Who are some Kollywood actors who ruined their careers overnight?

 

Heera Rajagopal was going places

She had everything perfect

She had the South Indian Look , the polished urban presence of a College Girl and she looked GOOD in Western Clothes - something Roja and Meena and Kanaga struggled to do

So what ruined her career?

Two things - Sathi Leelavati & Ajith

All she had to do was say NO to the role of PRIYA - a Young Woman becoming Mistress of a Married Man , seduded by his promises of marriage

A BOLD ROLE even by 2026 standards

Career Suicide for 1995 standards

That was that!!!!

From that moment every role she was offered was what was called Matter Roles

The Boss who tries to seduce the Employee in Kadhal Kottai

The Bold woman with Live in ambitions

All her heroine offers evaporated

Then Ajith her boyfriend whom she introduced to multiple directors and producers during her peak (1993–1995) even getting him his big break in Aasai - dumped her without a seconds notice

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Mic Mohan was another

Naive and Innocent - he suffered from an Autoimmune Disease for which treatment in 1989 was available only in Germany

This led to a published story about HOW A ROMANTIC HERO had AIDS

Back then AIDS was seen as terrifying and many believed it was spread by germs or touch

So Mohan was openly boycotted for a long time

By the time he could prove the allegations were false, too much time had passed and he was no longer attractive as a hero

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Devayani jumped the fence at 4 AM and escaped to get married with Rajakumaran 😁

This led to all her shoots cancelled after marriage and over 13 films lost

She was stuck doing supporting roles as wife of Jayaram in Paarai and Prakash Raj in Giri and in a scene with Kamal in Panchathintaram (Hilarious though)

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NSK and MK Thyaraja Bhagavathar both got mixed up in an infamous muder case and spent 5–6 years in courts before they were ultimately acquitted (Or sentence was revoked on appeal - Lakshmikantan murder case i think)

Once the biggest names in business - they were completely boycotted and ended up virtually broke

Others include

• Bobby Simha - after various ego incidents
• Perarasu - after the Mallika incident

Which actress is known as unlucky in the Kollywood industry?

 

Kollywood present day celebrities, whose first film failed to hit screens; while starting the career.

1. Trisha Krishnan: Trisha was originally signed for the film Lesa Lesa directed by Priyadarshan, as well as Enakku 20 Unakku 18.
1. Due to significant production delays with both, her actual debut and first release was Ameer’s Mounam Pesiyadhey (2002).
2. Trisha Krishnan had dual failed films, but released later.
2. Asin Thottumkal: debut with the romantic drama Ullam Ketkume.

• reported delays, her official debut release is Jayam Ravi-starrer M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi (2004), which became a massive hit.
• Until the success of first release, Asin had bad fame in the production-distribution unions of film industry.

Which actress is known as unlucky in the Kollywood industry?

 In my opinion

Anjali

She started her career in the now critically acclaimed kattradhu Tamil M.A. Although her role was very small ,she was able to shine in the limited screen time with her charm.

She then gave another solid performance in Angadi Theru , a reflection of how the shop workers of popular retail stores are being treated.

She then gave another good performance in Engeyum Eppothum for which she earned several awards too.

Unfortunately,she was in a period where heroines were only as useful as background extras in tamil cinema and they only concentrated on who shows more skin and who is the fairest looking. Even actresses like Hansika Motwani,Amy Jackson had a long career in tamil cinema.

She tried to change tracks by doing glamour roles in movies like mangatha, kalakaluppu and Settai but it didn't suit her. In fact , the reviewers took an extra paragraph to mention how ridiculous she looked as an English news channel reporter in Settai .

Then she got caught in a controversy where her stepmother complained of her getting kidnapped only for her to counter that they were misappropriating the money she earned .

The current audience is now looking forward to dusky actresses like Aishwarya Rajesh, Sai dhansika etc who look like a normal Tamil girl instead of a north indian import.

Had Anjali been in this current era,she might have had better success due to her simple looks and natural acting.