Sangeetha Krish (née Adamalayan) is an Indian actress, dancer, television presenter and reality show judge who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films in supporting roles to character roles. She is known as Rasika in Malayalam movie industry. Making her acting debut in the mid-1990s, Sangeetha is best known for her performances in the films Khadgam (2002), Pithamagan (2003), Uyir (2006), Dhanam (2008) and Masooda (2022).

Early life

Sangeetha was born in Chennai, India, to Santharam and Bhanumathi. Her grandfather, K. R. Balan, is a film producer, who had produced more than 20 Tamil films. Also her father had produced several films. She has two brothers. She studied at St. John's English School and Junior College, Besant Nagar, Chennai.Sangeetha is a Bharatanatyam dancer as she had learned Bharatanatyam during her school days.

Career

She started her acting career in the late 1990s under the name Rasika, beginning in an unreleased film opposite her cousin Venkat Prabhu titled ''Poonjolai''. Her debut release was the big-budget Malayalam political thriller, ''Gangotri'' (1997). She subsequently played small roles in successful films like ''Summer in Bethlehem'' (1998) and ''Kaadhale Nimmadhi'' (1998). She was cast as a second heroine in the Mammootty-starrer ''Ezhupunna Tharakan'' (1999) and Dileep starrer ''Deepasthambham Mahaashcharyam'' (1999). In the 2000s , she changed her stage name to birth name Sangeetha and played lead and supporting roles. She also earned a small role in the Mohanlal-starrer ''Sradha'' (2000). Her supporting roles in ''Khadgam'' (2002) and ''Pithamagan'' (2003) earned her Filmfare Awards in Telugu and Tamil. She then debuted in Kannada films alongside of Dr. Vishnuvardhan in ''Janani janmabhumi'' (1997) and later acted alongside Sudeep in ''Nalla'' (2004).

Personal life

She married film playback singer Krish in 2009 at the Arunachaleshwarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai. The couple has a daughter.