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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Sudha Chandran is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and actress who appears in Indian television and films. In 1981, she hurt her leg in a road accident near Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu while coming back from Madras with her parents. Her leg became gangrenous and her parents opted to have it amputated. However, she subsequently became an established Bharatnatyam dancer. Chandran is known for her roles of Ramola Sikand in Kaahin Kissii Roz, Yamini in Naagin 1, 2, 3, Chitradevi in Deivam Thandha Veedu, the Tamil remake of Saath Nibhana Saathiya. She again back in the sixth season of Naagin, and inNaagin 6 as Seema.
The concept of 'Naagin' has always interested me and I think even the audience is intrigued by it.
I love wearing my color faded clothes; I feel connected.
Throughout my acting career by far, I have chosen roles that are not only challenging but unique at the same time.
In my 10th exams, I stood first with 80 percent but instead of picking science for my further studies, I chose arts... just so that I could continue to dance.
I don't see any difference in Hindi and Telugu television.
My life itself is a message and I know it has changed a lot of lives.
As an actor you should be able to store and recollect your experiences and work on them as an actor as and when required.
I was fed up with doing vampish negative roles, dolled-up with heavy makeup all the time.
I was not doing really nice work on television because I was busy doing assignments down South.
I'm coming back to Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms. And I feel pampered, protected with them.
I like taking up exceptional characters.
Failure has always made me a very strong person.
My bindis were undoubtedly a fashion craze, but I was zapped to see a woman in Nagpur use a curtain ring to glam up her pallu, as I had done in 'KKR!'
I have done films before and I would love to be a part of one. But the role should give me a platform to act.
Culture knows no boundaries.
So even when I am not around for many, many generations, I will continue to motivate a lot of people... Wherever my soul would be, it will give me a lot of satisfaction that people will be talking about me and following me in their life.
The content in TV has become more mature and relatable.
I have been wanting to do a substantial role for quite sometime.
When I started my TV career, I was totally jobless.
My effort in the whole thing was the basic determination, the burning desire in me to prove to this world that a physically handicapped girl is in no way inferior.
I have never done homework and have always left the details to the director. This holds true from my first film 'Naache Mayuri' to 'Naagin.'
I was determined to return to Bombay on two legs and not on crutches and dance again.
There were a lot of things that my parents could not do or afford. And when they put all that dreams into me and when I could not fulfill them, I felt very disappointed. And that was the only reason I wanted to dance with an artificial leg.
I feel loved and grateful for all the love people have given me over the years.
Along with my will power, it was my parents who stood by me like a pillar of strength in my most challenging phase of life.
People would be surprised to see the real Sudha. I am gawky and not well dressed in my real life.
I am very happy that TV is going back to where we belong and what we believe in, the traditions.
Frankly, I would never like to write an autobiography because my life is an open book.
I can only say, don't be a victim of stress and distress. Just go out in the world and strive what you want to become.
People already had labelled me a 'one-film wonder' and that's when TV came to my rescue.
Never ignore someone with a disability, as we don't realize how much they can inspire.
Since my childhood I always knew that India was a land of scarcity but this has changed ever since the BJP started ruling our country.
I am very excited about doing 'Shastri Sisters.'
I began learning how to dance when I was 3 and a half years old.
The BJP has a positive outlook towards the country and that is my philosophy towards life.
I started with light hearted comedies and good stories with real-life treatment; then TV went glossy, especially with the K-series.
I have worked with other production houses, but Balaji feels like homecoming.
No one can point fingers at my professionalism.
With 'Crime Alert's first season, the channel gave me the opportunity and also pushed me to become a producer. That was something new that I explored.
I never attend calls when I am shooting.
I have done good work in television and wouldn't want to mess it with a wrong move.
Gujarat is very close to me. I won my first best actor award for my Gujarati film 'Kadla Ni Jod.'
My role as Chitra is synonymous to my character in real life. If Chitra is crying or shouting or reacting in a certain way then Sudha would have reacted in the same manner.
When people commend me on my success, I know I didn't just get it. I actually earned it.
I remember my father used to beg for a loan to buy a house. He had to beg the banks for a loan.
Dance means everything to me; it is like fresh air that rejuvenates my life.
I would go to school, then go for my dance training and be back home only by 9:30 P. M... and that's what my early life was about.
If we talk about character actors they are always in demand. Actress like Aruna Irani will always be needed in a script.
I only saw myself as a dancer and an actor but to be a host is also a wonderful experience.
We may be living in a modern world but people still believe in 'Icchadhari Nagins' and still visit temples to rid themselves of 'sarp dosh.'
We can't be dependent on the police all the time. We can't turn a blind eye to the crime taking place in the country because we are personally not affected.
I agree that not everyone knows who I am. I am not that famous.
Once I got the Jaipor leg, it took me 3 years of physiotherapy to recover and feel normal again.
I have joined the BJP to help disabled people.
Crime is a subject that needs to be looked at in-depth since the percentage is on the rise.
I had a horrifying experience but what the world fails to understand is that the handicapped need no sympathy, they need to be encouraged in whatever they do.
I'm totally a supernatural freak in real life.
You can't cheat the audience anymore and roles that are honest and edgy are liked by the viewers.
I have never been typecast.
If people don't want to cast you, they give you this stupid excuse that it's because you don't fit into a certain image.