Hemalatha, often credited as Hema, is an Indian actress and dancer. She is acclaimed for her roles as Raghavi in the popular

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Kana Kaanum Kaalangal ''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal'' () is a Tamil drama soap opera that aired on weekdays on Star Vijay. It was the first soap in Tamil television that focused on school life. Due to the success of the show, a sequel called ''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kallo ...

'' on

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and as Deepa in the superhit

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serial on Sun TV ''

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''. She was the winner of the reality dance show ''

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'' in Season 3 along with Michael Thangadurai.

Career

Hemalatha was born in

family, started her career as a child actress. She made her début in films in the

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starer and superhit '' Baasha'' and then acted in the

Sarath Kumar Sarathkumar Ramanathan (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and singer. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film A ...

starer '' Suryavamsam''. Her first Tamil serial was when she played the role of Baby Kaveri in Chithi. She played the role of Raghavi, a high school student, in

and later the role of Deepa in the prime time serial

, which made her a household name and established her as one of the top television actresses.

Television

Filmography

References

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