Laila Mehdin

Laila is an Indian actress. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films. She is probably best known for her Critically Acclaimed and Award-Winning Performances in the Bala-directed films Nandha (2001) and Pithamagan (2003) & the Commercial Blockbusters Dheena (2001) and Dhill (2001).

Career

She made her debut in the Telugu film Egire Paavurama (1996) directed by S V Krishna Reddy. Laila began to receive offers from prominent directors to feature in Tamil films and turned down films such as Dharma Chakram and Kadhal Palli by K S Ravikumar and Pavithran respectively. She subsequently signed on to appear in the lead role in VIP after Pooja Kumar had walked out of the project. However Laila was left unimpressed when the producer asked her to consider changing her stagename to Pooja, as the invitations for the film had already been printed, and furthermore, she revealed that her unawareness of Rambha also being a part of the film. Laila subsequently dropped out of the project, wanting to make her Tamil debut in a film where she played the sole heroine.

The Mumbai-based Laila then worked with Ajith in Dheena and Parthen Rasithen with Prashanth.

Then came Dhill and Pithamagan with Vikram. In between, Laila took a break and went back to Mumbai. However, she returned to Kollywood with a big bang. Her role in the movie Ullam Ketkumae won her accolades from the masses. She is a very successful Tamil actress.

Personal life

She got married to Mehdi, an Irani businessman, on 6 January 2006. She dated him for 8 years before marriage. According to Laila, they were engaged four years before marriage. She now has two sons, aged 6 and 8. Her mother tongue is English and she belongs to Roman Catholic community.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1996	Dushman Duniya Ka	Lata	Hindi
1997	Egire Paavurama		Telugu
	Ugadi		Telugu
	Pellichesukundam	Laila	Telugu
	Kelona		Urdu
	Itha Oru Snehagatha	Hema	Malayalam
1998	Khaidi Garu		Telugu
	Pavitra Prema	Dr.Shakunthala Devi	Telugu
	Subhalekalu		Telugu
	Love Story 1999	Meena	Telugu
1999	Kallazhagar	Andal	Tamil
	Mudhalvan	Shubha	Tamil
	Naa Hrudayamlo Nidurinchee Cheli		Telugu
	Rojavanam	Roja	Tamil
2000	Parthen Rasithen	Sarika	Tamil
	Nuvve Kavali		Telugu	Special appearance
	Devara Maga		Kannada
2001	Dheena	Chithra	Tamil
	Dhill	Aasha	Tamil
	Alli Thandha Vaanam	Divya	Tamil
	Nandha	Kalyani	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress
	Kamarasu	Vasanthi	Tamil
	Moosa Khan		Urdu
2002	Unnai Ninaithu	Nirmala	Tamil
	Mounam Pesiyadhe		Tamil	Guest appearance
2003	Three Roses	Nandhu	Tamil
	Pithamagan	Manju	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress ITFA Best Actress Award
	War and Love	Serina	Malayalam
	Swapnakoodu		Malayalam	Guest appearance
2004	Gambeeram	Vijayalakshmi	Tamil
	Jaisurya	Baby	Tamil
	Rama Krishna	Lakshmi Vishwanath	Kannada
	Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy	Sailaja	Telugu
2005	Ullam Ketkumae	Pooja	Tamil
	Kanda Naal Mudhal	Ramya	Tamil
	Insan	Indu	Hindi
2006	Paramasivan	Malar	Tamil
	Thandege Thakka Maga	Pancharangi	Kannada
	Thirupathi		Tamil	Special appearance
	Mahha Samudram	Devi	Malayalam

External links

• Laila at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website