Pranitha Subhash is an Indian actress. She appears in South Indian cinema.
Family
Pranitha was born into a Kannadiga family. Her father is a physician and her mother, a gynaecologist. They run a hospital in Bengaluru. She is the only child of her parents.
Career
Pranitha started her career as an actor in the 2010 Kannada film
Porki, a remake of the Telugu blockbuster
Pokiri, opposite Darshan. After the success of
Porki, she refused several offers from Kannada films and became choosy about her projects before signing the Telugu film
Baava, a love story where she starred opposite Siddharth.
She was praised unanimously for her portrayal of a Telugu village belle in the film. She went on to appear in her first Tamil film,
Udhayan starring Arulnithi.
She was then signed up for her second Tamil project
Saguni opposite Karthi which released in both Tamil and Telugu languages.
Saguni was her biggest release: a film that released in a record 1,150 theaters all over the world and 450 theaters alone in Telugu language. It was the highest Tamil movie to do so after Rajnikanth's
Robot.
She then appeared in
Jarasandha and
Bheema Theeradalli, a real life story of a naxalite, both opposite Duniya Vijay. The latter saw massive success in Karnataka. Pranitha was praised for her portrayal of Bheemavva by critics and won a Filmfare nomination for the same.