Namitha (Telugu: నమిత,Tamil: நமிதா; born as Namita Mukesh Vankawala in Surat, Gujarat, India) is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam & English films.She was crowned Miss Surat during the year 1998. She was a contestant in the 2001 Miss India pageant.[2] She did a number of TV commercials like Himani cream & hand soap, Arun Ice Cream, Manikchand Gutka, and Nyle herbal shampoo .
She made her acting debut in the Telugu film sontham against aaryan rajesh,directed by sreenu vitla. Subsequent to that, she starred in the Tamil film "Aai".
On 26 October 2010 , there was an attempt made at kidnapping her by a fan at Trichy in Tamil Nadu
