Background
Pranitha was born into a Kannadiga family. Her father Subhash is a physician and her mother Jayashri is a Gynaecologist.
Pranitha was born into a Kannadiga family. Her father Subhash is a physician and her mother Jayashri is a Gynaecologist.
She was raised in Bangalore and pursued a career in modelling before plunging into the films. She debuted as an actor in the 2010 Kannada film, Porki, a remake of Telugu blockbuster Pokiri, and in the same year starred in the Telugu film, Econometrica Pillo Econometrica Pillado. Her Tamil debut was with the film Udhayan (2011).
She went on to appear in several commercially successful Telugu films like Baava (2010), Attarintiki Daredi (2013), Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda (2014) and Rabhasa (2014).
They run a hospital in Bangalore. Pranitha Subhash made her debut in films with the 2010 Kannada film Porki, a remake of the Telugu blockbuster film Pokiri, opposite Darshan.
After the success of Porki, she refused several offers from Kannada films and became choosy about her projects before signing the Telugu film Baava, a love story where she starred opposite Siddharth. She was praised unanimously for her portrayal of a Telugu village belle in the film.
She then went on to appear in her first Tamil film, Udhayan starring Arulnithi.
She was then signed up for her second Tamil project Saguni opposite Karthi which released in both Tamil and Telugu languages. Saguni was her biggest release: a film that released in a record 1,150 theaters all over the world. She then appeared in Jarasandha and Bheema Theeradalli, a real-life story of a naxalite, both opposite Duniya Vijay.
The latter saw massive success in Karnataka.
Post this, she appeared in the Telugu language film Attarintiki Daredi which released in September 2013 and went on to become the Highest grossing Telugu language film of all time collecting ₹100 crore. The film is also being remade in other languages.
lieutenant also holds the record of being the 2nd highest grossing Indian film in the United States of America. She also worked on Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda starring veterans like Raveena Tandon and Mohan Babu in which she was paired opposite Manchu Manoj. Both the films fared well.
After a brief gap of two years she signed another Tamil film Masss opposite Suriya in late November 2014.
In late June 2015 she signed another Telugu film Brahmotsavam featuring along with Mahesh Babu. Endorsements.
In 2012, she starred in a critically acclaimed parallel cinema, Bheema Theeradalli for which she was nominated for Filmfare award for Best Kannada actress and SIIMA award for Best Kannada actress. Pranitha was praised for her portrayal of Bheemavva by critics and won a Filmfare nomination for the same. She won the Santosham award that year for Bheema Theeradalli. She then acted in the Kannada film Whistle for which she won a nomination at the SIIMA awards. lieutenant also won her nominations at various award events.
