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Kamna Jethmalani
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Jethmalani at photoshoot
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| Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse |
Suraj Nagpal (m. 2014) |
Kamna Jethmalani is an Indian actress. She debuted in 2005 with the Telugu film Premikulu and had her first commercial success with her third feature film Ranam. Subsequently, she played the lead role in a number of Telugu-language films, while also debuting and appearing in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films.
Born into a Sindhi Hindu family in Mumbai. Jethmalani is a granddaughter of businessman Shyam Jethmalani.[1] Her pet name is "Dinky". Her mother Divya is a housewife and her father Nimesh Jethmalani is a businessman. She has two siblings - brother Kapil and sister Karishma. Ram Jethmalani is her great-uncle.[2][3]
She was the runner-up at the Miss Mumbai contest in 2004 and also appeared in the music video of the pop song 'Chhod do Aanchal Zamaana Kya Kahega' by Bombay Vikings & Mera Dadla by Vaishali Samant & Avadhoot Gupte.[1]
On 11 August 2014, Kamna married Suraj Nagpal, a Bangalore-based businessman.[4][5]
She appeared in the video of "Chhod Do Aanchal Zamaana Kya Kahega" by Neeraj Shridhar – Bombay Vikings in 2004. The following year, she made her movie debut with the Telugu film Premikulu. Though that film flopped, her subsequent film Ranam was a big hit. Her first Tamil film was Idhaya Thirudan with Jayam Ravi. She did an item number in the film Sainikudu. She has acted in Machakaaran opposite Jeevan. Since then, she has done several south Indian films, in which she performed the lead role.
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 2005 | Premikulu | Vennela | Telugu | [6] |
| Idhaya Thirudan | Deepika | Tamil | ||
| 2006 | Ranam | Maheswari | Telugu | |
| Samanyudu | Vandana | [7] | ||
| Sainikudu | Herself | Special appearance in song | ||
| 2007 | Toss | Kamna | ||
| Ugadi | Kaveri | Kannada | Dubbed into Telugu as America Alludu in 2011 | |
| Machakaaran | Shivani Rajangam | Tamil | Dubbed into Telugu as Dheera in 2009 | |
| 2008 | King | Herself | Telugu | Special appearance in song Nuvvu Ready |
| 2009 | Andamaina Abadham[7] | Vaishnavi | ||
| Bendu Apparao R.M.P | Padma Priya | |||
| Rajadhi Raja | Namitha | Tamil | ||
| 2010 | Kathi Kantha Rao | Ratnam | Telugu | |
| 2011 | Makeup Man | Chandra | Malayalam | |
| Kasethan Kadavulada | Archana | Tamil | ||
| 2013 | Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath | Malayalam | ||
| Action 3D | Anitha | Telugu | ||
| Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara | Queen | |||
| Bhai | Colony girl | |||
| 2014 | Agraja | Kannada | ||
| 2015 | Chandrika | Chandrika | Telugu | |
| 2022 | Garuda | Madhu | Kannada | |
| 2023 | Vyavastha | Gayathri Chakraborthy | Telugu | ZEE5 web series |
