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Anu Sithara is an Indian actress, who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. In 2013, she made her debut in the Malayalam film industry with the film Pottas Bomb.
Wiki/Biography
Anu Sithara Pulivetti Salam was born on Monday, 21 August 1995 (age 28 years; as of 2023) in Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala. She completed her schooling at SKMJ Higher Secondary School, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala. She pursued a bachelor’s degree at the WMO Arts and Science College, Muttil, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala. She is a professional dancer, who pursued her higher studies with Mohiniyattam as her main subject at the Kerala Kalamandalam. She is passionate about dancing and started a dance school (Navarassa) at her home in 2020. In an interview, she revealed that her mother’s friend Renjini was instrumental in Anu getting cast for the 2013 Malayalam movie Pottas Bomb. Renjini had forwarded Sithara’s photos to the movie crew following which Anu was invited to the auditions and landed the role.
A childhood picture of Anu Sithara
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5’5″
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Figure Measurement (approx.): 32-28-36
Family
Anu Sithara hails from a Malayali family in Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala.
Parents & Siblings
Her father’s name is Abdul Salam, and her mother’s name is Renuka.
Anu Sithara with her mother, Renuka
She has a younger sister, Anu Sonara, who made her debut in the Malayalam film industry with Suresh Unnithan’s directorial ‘Kshanam’.
Anu Sithara with her sister (top) and mother (left)
Husband
Anu Sithara got married to her long-term boyfriend Vishnu Prasad in 2015. In an interview, she revealed that she met him for the first time while studying in the twelfth standard. She added that she was initially sceptical about falling in love with him when he professed his love. However, they later started dating. They had to convince their families for more than a year until their parents permitted them to marry each other.
Anu Sithara with her husband, Vishnu
Career
Film
Malayalam
Anu Sithara made her debut in the Malayalam film industry as a child artist with Suresh Achoos’s directorial Pottas Bomb (2013).
Anu Sithara (third from left) during the launch of Pottas Bomb (her debut movie)
She did a cameo as ‘young Thulasi’ in the 2013 Sathyan Anthikad’s Malayalam romantic comedy Oru Indian Pranayakadha. In 2016, Anu Sithara was cast in the film Happy Wedding in which she played the role of ‘Shahina’. Her breakthrough came in 2017 when she was cast as Malini in Ramante Edanthottam directed by Ranjith Sankar; Anu Sithara played the lead role opposite Malayalam actor Kunchacko Boban in the film. She received critical appreciation and accolades for her performance in Ramante Edanthottam.
Anu Sithara with Kunchacko Boban (Left) and Ramesh Pisharody (Right) from the set of Ramante Edanthottam
In 2018, she was cast as the lead actress in the biographical sports drama Captain directed by Prajesh Sen; the film was based on the life of former Indian national football team captain V. P. Sathyan. Anu Sithara portrayed Anitha Sathyan, the wife of V.P Sathyan, and her character was well-received among the audience.
Anu Sithara as Anitha Sathyan in a still from the Malayalam film Captain (2018)
Anu Sithara was cast as one of the lead actresses in the 2018 Malayalam-language crime thriller film ‘Oru Kuprasidha Payyan’ directed by Madhupal; she played the role of ‘Jalaja’ and won critical appreciation and accolades. In 2019, Sithara was cast as ‘Manikyam’ for M. Padmakumar’s Malayalam-language period action film ‘Mamangam’ alongside Mammootty who played the lead role. She played the role of ‘ Merin’ in Jeethu Joseph’s Malayalam-language mystery thriller ’12th Man,’ which was released in 2022.
Tamil
Anu Sithara made her debut in the Tamil film industry with Veri (2015). She was part of the 2019 Tamil movie ‘Podhu Nalan Karudhi’, and she played the role of ‘Malli’ in the 2021 Tamil-language thriller ‘Vanam’, directed by Srikantan Anand.
Television
In 2017, Anu Sithara appeared as a judge in the dance reality show ‘D4 Dance Junior v/s Senior,’ which was telecasted on Mazhavil Manorama Channel. In 2021, she made a dance performance in Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3). Anu Sithara co-hosted the Mazhavil Manorama 2021 Onam special cookery show along with Deepthi Vidhu Prathap. In 2022, she participated in ‘Flowers Oru Kodi’, an infotainment program telecasted on Flowers TV.
Awards
- She won the Asiavision Award for the New Sensation in Acting (Malayalam) (Female) for her role in Ramante Edanthottam. (Malayalam)
- She won the Vanitha Film Award for Special Performance (Malayalam) (Actress) in 2018 for Ramante Edanthottam.
- In 2019, she won the Best Actress award at Asianet Film Awards for the Malayalam film Oru Kuprasidha Payyan.
- In 2018, she was nominated for the Best Actress award at Asianet Film Awards for the Malayalam film Ramante Edanthottam.
- She was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 66th Filmfare Awards South for the Malayalam film Captain.
- She was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 8th South Indian International Movie Awards for the Malayalam film Captain.
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Facts/Trivia
- Her father, Abdul Salam, a film enthusiast, who used to enact at the local theatres, made his debut in the Malayalam film industry with ‘Shubharathri’, which was released in 2019; Anu Sithara was the film’s lead actress.
- Anu Sithara is an ardent dance lover.
- In an interview, she revealed her food habit and said that she followed a non-vegetarian diet.
- In an interview, she revealed that since childhood, she was a fan of Malayalam actor Mammootty; she was cast opposite him in the 2017 Malayalam movie Oru Kuttanadan Blog.