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{{short description|Indian actress, model, anchor and VJ (born 1970)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Suchitra Pillai
| image = Suchitra Pillai-Malik at MAMI Film Festival 2017 (06) (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| caption = Pillai at [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image|MAMI]] Film Festival 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|8|27}}
| birth_place = [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| spouse = Lars Kjeldsen (m. 2005)
| yearsactive = 1993–present
| occupation = [[actress]], [[Voice actress]], [[Model (person)|model]], [[engineer]], anchor, [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]]
}}

'''Suchitra Pillai''' (born 27 August 1970)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/suchitrapillai?lang=en|title="My Birthday is on 27 August"|publisher=Twitter suchitra pillai}}</ref> is an Indian actress, model, anchor and VJ. A graduate in [[electronic engineering]], she chose a career in arts over engineering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/04/09/stories/2005040903500100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110061313/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/04/09/stories/2005040903500100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-10|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2005-04-09|title=Metro Plus Kochi : Brains and Beauty}}</ref> Apart from roles in movies including ''[[Dil Chahta Hai]]'' (2001), ''[[Page 3 (film)|Page 3]]'' (2005), ''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' (2007), and ''[[Fashion (2008 film)|Fashion]]'' (2008), Suchitra is a singer in the Indi pop and rock genre with an album ''Such is Life'' released in 2011 <ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/suchis-life-and-her-many-loves/article3929180.ece|title=Suchi's life and her many loves|date=2012-09-23|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-04-14}}</ref> She is also an accomplished theater artiste.

== Personal life ==
In 2005, Suchitra married Lars Kjeldsen, an engineer from Denmark, whom she met at a mutual friend's house. They have one daughter named Annika.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suchitra Pillai and Lars Kjeldsen is a perfect pair|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Suchitra-Pillai-and-Lars-Kjeldsen-is-a-perfect-pair/articleshow/10692154.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Film career==
While in school in [[Mumbai]], Pillai was very much interested in theatre but she graduated in [[electronic engineering]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suchitra Pillai Biography|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/suchitra-pillai/biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She left for London soon after, where she became involved in a children's theatre.<ref name=":0" /> She started acting in movies in 1993 when she was offered her first role in a French film ''[[Le prix d'une femme]]'' as well as a role in the English film ''[[Guru in Seven]]''.

Pillai then returned to Mumbai and was offered the job as a [[VJ (media personality)|veejay]]. She first appeared in a music video by Apache Indian and then in Bally Sagoo's "Dil cheez hai kya" video.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suchitra Pillai: On a high note|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-suchitra-pillai-on-a-high-note-1679172|url-status=live}}</ref> She has also forayed into television with shows like ''Simply South'', ''Red Alert'', ''[[Hip Hip Hurray (TV series)|Hip Hip Hurray]]'', ''[[Beintehaa]]'', ''[[Rishta.com]]'' and ''Cabaret Cabaret''. Pillai appears in the 2016 Hollywood film ''[[The Other Side of the Door (2016 film)|The Other Side of the Door]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-other-side-of-the-door |title=The Other Side of the Door reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref> and in the 2017 indie film [[The Valley (2017 film)|''The Valley'']], for which she won the Best Actress award at both The Long Island International Film Festival<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://longislandfilm.com/2017-liife-nominees-winners/|title=2017 LIIFE Nominees & Winners - The Long Island International Film Expo|work=The Long Island International Film Expo|access-date=2017-12-30|language=en-US}}</ref> and The Milan International Filmmakers Festival in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/suchitra-pillai-on-cloud-nine-with-award-for-the-valley/articleshow/62018124.cms|title=Suchitra Pillai on cloud nine with award for 'The Valley' - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Other notes
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Le prix d'une femme]]'' || || French film
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Guru in Seven]]'' || || English film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2001 || ''[[Everybody Says I'm Fine]]'' || Jessica || Hindi film
|-
| ''[[Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai]]'' || A Reporter ||
|-
| ''[[Dil Chahta Hai]]'' || Priya ||
|-
| rowspan="3" |2003 || ''[[Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II]]'' || Shalu ||
|-
| ''[[Satta (film)|Satta]]'' || ||
|-
| ''88 Antop Hill'' || Mrs. Antara Shelar||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Page 3 (film)|Page 3]]'' || Fashion Designer Sonal Roy ||
|-
| rowspan="3" |2006 || ''[[Shiva (2006 film)|Shiva]]'' || Manasi ||
|- fashan
| ''[[Karkash]]'' || Manasi ||
|-
| ''[[Pyaar Ke Side Effects]]'' || Anjali/Dracula ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2007 || ''[[Marigold: An Adventure in India]]'' || Rani ||
|-
| ''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' || Michelle ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008 || ''[[Fashion (2008 film)|Fashion]]'' || Avantika Sarin ||
|-
| ''[[Dasvidaniya]]'' || Suchi ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Dulha Mil Gaya]]'' || Jasmine ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Fitoor]]'' || Reporter ||
|-
| 2016|| ''[[The Other Side of the Door (2016 film)|The Other Side Of The Door]]'' || Piki ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Oppam]]'' || School Principal || Malayalam film
|-
| 2017 || ''[[The Valley (2017 film)|The Valley]]'' || Roopa ||
|-
| 2021 || [[Cold Case (film)|Cold Case]]|| Zara Zacchai, a blind occult researcher ||Malayalam movie released in [[Amazon Prime]]
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Channel !! Other notes
|-
|1997 ||''[[Ghar Jamai (TV Show)|Ghar Jamai]]'' ||Subbulakshmi|| rowspan="3" |[[Zee TV]] || Special Appearance only in Episode no 32
|-
|1998|| ''[[Hip Hip Hurray]]'' ||Alaknanda Ma'am||
|-
||2001|| ''[[Pradhan Mantri (Zee)]]'' || Journalist ||
|-
|2003-2005|| ''[[Koi Dil Main Hai]]''|| ||[[Sony TV]]||
|-
|2013|| ''[[24 (Indian TV series)|24]]'' || Mehek Ahuja|| rowspan="4" |[[Colors TV]] ||
|-
|2013–2014|| ''[[Beintehaa]]'' || Surraiya Usman Abdullah ||
|-
|2014 || ''[[Bigg Boss 8]]'' || Guest || Reality show
|-
|2016-17|| ''[[Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman]]'' || Sandhya Singhania ||
|}

