Amy Jackson: Making Her Mark In Kollywood
Just to add another feather on the hat, Amy Jackson got noticed by the Tamil director A.L. Vijay who decided to cast her in the period-drama film Madrasapattinam in 2010. It came right after Amy won the Miss Teen World in the same year. In spite of her unawareness of the Hindi and Tamil languages and having no acting background, she grabbed it as an opportunity.
The movie was set in the backdrop of 1947 British Raj where the British Presidency Governor’s daughter falls for an Indian washer-man. The film garnered quite a few acclaims from critics and performed amazingly at the box office. It was difficult to utter the lines in Tamil indeed, but when they were done by Amy, it really gave a reason to watch the film.
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Subsequently, she received some important projects from the B-town as well and also gathered praises for her feats in Ek Deewana Tha in 2011 opposite Prateik Babbar. After that in 2012, she made her comeback to Kollywood with a supporting role in Thaandavam, her second alliance with A.L. Vijay. It is in this particular movie where she dubbed her own dialogues in Tamil, and the movie went on to earn her the first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress-Tamil.
Amy Jackson is undeniably capable of leaving her mark in Tamil cinema. One of India’s prominent newspapers, The Times of India has awarded her with the “most desirable woman” in 2013. Undoubtedly she’s been known as the young style icon of South Indian cinema.
Her next flick, perhaps her biggest project of her career was the romantic thriller I in 2015 directed by Shankar of Kollywood. She gained phenomenal success with this movie down south. The movie lets her play one of the most glamorous top models for which her modelling skills were beautifully showcased.
Right from laying the stepping stone for her acting career in Indian cinema with Madrasapattinam in 2010, there was no looking back for the British-Indian actress. After amassing huge success from I, Amy took up her next Tamil venture Thanga Magan directed by Velraj in 2015. She went on to earn several positive reviews for her consecutive action thrillers Gethu and Theri both released in 2016. Theri was perhaps one of the most profitable films of Kollwood.
Jackson’s much-awaited flick 2.0 is going to hit theatres in April 2018 starring South superstar Rajnikanth and one of the most popular Bollywood stars, Akshay Kumar. The film is going to be released both in Hindi and Tamil.
