Amala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works in the South Indian film
industries. After appearing in supporting roles in the Malayalam film
Neelathamara and Veerasekaran in Tamil, she received critical acclaim
for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, Sindhu
Samaveli. Despite the failure of that film, Amala became noted after
playing the title role in Mynaa, receiving critical acclaim for her
work.Amala, after finishing her Higher Secondary education, took a year
out before planning to pursue engineering.She later joined St Teresa's
college, to pursue a BA Degree in Communicative English.[2] At the time,
her modelling portfolio was spotted by noted Malayalam director Lal
Jose who offered her a supporting role in his remake, Neelathamara
(2009). Despite emerging a success, the film failed to attract any
further offers, as she had anticipated.[3] She pursued roles in Tamil
films and went on to sign the low-budget comedy film Vikadakavi which
was delayed and ultimately became her sixth release, while also signing
on to play the lead role in another small budget film