Kavya Madhavan(Malayalam, Tamil)

Kavya Madhavan

(Malayalam, Tamil)

Born:

September 19, 1984 (1984-09-19) (age 24)[1]

Kasargod, Kerala, India

Other name(s):

Minu

Years active:

11 Years

Spouse(s) :

Nishal Chandra

Kavya Madhavan is a Malayalam film actress.

Life

Kavya Madhavan (nee.Nishal ) was born in the village of Nileshwaram in Kasaragod district, Kerala, India to P. Madhavan and Shyamala. She started to learn dance while studying in Nileswaram Rajas High School. She was the kalathilakam, a title bestowed to the artist who proves her skills in most artistic fields during a Sub District youth festival, in Kasargod. She is married to Nishal Chandra(Son of Mr.Chandramohan Nair and Mani mohan,Kayamkulam, working in Kuwait) and the wedding took place on Feb 5, 2009 at Kollur Mookambika Temple, Karnataka State

Career

Kavya entered the industry as a child artist in the film Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) in the role of a school girl. She came to public attention when she played the childhood part of the heroine character in Kamal's Azhakiya Ravanan (1996). She has since acted in over 25 films in Malayalam and a few in Tamil. She is noted for having retained her rural Nileshwaram accent. She was not allowed to dub for her movies because her voice does not fit the usual "sweet and soft" voice of typical dubbers. However, she recently has begun to dub for some of her roles, such as Perumazhakkalam.

Kavya shot to the status of a heroine with Lal Jose's Chandranudikkunna Dikkil(1999) at the age of 14. Then more than 50 films followed. Even though she had offers from other language film, she rejected them.

Kavya was supposed to do the role of Savitri Antarjanam in Yugapurushan. But she rejected that film because of her wedding preparations. The role has now gone to Navya Nair.

Awards and achievements

    * State Awards - 2004 Best Actress - Perumazhakkalam[4]

    * Film Critics Award 2000 - 2nd Best Actress (Chandranudhikkunna Dikkil)

    * Bharathan Award 2000 - Navagatha Prathibha (Chandranudhikkunna Dikkil)

    * Lux Asianet Film Award 2000 - Special Jury Award - Kochu Kochu Santhoshanghal, Madhuranombara Kattu

    * Kerala Film Audience Award - Monisha Puraskaram

    * Atlas Film Award 2001 - 2nd Best Actress Kochu Kochu Santhoshanghal

    * 4th Raju Pilakkad Chalachithra Award - Oomapenninu Uriyadapayan

    * Vanitha Surya TV film award 2006- Best Actress(anadhabhathram)

    * Kerala Film Critics Association 2005- Best Actress(anadhabhathram)

    * Sathyan Memorial Award 2007- Best Actress

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Co-Star	Director
1991	Pookkaalam Varavaayi	School girl	Jayaram	Kamal
1996	Azhakiya ravanan	child Anjali	Mammootty	Kamal
1997	Oraal Maathram	Gopika Menon(one of the sisters of heroine)	Mammootty	Sathyan Anthikad
1997	Irattakuttikalude Achan	Dhanya (as manju's sisiter)	Jayaram	Sathyan Anthikad
1997	Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakaalathu	Anjali(as Jayaram's Sister)	Jayaram	Kamal
1997	Bhoothakkannaadi	Meenu	Mammootty	Lohithadaas
1999	Chandranudikkunna Dikkil	Radha	Dileep	Lal Jose
2000	Madhuranomparakkaattu		Sharath	Kamal
2000	Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal	Celin	Jayaram	Sathyan Anthikad
2000	Darling Darling	Padmaja	Vineeth/Dileep	Rajasenan
2000	Thenkaashippattanam	Devootty	Dileep	Rafi-Mecartin
2001	Padom Onnu Kumarante Kudumbam$
2001	Raakshasa Raajaavu		Dileep	Vinayan
2001	Dosth		Kunchacko Boban/Dileep	Thulasidas
2002	Onnaaman		Mohanlal	Thampi Kannamthanam
2002	Oomappenninu Uriyaadaappayyan	Gopika	Jayasurya	Vinayan
2002	Kaasi (Tamil)	As Vikram's sister	Vikram	Vinayan
2002	Meesha Maadhavan	Rugmini	Dileep	Lal Jose
2003	Thilakkam	Ammu	Dileep	Jayaraj
2003	Sadaanandante Samayam	Sumangala	Dileep	Akbar-Jose
2003	Katha		Prithviraj/Abbas	Sunderdaas
2003	Vellithira	As Prithviraj's sister	Prithviraj	Bhadran
2003	Mizhi Randilum	Bhadra/Bhama(Double role)	Dileep	Ranjith
2003	Pulivaal Kalyaanam	Ganga	Jayasurya	Shafi
2003	Gaurishankaram	Gauri	Munna	Nemom Pushparaj
2004	Runway	Gopika	Dileep	Joshiy
2004	Aparichithan (The Stranger)	Meenakshi	Mammootty	Sanjev Sivan
2004	Greetings	Sheethal	Jayasurya	Shajoon Karyal
2004	Perumazhakkaalam (While It Rains Hard)	Ganga	Vineeth	Kamal
2005	Iruvattam Manavaatti	Bhumika	Kunchakko Boban / Madhu Warrier
2005	Annorikkal	Ponnu	Narain	Sarathchandran Wayanad
2005	Kochi Raajaavu	Aswathy	Dileep	Johny Antony
2005	Ananthabhadram	Bhadra	Prithviraj	Santhosh Sivan
2005	Seelabathi	Seelabathi	Narain	Shareth
2006	Lion		Dileep	Joshiy
2006	Vadakkum Naathan	Bhama	Vineeth	Shajoon Karyal
2006	Classmates	Thara Kurup	Prithviraj	Lal Jose
2006	Chakkara Muthu	Anitha	Dileep	Lohithadaas
2007	Inspector Garud	Sethulakshmi IAS	Dileep	Johny Antony
2007	Athisayan	Maya	Jayasurya	Vinayan
2007	Naadiya kollappetta raathri	Naadiya/Naadira(Double Role)	Prithviraj	K Madhu
2007	Naalu Pennungal			Adoor Gopalakrishnan
2007	Kangaroo	Nancy	Prithviraj	Raj Babu
2007	Rikshakkaran	NA
2008	Twenty:20	Ancy (drama artist)		Joshiy
2008	Sadhu Mirandal (Tamil)	Priya	Prasanna	Siddique
2008	Madambi	Jayalakshmi	Mohanlal	B Unnikrishnan
2009	Banaras $		Vineeth	Nemom Pusparaj
2009	Pattanathil Bhootham $	Ancy	Mammootty	Johny Antony