Neethu

Neethu (born 2 September 1986) is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Kannada-language films and few malayalam and konkani films. Her first commercial success movie was Joke Falls where she was paired alongside Ramesh Aravind which garned positive reviews from the critics. She then started alongside Mohanlal in the Malayalam film Photographer. She is a recipient of Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the tulu language film Koti Chennaya. She raised to fame in the year 2008 due to her performance which garned positive reviews in the movie Gaalipata which was multistarrer and a blockbuster. She received a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada nomination. She later starred in films which some were successful like Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro, Abhinetri and few others. She was a contestant in Bigg Boss Kannada 2, where she was almost into finals but got eliminated. She was a part of the comedy show Bengaluru Benne Dose alongside Arun Sagar . She later appeared as a guest in Bigg Boss Kannada 4 along with Rishika Singh , tsunami kitty, NC ayyappa and Bigg Boss Kannada 3 winner Shruti. She also was a part of box cricket league where she was a player for the team davangere lions.

Neethu was born on 2 September 1986 in Mangalore, in the Karnataka State of India. Her father, Manjunath, was a Tulu-speaking Bunt and her mother spoke Konkani. She grew up and was educated in Mangalore. Her father died of jaundice in 2011.