Pasi Sathya is an Indian actress who has worked predominantly in

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and television. She has worked in popular movies like ''

Veedu ''Veedu'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Balu Mahendra. Starring Archana as the central character, it depicts the difficulties faced by a middle-class family in building a house. Apart from directing, Balu Mahendra wrote th ...

'', '' Magalir Mattum'', ''

Pudhupettai ''Pudhupettai'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by Selvaraghavan. The film stars the director's brother Dhanush in the lead role, while Sonia Agarwal and Sneha play supporting roles. Plot The story is ...

''. She made her debut in the National award-winning Tamil film, ''

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'', in 1979. She played Chellamma, a friend of

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, who played the main lead role. After the film, she has used the prefix Pasi. Sathya debuted in '' Netru Indru Naalai''. The film was released in 1974. It has been more than 40 years since she came to the cinema and she has acted in over 250 films and 2000 stage plays.

Early career

Sathya's hometown is

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. Her mother is a music teacher and her dad, a central government employee. Her acting journey began with the Pavalakodi drama. She acted in several plays in school. Then she came to Chennai and focused on plays. She was not interested in studies after 9th grade. She has acted in several plays in the presence of great actors including

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and

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. Sathya has appeared in more than 2,000 stage plays.

Film career

The veteran actress

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Ramakrishna who enjoyed her performance gave her the nickname as Pasi Sathya. She is known for his role as a character actor in Tamil cinema. Despite being a talented artist, She is not overlooked. She played a nurse in the 1999 musical romantic comedy film, '' Poovellam Kettuppar''. She was also part of the 2001 Tamil romantic film, ''

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''. In 2003, Sathya also acted in

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-starrer ''

Anbe Sivam ''Anbe Sivam'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Sundar C. and produced by K. Muralitharan, V. Swaminathan and G. Venugopal under the banner of Lakshmi Movie Makers. The film was written by Kamal Haasan, and Ma ...

''. Other films under her credit are ''

Veeran Veluthambi ''Veeran Veluthambi'' is a 1987 Tamil-language action film directed by Rama Narayanan, starring Vijayakanth and Radha Ravi . Cast *Vijayakanth as Inspector Rahman (Guest Appearance) *Radha Ravi as Veeran Veluthambi * Karthik as Thirumalai (Gue ...

'' (1987), ''

Vellaiya Thevan ''Vellaiya Thevan'' is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Manoj Kumar and produced by Eknaath. The film stars Ramki, Kanaka, Janagaraj and Chitra. It was released on 2 November 1990. Plot Cast *Ramki * Kanaka *Janagaraj * Ch ...

'' (1990), '' Patthathu Raani'' (1992), '' Magalir Mattum'' (1994), '' Nila'', ''

Sindhu Nathi Poo ''Sindhu Nathi Poo'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Senthamizhan in his debut. It stars Ranjith, newcomers Rajakumari, Ravi Shankar and Sanjeev Kumar. The film, produced by K. T. Kunjumon, was released on 14 January 1994. ...

'' (1994), '' Thirumoorthy'' (1995), '' H₂O'' (2002), ''

Engal Anna ''Engal Anna'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film directed by Siddique. The film stars Vijayakanth in the main lead role with Prabhu Deva, Pandiarajan, Vadivelu, Namitha, Swarnamalya, and Indraja in other roles, while Lal, Ma ...

'' (2004), ''

Sukran ''Sukran'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written, produced and directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars Vijay in an extended cameo as the title character with Ravi Krishna and Anita Hassanandani. The music was co ...

'' (2005), ''

Kadhalil Vizhunthen ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic psychological thriller film written and directed by P. V. Prasath starring Nakul and Sunaina. The film has music by Vijay Antony, cinematography by S.D. Vijay Milton and editi ...

'' (2008), and a lot more.

Family

Sathya's husband is a retired government employee and she has two children.

Awards and honours

The Tamil Nadu Government has awarded her the

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award. The South Indian Artists Association awarded her the Kalaichelvam award.

Television career

She is currently acting in Tamil TV series. Pasi Sathya also acted on television and played as Vijay Sarathy's mother in the 1999 Tamil soap opera, '' Chithi''. The same year, she was seen as Maya in9 Raadhika Sarathkumar's drama series,'' Chellame''. In 2002, she earned praises for her performance on Sun TV's Tamil television serial, '' Annamalai''. She also bagged a role on Sun TV's Tamil soap, ''

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''. even she acted in, '' Nimmathi Ungal Choice 2'' on sun TV and '' Kasalavu Nesam'' as comic role and character roles in ''Oru Pennin Kadhai '' on

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,''sorgam'' on Sun TV and ''Vairanenjam'' on

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where ''Vairanenjam'' has dubbed as ''aadajanma'' on

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and ''Swarna Manasu'' on

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.currently playing supporting role in ''

Poove Unakkaga ''Poove Unakkaga'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Vijay and Sangita. Actor Murali makes a guest appearance in a song in the film. The film released on 18 February 1996. ...

'' on Sun TV

Filmography

''This is a partial filmography. You can expand it.''

References

External links

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