a physician and her mother Jayashri is a Gynaecologist. They run a hospital in Bangalore. She is the only child of her parents.

Career

Pranitha Subhash made her debut in films with the 2010 Kannada film Porki, a remake of the Telugu blockbuster film Pokiri, opposite Darshan. After the success of Porki, she refused several offers from Kannada films and became choosy about her projects before signing the Telugu film Baava, a love story where she starred opposite Siddharth. She was praised unanimously for her portrayal of a Telugu village belle in the film. She then went on to appear in her first Tamil film, Udhayan starring Arulnithi.

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Pranitha in 2013

She was then signed up for her second Tamil project Saguni opposite Karthi which released in both Tamil and Telugu languages. Saguni was her biggest release: a film that released in a record 1,150 theaters all over the world.

She then appeared in Jarasandha and Bheema Theeradalli, a real-life story of a naxalite, both opposite Duniya Vijay. The latter saw massive success in Karnataka. Pranitha was praised for her portrayal of Bheemavva by critics and won a Filmfare nomination for the same. She won the Santosham award that year for Bheema Theeradalli.

She then acted in the Kannada film Whistle for which she earned a nomination at the SIIMA awards.

After this, she appeared in the Telugu language film Attarintiki Daredi which released in September 2013 and went on to become the Highest grossing Telugu language film of all time collecting ₹100 crore. It also won her nominations at various award events. The film is being remade in other languages.

During the same time, she worked on a Kannada film Brahma opposite Upendra. She also worked on Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda starring Raveena Tandon and Mohan Babu in which she was paired opposite Manchu Manoj. Both the films fared well. After a brief gap of two years she signed another Tamil film Masss opposite Suriya in late November 2014. In late 2014 she signed a Telugu film Dynamite opposite Manchu Vishnu.

In late June 2015 she the Telugu film Brahmotsavam featuring Mahesh Babu.

Other work

Endorsements

Pranitha Subhash has endorsed brands like Joyalukkas, SVB Silks Salem, Bombay Jewellery, Sri Lakshmi Jewellery, Pondichery and RS Brothers. She was signed as the brand ambassador of the team Karnataka Bulldozers in the Celebrity Cricket League in its third season in 2013. In October 2014, Pranitha along with Anu Prabhakar was selected as the ambassador for the Jewels of India - a fashion jewellery exhibition in Bangalore.

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Porki	Anjali	Kannada	Kannada debut
2010	Em Pillo Em Pillado	Badra	Telugu	Telugu debut
2010	Baava	Varalakshmi	Telugu
2011	Udhayan	Priya	Tamil	Tamil debut
2011	Jarasandha	Samantha	Kannada
2012	Bheema Theeradalli	Bheemavva	Kannada	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actress
2012	Saguni	Sridevi	Tamil
2012	Snehitaru	Anjali	Kannada
2012	Mr. 420	Rukmini	Kannada
2013	Whistle	Anu	Kannada	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actress
2013	Attarintiki Daredi	Prameela	Telugu	Santosham Jury Award, Cinemaa Awards Face of the year, Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014	Angaaraka	Priya	Kannada
2014	Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda	Kuchala Kumari "Kuku"	Telugu
2014	Brahma	Pranitha	Kannada	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actress
2014	Rabhasa	Bhagyam	Telugu
2015	Masss	Anuradha	Tamil	Edison Award for Best Supporting Actress
2015	Dynamite	Anamika	Telugu
2015	A 2nd Hand Lover		Kannada
2016	Brahmotsavam		Telugu

External links

• Pranitha Subhash on Facebook
• Pranitha Subhash on Twitter
• Pranitha Subhash at the Internet Movie Database

• "Pranitha Subhash joins Suriya's Masss"
• "Pranitha Pairs up with Vishnu Manchu"
• "Pranitha with Mahesh Babu"