Sudha Chandran is a famous Indian television and film actress and an accomplished dancer in the Bharatnatyam genre. She is well known for playing the roles like Chitradevi in the television series Deivam Thanda Veedu and Yamini Singh Raheja in Naagin.
Sudha Chandran's early life
Sudha Chandran was born on the 21st of September in 1965 in Mumbai, India. She is the daughter of former actor K.D. Chandran, and her mother is Thankam Chandran. Sudha is a talented actress of Indian nationality with having South-Asian ethnicity.
Sudha Chandran has completed her B.A. from the Mithibai College of Mumbai and M.A. in economics in 1980. Following her graduation, Sudha had lost her leg in an accident in May 1981 in Tamil Nadu and after the recovery, she turned into an actress.
Sudha Chandran's career
Sudha Chandran's acting career started as a lead actress in a Tamil movie Mayuri in 1984 which was later remade as Naache Mayuri in 1986. The film narrates the journey of a dancer who loses her leg in an accident.
Sudha Chandran won her Special Jury Award at National Award Section for her performance in Mayuri.
An accident changed her life completely. After the Mayuri film, Sudha Chandran had been offered to cast in many films and television serials. She has worked in many films in various languages like Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, and Bengali.
Moreover, She has been seen in many television serials from Bahuraniya in 1990 to Naagin in 2016, acting alongside Mouni Roy, Adaa Khan, and Anita Hassanandani. Sudha Chandran has also been seen in various Hindi reality shows like Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2, presented by Manish Paul, and India's Got Talent.
Sudha has also won Star Parivaar Award in 2004, the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actress in 2005, Vijay Television Award in 2014 and 2015.
Sudha Chandran's personal life
Sudha Chandran married her husband Ravi Dang in 1994 who is an Assistant Director. The two had met at the movie set of Seeta Salma Suzie. Even though she suffered from a deformity her husband seemed to undermine it and they eventually started dating each other. The couple dated for almost eight years before tying their knots.
Sudha Chandran has been married for almost 24 years and she seems to be quiet with her husband Ravi. Despite being married for such a long time Sudha Chandran and are husband have still not decided on bearing any children.
Sudha Chandran's net worth
She earns her salary from the film and television industries which makes Sudha Chandran's net worth to be about $2 million in the present time of 2016.
She acted in the film Malamaal Weekly which earned around $5.4 million worldwide. Although Sudha Chandran's salary from the film has not been disclosed yet, it wouldn't be wrong to assume that she got paid fairly for her part.
Sudha Chandran's body measurements
Sudha Chandran stands tall with an average height of 5 feet and 7 inches (170 cms) and weight 70 Kgs (154 lbs).