mala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu film industries.

After
appearing in supporting roles in the Malayalam film Neelathamara and Veerasekaran in Tamil, she
received critical acclaim for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, Sindhu Samaveli.
Despite the failure of that film, Amala became noted after playing the title role in Mynaa, receiving
critical acclaim for her work.[3]
Contents

1Career
o

1.1Early career

1.22010s

2Personal life

3Filmography

4Awards

5References

6External links

In 2014, Her first release was Samuthirakani's Nimirndhu Nil opposite Jayam Ravi,[32] which was
simultaneously shot in Telugu as Janda Pai Kapiraju, in whichNani reprised the role of Jayam Ravi.
[33]
Next, Velaiyilla Pattathari opposite to Dhanush was a mega hit in Tamil Nadu and her acting was
well appreciated.
In 2015, she appeared in Rajesh Pillai's Mili playing the titlular role. Her performance in the movie
was critically acclaimed. She then went on to act alongMohanlal for the second time in Lailaa O
Lailaa , even though it was a big budget movie it didn't perform well in theaters. In 2016, she signed
4 Malayalammovies - 2 Penkuttikal ,Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum,Ore Mugham,Thoppil Joppan but
left the later two projects due to conflicting schedule.Amala also appeared in a Tamil film Amma
Kanakku playing a mother of a 15-year old.She will be making her Kannada debut in the
movie Hebbulli opposite Sudeep.

Personal life[edit]
Amala was born in a Syro-Malabar Catholic family[34][35] at Ernakulam, Kerala to Paul Varghese and
Annice Paul.[36] After completing her schooling from Nirmala Higher Secondary School Aluva. [37][38] She
took a sabbatical to begin a career in films, but has since joined St. Teresa's College in Kochi, to
pursue a BA degree in English.[14][39] Her father had been strictly against Amala pursuing an acting
career, but was forced to accept her decision with her brother, Abijith, strongly backing her ambition.
[14]
She later claimed she had performing arts in her, revealing that her mother was a singer and her
dad was into theatre in college.[40] Amala had changed her on-screen name to Anakha, on director
Samy's insistence, who cited that another actress, Amala had already made her name popular.
However, after the failure of Sindhu Samaveli, she reverted to her birth name since she felt that the
replacement had brought her bad luck.[14]

As early as 2011, when Amala was working on Deiva Thirumagal, she was romantically linked to
director A. L. Vijay but denied that the pair were dating.[41] The pair subsequently fell in love and
announced in early 2014, that they were set to get married by mid 2014. On June 7, 2014 she got
engaged to Vijay at Aluvain Kochi.[42] The couple got married on June 12, 2014 at Mayor
Ramanathan Chettiar Hall, Chennai. In 2016, Amala and Vijay filed for a divorce.[43][44]

Filmography[edit]
Year

Film

Role

Language

2009

Neelathamara

Beena

Malayalam

2010

Veerasekaran

Sugandhi

Tamil

2010

Sindhu Samaveli

Sundari

Tamil

2010

Mynaa

Mynaa

Tamil

2011

Ithu Nammude Katha

Aishwarya

Malayalam

2011

Vikadakavi

Kavitha

Tamil

2011

Deiva Thirumagal

Shwetha Rajendran

Tamil

2011

Bejawada

Geetanjali

Telugu

2012

Vettai

Jayanthi

Tamil

2012

Kadhalil
Sodhappuvadhu
Yeppadi

Parvathi

Tamil

Notes

Vijay Award for Best Debut

Actress
Nominated Filmfare Award for
Best Actress Tamil
Nominated Vijay Award for
Best Actress

