One of the most talented young actresses around, Meera Jasmine was almost hounded out of Kerala by the yellow press. But the National Award for T V Chandran's Paatham Onnu Oru Vilapam changed that.

She was recently in the news for the wrong reasons -- she claimed her family had cheated her and left her penniless. They claimed that her guru, director Lohitadas, had instigated her to fight against them.

Lohitadas is now making the Tamil remake of his hit film, Kasturiman, with Meera in the lead.

Meera's recent release was Perumazhakalam, where she excelled as a Muslim woman whose husband was waiting for the hangman's noose.