Aparna Gopinath is a former Indian film actress and theatre artist. She debuted in 2013, with the Malayalam film ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi opposite Dulquer Salmaan.
Early life Aparna was born into a Malayali family in Chennai. She was a theatre artist and contemporary dancer before her acting debut. She has associated herself with Koothu-P-Pattarai, an avant-garde theatre movement of Chennai, and had also acted in renowned plays like Six Characters in Search of an Author, Woyzeck, Moonshine, Sky Toffee, Sangadi Arinjo based on seven short stories of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and several Shakespearean plays.
Career Movie career She debuted in movies with Martin Prakkat's ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi which became a super hit. She played the role of Madhumitha, a college student and the love interest of Dulquer Salmaan in the movie. Her second movie as heroine was Asif Ali starrer Bicycle Thieves.
She played the female lead in Mamas' Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 which is a sequel to 1995 cult comedy Mannar Mathai Speaking and Boban Samuel's Happy Journey (2014) starring Jayasurya. She played the role of a junior journalist in director Venu's film Munnariyippu starring Mammootty which fetched rave reviews for her acting skills. She had signed Mohanlal-Priyadarshan film Ammu to Ammu but it was later shelved due to production difficulties. In 2016, she completed Kranthi which saw no theatrical release.
Theatre career In Chennai, she was active in English theatre and was a part of plays like Six Characters in Search of an Author and worked with various theatre groups including Masquerade, The Little Theatre, Magic Lantern, Madras Players, Koothu–p-Pattarai. Over the years, she has directed and acted in over 50 plays. Her favorite remains Moonshine And Skytoffeeby, by a Chennai-based group called Perch directed by Rajeev Krishnan.
In 2014, she was a part of Under The Mangosteen Tree, an adaption of a Vaikom Muhammad Basheer tale.
Awards 2013 – TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards – Best Debutante actress – ABCD: American-Born Confused DesiTTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards: Shobhana, Prithviraj win best actor, actress awards . Kerala9.com (20 January 2014). Retrieved 26 January 2016. 2013 – Amrita Film Awards for Best New Face – ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi 2014 – Asiavision Movie Awards (special Jury Award) – Munnariyippu 2014 – Nominated – 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Female Debutant – ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi 2014 – Nominated -Asianet Film Awards for Best New Face of the Year (Female) – ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi 2015 – Nominated – Asianet Film Awards for Best Actress – Munnariyippu 2015 – Nominated – Campus Choice Cine Awards for Most Popular Actress – MunnariyippuCampus Cine Awards . Campus Cine Awards (6 January 2015). Retrieved 26 January 2016. 2015 – Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam – Munnariyippu 2016 – Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam – Charlie 2015 – Nominated – 4th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Actress – Munnariyippu 2016 – 2nd IIFA Utsavam for Performance in a Supporting Role – Female -Malayalam – Charlie
Filmography +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Notes 2013 ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi Madhumitha Debut film Bicycle Thieves Meera 2014 Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 Nithya Happy Journey Ziya Gangster Lilly Munnariyippu Anjali 2015 Onnam Loka Mahayudham ACP Tara Mathew Charlie Dr. Kani 2016 School Bus Aparna 2017 Sakhavu Neethi 2018 Mazhayathu Anitha 2019 Oru Nakshathramulla Aakasham Uma Safe Shreya Sreedharan
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