When Meena's Daughter Nainika Made Rajinikanth & Others Teary-Eyed By Saying 'You Were Depressed &...' (VIDEO)

Actress Meena is one of the popular names in the Southern film industry. Making her debut as a child actress, Meena, later on, emerged as the top actress in the 1980-90S. She starred opposite legendary actors like Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, Mammootty, Venkatesh, Rajendra Prasad, Suresh Gopi, etc.

Meena is not only an actress but is also a dubbing artist and Playback singer. She aced both glamorous and homely characters effortlessly and brought life to the characters she played. Recently, Meena lost her husband and she bravely put up with the tragedy. Meena marked her 40 years in the industry in March 2023. She organized a get-together with her friends and colleagues from the southern industries.

Meena's daughter Nainika, who made her acting debut alongside Thalapathy Vijay in 'Theri' at the age of five, has managed to grab attention with her cute looks and performance in the film. The child actress, who has a character of her own, made the celebrities of Kollywood teary-eyed when she spoke at her mother's 40th year in movies event.

The video of the same is now going viral. In it, Nainika can be seen saying, "Mom, I'm proud of what you are as a mother and an actress. You take care of me well. When I was young, we went to a shopping mall and I got lost. You frantically looked for me in fear as I was enjoying chocolate in another shop. After Dad's death, you were so depressed. You are emotionally hurt. From now, I will take care of you. A few news channels have been writing bad and negative news about you. I would like to request them to stop writing such news as my mother is also a human. She gets hurt." Reportedly, the video made Rajinikanth also tear up.

Actress Meena celebrated her 40 years in the film industry with her close friends and industry people in Chennai, last month. From Superstar Rajinikanth to Raadhika Sarathkumar, Roja Selvamani, Khushboo, Sneha, Sridevi, Prabhudeva, Boneykapoor, and Sanghavi among others were spotted.

Meena's Age

Meena was born on September 16, 1976, in Chennai to a Malayali mother and a Telugu father. She made her acting debut at the age of six years and was one of the most-wanted child actresses of her time. She starred in hundreds of films as an actress later on starting with 'Navayugam' in 1990.

Meena Filmography

Meena Durairaj aka Meena acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. She received several Filmfare Awards, and Nandi Awards, and was also honoured with the Tamil Nadu government's prestigious 'Kalaimamani Award.'

Meena's Husband Vidyasagar

Meena got married to a Bengaluru-based software engineer Vidyasagar in the year 2009 at the Tirupathi Venkateswara Swamy temple. The couple has an only daughter named Nainika. Immediately in 2010, she came back to films.

Vidyasagar breathed his last due to Lung-failure on June 28, 2022. The who's who of Kollywood thronged Meena's residence in Chennai to condole her.