P. Shwetha (born in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

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) is an

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. She debuted in the critically acclaimed film '' Malli'' (1998), directed by

Santosh Sivan Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has to dat ...

, playing the young girl Malli, on an adventure to find a blue wishing stone to help cure her best friend's ailments. She won the

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for Best Child Artist in 1999 for her performance in the film. She went on to win another

for Best Child Artist in 2002 for her role in the film '' Kutty''. She most recently starred in the Santosh Sivan film ''

Navarasa Indian art evolved with an emphasis on inducing special spiritual or philosophical states in the audience, or with representing them symbolically. Rasas in the performing arts The theory of rasas still forms the aesthetic underpinning of al ...

''. She did her college in Anna University, Chennai.

Filmography

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