Bigg Boss Season 1 Tamil Contestant Namitha
Namitha is an Indian film actress, mostly active in the South Indian
film industry. She competed in the Miss India 2001 pageant and made her
film debut in 2002. She is currently a contestant in the Bigg Boss Tamil
1 reality show hosted by Kamal Haasan in Star Vijay.
Overview :
Date of Birth : 10 May 1981, Surat, Gujarat, India
Birth Name : Namitha Mukesh Vankhavala
Height : 6' (1.83 m)
Mini Bio :
Namitha was born in the Punjabi-speaking Kapoor family in Surat, She first came into the limelight after she was crowned Miss Surat during the year 1998. She went on to participate in the 2001 Miss India pageant and ended up as the fourth runner-up, while Celina Jaitley was crowned Miss India during this event.
This publicity opened up doors for her and she did a number of TV commercials like Himani cream & hand soap, Arun Ice Cream, Manikchand Gutka, and Nile herbal shampoo.
Film director Siddiqui introduced her to the tinsel screen in a Malayalam movie, and thereafter Namitha has acted in several Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and English movies. In the first of two Telugu movies she went by the name of Bhairavi.
She attained fame after the release of 'Engal Anna' in which she starred opposite Vijayakanth. She is also known as an item girl in regional movies, and often appears in Tamil magazine front covers. She became even more popular after her dance number 'Arjuna Arjuna'.
She is proficient in Karate, loves to dance, watch movies, swim and play badminton in her spare time and likes to work out physically. She likes novels, especially by Sidney Sheldon, as well as comic books. She is a promoter of Gadgetguru
Career :
Namitha was crowned Miss Surat during the year of 1998. She went on to participate in the 2001 Miss India pageant and ended up as the fourth runner-up, while Celina Jaitley was crowned Miss India.
This publicity opened up doors for her and she did a number of TV commercials like Himani cream & hand soap, Arun Ice Creams, Manikchand Gutka, and Nile herbal shampoo.
She made her acting debut in the Telugu film Gemini but Sontham directed by Sreenu Vaitla got released first. Technically Gemini is her first movie.
Gujarat, India on May 10, 1981. She is the only daughter in this family, which consists of her dad, a businessman while her mom is a homemaker. She has a degree in English Literature. She used to teach swimming to young children and was raised in Bombay.
Subsequent to that, she starred in the Tamil film Aai. In 2006 she made her Bollywood debut in the Hindi film Love Ke Chakkar Mein. Standing 6'2" tall, she is one of the tallest actresses in Bollywood. On 26 October 2010, there was an attempt to kidnap her by a fan at Trichy in Tamil Nadu.
Social Life :
Namitha has been an advocate of safe driving and in June 2012, she and Tamil actor Bharat promoted awareness of safe driving. Namitha is proficient in Karate with double black belts, she loves to dance, watch various movies, swim and play badminton in her spare time and likes to work out.
Namitha was crowned Miss Surat in 1998 :
Namitha, who hails from Punjabi-speaking family from Gujarat, used to teach swimming to children in Mumbai. When she was crowned Miss Surat in 1998, Namitha got the required boost to compete in Miss India pageantry in 2001 and ended up as the fourth runner-up.
Namitha later went onto to do a few TV commercials before foraying into movies.
Overview :
Date of Birth : 10 May 1981, Surat, Gujarat, India
Birth Name : Namitha Mukesh Vankhavala
Height : 6' (1.83 m)
Mini Bio :
Namitha was born in the Punjabi-speaking Kapoor family in Surat, She first came into the limelight after she was crowned Miss Surat during the year 1998. She went on to participate in the 2001 Miss India pageant and ended up as the fourth runner-up, while Celina Jaitley was crowned Miss India during this event.
This publicity opened up doors for her and she did a number of TV commercials like Himani cream & hand soap, Arun Ice Cream, Manikchand Gutka, and Nile herbal shampoo.
Film director Siddiqui introduced her to the tinsel screen in a Malayalam movie, and thereafter Namitha has acted in several Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and English movies. In the first of two Telugu movies she went by the name of Bhairavi.
She attained fame after the release of 'Engal Anna' in which she starred opposite Vijayakanth. She is also known as an item girl in regional movies, and often appears in Tamil magazine front covers. She became even more popular after her dance number 'Arjuna Arjuna'.
She is proficient in Karate, loves to dance, watch movies, swim and play badminton in her spare time and likes to work out physically. She likes novels, especially by Sidney Sheldon, as well as comic books. She is a promoter of Gadgetguru
Career :
Namitha was crowned Miss Surat during the year of 1998. She went on to participate in the 2001 Miss India pageant and ended up as the fourth runner-up, while Celina Jaitley was crowned Miss India.
This publicity opened up doors for her and she did a number of TV commercials like Himani cream & hand soap, Arun Ice Creams, Manikchand Gutka, and Nile herbal shampoo.
She made her acting debut in the Telugu film Gemini but Sontham directed by Sreenu Vaitla got released first. Technically Gemini is her first movie.
Gujarat, India on May 10, 1981. She is the only daughter in this family, which consists of her dad, a businessman while her mom is a homemaker. She has a degree in English Literature. She used to teach swimming to young children and was raised in Bombay.
Subsequent to that, she starred in the Tamil film Aai. In 2006 she made her Bollywood debut in the Hindi film Love Ke Chakkar Mein. Standing 6'2" tall, she is one of the tallest actresses in Bollywood. On 26 October 2010, there was an attempt to kidnap her by a fan at Trichy in Tamil Nadu.
Social Life :
Namitha has been an advocate of safe driving and in June 2012, she and Tamil actor Bharat promoted awareness of safe driving. Namitha is proficient in Karate with double black belts, she loves to dance, watch various movies, swim and play badminton in her spare time and likes to work out.
Namitha was crowned Miss Surat in 1998 :
Namitha, who hails from Punjabi-speaking family from Gujarat, used to teach swimming to children in Mumbai. When she was crowned Miss Surat in 1998, Namitha got the required boost to compete in Miss India pageantry in 2001 and ended up as the fourth runner-up.
Namitha later went onto to do a few TV commercials before foraying into movies.
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