Meghana Raj is an
Indian film actress, who works mainly in Malayalam and Kannada films
and occasionally in the other South Indian languages.
She made her acting
debut in the 2009 Telugu film Bendu Apparao R.M.P.
She is noted for her
flexibility in portraying various kinds of roles in her short career
so far.
Raj debuted as a
theatre artist, when she was a child, acting alongside her father
Sunder Raj in the play Jokumaraswamy.
During the audio
launch function of the Tamil film Poi in February 2006,
she was invited by
its director K. Balachander to pursue an acting career, starring in
one of his forthcoming films.
Accepting his offer,
she was given the lead female role in the Tamil film Krishnaleelai, a
Balachander production, directed by Selvan.
However, despite
continuing shooting throughout 2008,
which was completed
in early 2009, the film got stuck in production hell, and its release
got delayed for various reasons.
Even before the
release of that film, she commenced shooting for a Telugu film Bendu
Apparao R.M.P, which would eventually be her first feature film
release.
She played the
character of a school teacher in the comedy entertainer, starring
Allari Naresh and Kamna Jethmalani as well, which released in October
2009 and went on to become highly successful at the box office.
She debuted in the
Kannada films by enacting the female lead role in Punda, a remake of
the 2007 Tamil film Polladhavan.
Meghana's next
release was her debut Tamil film, the Boopathy Pandian-directed
Kaadhal Solla Vandhen, which was a commercial failure,
while she also
signed up her first Malayalam project, the horror film Yakshiyum
Njanum under Vinayan's direction, which was released in August 2010.
The film was an
average grosser, but its glamorously picturised songs on Meghana was
a hit among the youth. During that time she also acted in two more
Tamil projects,
Nandha Nanditha,
which is a remake of the 2008 Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha and
Kalla Siripazhaga.
