Meena is one of the most successful actress in South Indian cinema. Meena was born on September 16, 1981 in Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu.

Meena 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 potrayed 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 sneham kosan in Telugu opposite Megastar Chiranjeevi.

Meena has been romantically linked to Kannada actor Sudeep with whom she has acted in two movies Swathi Muthu and My Autograph in the last year and some news reports suggest that the two may be tying the knot soon.

As of 2007,she is no longer considered viable as a movie lead actress in any of the southern languages.She is currently starring as the lead in the Sun TV soap Shanthi.

Parents : Durai Raj and Rajmallika

Meena graduated in MA by distance education.

Manju Warrier (born on 10 September 1978) is an Indian actress specialising in Malayalam cinema. Manju was born in Kannur, Kerala.

She got married to fellow actor Dileep on 20 October 1998 at Alwaye Sri Krishna Temple They now have one child, Meenakshi. Her brother, Madhu Warrier, is also an actor.

She is considered to be one of the finest actresses ever appeared on the Malayalam screen. Her performance in Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu won a special mention from jury for national film awards.

Meera Jasmine (born on 15 February 1984) is an Indian actress from Kerala. She won India's National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in 2003 Malayalam film Paadhom Onnu: Oru Vilaapam.

Born as Jasmine Mary Joseph to Joseph Philip and Aleyamma in Kuttappuzha, Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India, She completed her schooling in Mar Thoma Residential School in Tiruvalla, before her entry into films.
some of her family details are:
Nick name - Jas
Father - Joseph Philip
Mother - Aleyamma
Brother - George

A chance meeting with Malayalam screenwriter Lohithadas gave way to her debut in Malayalam Cinema through the movie Soothradharan in 2001.

Soothradharan did not do well at the box office. However, she continued to receive offers from Malayalam and Tamil film-makers, including the 2002 Tamil films Run and Bala.

The success of Run made her a well-known star in Kollywood. She acted in a number of Tamil movies with popular actors, and then proceeded to work with director Mani Ratnam in the film Aayitha Ezhuthu.

She entered Telugu cinema in 2004 with Ammayi Bagundi and Gudumba Shankar. She also entered Kannada cinema in 2004 with the film Mourya, in which she co-starred with Puneet Rajkumar.


After making her entry into all four South Indian languages, she has acted concurrently in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her successful movies include Achuvinte Amma (Malayalam), Bhadra (Telugu) and Rasatantram (Malayalam).

Her 2005 Tamil film Sandakozhi completed 200 days at the box office.

Despite being a Christian by birth, Meera Jasmine is known for visiting Hindu temples. She is a self-confessed fan of Tamil cinema's composer Ilayaraaja [3]. She currently lives in Panampilly Nagar in Kochi. She is often the target of the South's yellow press.