} Honey Rose Varghese is an Indian actress who mainly appears in

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. She has also appeared in a few

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and

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. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film ''

Boyy Friennd ''Boyy Friennd'' is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Vinayan and written by J. Pallassery from a story by Vinayan. The film stars Manikuttan, Madhumitha, and Honey Rose. The film was released on 28 October 200 ...

''. Her breakthrough role came in 2012 with ''

Trivandrum Lodge ''Trivandrum Lodge'' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by V. K. Prakash, written by Anoop Menon, and produced by P. A. Sebastian. The film stars Jayasurya, Anoop Menon and Honey Rose, and features P. Balachandran and P. Jay ...

''.

Early life

Honey Rose was born at Moolamattom near

Thodupuzha Thodupuzha (തൊടുപുഴ) is a municipal town located in Idukki district, Kerala, India, that covers an area of . It lies on the banks of Thodupuzha river, which merges with the Kaliyar and Kothamangalam rivers at Muvattupuzha to for ...

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, India to Varghese Thomas and Rose Varghese in a Syro-Malabar Orthodox family. She attended S.H.E.M High School, Moolamattom. She holds a

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degree in Communicative English from St. Xavier's College for Women,

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Career

Starting her career at age 14 in 2005, she acted in the Malayalam film ''

'' directed by

Vinayan T. G. Vinayakumar (born 16 May 1957), professionally credited as Vinayan, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. Early life Vinayan is from ...

. She played the role of Manikuttan's friend. In 2006, she accepted her first non-Malayalam project, ''

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'' in Telugu, which was followed by her first Tamil film the romantic drama ''Mudhal Kanave''. Honey Rose acted in Muthyala Subbiah's 50th film ''Aalayam''. Her comeback character is that of 'Dhwani Nambiar' in ''

'', it gave her a breakthrough in her career. She decided to change her screen name to Dhwani after that film, but reverted to Honey Rose in ''Anju Sundarikal''. In 2011 she had completed one Tamil project, ''Mallukattu'' which she signed in 2009 and a Malayalam film, ''Pithavinum Puthranum Parishudhatmavinum'', but the latter is on hold. She plays a nun called Sister Elsita in director Deepesh's ''Pithavinum Puthranum Parisudhalmavinum''. She also acted with Jayasurya in

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and in ''

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'' as Jayasurya's wife, with Fahadh in the '' 5 Sundarikal'' featurette called Aami and ''Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus'' with Mammootty in which she plays a bold and strong Malayali woman. In 2015, she played Shirley, an aspiring singer and model, who falls in love with a married man in '' You Too Brutus''. She starred in the notable films such as ''

Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus ''Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus'' is a 2013 Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by debutante director Marthandan and scripted by Benny P Nayarambalam. Set against the backdrop of theatre, Mammootty plays the title role of Cleetus, a the ...

'' with

Mammooty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, H ...

, '' My God'' with

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...

, '' Kanal'', '' Ittymaani: Made in China'' and '' Big Brother'' with

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeare ...

, '' Sir C. P.'' with

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasiona ...

, and ''

Ring Master ''Ring Master'' is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film written and directed by Rafi, starring Dileep in the role of an animal trainer in circus. Keerthy Suresh, Honey Rose, Vijayaraghavan, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Suraj Venjaramoodu, a ...

'' with

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, inc ...

. Honey Rose is returning to Tamil cinema after a gap of eight years with '' Pattaampoochi'' (2022), starring Sundar C. and Jai.

Filmography

Film

Television

* Flowers Oru Kodi (2022) as Participant * Comedy Festival as Judge * Thakarppan Comedy as Mentor

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Honey Indian film actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Living people People from Idukki district Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Kerala 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Year of birth missing (living people)