Satya Krishnan is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in

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films. She was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She worked as a hotel management professional and entered the film industry with the film ''

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''. Mostly starring in supporting roles, she is probably best known for her performance as Anitha in the 2004

Sekhar Kammula Sekhar Kammula (born 4 February 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works in Telugu cinema. He has garnered two Filmfare Awards South, and six state Nandi Awards for his directional works. Sekhar Kammula was among the ...

-directed Telugu film '' Anand''.

Career

Satya Krishnan is from

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where she completed her education. She did a course in Hotel Management and worked at Taj group of hotels in Hyderabad. Her dream was to be an air hostess. She entered the film industry in 2000 with the film ''Dollar Dreams'' directed by

. Later she got married and took up a job at

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Bank at

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. After four years, Sekhar Kammula again approached her with a role in his film '' Anand''. She quit her job and began working full-time as an actress. She said that her character in ''Anand'' is very close to her real life character. She won a

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for her role in the film. She has also been seen in other movies including the superhit ''

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'', ''

Premante Inte ''Premante Inte'' () is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama movie starring Navdeep and Poonam Bajwa, directed by Ramana BV. It is a remake of the Hindi movie ''Socha Na Tha''. Plot Veeru (Navdeep) has a crush on Lizi (Rupali). But he i ...

'', Venkat Kuchipudi's ''

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'', ''

Ullasamga Utsahamga ''Ullasamga Utsahamga'' () is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. Karunakaran. The film stars Yasho Sagar and Sneha Ullal in their debut. With music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, the film was release ...

'' and '' Vinayakudu''. She played a lead role for the first time in her career in ''Mental Krishna'' but the film was not well received. In its review for the film '' Lovely'', ''

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'' wrote: "Satya Krishna ... gets some of the best lines in the film and we wish her role was better etched out. She runs the risk of being typecast in firebrand kind of roles though". In 2020, she appeared in the sitcom web series ''

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'', which is the third installment in the ''Amrutham'' franchise''.''

Filmography

Films

*''All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.''

Television

Accolades

* Won:

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- ''Anand''(in

)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnan, Satya Actresses in Telugu cinema Living people Nandi Award winners Actresses in Tamil cinema Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Hyderabad, India Actresses in Urdu cinema Year of birth missing (living people)