Suman Nagarkar

Suman Nagarkar is a Kannada film actress, known for her work in Nishkarsha, Nammura Mandara Hoove, Ammavara Ganda, Hoomale, Beladingala Baale and BABRU.

Early life

Suman Nagarkar grew up in South Bangalore - Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi. She completed her primary education at Mahila Seva Samaja school and later attended National High School. She obtained a BSc degree from National College. While in school, she was associated with Prabhath Kalavidaru.

Suman Nagarkar was introduced to the Kannada film industry by the director Sunil Kumar Desai. Kalyana Mantapa was her first movie. She gained popularity from the movies Nammoora Mandara Hoove and Beladingala Baale. She acted in the main role in the movie Beladingala Baale, where her face would not be shown to the audience. After appearing in several movies as a supporting actor, she performed as a lead actor in Hoomale, directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar. Her last movie was Preethsu Thappenilla.
After a long gap of 15 years, she returned to acting in Ishtakamya, directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, Jeerjimbe directed by Karthik Saragur and Re..., directed by Sunil Kumar Desai. Suman also acted in Kavitha Lankesh's Summer Holidays.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Kalyana Mantapa	Shantha
1993	Nishkarsha	Suman
1995	Beladingala Baale	Ramya
1996	Prema Sethuve	Parvati
1996	Nammoora Mandara Hoove	Sudha
1997	Mungarina Minchu	Varsha
1997	Manava 2022	Jaishree
1997	Ammavra Ganda	Bindu
1998	Hoomale	Subhashini	Udaya Film Award for Best Actress
1998	Doni Sagali	Deepti
2000	Preethsu Thappenilla	Priya
2015	Ishtakamya	Roshini
2016	...Re		Cameo in song "Savi Nenapina"
2017	Jeerjimbe		Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2017	Grey	Mauna	Short film
2018	Summer Holidays		English/Kannada film
2019	Babru	Sana/Srishti
2020	DOTs	Yamuna	Hindi film
2020	Brahmi	Aadya
2022	Stalker
2022	Rangapravesha	Madhavi