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Biography
Neeta Pillai is an Indian actress from Kerala, India who predominantly working in the Malayalam film industry. She debuted with Poomaram in 2018 and won Asianet Film Awards for Best New Face of the Year (Female) for her role. She was also nominated for 8th South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) for Best Debut Actress (Malayalam).
Early life
Pillai was born at Thodupuzha, Kerala to Vijayan P.N. and Manjula D. Nair. She has done Masters in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana University, United States. She is a trained classical musician and dancer. She has also won second runner-up title of Miss-Bollywood beauty pageant held at Houston in 2015.
Career
Pillai started her acting in 2018 with Kalidas Jayaram in the film Poomaram, amusical drama film written and directed by Abrid Shine. In 2020, she played the lead role of a martial arts expert in Abrid Shine's The Kung Fu Master. The film wasinfluenced by the action films of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li and shot at Himalayan Valley, Badrinath and India-China border. She has trained for a year to do action scenes in the film The Kung Fu Master.