=== Web series ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Network
!Notes
|-
|2018
|''[[Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain]]''
|Sheena
|ALTBalaji and [[List of ZEE5 original web series|ZEE5]]
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Betaal]]''
|Commander Tyagi
|[[Netflix]]
|Horror
|-
|2020
|''[[Bebaakee]]''
|Dana Alqaazi
|[[ALTBalaji]]
|Hindi Web series
|-
|2021
|[[Hello Mini|''Hello Mini 3'']]
|KD Maa
|[[MX Player]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hello Mini 3 {{!}} Watch Hello Mini New Season 3 All Latest Episodes Online - MX Player|url=https://www.mxplayer.in/show/watch-hello-mini/seasons/season-3-cb6656d4b2ee21318aaedf85fc704040|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.mxplayer.in|language=en}}</ref>
|}

==Dubbing career==
In 2007, she performed her first dub-over role in the Hindi version of the American movie, ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]-'' [[Maggie Q]]'s role of Mah Linh.<ref>[http://www.mumbaimirror.com/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=12&contentid=2007062103195818757308a87&subsite= MumbaiMirror]</ref> Since then she has dubbed several other roles in Hindi; the parts of Angelina Jolie (''Beowulf''), Maggie Gyllenhaal (''The Dark Knight''), as Hela for Cate Blanchett in the Hindi version of ''Thor: Ragnarok'', and most recently in the 2020 Netflix original ''October Faction'' as Deloris Allen.

==Dubbing roles==

===Live action films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Film title !! Actress !! Character !! Dub Language !! Original Language !! Original Year Release !! Dub Year Release !! Notes
|-
| [[Live Free or Die Hard]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_mohan-suchitra-dub-for-die-hard-4_1104763 |title=Mohan-Suchitra dub for 'Die Hard 4' - Entertainment - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2007-06-20 |access-date=2012-07-14}}</ref> || [[Maggie Q]] || Mai Linh || Hindi || English || 2007 || 2007 ||
|-
| [[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Night]] || [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] || [[Rachel Dawes]] || Hindi || English || 2008 || 2008 || [[Katie Holmes]] portrayed this character in [[Batman Begins]] and was voiced by [[Neshma Chemburkar]] in Hindi.
|-
| [[Thor: Ragnarok]] || [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Hela (comics)|Hela]] || Hindi || English || 2017 || 2017 ||
|}

==See also==
* [[Dubbing (filmmaking)]]
* [[List of Indian dubbing artists]]
* [[List of Indian film actresses]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0683496}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama person|suchitra-pillai}}

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