SaralaTamil Actor – Movies List & Song Lyrics

She has also won two Nandi Awards for Best Female Comedian also the Vijay Award and IIFA Award for Best Comedian for her performance in Kanchana (2011).

She is now part of Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam Party.

Kovai Sarala was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (then in Madras State) in a Malayali family. She developed interest in acting after watching MGR's films. She completed her studies and entered the film industry with the support of her sister and father.

She got her first film offer when she was in the 9th standard and acted with Vijayakumar and K. R. Vijaya in the film Velli Ratham(1979) and did a supporting role in Malayalam movie Thaliritta Kinakkal (1980).

She completed Class 10 and joined theatre did stage shows for few years, later she played a 32-year-old pregnant woman Mundhanai Mudichu, her second Tamil film. Two years later she acted in Chinna Veedu, where she played the 65-year-old mother of Bhagyaraj's character. She has appeared in more than 300+ films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. She has mentioned the films Karakattakkaran (1989), Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana (1994), Sathi Leelavathi (1995), Viralukketha Veekkam (1999) and Viswanathan Ramamoorthy (2001) as her personal favourites.

She has acted with all the top comedians including Vadivelu, Brahmanandam, Goundamani, Senthil and Vivek. Her comedy tracks with Vadivelu and Brahmanandam have been especially popular.

She has also worked in television series and television shows. She has hosted the reality show Paasa Paravaigal. She was a regular judge on the comedy show Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam that aired on Zee Tamil. She also hosted the kids game show Chellame Chellam on Sun TV.

Sarala is unmarried. she has stated that she chose not to marry due to family responsibilities and her commitment to supporting her siblings and their children. She considers her relatives children as her own and has been actively involved in their upbringing.