Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputation of being very selective in her roles.

Early life

Singh belongs to a

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family. She grew up in

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. She did her schooling at Lourdes School, Bangalore and studied for until twelfth there.

Career

Her first film role was in ''

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''. She went to do more films in

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including ''Haseena'' which was directed by Girish Kasaravalli, '' Thuntata'', which was a success,

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's ''Chitte'' and

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's ''Rowdy Aliya''. After having few chances in the Kannada industry she migrated to Tamil movies. Chaya Singh's most famous movie is ''

Thiruda Thirudi ''Thiruda Thirudi'' ( ''Male Thief and Female Thief'') is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Subramaniam Siva. The film stars Dhanush, Chaya Singh, Karunas, Manikka Vinayagam, and Krishna. This f ...

'' in

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which has the popular song "Manmadha Raasa". She also acted in its Kannada remake ''Sakha Sakhi'', which unlike the original was not successful. Chaya later acted in little known films ''Kavithai'' and '' Jaisurya'' and did

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s in ''

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'' and ''

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'', though she stated that she dislikes doing them. She returned to Tamil with ''

Vallamai Tharayo ''Vallamai Tharayo'' () is a 2008 Tamil language romantic drama film written and directed by Madhumitha. The film stars Parthiban and Chaya Singh, with Karunas and Anand Raj in supporting roles, and Srikanth in a guest appearance. The music was ...

'' and then starred in the supernatural thriller ''

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''. She has performed in ''Akasha Gange'' in Kannada which released in 2008. About her performance in the film, Rediff wrote, "The highlight of the film is Chaya Singh who has come out with an outstanding performance as a music teacher who comes to her lover's house to win over his family". Sify wrote, "This is Chaya Singh's yet another best performance. She speaks from her lovely eyes". She acted in the Kannada short film '' Simply Kailawesome''. The film made on playwright T. P. Kailasam revolves around conversations between Kailasam and female protagonists from four of his plays. Chaya Singh played all the four characters: Paatu from ''Tollugatti'', Eeke from ''Gandaskathri'', Venkamma from ''Home Rule'' and Sule from the play ''Sule''. She has acted in two Malayalam films, too, ''

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'' and ''

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'', both directed by

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. In 2008 she was acting in two Bhojpuri films. Her first Bhojpuri release was ''Mahamaayi''. She has directed a Bengali film, too. She has done supporting roles in Kannada TV shows such as E-TV's ''Sarojini'' and ''Prema Kathegalu''. She has acted in Tamil serial ''Nagamma'', airing on Sun TV. She was a judge in the show ''Kuniyonu Bara'' on a Kannada television channel. Since 2012, she acts in Telugu serial "Kanchna Ganga", airing on

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. She has been doing a few Tamil films in the last few years.

Personal life

Chaya Singh's parents are Gopal Singh and Chamanlata. She married

actor

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of ''

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'' fame, in June 2012.

Filmography

Short Films

Television

References

External links

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