Suchitra Pillai

Actor, Model.

Suchitra Pillai, is an Indian actress, model, anchor, and VJ. A graduate in electronic engineering, she chose a career in arts over engineering! She has under her belt, prominent roles in movies including Dil Chahta Hai, Page 3, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Fashion. She is also an accomplished theater artiste.
While in school in Mumbai, Pillai was very interested in theater but she graduated in electronic engineering. She left for London soon after, where she became involved in children’s theatre.[4] She started acting in movies in 1993 when she was offered her first role in a French film Le prix d’une femme as well as a role in the English film Guru in Seven.

Pillai then returned to Mumbai and was offered the job as a veejay. She first appeared in a music video by Apache Indian and then in Bally Sagoo’s-Dil cheez hai kya” video. She has also forayed into television with shows like Simply South, Red Alert, Hip Hip Hurray, Beintehaa,Rishta.com and Cabaret Cabaret. Pillai was seen in 2016 in the Hollywood film The Other Side of the Door, co-starring Sarah Wayne Callis and Jeremy Sisto.