Kruthika Jayakumar

Kruthika Jayakumar is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who works in Telugu and Kannada-language films. She has worked in movies like Intlo Deyyam Nakem Bhayam and Kavacha.

Career

Kruthika Jayakumar hails from a Tamil speaking family in Bengaluru, Karnataka.Kruthika started practicing Bharatanatyam from age seven. She trained under Sri Mithun Shyam in Bangalore. She was performing at a show in Thiruvananthapuram when Malayalam film director Balu Kiriyath spotted her and convinced her to foray into cinema. She later auditioned and was selected for the role of Venkatesh Daggubati's daughter in Drushyam, a Telugu remake of Malayalam film Drishyam. She made her Kannada debut with Boxer co-starring Dhananjaya. She played the role of a dancer in Kavacha co-starring Shiva Rajkumar. Her Tamil film Santhana Devan co-starring Arya remains unreleased.