Anupama Parameswaran


Anupama Parameswaran is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. Anupama made her debut with the successful Malayalam film Premam and is known for her work in Kodi, Jomonte Suvisheshangal, Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi, Natasaarvabhowma, Karthikeya 2, Tillu Square, Dragon and Paradha.
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Early life

Anupama was born on 18 February 1996 into a Malayali family at Irinjalakuda in the Thrissur district of Kerala to Parameswaran Erekkath and Sunitha. She has a younger brother, Akshay. After completing her schooling at the Don Bosco School, Irinjalakuda, she studied at CMS College Kottayam, where she majored in Communicative English until she discontinued her education to pursue acting.

Career

Anupama debuted with Premam alongside Nivin Pauly, which was a commercial success. She then had a cameo in James & Alice, a Malayalam film. Later she forayed into Telugu films with a handful of projects including A Aa, where she played a lead role along with Nithiin and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. She then was in the Telugu remake of Premam. Her next film was Kodi, her debut in Tamil cinema, in which she had the lead role opposite Dhanush. She also acted alongside Sharwanand in the Telugu film Shatamanam Bhavati which was released in January 2017, followed by Jomonte Suvisheshangal in Malayalam alongside Dulquer Salmaan released in the same month. After Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi opposite Ram Pothineni, she worked on Merlapaka Gandhi's Krishnarjuna Yudham opposite Nani and A. Karunakaran's Tej I Love You opposite Sai Dharam Tej. She was again paired alongside Ram Pothineni in Hello Guru Prema Kosame. In 2019, Anupama debuted with Natasaarvabhowma in Kannada cinema alongside Puneeth Rajkumar. She then appeared in Telugu film Rakshasudu. In 2021, she was paired opposite Atharvaa in Tamil film Thalli Pogathey. In 2022, she was paired opposite debutant Ashish in Telugu film Rowdy Boys. Her second Telugu film in the same year was in Karthikeya 2, which served as a sequel to Karthikeya.
In 2024, Anupama acted in Tillu Square, the sequel to Tillu, starring alongside Siddhu Jonnalagadda, released on 29 March 2024. In 2025, she played the lead role of Subbu in Paradha, a Telugu-language comedy drama directed by Praveen Kandregula.

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Anupama has featured in Hyderabad Times 30 Most Desirable Woman list. She was placed 30th in 2018, 21st in 2019 and 27th in 2020. In 2021, she became the 10th most tweeted-about South Indian actress.
In late January 2026, the Tamil film Lockdown, starring Anupama, opened to positive early audience and critic response, with praise from film personalities including Sasikumar and Ameer.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2015PremamMary GeorgeMalayalam
2016James & AliceAdult Isabel "Pinky"Malayalam
2016KodiMalathiTamil
2016A Aa Nagavalli "Valli"Telugu
2016PremamSumaTelugu
2017Sathamanam BhavatiNithyaTelugu
2017Jomonte SuvisheshangalCatherineMalayalam
2017Vunnadhi Okate ZindagiMaha Lakshmi "Maha"Telugu
2018Krishnarjuna Yudham Subba LakshmiTelugu
2018Tej I Love YouNandiniTelugu
2018Hello Guru Prema KosameAnupamaTelugu
2019Rakshasudu KrishnaveniTelugu
2019NatasaarvabhowmaShruthiKannada
2020Maniyarayile AshokanShyamaMalayalamAlso assistant director
2021KurupSicilyMalayalamCameo
2021Freedom @ MidnightChandra DasMalayalamShort film; released on YouTube
2021Thalli PogatheyPallaviTamil
2022Rowdy BoysDr.KavyaTelugu
2022Ante SundaranikiSoumyaTeluguExtended cameo
2022Karthikeya 2MugdhaTelugu
202218 PagesNandiniTelugu
2022ButterflyGeethaTelugu
2024EagleNaliniTelugu
2024Tillu SquareLilly JosephTelugu
2024SirenJennifer ThilagavarmanTamil
2025DragonKeerthiTamil
2025JSK: Janaki V v/s State of KeralaJanaki VidhyadharanMalayalam
2025ParadhaSubbalakshmiTelugu
2025KishkindhapuriMythiliTelugu
2025The Pet DetectiveKaikeyiMalayalam
2025Bison KaalamaadanRaaniTamil
2026LockdownAnithaTamil