She was born on 27 August 1963 in the city of Chennai. Her family was native Telugu and settled in Chennai. She won the Andhra Pradesh beauty contest in 1979, which paved a path for her entry into films. She started acting at an age of fifteen. Her debut film was instead a Tamil movie ‘Thisai Maariya Paravaigal’, for which...
The South has been famous for throwing up actor politicians, and the tradition of NTRs, MGRs and Jayalalithas continues even today, with Ambareesh, being the latest in the chain - but this time coming from Karnataka. Another southern trait he seems to have borrowed is the fascination for using single names. In his own case, he uses the name “Ambareesh”...