Surekha Marie – was an Indian actress. She was a prominent

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during the 1980s in

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, and

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films. Her debut role in the

Bharathan Bharathan (14 November 1946 – 30 July 1998) was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director. Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in th ...

movie

Thakara ''Thakara'' is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Bharathan and written by Padmarajan. It stars Prathap Pothan, Surekha, Nedumudi Venu and K. G. Menon in pivotal roles. The film was a breakthrough in the career of Bharathan ...

was well noted for her performance.

Background

Surekha was born into a

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family in

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. Her father P. Ramaravu, was the general manager in a factory and mother was a teacher. She had a brother, Naveen. Since her father got a job in a bank in

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her family migrated to

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. She had her primary education from Chennai Holy Angels school and obtained her master's degree in English Literature and P.G. diploma in Advertising. She had produced one Telugu serial and she had acted in a Telugu serial and she did a Hindi serial "Vishwa Mitra" before her marriage.

Family

She was married to Doctor Sreenivas in 1995 but he is no more She had a daughter, Katherine. She left the film field after marriage. Then she concentrated on business. She owned a production company called Chennai Media Plus. She made a comeback through a 2012 movie Masters. She resided at

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Filmography

TV serials

References

External links

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Surekha at MSI
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