Namitha (born as Namita Mukesh Vankawala on May 10, 1980[1] in Surat, Gujarat, India) is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam & English films.She first came into the limelight after she was crowned Miss Surat during the year 1998. She was a contestant in the 2001 Miss India pageant.[2] This publicity opened up doors for her and she did a number of TV commercials like Himani cream & hand soap, Arun Ice Cream, Manikchand Gutka, and Nile herbal shampoo.
She made her acting debut in the Telugu film Sontham. Subsequent to that, she starred in the Tamil film "Aai" which featured the song "Arjuna Arjuna".
On 26 October 2010 , there was an attempt made at kidnapping her by a fan at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu
