Simply Suchitra

If you're clued into Simply South, Channel V's most recent livewire show on the music scene in the south, then you know Suchitra. But wait ...

If you8217;re clued into Simply South, Channel V8217;s most recent livewire show on the music scene in the south, then you know Suchitra. But wait till you really find out about her.

She8217;s an electrical engineer, quot;a qualification that I have never used,quot; admits Suchitra, married at 19 now going on 25, who seems to have done every thing interesting there is to do in just a quarter of a century. She left for London six years ago after marrying banker, Pawan Malik. For a year and a half she worked as a hostess at Bombay Brasserie restaurant.

She also modelled for Barclays Bank, Snickers chocolates and Fig Newton biscuits. Formally trained in South Indian classical music Suchitra, then, featured in Oasis8217; What8217;s the story morning glory, Bally Sagoo8217;s Dil Cheez, Apache India8217;s Arranged Marriage. She also sings: besides the famous female voice in Kula Shaker8217;s Govinda, she sang for Polygram with Rashid Taha in Sanskrit and Hindi! Suchitra describes herself as an quot;extrovert and not at all camera shyquot; so from music she went to acting, sometimes combining the two. She played the lead in a French film on dowry in India, Le Prix d8217;une Femme The Price of a Woman. She also acted in Guru in 7, a UK-based production about an artist. She plays his ex-girlfriend. If you don8217;t think that is enough for one a young life, Suchitra speaks six languages Atilde;sup3; Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, English, French and Hindi Atilde;sup3; and can sing in one other, Sanskrit! In theatre, she played Lalitha in Mahesh Dattani8217;s Bravely fought the Queen and Sita in Radio 48217;s Ramayan along side Nitish Bharadwaj8217;s Ram, and Saeed Jaffrey8217;s Dashrath. Meanwhile, her husband has moved to Tokyo, quot;so that gives me a chance to be in India,quot; she says. She8217;s also on Eveready Red Alert but seems to prefer South. Probably because that8217;s where her roots are. She8217;s originally from Kerala and loves going to the south for shoots. Want some more? Well, she likes to hang out. quot;My best friend is Madhu Sapre and I love to be with all my friends.quot; She writes poetry a la Sushmita Sen, and songs. She8217;s also a romantic. quot;Absolutely,quot; she cries out, my favourite films are Gone with the Wind and Sound of Music.quot; No half measures for Suchitra. Simply all the way.