Amala biography

Amala Akkineni is an Indian film actress and Animal welfare activist. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films.

1 Biography
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography

Amala Mukherjee was born on September 12,1968 in West Bengal to an Irish mother and Bengali father. She has an elder brother and sister. She is married to Telugu movie actor Nagarjuna. She is also one of the prominent animal rights activists of India. She was educated in Kalakshetra, Madras in classical dance.

Amala made her debut in a Tamil film titled Mythili Yennai Kadali directed by T. Rajendar, which was a big box office hit. Winning overnight fame, she charmed cinegoers in a flurry of fifty films. She acted in a number of Tamil and Telugu movies. Her performance in Pushpak and Agni Natchathiram (dubbed in Telugu as Gharshana) are unforgettable. She acted with her future husband in hits like Nirnayam and Shiva. The latter was a mega blockbuster and brought her wider fame and recognition. She acted with iconic actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Prabhu, Mohan, Mammootty in Tamil, Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi in Malayalam and Nagarjuna, Venkatesh,Rajashekar and Chiranjeevi in Telugu among several others. She worked with veteran directors like Bharathiraja, Maniratnam and Ram Gopal Varma.

Amala is married to Telugu Film actor Akkineni Nagarjuna. Amala is the founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, a non-government organization  in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. She is a vegan and an environmentalist. She also teaches Yoga for women, and actively promotes communal harmony. She has one son named Akhil.
Filmography


Tamil Movies



1986 
Mythili Ennai Kadali
Kodai Mazhai
Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu
Panneer Nathigal
Kanne Kaniyamuthe
Oru Iniya Udhayam
Unnai Ondru Ketpen
1987 
Velaikaran Rajinikanth
Sathya Kamal Hassan
Poopoova Poothirukku
Koottu Puzhukkal
Vedham Pudhithu Sathyaraj
Kavithai Pada Neramillai
Idhu Oru Thodarkathai
1988 
Agni Natchathiram Prabhu Ganesan, Karthik Muthuraman
Kodi Parakuthu Rajinikanth
Jeeva Sathyaraj
Illam Sivakumar
Kaliyugam
Pesum Padam
1989
Mappillai Rajinikanth
Varam
Nalaya Manithan
Uthama Purushan Prabhu Ganesan
Vetri Vizha Kamal Hassan
1990
Pudhu Padagan Vijaykanth, Sarathkumar
Mounam Sammadham Mammooty, Sarathkumar
1991
Vaasalile Oru Vennila
Karpura Mullai
Telugu Movies
Year Film Co-star
1987 
Kirai Dada Nagarjuna
1988 
Raktha Tilakam Venkatesh
Chinna Babu Nagarjuna
Pushpaka Vimanam Kamal Haasan
1989 - Shiva Nagarjuna
1990 -
Raja Vikramarka Chiranjeevi
Prema Yuddham Nagarjuna
Aggi Ramudu Venkatesh
1991 
Nirnayam Nagarjuna
Aagraham Rajasekar
Hindi Movies
Year Film Co-star
1988
Dayavan Aditya Pancholi
Kab Tak Chup Rahungi Aditya Pancholi
Pushpak Kamal Haasan
1989
Dost Mithun Chakraborty
Jurrat Kumar Gaurav
1990 Shiva Nagarjuna
Malayalam Movies
Year Film Co-star Role
1990 - Ente Sooryaputhrikku Suresh Gopi Maya Vinodini
1992 - Ulladakkam Mohanlal Reshma

Kannada Movies
1988 Pushpaka vimana Kamal Haasan
1990 Bannada Gejje V. Ravichandran
1992 Ksheera Saagara Kumar Bangarappa
Belliyappa Bangarappa Kumar Bangarappa