12 Facts About Meghana Raj

Meghana Sundar Raj Sarja is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam and Kannada films along with a few Telugu and Tamil films.

Meghana Raj has won Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in Iruvudellava Bittu, a 2018 Kannada film.

Meghana Raj was born as the only daughter to film actors Sundar Raj, a Tamilian, and Pramila Joshai, a Kannadiga.

Meghana Raj completed her schooling from Baldwin Girls' High School and holds Bachelor's degree in psychology at Christ University, Bangalore.

Meghana Raj debuted as a theatre artist, when she was a child, acting alongside her father in the play Jokumaraswamy.

Meghana Raj 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.

Meghana Raj debuted in the Kannada films by enacting the female lead role in Punda, a remake of the 2007 Tamil film Polladhavan.

Since getting noticed with Beautiful, Meghana Raj got a lot of Malayalam films offers and was briefly the most sought out actress in Malayalam.

Meghana Raj returned to Kannada films in late 2013 with the film Raja Huli, followed by Bahuparak; her performances in both films were well appreciated.

Post 2016 Meghana Raj starred in Hallelooya, Lakshmana, Bhujanga and Allama.

Meghana Raj was recently chosen to portray princess Bhanumati in the Kannada magnum opus Kurukshetra.

Sarja died on 7 June 2020 from cardiac arrest when Meghana Raj was expecting their first child.