Surekha is an Indian film actress. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada[citation needed], and Telugu films. Her debut role in Bharathan movie Thakara was well noted for her performance.Surekha was born in a Christian family in Andhra Pradesh. Her father P. Ramaravu, was the G.M in a factory and mother was a teacher. She has a brother, Naveen. Since her father got a job in a bank in Chennai her family migrated to Tamil Nadu. She had her primary education from Chennai Holy Angels school and obtained her Masters in English Literature and P.G diploma in Advertising.She had produced one Telugu serial and she had acted in a Telugu serial and she did a Hindi serial "Vishwa Mitra" before her marriage.