Kamna Jethmalani (born 11 December 1985) is an Indian actress. She debuted in 2005 with the

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film '' Premikulu'' and had her first commercial success with her third feature film '' Ranam''. Subsequently, she played the lead role in a number of Telugu-language films, while also debuting and appearing in

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and

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films.

Early life

Born into a Sindhi

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family in

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. Jethmalani is a granddaughter of businessman Shyam Jethmalani.Gupta, Namita (4 September 2013
Straddling many worlds
''Deccan Chronicle'' Her pet name is "Dinky". Her mother Divya is a housewife and her father Nimesh Jethmalani is a businessman. She has two siblings - brother Kapil and sister Karishma.

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is her

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. She was the runner-up at the Miss Mumbai contest in 2004 and also appeared in the music video of the pop song 'Chhod do Aanchal Zamaana Kya Kahega' by Bombay Vikings & Mera Dadla by Vaishali Samant & Avadhoot Gupte.

Personal life

On 11 August 2014, Kamna married Suraj Nagpal, a Bangalore-based businessman.

Career

She appeared in the video of "Chhod Do Aanchal Zamaana Kya Kahega" by

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– Bombay Vikings in 2004. The following year, she made her movie debut with the Telugu film '' Premikulu''. Though that film flopped, her subsequent film '' Ranam'' was a big hit. Her first

film was

Idhaya Thirudan ''Idhaya Thirudan'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written and directed by Saran. The film stars Jayam Ravi and Kamna Jethmalani, while Prakash Raj, Vani Viswanath, Santhanam, Kalpana, and Nassar play supporting r ...

with

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. She did an item number in the film ''

Sainikudu ''Sainikudu'' () is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language political action drama film written and directed by Gunasekhar, with music composed by Harris Jayaraj. It stars Mahesh Babu and Trisha. Irrfan Khan, in his only South Indian film, plays the ant ...

''. She has acted in ''

Machakaaran ''Machakaaran'' is a 2007 Indian Tamil language, Tamil romance film, romantic action film written and directed by Tamilvannan of ''Kalvanin Kadhali (2006 film), Kalvanin Kadhali'' fame. The film stars Jeevan (Tamil actor), Jeevan and Kamna Jethma ...

'' opposite Jeevan. Since then, she has done several south Indian films, in which she performed the lead role.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jethlamani, Kamna Living people Sindhi people 1985 births Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses