Sapthami Gowda is an Indian actress, swimmer and civil engineer who works primarily in the Kannada film industry. In 2022, she played the lead role of Leela in the Kannada film “Kantara”.
Wiki/Biography
Sapthami Gowda was born on Saturday, June 8, 1996 in Bangalore (now Bangalore) (26 years old; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Gemini. She attended Baldwin Girls High School, Bangalore, India, and Srikumaran Children’s Home Complex Junior College, Bangalore, Karnataka. Shortly after completing her studies, she earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering technology.
Childhood photos of Sapthami Gowda with her father
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Sapthami Gowda belongs to a Kannada-speaking family in Bengaluru.
Parents and siblings
Sapthami Gowda’s father Umesh Sk Doddi is a police officer. In 2015, Saptami’s father was awarded the Presidential Police Medal for meritorious service. Saptami’s mother Shantha Madaiah is a housewife.
Saptami Gowda and her parents
Saptami’s sister, Utare Gowda, is a professional swimmer.
Sapthami Gowda and her sister Utare Gowda (left)
husband
Sapthami Gowda is unmarried.
religion
Sapthami Gowda follows Hinduism.
Profession
acting
In 2019, Sapthami Gowda made her debut with the Kannada film “Popcorn Monkey” in which she played the lead role of Girija.
Sapthami Gowda in a still from Kannada movie Popcorn Monkey Tiger (2019)
In 2022, she appeared in the Kannada film Kantara, playing the lead role of Leela. In an interview, Saptami explained her character Leela in the Kannada film Kantala and quoted:
My character has just completed formal training with the forest department. Her first job was in a village. Leela has a calm and collected personality and is a girl who knows her own thoughts. I played the heroine of Mr. Rishabh and my role taught me that a thousand words can be expressed in silence. She was someone who could speak even without saying a word, which fascinated me as an actor. ”
Sapthami Gowda and Rishav Shetty in a still from Kannada film Kantara (2022)
swim
Sapthami Gowda started swimming training when she was five years old. In 2006, she won a gold medal at the national-level swimming competition in Mangaluru. In the same year, she won a bronze medal in the relay at the national championships held at Jain Residential School in Bengaluru. Subsequently, she won medals in various swimming competitions such as two gold and two silver medals at the 2009 National Level Swimming Meet in Bangalore and one bronze and two silver medals at the National Swimming Meet in Jaipur gold medal. In 2010, she won a gold medal at the Indian Triathlon Federation in Indore, India. In an interview, Saptami’s mother Shantha Madiah said of Saptami’s swimming career,
She won bronze, silver and gold medals in almost every swimming competition she competed in. ”
Sapthami Gowda and her medal
dispute
In 2022, Sapthami Gowda’s film Kantara was accused of plagiarism by the band Thaikkudam Bridge. According to the band, the song “Varaha Roopam” from the movie “Kantara” is a copy of the Kannada music album “Navarasam”. The band Thaikkudam Bridge also called on listeners to spread the word about copyright infringement. Thaikkudam Bridge shared a post on Instagram about the plagiarism issue with the caption:
We want our listeners to know that Thaikkudam Bridge has no relation or form to “Kantara”. Therefore, there is unavoidable audio similarity between our IPs “Navarasam” and “Varaha Roopam” which is a blatant violation of copyright laws. From our perspective, the line between “inspiration” and “plagiarism” is clear and undisputed, and we will therefore seek legal action against the creative teams responsible for this. We do not acknowledge our rights to the content and the song is circulated as an original work by the film’s creative team (sic). ”
Facts/Trivia
- Shortly after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, she started working as an associate software engineer at Accenture in Bangalore, India.
- In an interview, Sapthami Gowda recalled her Kannada film Kantara and said she attended an accent modification workshop for the film. She quoted,
In fact, Rishabh (Shetty) sir was looking for a face that would be perfect for the film. He found a picture of me on Instagram and that’s how Sir called me for an audition and a look test and then the look was absolutely fine. But the original film in Kannada is Mangalore Kannada but I am from Bangalore so the language there doesn’t match. So the accent and everything. So we started a workshop on characterization and language.So it took about two months or so and then the most exciting and selling point in the process was when I went to meet Mr. on the first day, he showed me the clip that you see Cora and Deva on YouTube. So, when I saw this movie, I said to myself, I have to do everything from start to finish to be a part of this movie because it was a big learning curve for me. I was born and brought up in Bangalore and spent 25-26 years in Karnataka and I knew nothing about the culture. So, it was a big learning process for me. ”
- In 2021, Sapthami Gowda appeared in a Karnataka Tourism Corporation video.
Sapthami Gowda stills from Karnataka Tourism Corporation video (2021)
- In an interview, she said that her favorite actresses are Radhika Pandit, Nithya Menen and Samantha Akkineni.
- In 2021, she won the South Indian International Film Award for Best New Actor for the Kannada film “Popcorn Monkey Tiger” (2019).
Saptami Gowda (centre) wins South Indian International Film Award for Kannada film “Popcorn Monkey” (2019)
- Sapthami Gowda has three triangle tattoos on her right arm. Learning, exploring, and creating are represented by the first triangle (left), the second triangle (middle), and the third triangle (right) respectively.
Saptami Gowda’s Tattoo
- In September 2023, she won the West Malaysia Film Critics Award for Best Actress (Kannada) for the film Kantala at the South Indian International Film Awards held at the World Trade Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Sapthami Gowda wins SIIMA Critics Award 2023
Categories: Biography
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