Sreejaya Nair

Biography

Sreejaya Nair is an Indian actress and dancer born on 7 September 1977 to Chandrasekhar & Jaya at Kothamangalam. She worked in the Malayalam film industry throughout 1990s and retired after marriage and returned to acting in 2014. She is a professional dancer and conducts a dance school named Sreejaya's School of Classical Dance in Bangalore.

Early life

Sreejaya hails from Kothamangalam, Kerala, India. She began learning dance from the age of five under the teachers Kalamandalam Sumathi who is actress Asa Sharath’s mother and Kalamandalam Saraswathi. She joined Kerala Kalamandalam and took classes in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam and Kuchipudi. She later began training under the teacher Chitra Chandrasekhar Dasarathy.

Career

She made her film debut in the Malayalam drama film Kamaladalam in 1992. In 1998, she acted in comedy drama Summer in Bethlehem. She took a break after her marriage.

Personal life

Sreejaya is married to businessman Madhan Nair and the couple has a daughter named Mythili. They moved to Kozhikode and then to Bangalore and Canada after marriage. Later returned to and settled in Bangalore. Sreejaya conducts a dance school named Sreejaya's School of Classical Dance in Bangalore, which has 1 branche in the city and trains more than 20 students.