Simran

Acting

Simran

Born

1976-04-04 (50)

Place of birth

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Simran (born Rishibala Naval; 4 April 1976), also known as Simran Bagga, is an Indian actress, producer, and dancer who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema. She began her acting career with the Hindi film *Sanam Harjai* (1995) and appeared in the ABCL production *Tere Mere Sapne* (1996), including the song "Aankh Maarey". In 1997, Simran appeared in the Tamil films *Once More*, *V.I.P.*, and *Nerrukku Ner*, earning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. Her breakthrough in Tamil cinema came with roles in *Vaalee* (1999) and *Thullatha Manamum Thullum* (1999), the latter earning her the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress. Her Telugu films in…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 29 titles

Ezhumalai poster
6.2

A young woman falls in love with a man and wishes to marry him. However, everything changes when she learns about her father's involvement in his first wife's death.

Ezhumalai

2002

Kannathil Muthamittal poster
7.7

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

Kannathil Muthamittal

2002

Vaaranam Aayiram poster
7.3

A son deals with the death of his father and examines how their relationship influences him through growing up, romance, tragedy and adventure.

Vaaranam Aayiram

2008

Panchatanthiram poster
7.0

Ram's friends hire Maggie, a call girl, to help him get over his wife, who mistakenly believes him to be a philanderer. However, they get in trouble when Maggie ends up dead.

Panchatanthiram

2002

Nuvvu Vasthavani poster
6.2

Chinni, a singer who is mesmerised by Indu's singing, is just out of prison. However, in a fatal accident, Indu loses her eyesight and Chinni takes care of her.

Nuvvu Vasthavani

2000

New poster
7.6

An 8-year-old boy runs away from home and meets a scientist, who transforms him into a young man of 28, although mentally, he remains a child.

New

2004

No artwork available
3.8

Raghava (Prabhas) is a hot-blooded and restless youth who cannot tolerate injustice that is being done in the society. In the process, he picks up fight with local mafia leader Ankineedu (Anandraj). Ankineedu stabs Sirisha (Anshu) - the ladylove of Raghava - to death. He also issues an ultimatum to Raghava's parents to leave the city in few hours. The vexed parents ask Raghava to accompany them only if he agrees to listen to their words. They take Raghava to Mantralayam - a relatives place - and make him become a devotee of Lord Raghavendra Swamy.

Raghavendra

2003

Arasu poster
6.0

Arasu movie is the story of Thirunavukkarasu(Sarathkumar) who is a mild mannered, quiet man, arrives at the agrahaaram in Kumbakonam to take up the job of handling accounts at the temple. He is helped by the family of Velu Shastri('Delhi' Ganesh) and Velu Shastri's daughter Meera(Simran) falls for him too.But news of a dangerous rowdy being released from a nearby jail brings out the real Arasu - a man who is out to take revenge on the men responsible for several atrocities, including the murder of his parents(Sarathkumar and Roja).

Arasu

2003

Youth poster
6.0

On his wedding day, Shiva (Vijay) discovers that his cousin and bride, Aruna, has run away because she does not want to marry a cook. But he takes it lightly and moves to Chennai with the girl's brother (Shyam Ganesh) to look for a job. One night, he saves Sandya from some goons. In gratitude, she kisses him. Shiva starts to fall in love with Sandya. After several occasions where they bumped into each other, Shiva harbours hope that she too reciprocates his affections.

Youth

2002

Pammal K. Sambandam poster
6.7

When Sambandham gets hurt, Dr Janaki performs a surgery in order to heal him. However, during the surgery, Janaki accidentally leaves her wrist watch in Sambandham's stomach.

Pammal K. Sambandam

2002

Yuvaraju poster
7.4

A young man and his classmate fall in love with each other and decide to get married; everything goes smoothly till an unknown woman lands up at their engagement ceremony; soon the truth about his past is revealed.

Yuvaraju

2000

Mrugaraju poster
6.4

Mrugaraju is a 2001 Tollywood film which was written and directed by Gunasekhar based on English film The Ghost and the Darkness. It stars Chiranjeevi, Simran, Sanghavi and Nagendra Babu. Mani Sharma composed music for this film. The film has been dubbed in Tamil with the title Vettaikkaaran.The Hindi version of this is available named "Rakshak, The Protector".In a jungle, there lives a man-eating lion. The latest victim of lions havoc is the death of the chief engineer who is constructing the rail bridge. The Railway department asks Aishwarya (Simran) to go on the mission of constructing the bridge. Even after Aishwarya resumes the duty, Lion starts terrorizing the crew of the construction team.

