Suhasini - Platinum Woman: Suhasini Maniratnam - an actress, a director, a TV personality and an enduring icon in the south Indian film industry today. She is also the Femina Platinum woman.
We believe Suhasini’s a Platinum Woman because:
# She broke away from a traditional upbringing to follow her dream. “My mother didn’t speak to me for months when I decided to join the film institute in Madras. She’d have preferred that I joined a professional course, like engineering, or been a doctor like my sister.”
# She became an actress by accident, but made a success out of it. “I was to be the camera assistant for my first film Nenjaththai Killathe and Padmini Kholapuri was to play the lead. She couldn’t make it, so I stepped in for her, and the rest as they say, was destiny.
The movie (made in 1981, where I play a confused teenager who runs away from problems and gets into a love triangle) was a big hit and remains one of my best acting performances to date.”
Being Kamal Hasan’s niece, Charu Hasan’s daughter and Maniratnam’s wife, didn’t dilute her own fame. “They’re all progressive men and have always encouraged me.” ...[ More ]