Sameera Reddy is a Telugu speaking Bollywood actress. Her fore fathers are from Rajahmundry , A town in Andhra Pradesh , India. She is a very close relative to Business tycoon Vijay Mallya. She graduated from Sydenham College. She is most famous for her role in Musafir.
She was first noticed in a music video, Aahista by Pankaj Udhas. She modeled for a while before and deciding to act in films.
She made her film debut opposite Sohail Khan in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya. Her role was of a shy college girl who falls in love
with one of her fellow students. The film was not a success, but she did get other film offers by the time her debut film
released.She tried her luck in tollywood in a few films ( "Narasimhudu" starring Jr. NTR and "Jai Chiranjeeva" starring
Megastar Chiranjeevi) but both tumbled at the box office.
After two more failures at the box office, she had her first success with Musafir. The film eventually flopped but her role in it
transformed her from shy college girl to a sex symbol. The film was quite controversial as it included a kissing scene between
her and her co-star Anil Kapoor.
She has acted in two Bengali films, Kalpurush and Ami, Yasin ar Amar Madhubala (a.k.a. The Voyuers), both directed by
Budhdhadeb Dasgupta.
One of her elder sisters, Sushma Reddy made her acting debut with the film Chocolate. Her other sister is Meghna Reddy. She
made a guest appearance on the British show Casualty. |