Mrugaraju

2001

Paarthale Paravasam poster
5.0

A doctor becomes an instant heartthrob after making an appearance in a movie and soon marries a woman. But just after their marriage, the truth about his past is revealed, which leads to complications, taking the couple a step closer to divorce.

Paarthale Paravasam

2001

Udhaya poster
5.4

Udhayakumar and Vasanthi are collegemates and they fall in love. But soon he comes to know that she is engaged to be married. After he moves to Chennai and finds a job as a reporter at a magazine. He tries to fight for social change. In the process , he unknowingly gets to know a group of unsavoury characters who promise to help him in his goals. They frame him up. One day Udhaya is arrested for a crime involving a terrorist plot which he is not responsible. The movie is about how Vasanthi fights to prove his innocence and to get him out from behind bars.

Udhaya

2004

Ottran poster
7.2

A group of terrorists kidnaps Sudha and takes over her apartment to save their employer Robert. Karthik, a RAW agent, pretends to be a cook and goes to her house to capture the entire gang.

Ottran

2003

Yuva poster
6.6

An accident on a bridge ties together three young men from different social classes, sparking a course of events that will forever alter their lives.

Yuva

2004

Seetayya poster
8.0

Inspector Seethaiah makes more enemies than friends and changes names wherever he migrates. But, he cannot escape the evil and fights back the anti-social elements till the end.

Seetayya

2003

Priyamaanavale poster
6.8

A modern man, Vijay, marries his father's sincere secretary who hails from a poor family. But their stringent prenuptial agreement grants him the power to end his marriage after 12 months.

Priyamaanavale

2000

Kicha Vayasu 16 poster
NR

This is another film that centers around the pranks of teenagers. This film is rated 18 in Singapore. Jai Akash comes to Nagerkoil as the Collector. His reminiscences of his school days in Nagerkoil, forms the main theme of the film. Manikantan who comes in the role of the 16 year old Kicha is like our typical naughty neighborhood boy. The boy Kicha used to eye becomes the headmistress of his school and this delights Kicha. Kicha who always teases everybody else, is however very well behaved towards headmistress Nirmala (Simran). So he always gets her support. But he leads a group of errant boys and together they steal the school vessels and sell them and also eat in hotels and give the slip without paying the bill. He is only a good friend to this one girl, but she falls in love with him.

Kicha Vayasu 16

2005

Heart Beats poster
4.0

Heart Beats is an Indian film in the Malayalam language starring Indrajith and Simran. It was released in 2007

Heart Beats

2007

I Love You Da poster
NR

A match fixer faces tough competition when a young player decides to fight him and make his country win.

I Love You Da

2002

Daddy poster
6.8

An audio company and dance school owner is a very rich man but also gullible. He gets married to the girl he loves; but loses all his money to his scheming friends. They lose their daughter to a heart disease following which his wife leaves him.

Daddy

2001

Koi Tujh Sa Kahan poster
NR

A married couple lives happily in Singapore but than someone try to come between them.

Koi Tujh Sa Kahan

2005

Thamizh poster
6.0

Thamizh, a brave youth, looks forward to working with his brother in Kuwait. Meanwhile, circumstances force him to clash with some gangsters which earn him Periyavar's wrath.

Thamizh

2002

Seval poster
2.0

Murugesan lives a life with no care in the world. Beats people up, sells his grandfather's land and incurs so much of his father's wrath that he's prophesied to meet a horrible end.

Seval

2008

Ainthaam Padai poster
4.0

Devasena decides to marry Prabhakaran after she gets a marriage proposal from his family. When she learns that she is chosen to marry his elder brother, she vows to take revenge on him.

Ainthaam Padai

2009

TN 07 AL 4777 poster
NR

The film's story revolves around a taxi driver and the son of a rich businessman, in which the two come in contact. The taxi driver, protective of his profession, lets everyone think he is an insurance broker while the rich youngster has the problem of retrieving his father's will and eventually leaves the locker key in the taxi driver's cab in an accident. The driver gets falsely accused and is put in jail while the rest of his family comes to know his true job as a taxi driver. The debacles that occur thereafter form the climax of the story.

TN 07 AL 4777

2009

Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven poster
5.0

Surya (Ajith) has been brought up in the army barracks in Ooty, ever since his mother(Sukanya) handed him over as a baby to a brigadier (Nasser). She tells the officer the reason for her action but the audience is not allowed to hear it at this point. Surya grows up to be a patriotic youth and the best soldier in his class. He falls in love with Indu (Simran), the daughter of an army officer. Indu's parents accept her choice of husband but soon after, her father dies in a bomb blast while her mother loses her life on seeing her husband's body. Not wishing to lose her husband too in war, Indu asks Surya to choose between her and the army.

Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven

2000

No artwork available
NR

John Apparao 40 Plus is a Telugu movie, starring Krishna Bhagavan and Simran. The film is produced and directed by Kuchipudi Venkat under the Black and Eight banner. Comedian Krishna Bhagavan plays the lead role in this film. The film released on March 20, 2008 throughout the world with 70 prints.

John Appa Rao 40 plus

2008

1990s · 17 titles

Auto Driver poster
NR

Credited cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni ... Jagan Mahesh Anand Babu Mohan Dipti Bhatnagar Brahmanandam Ashok Kumar K. Srinivasa Rao Kota Simran Dara Singh Sudhakar Sujatha Vijayakumar

Auto Driver

1998

Kachche Dhaage poster
5.7

Dhananjay and Aaftab are half brothers who have never met. When they first do they instantly loathe each other, having nothing in common. One night, Aaftab blows up a loaded truck while trying to steal from it and attracts a mass of unwanted enforcers. Soon, Aaftab is forced to send Dhananjay into a trap but ends up with them both being handcuffed and escaping from the Border Security Force, the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the border mafia who are attempting to incriminate the brothers for anti-national activities and murder. Fate has it such that they are forced to escape on foot, on motorbikes, cars, stolen trucks, and even handcuffed to each other on a moving goods train.

Kachche Dhaage

1999

Kondattam poster
6.5

Is a Tamil language film released in 1998. It starred Arjun and Simran Bagga in the lead roles. The film average hit at the box office.

Kondattam

1998

V.I.P poster
3.5

A thief is mistaken for an NRI returning to work with a rich businessman and marry his daughter. The real guy, meanwhile, ends up with the thief's friend. The odd pairs fall in love midst the chaos.

V.I.P

1997

Angaara poster
9.0

Sagar is a young man who lives with his mom, Saraswati, a college-going brother, Vishal, and a school-going sister, Chutki, in a town in India. His father had abandoned them years ago and his whereabouts are unknown. Also unknown to his family, Sagar uses different disguises to steal money and jewelry from Dhaniram Koilewala, and an illicit liquor supplier, Pascal.

Angaara

1996

Vaali poster
7.0

A man struggles to deny his attraction to his twin brother's new bride.

Vaali

1999

Gundagardi poster
7.0

Kalicharan, a gang leader, terrorises the entire city. To put an end to Kalicharan's activities, Police Commissioner Karan Singh is given charge.

Gundagardi

1997

Ma Nanaku Pelli poster
NR

Balaraju and Lahari are in love. However, misunderstandings arise between them when Balaraju decides to get his father married before he marries Lahari.

Ma Nanaku Pelli

1997

Tere Mere Sapne poster
5.2

A broke cabdriver's life is changed forever when he picks up an unhappy rich man at the airport one day

Tere Mere Sapne

1996

Anari No. 1 poster
5.8

Mistaken identity leads to laughs in this comedy starring Govinda as a hotel waiter named Raja who sets out to find a rich woman to marry. Sapna (Raveena Tandon) catches his eye, but she believes Raja is Rahul Saxena (also Govinda), a suave playboy and Raja's spitting image. When the error is revealed, she conspires with Raja and a friend to kidnap the real Rahul and send Raja to take his place. Simran and Arunai Irani co-star.

Anari No. 1

1999

Samarasimha Reddy poster
5.1

A man claims to be the long-lost brother of three sisters, returning to help improve their lives. His true identity, and the intention behind his scheme, is revealed in a Rayalaseema-set flashback.

Samarasimha Reddy

1999

Aval Varuvala poster
6.0

Divya keeps rejecting Jeeva's love due to her dreadful past with her psycho husband, which she later reveals to him. When Divya finally decides to marry Jeeva, her husband reappears in her life.

Aval Varuvala

1998

Maa Nanna Ki Pelli poster
9.0

Film starring Krishnamraju, Srikanth and Simran

Maa Nanna Ki Pelli

1997

Jodi poster
6.2

Two lovers want to get married, but only with their parents' consent.

Jodi

1999

Anthapuram poster
NR

Anthapuram is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Krishna Vamsi. The film stars Prakash Raj, Soundarya, Parthiban and Mansoor Ali Khan in lead roles.

Anthapuram

1999

Indraprastham poster
6.2

Chitra Narayan, a political journalist with Observer Daily in Delhi, is in love with Kiran Verma, a budding actor. She intrudes into the illegal affairs of Paul B. Issac, a Delhi-based politician. Paul B. Issac commits a murder and gets actor Kiran's face morphed onto his body in the video, whereby he traps him for the crime.

Indraprastham

1996

Nerrukku Ner poster
6.3

Raghu and Shanti are divorced couple which sparks problems between both respective younger brothers.

Nerrukku Ner

1997

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