SADHA (SADA)

Born: Sadhaaf Mohammed Syed Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India

Other name(s): Sada

Occupation: Actress

Years active: 2002-present

Sadha (Tamil: சதா) (born 17 February 1984) in India as Sadhaaf Mohammed Syed   is a popular Indian actress. She has acted in various Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films. Her most notable films include Jayam, Anniyan and Unnale Unnale.

PERSONAL

Sada is an actress in Telugu and Tamil film industry. She is 5 feet 4 and 1/2 inches tall (quote from an interview). She has performed in all south Indian languages. She was born in a Marathi Muslim family from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra in India. She is the only daughter of her family. She did her schooling in Ratnagiri Sacred Hearts Convent and she went to Mumbai to continue her studies till her first movie was a commercial hit. She got admission in her Engineering in Information Technology at SNDT College of Engineering, Mumbai. She also is a trained Kathak dancer.

CAREER

Her debut was Jayam in Telugu with Nitin. The movie was later remade in Tamil - with Jeyam Ravi. Afterwards, she acted in Aethiree opposite Madhavan and Varnajalam opposite Srikanth. She received a best Newcomer Filmfare Award for it in 2005. Her most successful movie to date was the Tamil Anniyan (2005). Once her debut Tamil movie Jeyam was a good hit, she discontinued her education and with her parents' support became a full-fledged actress. Her screen name is Sadha, given by Director Teja, which was actually taken from her real name and her nick name is darlo (from the word "darling"). Although Marathi is her mother tongue, Sadha has good understanding of dialogues in movies before going for a take. This name made the whole industry to look out at her. To make a note of her first movies, she did Jayam in Telugu, (later in Tamil) and Monalisa her first release in Kannada. She was introduced by Telugu producer M. K. Mavullaya. Sadha admires Bollywood actresses like Madhuri Dixit and Meena Kumari and also Bollywood stars like Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan. She loves the movie Kaho Na Pyar Hai and her hobbies include watching movies and listening to music. She sets her own code in dressing, and she hates smoking cigarettes. The Film Fare award for best new comer in 2002 for the film ‘Jeyam’ was won by her. The actress Sada has a target of proving herself as a good actress. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.

FILMOGRAPHY

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Jayam	Sujatha	Telugu	Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2003	Praanam	Kathyayani / Uma	Telugu
	Naaga		Telugu
	Jayam	Sujatha	Tamil
2004	Donga Dongadi	Vijji	Telugu
	Aethiree	Priya	Tamil
	Monalisa	Monalisa / Spandana	Kannada
	Leela Mahal Center	Anjali	Telugu
	Varnajaalam	Abhirami	Tamil
2005	Avunannaa Kaadannaa	Aravinda	Telugu
	Anniyan	Nandini Raghuram	Tamil
	Priyasakhi	Priya Santhanakrishnan	Tamil
2006	Chukkallo Chandrudu	Shravani	Telugu
	Thirupathi	Priya	Tamil
	Mohini 9886788888	Sumana	Kannada
	Veerbhadra	Chandramukhi	Telugu
2007	Janmam		Malayalam	Special appearance
	Unnale Unnale	Jhansi	Tamil
	Classmates	Raaji	Telugu
	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Sandhya	Telugu	Guest appearance
	Takkari	Priya	Telugu
2008	Novel	Priya Nandini	Malayalam
2009	Love Khichdi	Sandhya Iyengar	Hindi
	A Aa E Ee	Ramya	Telugu
	Naan Aval Adhu	Ashwini	Tamil	Filming
	Dil To Deewana Hai	Anamika	Hindi	Filming
	Click by Harish Nayar	Sonia	Hindi	Filming
	Khalbali	Sheetal	Hindi	Filming

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