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Khushbu Sundar’s Journey From Trauma to Tamil Cinema Stardom

Khushbu Sundar’s Journey From Trauma to Tamil Cinema Stardom
Khushbu survived childhood trauma to reign over Tamil cinema, fans made temples for her · indianexpress.com

Khushbu Sundar is a famous actress who became a major star in Tamil cinema.

She was born Nakhat Khan and grew up in Mumbai.

She has said that she suffered serious abuse and witnessed violence as a child.

She started acting in Hindi films when she was young.

Later, she moved to Chennai and worked in Telugu and Kannada movies.

Her Tamil films, especially Chinna Thambi, made her extremely popular.

Fans admired her so much that some built temples in her name.

A soft rice cake called Khushbu Idly was also named after her.

She later married filmmaker and actor Sundar C and has two daughters.

Key facts

Birth name
Nakhat Khan
First screen appearance
The Burning Train, at age 10
Tamil debut
Dharmathin Thalaiva
Breakthrough film
Chinna Thambi
Tamil cinema peak
Approximately 1991–1996
Filmography
More than 200 films across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi cinema
Marriage
Married filmmaker and actor Sundar C in 2000

Quotes

Khushbu Sundar

Actor and former child artist discussing her childhood abuse

“the Tamil Nadu urchin-gang, including the not-so-urchins as well, built a chain of temples in her honour, having been blown away by her rotund charms.”
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“When a child is abused, it scars the child for life”
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