Simran Bagga (born was born on April 4, 1976) Rishibala Naval, is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films.She is one of the most popular south indian actresses.She was so popular that she was called as "Lady super star" of Kollywood.
Personal Life
Simran was born as the first daughter to Ashok Naval and Saradha Naval on April 4,1976. She is a punjabi. She has two sisters Monal(Actress who committed suicide) and Jyothi Naval and a brother Sumith. She finished her B.Com., in Mumbai and was doing modelling simultaneously. Then she came to film industry.
She married Deepak Bagga,chief pilot of Indian aviation, in punjabi style on december 2,2003. They are blessed with a son 'Adheep' born on june 11,2005.
Career
She made her debut in the Hindi film Sanam Harjai directed by Saawan Kumar. Jaya Bachchan (ABCL Corp) who saw her in "Superhit Muqabla" on Doordarshan’s Metro channel offered her a leading role in "Tere Mere Sapne".
She later on moved south by acting first in a high budget Malayalam film, Indraprastham with Megastar Mammootty in the lead role, and then to the Tamil movie industry and Telugu movie industry where she established herself as a bankable actress.She was called as the "Queen of kollywood". She became the Lady Super Star of Tamil film industry and ruled kollywood from 1998 to 2004.Her notable Tamil films include Kannethirae Thondrinaal and Parthen Rasithen opposite Prasanth, Thulladha Manamum Thullum and Priyamaanavale opposite vijay, Aval Varuvala and Vaali opposite Ajith Kumar,Nerukku Ner opposite Surya Sivakumar, Kannathil Muthamittal opposite Madhavan and Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi.Her notable Telugu films include Daddy opposite Chiranjeevi, Samarasimha Reddy,seema simham and narasimha naidu opposite balakrishna, Nuvvuvasthavani and Bava Nachadu opposite Nagarjuna and Yuvaraju opposite Mahesh Babu.She became the Highest paid south Indian actress by getting 75 lakhs for her last movie New in 2004.
She speaks Punjabi, Hindi, English, French and Tamil. Simran is a versatile dancer and can perform Bharatanatyam with the same ease as she performs Salsa.She enjoyed stupendous success in the Tamil film industry .She has acted in all kind of characters right from glam roles as in Vaali to family roles in Kannathil Muthamittal.Even her character in Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi as a tribal girl was very much spoken of. Her well spoken movies on acting performances are Thulladha Manamum Thullum, Vaali, Nuvvuvasthavani, Parthen Rasithen, Priyamaanavale, Bava Nachadu, Kannathil muthamittal and Pammal K. Sambandam.
Salary
During her peak years, Simran commanded a salary of 60 to 70 Lakhs per movie. Currently she is charging 25 to 30 lakhs per movie. Ocassionally she does product endorsements and charges about 25,000 rupees per appearence plus air fare to the location and back home to Delhi
Trying for a come back right from year 2005(when she missed her chandramukhi because of her pregnancy), she was not successfull. But now with her Vaaranam Aayiram becoming a blockbuster, she has recived a good appreciation for her acting and she has increased her salary to 50 lakhs per movie.
Filmography
Year Title Role Language Notes
1996 Tere Mere Sapne Hindi
Indraprastham Chitra Malayalam
Bal Bramhachari Seema Choudhary Hindi
1997 Once More Kavitha Tamil
Nerrukku Ner Tamil
V.I.P Tamil
Abbayi Gari Pelli Telugu
Priya O Priya Telugu
Maa Nannaki Pelli Lahari Telugu
1998 Autodriver Telugu
Time Tamil
Natpukkaga Tamil
Kondattam Tamil
Poochudava Tamil
Kannethirey Thondrinal Priya Tamil
1999 Anari No.1 Sona Hindi
Vaali Priya Tamil Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award
Kannu Padappogudhaiyaa Tamil
Sirf Tum Hindi Special appearance
Thulladha Manamum Thullum Rukmani Tamil Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Kachche Dhaage Hindi Special appearance
Edhirum Pudhirum Tamil Special appearance
Aval Varuvala Tamil
Jodi Gayathri Tamil
2000 Kalisundam Raa Manga Telugu
Yuvaraju Telugu
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven Indu Tamil
Nuvvu Vasthavani Telugu
Goppinti Alludu Sowmya Telugu
Anthapuram Tamil Special appearance
Khauff Ritu Pereira Hindi
Kanave Kalaiyadhe Tamil
Parthen Rasithen Banu Tamil
2001 Priyamanavale Priya Tamil Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award
Parthale Paravasam Simi Madhava Tamil
12B Priya Tamil
Samarasimha Reddy Telugu
Mrigaraju Aishwarya Telugu
Bava Nachadu Kamakshi Telugu
Narasimha Naidu Sravanthi Telugu
Daddy Shanti Telugu
2002 Seema Simham Hema Telugu
Ramana Tamil
I Love You Daa Priya Tamil
Thamizh Meenakshi Tamil
Popcorn Jamuna Tamil
Youth Tamil Special appearance
Ezhumalai Lakshmi Tamil
Pammal K. Sambandam Janaki Tamil
Panchathantiram Mythili Tamil
Kannathil Muthamittal Indra Thiruchelvan Tamil Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award
2003 Arasu Meera Shastri Tamil
Pithamagan Simran Tamil Special appearance
Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi Veeralakshmi Tamil
Ottran Sudha Tamil
2004 Udhaya Vasanthi Tamil
New Priya Tamil
Jai Tamil Special appearance
2005 Kichaa Vayasu 16 Nirmala Tamil
2007 Heart Beats Thangam George Malayalam
2008 Okka Magadu Telugu
John Appa Rao 40 plus Telugu
Seval Gayatri Tamil
Vaaranam Aayiram Malini Tamil
2009 TN-07 AL 4777 Tamil Filming
Aiyantham Padai Tamil Filming
Kodiesvaran Tamil Delayed