Charmi - Telugu Actress

Charmy Kaur is an Indian film actress, who has predominantly appeared in Telugu films. She acted with stars such as Venkatesh, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Jr. NTR, Prabhas, Siddarth, Ravi Teja, Sumanth and Nitin.

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

She made her acting debut in the 2002 Telugu film Nee Thodu Kaavali, in which she acted as a housewife at a mere age of 15. This film was a flop, but helped Charmme in getting noticed by the south Indian film industry. Her next film was Kadhal Azhavatillai 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.

Her re-entry to Telugu movies happened with 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. She didn't have to look back afterwards. The stupendous success of Mass with Nagarjuna strengthened her position in Tollywood. Charmme's most indistinguishable and critically acclaimed film so far is Anukokunda Oka Roju. It was a heroine-oriented thriller. Her performance in the movie 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 Charmme in the lead role, was declared as a surprise hit.This performance fetched her the Nandi Award for the best herione of 2007. Her performance in the movie is appreciated by wide range of audience.

Then, she starred in several lady oriented roles, a rare thing in Tollywood. The list includes Anukokunda Oka Roju, Mantra, Manorama, Kavya's Diary in Telugu and Laadam in Tamil, out of which Anukokunda Oka Roju and Mantra were very successful.

Generally this stuff about being No 1 is all about the money so if I am being offered good money then it automatically means that I am somewhere at the top otherwise it means I am nowhere. - TV Interview

One tends to think that you know a fair bit about acting after your first movie but when you work with someone like Krishna Vamsi you realise acting is a lifelong learning experience. The shades within a given situation are so vast and varied that just thinking about the different aspects of an emotion makes your head spin. - TV Interview

I cried myself to sleep every night for a long time. I just could not take it. My heart felt like a lump of steel in my chest. You need a good support system to come out of that. - TV Interview

I am a fitness girl. I am not a fitness freak but I like to look fit and the only way you can look fit is by exercising so I do a lot of workouts in the gym. I also read. I always carry a good book on the sets so time flies. I can cook too. I do pretty good non vegetarian stuff. - TV Interview

Over time I realised that I cannot be held entirely responsible. True I have to take a major share in the blame but then there are so many people involved in the making of a film. There is the script writer, the art director, the costumer and of course the Director himself. No actor or actress can be so arrogant and full of themselves to think that a film is carried entirely on his or her shoulders. Now I try to analyse the probable cause of failure. In hindsight you can see why it flopped. - TV Interview

2010

2010 - Mayagadu ( Telugu )

2010 - Indhu ( Telugu )

2010 - Kavya's Diary ( Malayalam )

2010 - Mangala ( Telugu )

2010 - Adurs ( Telugu )

2010 - Sye Aata ( Telugu )

2010 - Sevakudu ( Telugu )

2010 - Jadhugallu ( Telugu )

2010 - Aagathan ( Malayalam )

2008-2009

2009 - Laadam ( Tamil )

2009 - Mahatma ( Telugu )

2009 - Manorama ( Telugu )

2009 - Unnai Kan Theduthe ( Tamil )

2009 - 16 Days ( Telugu )

2009 - Kavya's Diary ( Telugu )

2009 - Rakhi ( Tamil )

2008 - Michael Madana Kamaraju ( Telugu )

2008 - Sundarakanda ( Telugu )

2008 - Kausalya Supraja Rama ( Telugu )

2006 2007

2007 - Mantra ( Telugu )

2007 - Lava Kusha ( Kannada )

2006 - Style ( Telugu )

2006 - Chinnodu ( Telugu )

2006 - Pournami ( Telugu )

2006 - Lakshmi ( Malayalam )

2006 - Lakshmi ( Telugu )

2006 - Rakhi ( Telugu )

2006 - Chukkallo Chandrudu ( Telugu )

2006 - Balram Vs Tara Das ( Malayalam )

2002 - 2005

2005 - Anukokunda Oka Roju ( Telugu )

2005 - Political Rowdy ( Telugu )

2005 - Chakram ( Telugu )

2005 - Allari Pidugu ( Telugu )

2004 - Chanti (The Hero) ( Telugu )

2004 - Gowri ( Telugu )

2004 - Mass ( Telugu )

2004 - Sri Anjaneyam ( Telugu )

2003 - Neeke Manasichanu ( Telugu )

2003 - Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu ( Tamil )

2002 - Kattuchembakam ( Malayalam )

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