Uma Padmanabhan is a South Indian celebrity who wears many hats. She is a Tamil television and film actress and a socialite. Since 1993, Uma has also worked as a newscaster and television news host.
Wiki/Biography
Uma Padmanabhan was born Uma Iyer (56 years old; as of 2021) in Chennai on Monday, September 27, 1965, under the zodiac sign of Libra. The host-turned-actor earned his B.A. Degree in Commerce from SIET, Nandanam, Chennai.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 6″
Hair color: dark brown
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her parents’ only child, Uma, comes from a family of artists. Her father KG Subramanyan, who passed away in 2016, was a renowned painter, poet and teacher who was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri, Padma Shri and Padma Shri.
Uma Padmanabhan and her father KG Subramanyan
Uma’s mother, Susheela Jasra, who died in 2005, was also an artist and worked as a Gandhian social worker.
husband and children
Uma was married to Padmanabhan but is now divorced. Uma has a daughter named Sharanya and two grandchildren.
Uma Padmanabhan with her daughter and grandson
Profession
In a career spanning over 25 years, Uma has appeared in approximately 35 films and 10 television shows.
Newscasters and TV presenters
Soon after graduating around 1993, Uma applied for an anchor position with Tamil entertainment channel SUN TV. When she first started working as a newscaster at SUN TV, the channel was just six months old. Eventually, Padmanabhan started hosting the Tamil morning show “Vanakkam Tamizhagam” which later became one of the highest-rated morning shows in Tamil Nadu and completed 1000 episodes while Uma was still there. In an interview, when Uma was asked about her experience on the channel, she said:
News reading and calculation are unique among all genres. This happened in the early days after Doordarshan when the private channel Sun TV was at the forefront. I joined there six months after the channel was launched. Now you can’t read news by looking at sample prompts. You have to write, read and look at the camera. There are a lot of challenges in the calculation field too.”
Poster of Uma Padmanabhan’s ‘Vanakkam Thamizha’
During her tenure at SUN TV, Uma hosted almost all the shows of the channel. Apart from this, the TV host has also worked with Vijay TV, Jaya TV and other Tamil channels.
actor
tamil industry
Uma Padmanabhan has been active in the Tamil cultural scene since the early 1990s and made her big screen debut in Kollywood in 1998 with the film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen; however, her major success in the industry After her breakthrough, it took Uma almost four years to find a job.
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen by Uma Padmanabhan
Meanwhile, Uma started trying to enter the Tamil television industry, which landed her an opportunity as an actress in the show “Micro Thodar-Oru Kudumbam Oru Ragasiyam” which aired on Raj TV in 2000.
Uma Padmanabhan as Oru Kudumbam Oru Ragasiyam
In 2002, Uma finally got her breakthrough role in the Tamil film Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke. The actress was appreciated and recognized for her talent and eventually she was offered more such projects. In 2021, Uma’s Tamil drama film Kasada Thapara was released on the Sony Liv app.
malayalam industry
Padmanaban did not limit herself to Kollywood, she made her debut in the Malayalam film industry with “Thriller” in 2010, in which she was seen as Meera’s mother.
Uma Padmanabhan’s first Malayalam film ‘Thriller’
telugu industry
Versatile actress Uma also seized the opportunity in the Telugu film industry in 2016 and made her debut with the film “Oopiri Thozha” in which she played the role of Swati’s mother-in-law.
Uma Padmanabhan’s first Telugu film Oopiri Thozha
return
The Kollywood actress stayed away from the Tamil television industry for about a decade before finally returning in 2016. She appeared in the serial Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya, in which Padmanabhan played the role of the hero’s mother. Uma revealed in an interview that she took such a long break because she wasn’t ready to film a full-length TV series. Uma added,
I’ve been thinking about doing a TV project for a while. It was at this time that I got the call about this series. Also, both the channel and the production house are big names – so it’s a win-win for me. “
beyond performance
Uma is not limited to acting in films and serials only, she has also done some TV commercials and dubbed her lines in Hindi and other languages. The successful actress has also surprised her fans by showcasing her singing talent in a few Tamil songs. In January 2021, Uma was a part of the video of the Tamil devotional poem Marghazhi Thingal, in which she sang along with other actresses.
The Tamil socialite also founded the Television Academy mid-career. When asked about this, Uma said in an interview,
It all started with James Spring. One Page TV channel needs new newscasters and TV presenters. On the other hand, I see a lot of interest in taking advantage of this need by speaking at universities. We started this academy to fill this gap. For a while, it worked great. “
In 2013, Padmanabhan became the spokesperson for the organization in Chennai, which helps create awareness about breast cancer. She became the “Pink Ambassador” of “India Goes Pink”.
Favorites
- Starring: Mohanlal, Kamal Haasan
- color: red
Facts/Trivia
- Uma’s father had to travel to the United States because of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, so she spent a year studying in New York. When asked about her experience, Uma recalled that it was there that she realized her father was an artist. She added,
Appa is drawing on the egg carton. He also creates acrylic paintings, tapestry works and fiber weaving. This is the first time I’ve seen this happen. “
- Uma took on the role of caretaker for her ailing father in Vadodara (now Baroda) after her mother passed away in 2005. The actress will reportedly stay in Vadodara to take care of her father along with her husband Padmanabhan and the rest of the family for two weeks.
- Padmanabhan is a versatile actress with acting experience in multiple genres including romance, comedy, drama and action. In an interview, the Tamil actress admitted that she loves doing films that have a lot of comedy. Uma added,
I left Hello Tamil Nadu saying I was bored. Since then, I’ve done a lot of shows. A few shows on Vijay TV, gossip shows on Jaya TV, and house-to-house robbery comedy… I always thought I had a science of comedy. I was able to try it out on a house-to-house robbery series. “
- Some of the biggest names in South Indian cinema like Rajinikanth, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Dhanush, Jiiva, Prithviraj, Silambarasan, Vijay, Srikanth and Vikranth also shared the screen space with Uma Padmanabhan.
Uma Padmanabhan from Rajinikanth movie Shivaji stills
- Kailasam Balachander (KB) is responsible for transforming Uma Padmanabhan’s career from television newscaster to actor.
- In February 2021, Uma’s Tamil TV show ‘Poove Poochudavaa’ completed 1,000 episodes; but the show went off air on September 5, 2021, after nearly four and a half years of starring in the show.
Poster of Uma Padmanabhan’s show Poove Poochudavaa
- The Tamil actress has also shown interest in reality TV show Bigg Boss Tamil, hosted by her friend and actor Kamal Haasan, and her social media account has her share of the show’s recent happenings Latest views.
Uma Padmanabhan and Kamal Haasan
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