Chithra (actress)

Chithra
Chithra
Born	21 May 1965[1]; Kochi, Kerala, India
Died	21 August 2021 (aged 56)[2][3]; Saligramam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Shruti Chithra; Nallennai Chithra
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1981–2020
Spouse	Vijayaraghavan (m. 1990⁠–⁠2021)
Children	1

Chithra (21 May 1965 – 21 August 2021) was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema.[4][5] She had acted in more than 100 films. She acted along with Prem Nazir and Mohanlal in her first film Aattakalasam in 1983.[6] She was nicknamed "Nallennai Chithra" because of the fame she attained with the advertisement of an oil company she had acted in.[7]

Personal life and death

She was born as second child among three children to Madhavan and Devi at Kochi in 1965. She has an elder sister Deepa and a younger sister, Divya. She studied at ICF Higher secondary school, Chennai.[8] She studied until tenth grade and could not continue her studies since she became busy with movies by then.

She was married to Vijayaraghavan since 1990. They have a daughter, Mahalakshmi born in 1992. She retired from films after her marriage. She resided at Saligramam, Chennai with her family. She acted in Tamil serials.[9] She died on 21 August 2021 in Chennai due to a sudden cardiac arrest.[10]

Partial filmography

Malayalam films

Year	Title	Role	Co-Stars	Director	Notes
1975	Kalyanappanthal
1977	Anugraham	Student in the song	Prem Nazir	Melattoor Ravi Varma	Uncredited role
1981	Valarthu Mrugangal	Girl in the circus			Uncredited role
1983	Attakalasham	Marykutty	Prem Nazir, Mohanlal	Sasikumar	Debut movie
1984	Sandarbham
1984	Ivide Ingane	Rema		Joshiy
1984	Anthassu
1984	Paavam Poornima	Susheela
1985	Makan Ente Makan
1985	Ezhu Muthal Onpathu Vare
1985	Ottayan
1985	Katha Ithuvare	Soosie
1985	Manya Mahajanangale	Vimala
1985	Uyarum Njaan Naadaake	Rajani
1985	Pathaamudayam	Amminikutty
1985	Aazhi	-
1985	Vasanthasena	Nandini		K. Vijayan
1985	Oduvilkittiya Vaartha
1985	Thozhil Allengil Jail	-
1985	Kothi Theerumvare	-
1985	Jwalanam
1986	Atham Chithira Chothi
1986	Kaveri
1986	Nimishangal	Ravi's wife
1986	Annoru Raavil	Gayathri
1986	Panchagni	Sarada	Mohanlal, Geetha	Hariharan
1986	Onnu Randu Moonnu	Club Dancer
1986	Shobaraj	Ayisha	Mohanlal, T. G. Ravi	Sasikumar
1987	Kaiyethum Doorath	Veena
1988	Mukthi	Jayasree Nair
1989	Asthikal Pookkunnu	Rajamma
1989	Prabhaatham Chuvanna Theruvil	Thulasi
1989	Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha	Kunjnooli	Mammootty, Balan K. Nair	Hariharan
1990	Parampara	Mary Lawrence	Mammootty, Sumalatha	Sibi Malayil
1990	Kalikkalam	Ramani	Mammootty, Murali	Sathyan Anthikad
1990	Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu	Padma	Mammootty, Nedumudi Venu	Joshiy
1990	Rajavazhcha	Amminikutty		Sasikumar
1990	Malayogom	Rosely		Sibi Malayil
1991	Aavanikunnile Kinnaripookkal
1991	Kaakkathollaayiram	Radhika
1991	Koodikkaazhcha	Mollykutty
1991	Orutharam Randutharam Moonnutharam	Lekha
1991	Irikku M.D. Akatthundu	Sujatha	Mukesh, Sunitha, Sidhik
1991	Nagarathil Samsara Vishayam	Susan			Jagadish, Siddique
1991	Kankettu	Shyama	Jayaram, Sreenivasan, Shobhana	Rajan Balakrishnan
1991	Kadalorakkaattu	Cicily
1991	Amaram	Chandrika	Mammootty, Maathu	Bharathan
1991	Parallel College	Sudha	Suresh Gopi, Geetha	Thulasidas
1991	Nayam Vyakthamakkunnu			Balachandra Menon
1992	Manthrikacheppu	Sabu's wife	Sunitha
1992	Naadody	Susheela	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi	Thampi Kannanthanam
1992	Adhwaytham	Karthy		Priyadarshan
1992	Mahan	Beevi
1993	Thalamura	Doctor
1993	Ponnuchami	Kanakam		Ali Akbar
1993	Ekalvyan	Hemambaram	Suresh Gopi, Siddique	Shaji Kailas
1993	Devaasuram	Subhadramma		I. V. Sasi
1993	Ammayane Sathyam	Margarette	Mukesh, Annie	Balachandra Menon
1993	Sowbhagyam			Sandhya Mohan
1993	Patheyam	Padmini	Mammootty, Chippy	Bharathan
1994	Rudraksham	Doctor	Suresh Gopi, Annie	Shaji Kailas
1994	Dollar	Thankamma
1994	Kadal	Kochu Mary		Sidhique Shameer
1994	Commissioner	Sreelatha Varma	Suresh Gopi, Ratheesh	Shaji Kailas
1994	Chief Minister K.R. Gowthami	Anitha
1995	Special Squad	Alice
1995	Saadaram	Malathi	Suresh Gopi, Lalu Alex	Jose Thomas
1995	Prayikkara Pappan	Sarasu	Murali, Jagadish, Chippy	TS Suresh Babu
1995	Chaithanyam	Sreedevi
1996	Swarnakireedam
1997	Ikkareyanente Manasam	Pankajakshi
1997	Adivaram	Kasthuri	Vijayaraghavan, Murali	Jose Thomas
1997	Rishyasringan	Molly teacher
1997	Rajathanthram	Seethalakshmi
1997	Aaraam Thampuran	Thottathil Meenakshi	Mohanlal, Manju Warrier	Shaji Kailas
1998	Manthri Maalikayil Manasammatham	Jayakumari
1998	Manthri Kochamma	Dr. Maheswari Warrier
1998	Kallu Kondoru Pennu	Pankajam	Vijayshanti, Suresh Gopi	Shyamaprasad
1999	Bhaaryaveettil Paramasukham	Durga		Rajan Sithara
1999	Ustaad	Ambika		Sibi Malayil
1999	Mazhavillu	Kathreena	Kunchako Boban, Preeti Jhangiani	Dinesh Babu
2000	Mister Butler	Mrs. Vijayan	Dileep, Innocent	Sashi Shankar
2001	Censor
2001	Soothradharan	Ranimma	Dileep, Cochin Haneefa	A. K. Lohithadas
2002	Aabharanachaarthu

