Kovai Sarala
Actor
Biography
Kovai Sarala is an Indian Film actress and Comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. In a career spanning 25 years, Sarala has appeared in over 750 films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian and the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for her performances in Poovellam Un Vasam (2001), and Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kanu (2003), respectively.
She got her first film offer when she was in the 9th standard and acted with Vijayakumar and K. R. Vijaya in the film Velli Ratham. She was in Class 10, when she played a 32-year-old pregnant woman Mundhanai Mudichu, her second film. Two years later she acted in Chinna Veedu, where she played the role of the 65-year-old mother of Bhagyaraj's character. She has appeared in more than a 100 films in Telugu. She has mentioned the films Sathi Leelavathi, Viralukketha Veekkam, Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana, Karagattakaran and Viswanathan Ramamoorthy as her personal favourites.
Filmography
Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal
2020
Viswasam
as Filomina 2019
Temper
as Shanvi's mother 2015
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam
2018
Panchatanthiram
as Tenant's Wife 2002
Kanchana
as Raghava´s mother 2011
Badrinath
as Badri's Mother 2011
Kanchana 2
as Raghava's mother 2015
Kanguva
as Francis's Mother 2024
Desamuduru
as Shivani 2007
Aranmanai 2
as Komalam 2016
Aranmanai
as Eshwari 2014
Kanchana 3
as Raghava's Mother 2019
Komban
as Kottaiamma 2015
Maareesan
as Fareeda 2025
Kadhala Kadhala
as Junior Vikadananda's wife 1998