Meet actress, who wanted to become criminal psychologist, broke off her engagement, is now among highest-paid stars

Born on May 4, 1983, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Trisha Krishnan was born into a Tamil Palakkad Iyer family. She wanted to become a criminal psychologist, but she was flooded with modelling offers after winning the Miss Chennai contest in 1999 after her scholing. She starred in several commercials, and even appeared in the music video of Falguni Pathak's famous song Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye in 2000.

Trisha made her acting debut with a minor role in the 1999 romantic drama Jodi, and appeared in the leading role opposite the Tamil superstar Suriya in her next film Mounam Pesiyadhe in 2002. The actress went on to appear in several successful Tamil and Telugu films over the years, such as Varsham, Ghilli, Aayutha Ezhuthu, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Bodyguard, and '96 among others. Her only Bollywood film till date is Khatta Meetha opposite Akshay Kumar in 2010, which was a commercial and critical failure. 

In the last two years, Trisha was seen as the leading lady in the three biggest hits of her career. She played Kundavai in Mani Ratnam's period epic Ponniyin Selvan 1 and Ponniyin Selvan 2, released in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Both the films grossed over Rs 800 crore at the box office worldwide. She was also seen in the action thriller Leo in 2023, which earned just above Rs 600 crore globally.

As per reports, Trisha charges Rs 10 crore per film and is among the highest-paid actresses in south Indian film industries. In January 2015, she got engaged to the Chennai-based businessman Varun Manian, but it was only after five months, she announced that she had called off her engagement.

 

 

 

 

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Meanwhile, on the work front, Trisha will be seen next in the Tamil language action thriller Vidaa Muyarchi with Ajith Kumar. After several delays, the film is slated to release in theatres on Diwali 2024. The actress also has the Malayalam action-thriller Ram lined up for release. Headlined by Mohanlal, the film is targeting to hit theatres on Christmas this year. Though it hasn't been confirmed yet, Trisha is also making a cameo in Thalapathy Vijay-starrer science fiction action film The Greatest of All Time, which is scheduled to release on September 5.

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