Tamil films

Year	Title	Role	Co-Stars	Director	Notes
1975	Apoorva Raagangal		Kamal Haasan, Major Sundarrajan	K. Balachander	child artist
1978	Aval Appadithan	Young Manju	Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth	C. Rudhraiya	child artist
1981	Raja Paarvai	Sulochana	Kamal Haasan	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
1982	Auto Raja	Raja's sister	Vijayakanth	K. Vijayan
1984	En Uyir Nanba	Santhi
1986	Krodham	Subha	Prem Menon
1986	Rasigan Oru Rasigai	Remya	Sathyaraj
1987	Chinna Poove Mella Pesu		Prabhu, Ramki	Rajasekhar
1987	Manathil Urudhi Vendum	Chitra		K. Balachander
1987	Oorkavalan	Mallika	Rajinikanth	Manobala
1988	En Thangachi Padichava	Lakshmi	Prabhu	P. Vasu
1989	Enga Veettu Deivam	Jancy
1989	Valudhu Kalai Vaithu Vaa	Latchmi
1989	Thalaippu Seithigal
1989	Ninaivu Chinnam	Thangam	Prabhu, Murali	Anu Mohan
1989	Manidhan Marivittan	Tamilarasi	Mohan	Manivannan
1989	Thiruppu Munai	Chitra	Karthik	Kalaivanan Kannadasan
1990	Ethir Kaatru	Geetha	Karthik	Mukta S. Sundar
1990	Vellaiya Thevan	Pournamma		Manoj Kumar
1990	Adhisaya Manithan	Kousalya
1990	Enakkoru Neethi	-	Siraj	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
1990	Engal Swamy Ayyappan		R. Parthiepan	Dasarathan
1990	60 Naal 60 Nimidam	Asha		Rajthilak
1991	Naadu Adhai Naadu	Anjale	Ramarajan	Ramathilaga Raajen
1991	Putham Pudhu Payanam	Nurse(Heroine)	Anand Babu	K. S. Ravikumar
1991	Cheran Pandian	Parimalam	Sarath Kumar, Vijayakumar, Anand Babu	K. S. Ravikumar
1991	Puthiya Natchathiram	Gaadha			[11]
1992	Pondatti Rajyam	Bharathi's sister	Saravanan	K. S. Ravikumar
1992	Chinnavar	Ponni	Prabhu	Gangai Amaran
1993	Paarambariyam	Vimala	Sivaji Ganesan	Manobala
1993	Padhini Penn
1994	Veettai Paaru Naattai Paaru	Mrs. Vikramadityan	Sivakumar	Thulasidas
1994	Magudikkaran	Thangam	Sarathkumar	Yaar Kannan
1994	Muthal Manaivi	Kannamma
1994	Madhumathii	Rathi teacher
1995	Periya Kudumbam	Shanthi	Prabhu	K. S. Ravikumar
1996	Gopala Gopala	Meenakshi	Pandiarajan	Pandiarajan
1996	Rajali	Latchmi
1996	Ilamai Rojakkal	Asha's mother
2001	Kabadi Kabadi	Landlord mami
2005	Kadhal Seiya Virumbu	Nithika's mother
2020	Bell Bottom
2020	En Sangathu Aala Adichavan Evanda	Deivanai

Telugu films

Year	Title	Role
1981	Amavasya Chandrudu	Sulochana
1983	Gaaju Bommalu	-
1986	Padaharella Ammayi	-
1988	Neti Swatantram	Baby
1988	Indra Dhanassu	Aruna
1988	Chattamtho Chadarangam	Bhanu
2005	Preminchaka	Nikita's mother

Kannada films

Year	Title	Role
1986	Sundara Swapnagalu	Kamala
1988	Krishna Mechida Radhe	Radha
1990	Ajay Vijay	Radha

Hindi films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Razia
1984	Ek Nai Paheli

Television

Manasi (Doordarshan Malayalam)
Kaialavu Manasu (Sun TV) as Kanchana
Asaigal
Udhyogasthan
Saariyum Illai Thappum Illai - Micro Thodar Macro Sinthanaigal
Nagamma (Telugu) as Indrani
Kanavarukaaga (Sun TV) as Arundhati
Malargal (Sun TV) as Indira

References

"இரவு 12 மணிக்கு போன் செய்த ரசிகர் - நெகிழும் நடிகை சித்ரா!". cinema.vikatan.com/. 22 May 2021.
"நடிகை சித்ரா மரணம்... அதிகாலையில் திடீர் மாரடைப்பால் உயிர் பிரிந்தது!". cinema.vikatan.com. 21 August 2021.
"Nallennai Chithra death: Actress Chithra passed away due to cardiac arrest". thenewscrunch.com. 21 August 2021.
"Popular South Indian actor 'Nallenai' Chitra passes away". The News Minute. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
Chithra - cinediary
"ഭരത്‌ നടനും ഉര്‍വ്വശി അവാര്‍ഡ്‌ നടിയും". Mangalam. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
"Malayalam actor Chitra passes away due to heart attack". Mathrubhumi.
"ലൊക്കേഷനില്‍ ആരോടും സംസാരം പാടില്ല; ഷൂട്ടിങ് തീര്‍ന്നാല്‍ നേരെ മുറിയിലേക്ക്.. തടവറയിലടച്ച ജീവിതം, ചിത്ര തുറന്ന് പറയുന്നു". mangalam.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
"ഞാന്‍ എന്തുകൊണ്ടാണ് സിനിമ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചത് ? വെളിപ്പെടുത്തലുമായി സൂപ്പര്‍സ്റ്റാറുകളുടെ നായിക". Mangalam.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
"നടി ചിത്ര അന്തരിച്ചു; അന്ത്യം ഹൃദയാഘാതത്തെ തുടർന്ന്". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
"Puthiya Natchathiram Songs Download isaimini, Puthiya Natchathiram Tamil Songs". 23 January 2022.

External links

Chithra at IMDb
Chitra at MSI

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[1] "இரவு 12 மணிக்கு போன் செய்த ரசிகர் - நெகிழும் நடிகை சித்ரா!". cinema.vikatan.com/. 22 May 2021.

[2] "நடிகை சித்ரா மரணம்... அதிகாலையில் திடீர் மாரடைப்பால் உயிர் பிரிந்தது!". cinema.vikatan.com. 21 August 2021.

[3] "Nallennai Chithra death: Actress Chithra passed away due to cardiac arrest". thenewscrunch.com. 21 August 2021.

[4] "Popular South Indian actor 'Nallenai' Chitra passes away". The News Minute. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[5] Chithra - cinediary

[6] "ഭരത്‌ നടനും ഉര്‍വ്വശി അവാര്‍ഡ്‌ നടിയും". Mangalam. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

[7] "Malayalam actor Chitra passes away due to heart attack". Mathrubhumi.

[8] "ലൊക്കേഷനില്‍ ആരോടും സംസാരം പാടില്ല; ഷൂട്ടിങ് തീര്‍ന്നാല്‍ നേരെ മുറിയിലേക്ക്.. തടവറയിലടച്ച ജീവിതം, ചിത്ര തുറന്ന് പറയുന്നു". mangalam.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[9] "ഞാന്‍ എന്തുകൊണ്ടാണ് സിനിമ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചത് ? വെളിപ്പെടുത്തലുമായി സൂപ്പര്‍സ്റ്റാറുകളുടെ നായിക". Mangalam.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[10] "നടി ചിത്ര അന്തരിച്ചു; അന്ത്യം ഹൃദയാഘാതത്തെ തുടർന്ന്". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[11] "Puthiya Natchathiram Songs Download isaimini, Puthiya Natchathiram Tamil Songs". 23 January 2022.