| Alias | Kasthuri |
|---|---|
| Age | 42 years |
| Height | 5'8" |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Language Worked in | Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam |
| Birth Place | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Favourite Cuisine | South Indian |
| City | Chennai |
Kasthuri is an Indian film actress, model and TV show anchor. She was a leading South Indian actress in the 1990s.
Born as Shannmathi, she had her schooling in Madras and started modelling because of her height while in High School. She is 5 feet 10 inches tall. She won the Miss Madras title in 1992.Subsequently, she got offers to act in films. She debuted as heroine in the Tamil film Aatha Un Koyiley in 1991, and had appear in a number of Tamil fims thereafter, including the horror flick Rasathi Varum Naal, Government Mappilai,Chinnavar' 'and Senthamizh Paatu alongside Prabhu Ganesan in 1992.
She acted in many Telugu films which gained her enough fan following in Andhra Pradesh. After the success of Bharatheeyudu, the dubbed version of the Tamil film Indian, in which she acted as beloved daughter of Kamal Haasan, she got several opportunities to act opposite top heroes. Films like Soggadi Pellam, Merupu did not give any footage to her career
Kasturi was the subject of a 30-minute documentary film Kasthuri: A South Indian Film star made by Richard Breyer and N. C. Rajamani in 1995.
Kasthuri bowed out of films after her Hindi short film The Bypass in 2003. In 2007, there were rumours that she was planning a comeback.But these rumours proved false.
Kasthuri made a come back in 2010 featuring in a item number in the hit film Tamil Padam.