25 Facts About Amala Paul

Amala Paul was born on 26 October 1991 and is an Indian actress and producer who is primarily working in Tamil and Malayalam films, in addition to some Telugu and Hindi films.

Amala Paul is a recipient of a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, a Filmfare Award South and two South Indian International Movie Awards.

Amala Paul went onto appear in successful films such as Vettai, Thalaivaa, Velaiilla Pattadhari, Hebbuli, Thiruttu Payale 2, Ratsasan and The Goat Life.

Amala Paul was born on 26 October 1991 in Ernakulam, Kerala.

Amala Paul's father had been strictly against Amala Paul pursuing an acting career but relented when her brother strongly supported her ambition.

Amala Paul later claimed that she had performing arts in her, revealing that her mother was a singer and her father was into theatre in college.

Amala Paul pursued roles in Tamil films and went on to sign for the low-budget comedy film Vikadakavi, which was delayed and ultimately became her sixth release, while signing on to play the lead role in another small budget film Veerasekaran.

The film, which became her maiden Tamil release, was panned by critics and went completely unnoticed, while Amala Paul's role was labelled as "minimal", and she later cited that she regretted doing the film and many of her scenes were edited out.

Amala Paul then went on to work in Samy's controversial Sindhu Samaveli, portraying the role of Sundari, who has an illicit relationship with her father-in-law.

Amala Paul was approached after the major portions of her next release, Mynaa were ready, and signed on for Sindhu Samaveli before listening to the entirety of the story, claiming that she was shocked but not upset with the controversial scenes which she heard later.

The director of the film had previously drawn criticism for his depictions of illicit romances as well as for assaulting his previous lead actress in a film, but Amala Paul played down the issue citing that she had no problem with the director.

Amala Paul claimed that she received death threats from anonymous callers and was publicly scolded by women at a cinema hall in Chennai.

Amala Paul went on to sign three big budget films with the drama Deiva Thirumagal, directed by Vijay, featuring her opposite Vikram and alongside Anushka, becoming her next release.

Amala Paul won mixed feedback for her performance, while the critic from Sify mentioned that she "is lovely to look at and her feisty performance proves that a star is born".

The film won mixed reviews, though the lead pair's on-screen chemistry was praised by critics, while another reviewer noted that "Amala Paul renders an effortless act".

Amala Paul played a notable role in renowned director Dr Biju's Akasathinte Niram, which was her first art-house film.

Amala Paul paired with veteran Malayalam actor Mohanlal in the film Run Baby Run, in which she played the role of a senior news channel editor.

In 2013, Amala Paul achieved her first commercial success in Telugu cinema.

Amala Paul was a perfect choice to play a traditional Telugu girl.

Amala Paul's performance was well received and saw her reprising her role in its sequel, VIP 2 in 2017 that was a commercial success as well.

Amala Paul switched back to two Tamil films in 2018, both which went on to become commercial successes.

Amala Paul was seen in back to back Malayalam films, The Teacher and Christopher which turned out be average.

Amala Paul had changed her on-screen name to Anakha, on director Samy's insistence, who cited that another actress, Amala Paul Akkineni had already made her name popular.

Amala Paul's brother Abijith Paul is an actor and appeared in minor roles in a few films.

Amala Paul was named the Kochi Times Most Desirable Women in 2013, and was placed 3rd in 2014.