Actor · Telugu cinema
Megha Akash
Megha Akash movies: 6 Telugu films on file, 2017–2026. Earliest on file: LIE (2017). Latest release: Sahakutumbaanaam (1 January 2026).
- Films on file
- 6 (6 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2017–2026
- Born
- 26 October 1995 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- LIE, Sahakutumbaanaam, Chal Mohan Ranga
- Record
- Q24851854 on Wikidata
Megha Akash (born 26 October 1995) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her debut in the Telugu film Lie (2017), entered Tamil cinema with Petta and Hindi cinema with Satellite Shankar, both in 2019, and has since appeared in films such as Raja Raja Chora (2021) and Premadesam (2023).
Early life
Megha was born in Madras (now Chennai) to a Telugu father and a Malayali mother, both of whom work in advertising. She went to the Lady Andal School in Chennai and earned a B.Sc. in Visual Communications from Women’s Christian College, Chennai.
Telugu debut
Her first film was Lie, opposite Nithiin. A Sify reviewer felt she was fine but that her role was poorly written, and the film brought her a SIIMA nomination for Best Female Debut – Telugu. The following year she was paired with Nithiin again in Chal Mohan Ranga. Both films were average performers at the box office.
Tamil and Hindi
Although she had first shot the Tamil film Enai Noki Paayum Thota with Dhanush, her first Tamil release was Petta in 2019, opposite Sananth. Petta became her first commercial success and is among the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time. Her other releases that year were Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven with Silambarasan and Boomerang with Atharvaa, and she moved into Hindi films with Satellite Shankar, opposite Sooraj Pancholi, where a reviewer described her as cute and quirky and praised the pair’s chemistry.
Her only 2020 release was Oru Pakka Kathai, opposite Kalidas Jayaram.
Four releases in 2021
In 2021 she appeared in the Tamil film Kutty Story, the Hindi film Radhe, and two Telugu films: Raja Raja Chora, opposite Sree Vishnu, and Dear Megha, opposite Adith Arun and Arjun Somayajula. Only Raja Raja Chora was a box office success; a reviewer noted that she had a well-written character with room to assert herself and did it justice. In Dear Megha, a remake of the Kannada film Dia, she played the title role, and even a critic who disliked the film credited her with bringing life to the emotional scenes.
A busy 2023
After Gurthunda Seethakalam (2022) with Satyadev, a remake of the Kannada film Love Mocktail, she had seven releases in 2023. These were Premadesam opposite Thrigun, Single Shankarum Smartphone Simranum opposite Shiva, Ravanasura with Ravi Teja, Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir opposite Vijay Sethupathi, Manu Charitra opposite Shiva Kandukuri, Saba Nayagan opposite Ashok Selvan, and Boo. Premadesam and Saba Nayagan were the commercial successes of the group, and one reviewer said she impressed in Premadesam.
Recent work and personal life
In 2024 she starred opposite Santhanam in Vadakkupatti Ramasamy and played the lead opposite Vijay Antony in Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan; neither film did well at the box office.
She married Saai Vishnu, the son of former Union Minister of State for Shipping Su. Thirunavukkarasar, in a traditional ceremony in Chennai on 15 September 2024.
Career on file
Megha Akash appears in 6 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2017 to 2026. The earliest of them is LIE (2017), and the most recent release is Sahakutumbaanaam (2026). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are LIE (2017), Sahakutumbaanaam (2026) and Chal Mohan Ranga (2018). Other recent releases on file are Premadesam (2023), Dear Megha (2021) and Raja Raja Chora (2021).
Nitin and Thrigun are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing two films with Megha Akash. Music on three of them is by Mani Sharma. Across these films the credits on file name 6 different directors, 4 music directors and 8 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 3 of them; they average 134 minutes, and the longest is LIE at 141 minutes. Three of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (2) and 2020s (4).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.