. an Indian actress, model and politician who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu cinema along with a few films in Kannada and Malayalam.[2] She serves as a state executive member of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu . Starting her career as a beauty pageant contestant, Namitha was crowned Miss Surat during the year of 1998 at the age of 17. She went on to participate in the 2001 Miss India pageant and ended up as the third runner-up, while Celina Jaitley was crowned Miss India. At the height of her success in 2008, Namitha's devotee built her a temple near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She became the second actress after Khushbu in the state to be immortalised in such a fashion by her fan following.[21][22] In October 2010, there was an attempt to kidnap her by a fan at Trichy in Tamil Nadu.[23] In 2012, the actress was chosen by Tokyo TV, a Japanese media station, as the "most beautiful person" in India.[24] She has been an advocate of safe driving and in June 2012, she and Tamil actor Bharat promoted awareness of safe driving.
Politics
Namitha joined AIADMK on 24 April 2016 in the presence of party general secretary and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in Trichy.[26] In 2019, Namitha along with actor Radha Ravi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party's national president J. P. Nadda in Chennai.[27] In July 2020, after 8 months of joining the BJP, Namitha was appointed as one of the state executive member of the BJP in Tamil Nadu
