Trisha 2015: December 2015

2015 for Trisha

A detailed look at the year 2015 for Trisha - her movies, awards & recognition, brand endorsements, events that she participated, involvement with various social causes & on her personal front.

Movies

In 2015, Trisha had 6 movie releases - Tamil (4) & Telugu (2), next highest to her 7 releases in 2008 & equaling 6 each in 2003, 2005 & 2006.

Click here to see the list of her 50 movies, year wise

The list of movies in 2015 and their release dates:

1. Yennai Arindhaal – Feb 5, 2015

2. Lion – May 14, 2015

3. Sakalakalavallavan – July 31, 2015

4. Thoongaavanam – Nov 10, 2015

5. Cheekati Raajyam – Nov 20, 2015

6. Bhooloham – Dec 24, 2015

Yennai Arindhaal with Ajith, directed by Gautham Menon was a huge hit and her character Hemanika was very well received by the audience and critics. The movie completed 50 successful days at the box office.

Dilani Rabindran of Behindwoods.com quotes "There may be no better 21st century director/actress collaboration than Gautham Menon and the timeless Trisha. He writes female leads that are of substance that would naturally come across as ethereally beautiful played by any lovely actress, but Trisha’s grace and acting talent bring something memorable to those roles. After longing for the unforgettable Jessie of VTV for years we were blessed with her Hemanika"

Lion with Balakrishna was her come back movie to Telugu after a long gap of 3 years & Sakalakalavallavan, a full length comedy with Jayam Ravi, after their successful combo in Unakkum Enakkum – both the movies couldn’t make it big at the box office.

Thoongaavanam & Cheekati Raajyam marked a special place in Trisha’s career, her 50^th movie in 13 years. Trisha played a cop for the first time in her career and pulled of some tough stunts with ease. Her stunt sequence with Kamal Hassan (with whom she is pairing for the second time) in the kitchen is one of the most talked about stunts performed by an actress in the recent times). The movie, a Diwali release got very good appreciation from the audience and critics for its performances, making & technical aspects and declared a hit by the trade. The movie also completed 50 days on 29th December

Bhooloham, her 2nd time pairing with Jayam Ravi was lying in the cans for couple of years after completion, but got a surprise release for Christmas weekend there by ending the year on a high note for Trisha. The movie opened to good reviews & good collections in its opening weekend.

Trisha also completed 13 years in the industry on 13^th December, a rare feat for an actress. She also dubbed for her role in Thoongaavanam.

Dubbing with Kamal Hassan for Thoongaavanam

A look at Trisha's 13 years in cinema

Another movie that was launched in 2015 – Nayagi/Nayaki, a Tamil-Telugu bi-lingual created a lot of buzz for the 1^st look posters and well appreciated by all, especially by ace filmmaker S.S Rajamouli. She has also completed the shoot of her first horror-comedy movie Aranmanai2, and her 1^st movie with Dhanush, which had the pooja in December, will take off by January 2016.

Nayagi first look poster

Dir SS Rajamouli's praise for Nayagi first look

Awards & Recognitions

When movie portal Behindwoods.com decided to start of with honoring women of substance, their first choice was Trisha. She was bestowed with Women Achiever award 2015, for her contribution to cinema and for her love for animals & noble act of promoting adoption of Indian dogs. – March 13

Trisha with her Behindwoods Women Achiever Award 2015

Click here to go to Behindwoods Women Achiever Awards 2015 details & gallery

Trisha was one among the awardees when Telugu media's TSR-TV9 awards was announced on July 19 for the years 2013 & 2014.

Trisha was nominated for Best actress at IIFA Utsavam awards for her role as Hemanika in Yennai Arindhaal. The event was scheduled for Dec 4-6, which was later postponed to 2016 due to heavy floods at Chennai.

