"VEDAM" FAME -LEKA WASHINGTON BIOGRAPHY: Lekha Washington is an Indian film actress, TV host and sculptor.Lekha was born on 30 April and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She is part Maharashtrian, part Italian and part Burmese. She worked on a couple of ads before becoming a VJ.
Lekha Washington Film Career:
A qualified film-maker from National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Lekha began her career as a theatre artist. In 2006 she became a VJ on SS Music, and hosted the popular show PCO and later Connect. She is also a sculptor, having held her first solo exhibition at the age of 18.
She started her acting career by playing the leading role in the film Framed directed by independent director Chetan Shah. She anchored the first IPL cricket tournament telecast on Sony TV. She subsequently went on to host the Canadian 20/20 on international television. Her first release Jayamkondaan, in which she played the protagonist alongside Vinay Rai, won her accolades as she "performed a subtle and complex character with elan". She has also acted as Lasya in Vedam, a multi-starrer and the Telugu director Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi's second directorial, which released on 4 June 2010. She has been chosen to play the leading lady in Rajkumar Santoshi's next project, Power where she is cast opposite Ajay Devgn. Other lead stars in this project are Amitabh Bachan, Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut.
She started her acting career by playing the leading role in the film Framed directed by independent director Chetan Shah. She anchored the first IPL cricket tournament telecast on Sony TV. She subsequently went on to host the Canadian 20/20 on international television. Her first release Jayamkondaan, in which she played the protagonist alongside Vinay Rai, won her accolades as she "performed a subtle and complex character with elan". She has also acted as Lasya in Vedam, a multi-starrer and the Telugu director Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi's second directorial, which released on 4 June 2010. She has been chosen to play the leading lady in Rajkumar Santoshi's next project, Power where she is cast opposite Ajay Devgn. Other lead stars in this project are Amitabh Bachan, Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut.
Gossips:
she is very pretty actress and a popular model in south india. some rumors are flyed in south that she a going a date with south indian young hero. but she condems these words and said that she has lot of good friends in south and dont have any boy friends. she says if scripts demands hot show , she is always ready to do it. she says her sexy appeal was her eyes.
Filmography:
2000
Kadhalar Dinam -Lekha- Tamil -Cameo appearanc
2007
Framed -Vini -English
Unnale Unnale -Lekha -Tamil -Cameo appearance
2008
Jayamkondaan -Brinda Sekhar -Tamil Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010
Vedam -Lasya -Telugu
Va Quarter Cutting- Saraswathi -Tamil
Huduga Hudugi -Sonia -Kannada
Peter Gaya Kaam Se -Hindi -Post-production
2011
Power -Sneha -Hindi Filming
