Tamannaah Bhatia known as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She has also appeared in Hindi films. In addition to acting, she also participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.
Tamannaah Bhatia was born on 21 December 1989 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, to Santhosh and Rajani Bhatia. She has an elder brother, Anand. Her father is a diamond merchant. She is of Sindhi descent. She did her schooling in SJR high School, Mumbai. She later changed her screen name for numerological reasons, varying it slightly to Tamannaah. She has been working since the age of 13, when she was spotted at her school’s annual day function and offered a lead role, which she took up, and then also became a part of Mumbai’s Prithvi Theatre for a year. She also appeared in Abhijeet Sawant’s album song “Lafzo Mein” from the album Aapka Abhijeet which was released in the year 2005.
Tamannaah made her Telugu film debut in ‘Sri’, and the next year she appeared in her first Tamil movie, ‘Kedi’. In 2007, she starred in two college-life-based drama films, ‘Happy Days’ in Telugu and ‘Kalloori’ in Tamil.
Her projects include the Tamil films ‘Ayan’ (2009), ‘Paiyaa’ (2010), ‘Sura’ (2010), ‘Siruthai’ (2011), Veeram’ (2014) and Telugu films include ‘100% Love’ (2011), ‘Racha’ (2012), ‘Thadaka’ (2013), ‘Baahubali: The Beginning’ (2015), ‘Bengal Tiger’ (2015) and ‘Oopiri’ (2016). She thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema.
Tamannaah has acted with major actors including Ajith Kumar, Vijay, Prabhu Deva, Suriya, Karthi, Dhanush, Jayam Ravi, Arya, Vijay Sethupathi, Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Nagarjuna, Allu Arjun, Ram Charan, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ravi Teja, Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh. She is one of the highest paid actresses in South Indian cinema. She acted nearly 50 films in three different languages- Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
She is the first actress from India who was nominated at Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actress, but lost to Jessica Chastain for Crimson Peak.
Tamannaah received the Kalaimamani Award in 2010 from the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
some of her recent movies are ‘Aagadu’, ‘Speedunnodu’, ‘Abhinetri’, ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’.