of Simran’s Tamil projects were unsuccessful during this period including Kicha Vayasu 16, Seval, and Ainthaam Padai. However, Vaaranam Aayiram received widespread critical and commercial acclaim. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil and was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil. Simran specifically won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil and the Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress. She continued her career in Telugu cinema with roles in Okka Magaadu and John Appa Rao 40 Plus. She was also seen in the Malayalam release Heart Beats. During this period she pivoted to focus more on television. She acted in the eponymously tiled Jaya TV serial Simran Thirai. She starred in the Telugu soap opera, Sundarakanda. During this time she also started working on reality TV shows and game shows. She was a judge on Super Super, and in 2011 took over the anchor role on the long running Jaya TV show, Jackpot. Between 2013 and 2014 she starred in Agni Paravai, a Tamil-language soap opera. Simran also ventured into production. She and her husband produced Dance Tamizha Dance, a Tamil show for Zee Tamizh, in which she was also a judge. They followed it up with a second production, Dance Tamizha Dance Little Masters, focused on under-14 performers from Tamil Nadu, with Simran continuing as a judge. Petta and career expansion (2014 – Present) Simran returned to the big screen in 2014 with Aaha Kalyanam, a commercially successful Tamil remake of Band Baaja Baaraat. After a series of unsuccessful films such as Trisha Illana Nayanthara and Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga, she was widely believed to have made her comeback with 2018’s Seemaraja. She followed it up with Petta, which received critical and commercial acclaim, becoming the second highest grossing Tamil film of the year. She continued working as a producer, producing and starring in a Hindi music video. In 2020 she made her streaming debut with Netflix’s first Tamil film, Paava Kadhaigal, receiving positive reviews. This was followed up with Mahaan which debuted on Amazon Prime Video after the pandemic meant that a theater release wouldn’t be possible. It received positive reviews with M Suganth of The Times of India praising Simran and her co-stars for “memorable performances that elevate the scenes and the film”. Simran reunited with her Paarthale Paravasam and Kannathil Muthamittal co-star R. Madhavan in