Simran

Biography

Rishibala Naval (Punjabi: ਰਿਸ਼ਿਬਾਲਾ ਨਾਵਲ; born 4 April 1976), better known by her stage name Simran, is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She debuted in Bollywood and acted in several Hindi films, before starring in her first Tamil film V.I.P and her first Telugu film Abbai Gari Pelli in 1997. Rediff has called her "one of Tamil cinema's top female draws.".^[1]

She appeared in several commercially successful films such as Nerrukku Ner (1997), Natpukkaga (1998), Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1998), Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998), Samarasimha Reddy (1999), Anari No.1 (1999), Jodi (1999), Priyamaanavale (2000), Parthen Rasithen (2000), Narasimha Naidu (2001), Thamizh (2002), Panchathantiram (2002), Ramana (2002) and New (2004),^[2] and gained critical praise for her performances in Vaali (1999), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) and Vaaranam Aayiram (2008).

Filmography 

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1995	Sanam Harjai	Tinu	Hindi
1996	Muqaddar		Hindi
	Indraprastham	Chitra	Malayalam
	Bal Bramhachari	Seema Choudhary	Hindi
	Angaara	Pooja Pascal	Hindi
	Tere Mere Sapne	Pooja Mathur	Hindi
1997	Agni Morcha		Hindi
	Daadagiri	Uma	Hindi
	Gunda Gardi		Hindi
	V.I.P	Priya	Tamil
	Once More	Kavitha	Tamil
	Nerrukku Ner	Asha	Tamil
	Poochudava	Nandini	Tamil
	Simhada Mari		Kannada
	Abbai Gari Pelli		Telugu
	Priya O Priya		Telugu
	Maa Nannaki Pelli	Lahari	Telugu
1998	Autodriver		Telugu
	Aval Varuvala	Divya	Tamil
	Natpukkaga	Prabavathy	Tamil
	Kondattam	Lalitha	Tamil
	Kannedhirey Thondrinal	Priya	Tamil
1999	Samarasimha Reddy	Sampangi	Telugu
	Thulladha Manamum Thullum	Rukmani	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
	Kachche Dhaage		Hindi	Special appearance in song "Khali Dil Nahi"
	Anari No.1	Sona	Hindi
	Vaali	Priya	Tamil	Cinema Express Award for Best Actress - Tamil[7]
	Sirf Tum	Herself	Hindi	Special appearance
	Kanave Kalaiyadhe	Amrita, Saradha	Tamil
	Kannupada Poguthaiya	Gowri	Tamil
	Edhirum Pudhirum		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Totthu Totthu"
	Jodi	Gayathri	Tamil
	Time	Thulasi	Tamil
	Anthapuram	Simran	Tamil	Special appearance in song "Mana Madurai"
2000	Kalisundam Raa	Manga	Telugu
	Khauff	Ritu Pereira	Hindi	Special appearance
	Nuvvu Vastavani	Indu	Telugu
	Yuvaraju	Srilatha	Telugu
	Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven	Indhu	Tamil
	Goppinti Alludu	Sowmya	Telugu
	Parthen Rasithen	Banu	Tamil
	Annayya		Telugu	Special appearance in song "Atta Kavala"
	Priyamanavale	Priya	Tamil
2001	Narasimha Naidu	Sravanthi	Telugu
	Mrigaraju	Aishwarya	Telugu
	Prematho Raa	Geetha	Telugu
	12B	Priya	Tamil
	Parthale Paravasam	Simi Madhava	Tamil
	Bava Nachadu	Kamakshi	Telugu
	Daddy	Shanti	Telugu
2002	Seema Simham	Hema	Telugu
	Pammal K. Sambandam	Janaki	Tamil
	Aakheer	Suman	Hindi
	Ezhumalai	Lakshmi	Tamil
	Kannathil Muthamittal	Indra Thiruchelvan	Tamil	Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award Cinema Express Award for Best Actress - Tamil[8] ITFA Best Actress Award
	I Love You Daa	Priya	Tamil
	Youth		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Altothe Boopathi"
	Thamizh	Meenakshi	Tamil
	Panchathantiram	Mythili	Tamil
	Dhaya		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Thorakadai"
	Ramana	Cithra	Tamil	Special appearance
2003	Arasu	Meera Shastri	Tamil
	Pop Carn	Jamuna	Tamil
	Raghavendra		Telugu	Special appearance in song "Calcutta Pan"
	Pithamagan	Herself	Tamil	Special appearance
	Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi	Veeralakshmi	Tamil	Nominated—Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award
	Ottran	Sudha	Tamil
	Seetayya	Bangaram, Pentamma	Telugu
2004	Udhaya	Vasanthi	Tamil
	New	Priya	Tamil
	Jai		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Alek"
2005	Kichaa Vayasu 16	Nirmala	Tamil
	Inidhu Inidhu Kaadhal Inidhu		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Naan Puttam Pudiyai"
2007	Heart Beats	Thangam George	Malayalam
	Vijayadasami	Herself	Telugu	Special appearance
2008	Okka Magadu	Sharada	Telugu
	John Appa Rao 40 plus	Pravallika	Telugu
	Seval	Gayathri	Tamil
	Vaaranam Aayiram	Malini Krishnan	Tamil	Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil) Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
2009	TN-07 AL 4777	Subhalakshmi Mani	Tamil
	Ainthaam Padai	Devasena	Tamil