Sadha

Sadha
Sadha
	Sadha in 2010 promoting Click
Born	Sadaf Mohamed Sayed; Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Sadaa
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

Sadaf Mohammed Sayed, also known by her stage name Sadha, is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. She was introduced to the Telugu film industry by the director Teja along with Nithiin in the film Jayam (2002).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career[edit]

After making her debut in Jayam (2002), Sadha appeared in the Tamil film Anniyan (2005), opposite Vikram directed by S. Shankar. Since then, she has appeared in a number of films across various film industries of India, in different languages including Monalisa (2004) in Kannada and Click (2010) in Hindi.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Sadha joined as a judge for the ninth season of Jodi No 1 on Vijay TV. In 2016, Sadha starred as judge in Dhee Juniors 1 & 2, a dance-based show produced by Mallemala Entertainments in Telugu. she is a judge on Dhee Jodi with Sekhar Master, with each season running over a period of one year. It is a weekly show that is broadcast on Wednesdays at 9:30 pm IST on ETV Telugu. She is known for her dressing style in the show.^{[citation needed]}

She appeared in the films Eli in 2015 and Torchlight in 2018.^[4]

Other works[edit]

Sadha Sayed is an animal rights supporter, animal rescuer and a vegan. She supports the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) and has encouraged veganism.^[5]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

List of film credits
Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Jayam	Sujatha	Telugu	Won—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2003	Praanam	Kathyayani / Uma	Telugu
	Naaga	Viji	Telugu
	Jayam	Sujatha	Tamil
2004	Donga Dongadi	Vijji	Telugu
	Aethiree	Priya	Tamil
	Monalisa	Monalisa / Spandana	Kannada
	Leela Mahal Center	Anjali	Telugu
	Varnajaalam	Abhirami	Tamil
2005	Avunanna Kaadanna	Aravinda	Telugu
	Anniyan	Nandini Krishna	Tamil	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
	Priyasakhi	Priya Santhanakrishnan	Tamil
2006	Chukkallo Chandrudu	Shravani	Telugu
	Thirupathi	Priya	Tamil
	Mohini 9886788888	Varsha	Kannada
	Veerbhadra	Chandramukhi	Telugu
	Naan Aval Adhu	Ashwini	Tamil	Remains Unreleased
2007	Unnale Unnale	Jhansi	Tamil
	Classmates	Raaji	Telugu
	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Sandhya	Telugu	Guest appearance
	Takkari	Priya	Telugu
2008	Novel	Priya Nandini	Malayalam
2009	Love Khichdi	Sandhya Iyengar	Hindi
2010	Click	Sonia	Hindi
	Huduga Hudugi	Maya	Kannada	Guest appearance
	Mylari	Anitha	Kannada
2011	Mallikarjuna	Priya	Kannada
2011	Puli Vesham	Ashwini	Tamil
2012	Aarakshaka	Katherine	Kannada
2012	Mythri	Mythri	Telugu
2013	Dasa Tirigindi	Sadha	Telugu
2014	Kelvi	Sadha	Malayalam	Special appearance
2014	Yamaleela 2	Sadha	Telugu	Special appearance
2015	Eli	Julie	Tamil
2016	Dil Toh Deewana Hai	Anamika	Hindi
2018	Torchlight	Nila	Tamil
2023	Ahimsa	Laxmi	Telugu
2023	Aadikeshava	Parvathy	Telugu

Television[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Friendship goes beyond flaws". The Hindu. 1 March 2005.
^ Rao, Subha J. (5 September 2018). "Sadaa back in the spotlight". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
^ "Torchlight first look: Watch a provocative Sadha in Abdul Majith's new film". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
^ "The Sadha interview | 'I censored 'Torchlight' myself; did not want film to look sleazy'". The New Indian Express.
^ Tahseen, Ismat (9 January 2019). "Actress Sadaa Sayed speaks out about veganism". The Times of India.
^ "మీడియాకు లీకైతే నా మూవీ ఎవరు చూస్తారన్నారు - alitho saradaga with actress sadha new promo". eenadu.net (in Telugu). Retrieved 30 June 2021.

External links[edit]

Sadha at IMDb

[1] "Friendship goes beyond flaws". The Hindu. 1 March 2005.

[2] Rao, Subha J. (5 September 2018). "Sadaa back in the spotlight". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[3] "Torchlight first look: Watch a provocative Sadha in Abdul Majith's new film". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[4] "The Sadha interview | 'I censored 'Torchlight' myself; did not want film to look sleazy'". The New Indian Express.

[TOI-Veganism-5] Tahseen, Ismat (9 January 2019). "Actress Sadaa Sayed speaks out about veganism". The Times of India.

[6] "మీడియాకు లీకైతే నా మూవీ ఎవరు చూస్తారన్నారు - alitho saradaga with actress sadha new promo". eenadu.net (in Telugu). Retrieved 30 June 2021.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress
1972–1980	Jayalalithaa (1972) Vanisri (1973) Vanisri (1974) Vanisri (1975) Jayasudha (1976) Jayasudha (1977) Talluri Rameshwari (1978) Sujatha (1979) Jyothi (1980)
1981–2000	Radhika (1981) Jayasudha (1982) Jaya Prada (1983) Suhasini (1984) Vijayashanti (1985) Lakshmi (1986) Vijayashanti (1987) Bhanupriya (1988) Vijayashanti (1989) Vijayashanti (1990) Sridevi (1991) Revathi (1992) Vijayashanti (1993) Aamani (1994) Soundarya (1995) Tabu (1996) Vijayashanti (1997) Soundarya (1998) Soundarya (1999) Richa Pallod (2000)
2001–2018	Bhumika Chawla (2001) Sadha (2002) Asin (2003) Trisha (2004) Trisha (2005) Genelia D'Souza (2006) Trisha (2007) Swathi Reddy (2008) Anushka Shetty (2009) Anushka Shetty (2010) Nayanthara (2011) Samantha (2012) Nithya Menen (2013) Shruti Haasan (2014) Anushka Shetty (2015) Samantha (2016) Sai Pallavi (2017) Keerthy Suresh (2018)
2020–present	Sai Pallavi (2020–2021)