Scanty costumes and Jim Carey smile won her the fan-following of the young and the buck-toothed old as well.

Gyrating seductress Simran could send any teenager swoon over her, for she is blessed with a lithesome figure, puckish smile and a maddening carriage. Her whole demeanour exudes friendliness and warmth. She is unmistakably the reigning bitch-goddess of Tamil cinema. It was the Badshah of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan, who brought her to films with his "Tere Mere Sapne", but the film failed to score on the box-office front. In spite of that non-starter, Simran has become a topnotch actress by her sheer dint of hard work and inborn professionalism. Those traits speak volumes in her favour. 

While still at college, she is said to have performed on stage regularly and to her credit goes the compering of the then popular "Superhit Muqabala". Watching her on screen, Jaya Bachchan got convinced that this girl might go miles in movies. Nothing earth-shattering happened with the release of her first movie, but then, she was shrewd enough to grab offers from the south. "Once More" is her debut film in Tamil that gave her a lot more in terms of identity.

"Apparel oft proclaims the man", says Shakespeare; it proclaims the woman in a better way. Scanty costumes and Jim Carrey smile won the long-legged Simran a huge fan following, consisting of the young and the buck-toothed old as well. Like other film birds of the same feather she migrated to Chennai in search of a film-breeding sight and found the congenial Kollywood. She went for a signing spree of films. And the fans on their part lapped up greedily all that was out in theatres, starring sex-goddess Simran.

In "Once More" she was flanked by thespian Sivaji Ganesan on one side and the hot cake Vijay on the other. Film mags started gossiping about the new- find, the moment she was signed in for the project. Kalaipulai Dhanu cast her in "VIP" and the well-choreographed song numbers in the film 'Minnal oru kodi" implanted her dancing image in every film buff's heart. Practically, Simran had become a star in her own right, long before Mani Ratnam booked her for his own banner in "Nerukku Ner". She is much of a photographer's delight, for she is ready to spend any amount of time for the sake of a stunning photograph.

Her recent hits include "Kannethere Thondrinal" with Prashanth, "Thullatha Manamum Thullam" with Vijay, "Aval Varuvala" and "Vaali" with Ajith, "Parthen Rasithen" with Prashanth again. Simran proved her acting mettle in all these films. Her fans are reminded that she is not an attractive body alone, but is also endowed with an aspiring soul. Not just a sex-symbol, she can be a soul-mate as well. 

In a male dominated film industry, it is pretty hard for heroines to get meaty roles. Simran not only managed to get meaty roles but also won plaudits from the film pundits. Her performance in "Vaali" was particularly praised by one and all. "Thullatha Manamum Thullum" came in for high praise, for Simran exactly looked her part as a love-lorn district collector, searching for the one man who had helped her when she was rendered blind by a freak accident. 

This home-loving Punjabi lass is very friendly in nature. She loves to make friends, go shopping and cook a nice Punjabi dinner for her close friends. She is thoroughly aware of the transient nature of fame and popularity; so she takes things easily and she doesn't put on unnecessary airs. Call her a cool, cool cat.

Updated on 12 -Mar - 2004

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