On September 4th, Trisha reached 2 Million followers on Twitter, a rare feat for a South Indian actress & on October 17th she reached 2 Million followers on her facebook page

Trisha's official twitter & facebook pages

Brand Endorsements

Trisha, continues to be the brand ambassador of famous jewellery brand NAC Jewellers for 3 years now. She launched their Rewind Collections, antique jewellery at their Mylapore showroom on July 23.

On November 2nd, she inaugurated their 3 showrooms at Kanchipuram, Perambur & Velachery on a single day. She also had couple of new TVCs shot for them and new set of print ads

GRB Udhayam Ghee was another

brand endorsement of her's in 2015

Events / Promotions

2015 happened to be a busy year for Trisha in terms of promotions and events that she attended. She was styled by different stylists for these events

Behindwoods Women Achiever Awards, Chennai – March 13
Lion movie audio launch, Hyderabad – April 9
Cheekati Raajyam press conference, Hyderabad – May 24
Chennai Metro ride, Chennai – July 18
Launch of NAC Jewellers antique collection, Chennai – July 23
Sakalakalavallavan press meet, Chennai – July 26
Sakalakalavallavan promotions at Sun TV & Deccan Chronicle, Chennai – July 29
SIIMA awards presentation, Dubai – Aug 7 & 8
GSK Glaxo Smithkline Meet & Greet event, Chennai – Aug 10
Nayagi movie launch, Chennai – Aug 20
Telugu superstar Chiraneevi’s 60^th birthday bash, Hyderabad – Aug 22
Nayaki movie press meet, Hyderabad – Sept 10
Designer & friend Sidney Sladen’s 10 anniversary celebrations – Breakaway 2015, Chennai – Sept 12
Thoongaavanam press meet & trailer launch, Chennai – Sept 16
Rose day celebrations with the kids of Ray of Light foundation, Chennai – Sept 22
Inauguration of Deepavali Kondattam, Malaysia – Oct 2
Thoongaavanam audio launch, Chennai – Oct 7
NAC Jewellers store launch, Kanchipuram, Perambur & Velachery – Nov 2
Kamal Hassan’s bday bash, Chennai – Nov 7
Inauguration of Rex Cinemas, Singapore – Nov 8
Thoongaavanam release, Chennai – Nov 10
Cheekati Raajyam premiere, Hyderabad – Nov 19
Aranamanai2 movie audio launch & promotions, Chennai – Dec 16

Complete list of events, labels, jewellery & stylists for Trisha in 2015

Social Causes

Someone who always supports various social causes, for animals & humans, in 2015 Trisha continued to do the same.

She posed with her dog Zorro & her grandmom supporting #Smile4aSmile campaign that donated money towards education of underprivileged children for every smile selfie posted, initiated by Rayane Radhika Sarathkumar – June 18
Supported & donated things for #ChennaiGives campaign in lieu with International Day of Charity by Madras Round Table 1 & Uber taxis – Sept 5
She helped the victims of Kotturpuram area in Chennai where the floods in Chennai caused a huge damage, with food & materials - December
She also visited & supplied pet food, medicines & supplies to the animal shelter where the dogs and kittens rescued from the Chennai floods were kept for adoption – Dec 12

Personal

“2015 has been my year of self-realization” quotes Trisha.

In an interview to Lata Srinivasan, she sums up her 2015 as

"Professionally, it’s been very good and I have been satisfied with the kind of work I am doing. Personally, there’s been some ups and downs but it has been a year of self-realisation and it taught me a lot. I feel I have become wiser and grown over a year!"

After her broken engagement with businessman turned producer Varun Manian earlier in 2015, she came back stronger with back to back movies and let her entire concentration towards her work. She is going very stronger for an actress with 13 years of film journey with 6 films releasing this year and many more interesting projects committed in 2016.

She brought in her birthday on May 4^th with her close friends in Bangkok. And after a very hectic working year, she went on a long holiday in US spending time in some of the dream destinations like Las Vegas, Napa Valley, skiing at Lake Tahoe & she will be bringing in the new year at San Francisco.