The actress has been one of the most loved stars in South cinema and has made a mark with her versatile performances in the regional film industries. She became one of the highest-paid stars among her contemporaries and even earned a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Holder of several prestigious awards, she hails from a film family and has also chosen an alternative career path in fashion design. Yes, we are talking about Keerthy Suresh.
Who is Keerthy Suresh?
Born in October 1992 in Tamil Nadu, Keerthi Suresh is the daughter of Malayalam film producer G Suresh Kumar and Tamil actress Menaka. He also has an elder sister named Revathi Suresh.
Growing up, Keerthi completed her schooling till class four in Chennai before completing the rest of her school years at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattam, Kerala. Kirti learned swimming in her childhood and received many awards for this.
Keerthy Suresh had a serious passion for fashion design.
Well, it would be quite surprising to know that the film world was never Kirti’s choice. Instead she was quite passionate about the world of fashion designing and completed her higher education in the same field from the prestigious Pearl Academy in Chennai.
Along with this, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in fashion designing. During this time, he also participated in a four-month long student exchange program in Scotland, followed by a 2-month internship in London.
Keerthy Suresh is also an accomplished violinist
Another lesser known fact about Keerthy Suresh is that she has been an accomplished violinist. The diva learned playing musical instruments from a very young age. While her busy work schedule doesn’t leave her much time to practice the instrument, she often flaunts her love for the violin through several social media posts.
Keerthi Suresh steps into films
Kirti’s journey in front of the camera started long ago when she acted in her father’s films as a child artiste. These include films like Pilots, Achanyananeikkishtam and Kuberan as well as many other television serials.
Subsequently, as a young adult, he along with his mother Menaka and sister Revathi produced a Malayalam comedy film titled Vettam.
Eleven years after working as a child artiste, Kirti debuted as an adult actor in Priyadarshan’s film Geetanjali. She was reportedly completing her college degree in fashion at the time and could shoot the film during her semester break, in which she had dual roles.
Her second project was in 2014 with the film Ring Master, where her performance as a blind girl received critical appreciation.
After the greatness of Dulquer Salmaan, Keerthy Suresh is climbing towards success.
Moving forward in her career, Keerthy Suresh continued to receive offers from various regional language film industries, some of which were hits, while others fell short of success. During this entire time, she paired with several actors, including Ram Pothineni, Thalapathy Vijay and Nani, among others.
The year 2018 brought some great offers for the actress, as Keerthi paired opposite Suriya for the first time in the Tamil film Thaana Serandha Koottam. Next, he was cast in the biographical drama Mahanati by Nag Ashwin, starring Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role.
Despite being a controversial biopic, Keerthy Suresh played the role of yesteryear actress Savitri in the film, her performance was so remarkable that it earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
Kirti had a mixed career graph in the following years till 2023, where she gave some tremendous hits at the box office. These include Nani starrer Dussehra. This was followed by Udhayanidhi Stalin’s last film Mamanan, which was another highly acclaimed performance by Keerthi.
His last release was Raghu Thatha, which was released on August 15 this year. Moving forward, she has a big Bollywood opportunity with Baby John opposite Varun Dhawan. Her other films in the pipeline include the solo releases Revolver Rita and Kanni Vedi.
Keerthy Suresh rejects Telugu film over a lip-lock scene
Being one of the most sought after actresses, Keerthy Suresh has also refused to work in films due to her work principles. For example, in 2021, the actress rejected the Telugu film Maestro starring Nithiin because its script included a lip-lock scene.
Kirti’s policy is to avoid intimate scenes on-screen and hence she turned down the project.
Rumors of Keerthy Suresh’s link-up keep doing the rounds
Talking about personal life, Keerthy Suresh has probably been one actress who has faced many link-up rumours.
For example, a few years ago, she was first linked with musician Anirudh Ravichander, with rumors that the two would get married soon. However, both the diva and her father termed such speculations as nothing more than baseless conjecture.
Moving forward, gossip mongers have talked about the diva having a high-profile mystery man in her life, who was 20 years older than her. However, this discussion has also been dismissed by her and her team, clarifying that the actress only wants to focus on her career and nothing more.
Keerthy Suresh’s wedding rumors with high school sweetheart Antony Thattil
Recently, rumors about Keerthy Suresh’s personal life have been doing the rounds again. This time, there are reports that the actress is tying the knot with her high school boyfriend Antony Thattil, with whom she has been in a relationship for almost 15 years.
As per the latest buzz, Kirti and Antony are believed to have fallen in love during their school years and their wedding will take place on December 11 and 12 in Goa. There are also reports of an official announcement being made in this regard soon.
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