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Laila (actress)

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Laila
Laila in 2006
Born	(1980-10-24) 24 October 1980 (age 43) Goa, India
Other names	Laila Mehdi
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–2006 2019–present
Spouse	Mehdi (m. 2006)
Children	2

Laila (born 24 October 1980^[1]) is an Indian actress. Making her acting debut in the mid-1990s, she has acted predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, as well as in a few Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films.^[1]^[2]

Career[edit]

Laila made her debut in Dushman Duniya Ka (1996) and her lead debut in the Telugu film Egire Paavurama (1997), directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy.^[3] Laila began to receive offers from prominent directors to feature in Tamil films and turned down films such as Dharma Chakkaram and Kadhal PallibyK. S. Ravikumar and Pavithran respectively.^[4] She subsequently signed on to appear in the lead role in VIP after Pooja Kumar had walked out of the project. However, Laila was left unimpressed when the producer asked her to consider changing her stage name to Pooja, as the invitations for the film had already been printed, and furthermore, she revealed that she was unaware of Rambha also being a heroine in the film. Laila subsequently dropped out of the project, wanting to make her Tamil debut in a film where she played the sole heroine.^[5]

Laila then worked with AjithinDheena and Parthen Rasithen with Prashanth.^[6]^[7]

Then came Dhill and Pithamagan with Vikram. In between, Laila took a break and went back to Mumbai. However, she returned to Kollywood with a big bang. Her role in the movie Ullam Ketkumae won her accolades from the masses. She was one of the successful Tamil actresses for a brief time.^[8]

Laila has made a comeback to the Tamil entertainment industry. She first appeared in a ready-made flavored milk commercial (Aachi Badam Milk) post her sabbatical in 2018. She appeared as the judge for the dance show DJD Juniors on Zee Tamil alongside actresses Sudha Chandran and Sneha.^[9] She made her post-sabbatical film comeback with Sardar (2022).^[10]

Personal life[edit]

Laila married Mehdi, an Iranian businessman, on 6 January 2006. She dated him for eight years before marriage.^[1] According to Laila, they were engaged for four years before marriage. The couple has two sons. She is Goan and she is a Roman Catholic.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

List of Laila film credits
Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
1996	Dushman Duniya Ka	Lata	Hindi
1997	Itha Oru Snehagatha	Hema	Malayalam
	Egire Paavurama	Jyoti	Telugu
	Pellichesukundam	Laila
	Ugadi	Laila
1998	Khaidi Garu	Rajyam			^[11]
	Pavitra Prema	Dr. Shakunthala Devi
	Love Story 1999	Meena
	Subhalekhalu	Manasa
1999	Kallazhagar	Aandaal	Tamil
	Naa Hrudayamlo Nidurinche Cheli	Mini	Telugu		^[12]
	Rojavanam	Roja	Tamil
	Mudhalvan	Kalakkal Shuba	Tamil
2000	Devara Maga	Sowmya	Kannada
	Parthen Rasithen	Sarika	Tamil
	Nuvve Kavali	Herself	Telugu	Special appearance in "Ole Ole Ole"
2001	Dheena	Chithra	Tamil
	Dhill	Aasha
	Alli Thandha Vaanam	Divya
	Nandha	Kalyani		Won–Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2002	Kamarasu	Vasanthi
	Unnai Ninaithu	Nirmala
	Mounam Pesiyadhe	Gautham's lover		Cameo
2003	Three Roses	Nandhu
	Pithamagan	Manju		Won–Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
				Won–Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
				Won–ITFA Best Actress Award
	War and Love	Serina	Malayalam
	Swapnakoodu		Malayalam	Guest appearance
2004	Gambeeram	Vijayalakshmi	Tamil
	Jaisurya	Baby	Tamil
	Rama Krishna	Lakshmi Vishwanath	Kannada
	Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy	Sailaja	Telugu
2005	Ullam Ketkumae	Pooja	Tamil
	Kanda Naal Mudhal	Ramya	Tamil
	Insan	Indu	Hindi
2006	Paramasivan	Malar	Tamil
	Thandege Thakka Maga	Pancharangi	Kannada
	Thirupathi	Stage Drama artist	Tamil	Special appearance
	Mahha Samudram	Devi	Malayalam		^[13]
2022	Sardar	Sameera Thomas	Tamil		^[10]
2024	Sabdham †	TBA	Tamil	Post-production	^[14]
2024	The Greatest of All Time †	TBA	Tamil	Filming	^[15]

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television[edit]

List of Laila television credits
Year	Program	Role	Language	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2019	Dance Jodi Dance Juniors	Judge	Tamil	Zee Tamil
2020	Gokulathil Seethai	Herself	Tamil	Zee Tamil	Special appearance	^[16]

Web series[edit]

List of Laila web series credits
Year	Program	Role	Language	Channel
2022	Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie	Ruby	Tamil	Amazon original series

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Laila Mehdi birthday: Lesser-known facts about the Indian actress you should know". Times Now. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018.

^ "Actress Laila to make a comeback with 'Alice'". The Times of India. 1 March 2019. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

^ Raman, Sruthi Ganapathy (19 January 2019). "Laila on why she isn't doing mother roles: 'My fans tell me that I haven't aged a day'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

^ "With Karthi's Sardar, Actor Laila to Make Comeback in Kollywood After 16 Years". News18. 1 April 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

^ தாணு தயாரித்த 'வி.ஐ.பி' சிம்ரன் அறிமுகம் [Simran was introduced in V. I. P. produced by Thanu]. Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

^ Rajitha (26 August 2000). "Vijay meets his son on the Net!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

^ ரம்பா போனார் லைலா வந்தார்! [Ramba went and Laila came!] (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). 20 August 2000. pp. 24–26. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

^ "Tamil Cinema News – Laila – an Exclusive Interview". www.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

^ "Actress Radhika Sarathkumar to appear as special guest in Dance Jodi Dance Juniors Grand Finale". The Times of India. 30 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

^ ^a ^b "Laila returns to Tamil films after 16 years with Karthi's Sardar". The Times of India. 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

^ "Reviews". Archived from the original on 13 February 1998.

^ "Review: Naa Hryudyamlo Nidurinche Chel". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 January 2005.

^ "'Mahasamudram' - Could've been better". Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

^ "Aadhi's Sabdham completely wrapped up". The Times of India. 27 September 2023. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

^ "Thalapathy 68:Vijay welcomes Meenakshi Chaudhary, Prabhu Deva and Other Cast Members". timesnownews.com. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

^ Rajkumar (16 November 2020). பட வாய்ப்புகள் இல்லாததால் சீரியலில் களமிறங்க உள்ள லைலா. எந்த சேனல் ? என்ன சீரியல் தெரியுமா ? [Laila is going to debut in a serial due to lack of film opportunities. Which channel? Do you know what serial?]. Tamil.behindtalkies. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.