Nominated Filmfare Award for

Best Supporting Actress Tamil

Nominated Filmfare Award for

Best Actress Tamil
Nominated SIIMA Award for

Year

Film

Role

Language

Notes

Best Actress Tamil

2012

Love Failure

Telugu

2012

Muppozhudhum Un
Karpanaigal

Charulatha

Tamil

2012

Akasathinte Niram

Young Lady

Malayalam

Nominated - TSR-TV9 Film

Awards for Best Heroine

Nominated - Asiavison Movie

Award for Best Actress
SIIMA Award for Best Actress
Malayalam

2012

Run Baby Run

Renuka

Malayalam

2013

Naayak

Nandini

Telugu

2013

Iddarammayilatho

Komali
Sankarabharanam

Telugu

2013

Thalaivaa

ACP Meera
Narayanan

Tamil

Nominated Vijay Award for

Favourite Heroine

Vanitha Film Awards for Most

Popular Actress
Asianet Award for Best Actress
SIIMA Award for Best Actress
Malayalam
Amrita Film Awards for Best
Actor (Female)
Nominated - Asiavison Movie
Award for Best Actress

2013

Oru Indian
Pranayakatha

Irene Gardner

Malayalam

2014

Nimirndhu Nil

Poomari

Tamil

Year

Film

Role

Language

Notes

2014

Velaiyilla Pattathari

Shalini

Tamil

Nominated Filmfare Award for

Best Actress Tamil
Vijay Award for Best Actress
SIIMA Critics Award for Best
Actress
SIIMA Award for Best Actress

2014

Kathai Thiraikathai
Vasanam Iyakkam

Yazhini

Tamil

Cameo appearance

2014

Iyobinte Pusthakam

Dancer

Malayalam

Cameo appearance

2015

Mili

Mili

Malayalam

Filmfare Critics Award for Best

Actress
Nominated - Filmfare Award for
Best Actress Malayalam
Nominated Asianet Award for
Best Actress
Nominated SIIMA Award for
Best Actress

2015

Janda Pai Kapiraju

Indumathi

Telugu

2015

Lailaa O Lailaa

Anjali / Lailaa

Malayalam

2015

Pasanga 2

Venba

Tamil

2016

2 Penkuttikal

Aswathy

Malayalam

2016

Amma Kanakku

Shanti Gopal

Tamil

2016

Shajahanum
Pareekuttiyum

Jiya

Malayalam

2016

Hebbuli

Kannada

Filming

2017

Vada Chennai

Tamil

Filming

Awards[edit]
Year

2011

Award

Amrita-FEFKA Film

Category

Best Actress in Tamil[45]

Film

Mynaa

Result

Won

Awards

Edison Awards

Best New Face[46]

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Award for Best

Actress Tamil

MGR-Sivaji Awards

Best New Actress[47]

Won

Nominated

Won

Best Actress

Nominated

Vijay Awards

Jaya Awards

Best Dbutante[48]

Won

Youth Female Icon of the Year

Won

2012

Deiva Thirumagal
Filmfare Awards South

2012

Filmfare Award for Best

Supporting Actress Tamil

Nominated

1st South Indian

Rising Female star of South
International Movie Awards Indian cinema

Asiavision Awards

Won

Best Actress

Nominated
Run Babby Run
Won

2013

2nd South Indian

Best Actress Malayalam
International Movie Awards
Nominated

2013

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Award for Best

Actress Tamil

Vijay Awards

Favourite Heroine

Kadhalil
Sodhappuvadhu
Yeppadi

Thalaivaa

Nominated

Nominated

2014

2015

2016

Vanitha Film Awards[49]

Most Popular Actress

Won

Asianet Film Awards

Best Actress

Won

3rd South Indian

Best Actress Malayalam
International Movie Awards

Asiavision Awards

Best Actress

Amrita Film Awards

Best Actor (Female)

Vijay Awards

Best Actress

Asianet Film Awards

Best Actress

Vanitha Film Awards

Best Actress

4th South Indian

Best Actress Malayalam
International Movie Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Award for Best

Actress Malayalam

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Critics Award for

Best Actor South

Oru Indian
Pranayakatha

Won

Nominated

Won

Velaiyilla Pattathari

Won

Nominated

Mili

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Won

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