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'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha is a Malaysian Tamil radio personality, film producer and actress, who works in Malaysia and the Tamil film industry in India. Gheetha gained popularity as a radio jockey at the Malaysian radio station THR Raaga, before launching her own film production studio and venturing into Tamil cinema, becoming recognized as the first female producer from Malaysia. She has also worked as a host at various events and acted in several of her own productions as well as a Malaysian film. ==Career== Gheetha Ammasee was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia as the daughter of a plantation owner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tea with Gheetha )〕 She started off as a host on the Malaysian television channel NTV7 on a show called ''Rhythm And Raaga'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nesan4u - The Geethas who rule the airwaves )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archives )〕 before starting her career as a radio jockey at the Malaysian Tamil radio station, THR Raaga. She has been working at THR Raaga since its inception. Besides her work in radio, she did hosting jobs, produced telefilms and opened her own advertising company called SG 〔 During her time at THR Raaga, she acquired the sobriquet 'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha (Tamil: ''smiling flower'').〔(Tea with Gheetha - New Straits Times | HighBeam Research )〕 Gheetha came to India and established a film production studio named SG Films to produce the film ''Arinthum Ariyamalum'', directed by Vishnuvardhan, a family friend of hers.〔 She had to release the film on her own since distributors did not have faith in a foreign investor and woman producer.〔 The film became a commercial success, having collected twice its cost at the box office,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hindu : Entertainment Chennai : Tamil cinema's new high )〕 and ran for 175 days at theatres, while Gheetha got an entry in the Malaysian Book Of Records for being the "first female Tamil movie producer to have produced a Tamil movie in India".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Voice Guild )〕〔 Gheetha next funded ''Kundakka Mandakka'', a low-budget comedy flick with R. Parthipan and Vadivelu in the principal roles, through which she was able to introduce five Malaysians actors in Tamil cinema,〔 after which she and Vishnuvardhan decided to collaborate again on the director's next project, ''Pattiyal'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hindu : Entertainment Chennai / Interview : Success alone succeeds )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tamil movies : Vishnuvardhan sticks to his lucky team for Pattiyal )〕 which emerged a financial success, too. After ''Pattiyal'', she took a break from Indian cinema and returned to her job in Malaysia. She co-hosted the ''Enthiran'' soundtrack release function held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia alongside actor Vivek in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Endhiran - Tamil Movie News - The compere of Endhiran audio launch event - Endhiran - Rajinikanth - Aishwarya Rai - AR Rahman - Shankar - Sun Pictures - Behindwoods.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Endhiran audio and trailer launched )〕 After a sabbatical of five years, she returned to film production with ''Narthagi'', a drama about transgender people featuring all newcomers, in which she was also seen in a short role.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Geetha's back with a bang )〕 The next year, she produced the female-centric ''Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakkumoolam'' starring Sonia Agarwal, which featured Gheetha in a lengthier supporting role as a journalist, for which she shot for seven days.〔 She then took on her first lead role in the Malaysian Tamil film ''Maindhan''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Malaysian Director’s Becent Debut )〕 Although she had played cameos and supporting roles in her earlier productions, she said that she was not "very much interested" in acting.〔 When director C. Kumaresan offered her the lead female role in ''Maindhan'', she declined initially and went on to dodge Kumaresan for a week before he managed to convince her.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gheetha gets in on the act - Community - The Star Online )〕 Playing an event manager in the film,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=‘My Dream has Come True with Maindhan’ )〕 Gheetha also performed stunts by herself, getting injured in the process. ''Maindhan'' went on to become the highest grossing locally produced Tamil film of all time in Malaysia and saw a theatrical release in India as well;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How the director of local Tamil film 'Maindhan' beat the odds - Movies - The Star Online )〕 Gheetha was later given the Edison Award in India for Best Overseas Artist.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Astro Ulagam > Ragalai > ArticleDetails )〕 She has co-produced two upcoming films, ''Sivappu'' along with Muktha Entertainment, a film revolving around Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Sivappu' will be one of the Most Important Movies in my Career Says Rupa Manjari )〕 and ''Kaaval'', in which she has also played the female lead.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The movie Kaaval (aka) Kaval directed by V.R.Nagendran has great appreciation from all )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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