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From TelugupediaMeena Durairaj (Tamil : மீனா) is one of the most successful actresses in South Indian cinema. Meena was born on September 16, 1978, in Chennai, India. Her mother Raja Mallika who is a politician belonging to Congress Party is also a former actress. Meena's mother tongue is Malayalam.She started her career as child artist in 1982 in the flim "Nenjangal" when she was just a 3 or 4yrs child and very soon she became heroine in 1990 when she was just 12 or 13yrs old and was studying 7th std, when she became busy heroine she quit her studies in 8th std and concentrated in flims, and then she under went private coaching and completed 10th and just in 2005 she got degree in MA history through distance education. She became heroine in her "adolescene" stage itself and did many matured characters but still the young girl performed so well thats the reason she stood for more than one and a half decades in the flim industries and she is well know for her "beautiful eyes", "pleasing smile", "Sweet baby voice".
[edit] Acting CareerMeena started her career as a child artist in Telugu films and Tamil films. She acted with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, and later became a star in her own right. She had hits with Muthu, Ejaman, Veera and Avvai Shanmughi. Following the release of her movies with Rajinikanth in Japan and their commercial success, Meena's popularity also rose in Japan. She has acted in almost all the south Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada etc and opposite almost all the leading actors in these languages. Her first film as a child artist was 'Nenjangal' with Sivaji Ganesan. She was in the film industry as the top heroine in Telugu and Tamil for almost one and a half decades successfully from the early 1990s. She often portrayed characters with unidimensional personality with no negativity and shades of grey. She was also known to be limited as a glamorous actress though she acted in a few glamourous roles like Maaman magal in Tamil opposite Sathyaraj and Muta Mestri in Telugu opposite Chiranjeevi. She has also acted in Malayalam movies. In the Kannada remake of Autograph, she played Sneha's role of Divya. She is currently starring as the lead in the Sun TV serial Lakshmi. [edit] Filmography
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