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Kruthika Jayakumar is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who works in Telugu and Kannada-language films. She has worked in movies like Intlo Deyyam Nakem Bhayam and Kavacha.

Career

Kruthika Jayakumar hails from a Tamil speaking family in Bengaluru, Karnataka .Kruthika started practicing Bharatanatyam from age seven. She trained under Sri Mithun Shyam in Bangalore. She was performing at a show in Thiruvananthapuram when Malayalam film director Balu Kiriyath spotted her and convinced her to foray into cinema. She later auditioned and was selected for the role of Venkatesh Daggubati's daughter in Drushyam, a Telugu remake of Malayalam film Drishyam. She made her Kannada debut with Boxer co-starring Dhananjaya. She played the role of a dancer in Kavacha (2018) co-starring Shiva Rajkumar. Her Tamil film Santhana Devan co-starring Arya remains unreleased.

Filmography

References

1. "I don't want to be that li'l girl from Drushyam anymore: Kruthika". 16 January 2017 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
2. Sharadhaa, A. (16 November 2015). "Kruthika is Excited and Anxious About Boxer". The New Indian Express.
3. "My dream of acting with Shivarajkumar is fulfilled: Kruthika Jayakumar". 25 March 2019 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
4. archive, From our online (1 April 2019). "I want to make a lasting impression with my roles: Kruthika Jayakumar". The New Indian Express.
5. Sharadhaa, A. (26 November 2017). "Didn't want a regular commercial film: Kruthika Jayakumar". Cinema Express.

External links

• Kruthika Jayakumar at IMDb

• Living people
• Actresses from Bengaluru
• Actresses in Telugu cinema
• Indian film actresses
• Actresses in Kannada cinema
• 21st-century Indian actresses
• Bharatanatyam exponents
• Indian female classical dancers
• Dancers from Karnataka
• Women artists from Karnataka
• 21st-century Indian dancers
• 21st-century Indian women artists
• Tamil people