Personal life
Simran was born as the first daughter to Ashok Naval and Saradha Naval on April 4,1976. She has two sisters Monal(Actress who committed suicide) and Jyothi Naval and a brother Sumith. She finished her B.Com., in Mumbai and was doing modelling simultaneously. Then she came to film industry. She speaks Punjabi, Hindi, English, French and Tamil. Simran is a versatile dancer and can perform Bharatanatyam with the same ease as she performs Salsa.
She married Deepak Bagga,chief pilot of Indian aviation, on December 2,2003. They are blessed with a son 'Adheep' born on June 11,2005.
Career
Simran made her debut in the Hindi film Sanam Harjai directed by Saawan Kumar. Jaya Bachchan (ABCL Corp) who saw her in "Superhit Muqabla" on Doordarshan’s Metro channel offered her a leading role in "Tere Mere Sapne". But the movie only an average grosser and she was not recognized in Bollywood.
Tamil
She later on moved south by acting first in a high budget Malayalam film, Indraprastham with Megastar Mammootty in the lead role and she tasted success too. Then she came to Tamil movie industry with Nerukku Ner opposite Surya in 1997 and the movie was a huge success and she was highly appreciated for her dancing in the song Manam Virumbudhe. Then she starred in several successful movies such as V.I.P, Natpukaga, Aval Varuvala and Kannethirae thondrinaal with leading actors Prabhu Deva, Sarath Kumar, Ajith Kumar and Prasanth respectively and then Simran was called as the Queen of kollywood. She got her first break through the movie Thulladha Manamum Thullum opposite Vijay in 1999. Her performance as a blind woman was well praised. In the same year she acted in blockbuster Vaali opposite Ajith Kumar and she won several awards for her acting in Vaali which includes a National Award, a Filmfare award, a Tamilnadu government award and a Kalaimaamani award. Later in 1999 she acted in Jodi which was commercially successful and she became the Lady Super Star of Tamil film industry and ruled kollywood till 2004. Her success streak continued in 2000 with the films Priyamaanavale and Parthen Rasithen in which she acted in a negative role and won a Tamil Nadu government award. She saw a new low in her tamil career in 2001,as she concentrated in telugu, and once again became the leading actress in 2002 with several successes such as Ramana opposite Vijaykanth, Panchathantiram opposite Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam’s Kannathil Muthamittal opposite Madhavan. She won several accolades for her performance in Kannathil Muthamittal including a National Award, a Filmfare award, a Tamilnadu government award and a “Dinakaran Best Actress Award”. She left the Tamil Industry after her Marriage with her last movie New which was a blockbuster of 2004. She became the Highest paid south Indian actress by getting 75 lakhs for her last movie New in 2004.
She is considered as one of the best tamil actresses ever as she has acted in all kind of characters right from glam roles as in Vaali to family roles in Kannathil Muthamittal.Even her character in Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi(2003) as a tribal girl was very much spoken.
Telugu
She enjoyed an average success in Telugu movie industry as she acted with all the super stars of Tollywood such as Balakrishna, Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna. Her notable Telugu films include Daddy opposite Chiranjeevi, Samarasimha Reddy,Seema simham and Narasimha Naidu opposite Balakrishna, Nuvvuvasthavani and Bava Nachadu opposite Nagarjuna and Yuvaraju opposite Mahesh Babu. She has received Nandi Award twice for the films Nuvvuvasthavani in 2000 and Narasimha Naidu in 2001 and Filmfare award twice for the same movies.
Salary
During her peak years, Simran commanded a salary of 60 to 70 Lakhs per movie. Currently she is charging 25 to 30 lakhs per movie. Occasionally she does product endorsements and charges about 25,000 rupees per appearance plus air fare to the location and back home to Delhi.
Trying for a come back right from year 2005(when she missed her chandramukhi because of her pregnancy), she was not successful. But now with her Vaaranam Aayiram becoming a blockbuster, she has received a good appreciation for her acting and she has increased her salary to 50 lakhs per movie.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Tere Mere Sapne | Hindi | ||
| Indraprastham | Chitra | Malayalam | ||
| Bal Bramhachari | Seema Choudhary | Hindi | ||
| 1997 | Once More | Kavitha | Tamil | |
| Nerrukku Ner | Tamil | |||
| V.I.P | Tamil | |||
| Abbayi Gari Pelli | Telugu | |||
| Priya O Priya | Telugu | |||
| Maa Nannaki Pelli | Lahari | Telugu | ||
| 1998 | Autodriver | Telugu | ||
| Time | Tamil | |||
| Natpukkaga | Tamil | |||
| Kondattam | Tamil | |||
| Poochudava | Tamil | |||
| Kannethirey Thondrinal | Priya | Tamil | ||
| 1999 | Anari No.1 | Sona | Hindi | |
| Vaali | Priya | Tamil | Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award | |
| Kannu Padappogudhaiyaa | Tamil | |||
| Sirf Tum | Hindi | Special appearance | ||
| Thulladha Manamum Thullum | Rukmani | Tamil | Winner: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress | |
| Kachche Dhaage | Hindi | Special appearance | ||
| Kanave Kalaiyadhe | Amrita & Saradha | Tamil | Dual role | |
| Edhirum Pudhirum | Tamil | Special appearance | ||
| Aval Varuvala | Tamil | |||
| Jodi | Gayathri | Tamil | ||
| 2000 | Kalisundam Raa | Manga | Telugu | |
| Yuvaraju | Telugu | |||
| Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven | Indu | Tamil | ||
| Nuvvu Vasthavani | Telugu | |||
| Goppinti Alludu | Sowmya | Telugu | ||
| Anthapuram | Tamil | Special appearance | ||
| Khauff | Ritu Pereira | Hindi | ||
| Parthen Rasithen | Banu | Tamil | ||
| 2001 | Priyamanavale | Priya | Tamil | Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award |
| Parthale Paravasam | Simi Madhava | Tamil | ||
| 12B | Priya | Tamil | ||
| Samarasimha Reddy | Telugu | |||
| Mrigaraju | Aishwarya | Telugu | ||
| Bava Nachadu | Kamakshi | Telugu | ||
| Narasimha Naidu | Sravanthi | Telugu | ||
| Daddy | Shanti | Telugu | ||
| 2002 | Seema Simham | Hema | Telugu | |
| Ramana | Tamil | |||
| I Love You Daa | Priya | Tamil | ||
| Thamizh | Meenakshi | Tamil | ||
| Popcorn | Jamuna | Tamil | ||
| Youth | Tamil | Special appearance | ||
| Ezhumalai | Lakshmi | Tamil | ||
| Pammal K. Sambandam | Janaki | Tamil | ||
| Panchathantiram | Mythili | Tamil | ||
| Kannathil Muthamittal | Indra Thiruchelvan | Tamil | Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award | |
| 2003 | Arasu | Meera Shastri | Tamil | |
| Pithamagan | Simran | Tamil | Special appearance | |
| Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi | Veeralakshmi | Tamil | ||
| Ottran | Sudha | Tamil | ||
| 2004 | Udhaya | Vasanthi | Tamil | |
| New | Priya | Tamil | ||
| Jai | Tamil | Special appearance | ||
| 2005 | Kichaa Vayasu 16 | Nirmala | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Heart Beats | Thangam George | Malayalam | |
| 2008 | Okka Magadu | Telugu | ||
| John Appa Rao 40 plus | Telugu | |||
| Seval | Gayatri | Tamil | ||
| Vaaranam Aayiram | Malini Krishnan | Tamil | ||
| 2009 | TN-07 AL 4777 | Shubha | Tamil | |
| Aiyantham Padai | Tamil | Filming |
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