Kavya Madhavan

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In this Indian name, the name Madhavan is a patronymic, not a family name, and t
he person should be referred to by the given name, Kavya.
Kavya Madhavan
Kavya Madhavan 2008.jpg
Born Kavya Madhavan
19 September 1984 (age 29)[1]
Nileshwaram, Kasargod, Kerala, India
Residence Thammanam, Kochi, Kerala, India
Nationality Indian
Other names Meenu, Karthika,Kunji
Ethnicity Malayali
Citizenship India
Occupation Film actress
Years active 1991 present
Spouse(s) Nishal Chandra (2009 2011)
Kavya Madhavan is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in Malayalam ci
nema. She made her debut in Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) as a child artist. As a he
roine Kavya's debut film was Lal Jose's Chandranudikkunna Dikhil (1999) while sh
e was in the ninth standard. It was a super hit and from then on there was no lo
oking back. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best actress twice, for her
performances in the films Perumazhakkalam (2004) and Gaddama (2010).
Contents
1 Background
2 Movie career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 Awards
6 References
7 External links
Background
Madhavan was born in 1984 in the village of Nileshwaram in Kasargod district, Ke
rala, India, to P. Madhavan and Shyamala. She attended Nileswaram GLP School and
entered the film industry as a child artist. She learned dancing during her sch
ool days and participated in competitions. She was a Kalathilakam in a Sub Distr
ict Schools Youth Festival.[2] She currently resides in DD Village, Thammanam, E
rnakulam, Kerala, India.[3]
She completed her schooling in National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).[4]
Movie career
She first appeared as a child actor in Kamal's film Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) at
the age of seven. Subsequently she was offered parts in other projects such as
Pavam IA Ivachan (1994), Parasala Paatchan Payyannur Paramu (1994) by P.Venu and
Azhakiya Ravanan (1996), directed by Kamal.
She was offered the female lead in Chandranudikkunna Dikhil, also starring Dilee
p, in 1999.[5]
Madhavan is also a trained dancer and has won many awards and accolades.[citatio
n needed]
After the success of Chandranudikkunna Dikhil, Madhavan and Dileep became a popu
lar pairing in Malayalam cinema, and they worked together in 18 movies.[6] Some
of their movies are Thenkasipattanam (2000), Darling Darling (2000), Meesa Madha
van (2002) which was one of biggest grosser of the year and was directed by Lal
Jose, Mizhi Randilum (2003) in which she played a double role, Sadanandante Sama
yam (2003), Thilakkam (2003)directed by Jayaraj, Runway (2004) directed by Joshi
y, Kochi Rajavu(2005), Lion (2006) again directed by Joshiy, Chakkara Muthu (200
6), Inspector Garud (2007), Paappi Appacha (2010), Vellaripravinte Changathi (20
11). Most of their movies were in the romantic comedy genre.
She also acted in films together with Mammootty and Mohanlal, and in movies with
several stars, such as Christian Brothers and China Town.
She got critical acclaim for her performance of the role of Ganga in Perumazhakk
alam for which she won 2004 Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and for the
role of Ashwati in Gaddama where she played a house maid working in Saudi Arabi
a. The movie was based on a feature by K. U. Iqbal, published in Bhashaposhini.[
7] The movie was directed by her mentor Kamal and she got her second Kerala Stat
e Film Award for Best Actress for 2011. She also won 2011 Kerala Film Critics Aw
ards for Best Actress, Amrita-FEFKA Film Awards for Best Actress, Best Actress-M
alayalam cinema in 59th Filmfare Awards South and Best Actress in Thikkurissy Fo
undation Awards.[8] She was also nominated in National film award for Best Actre
ss but lost out in the final round. She also was cast in Adoor Gopalakrishnan mo
vie Naalu Pennungal in which she played a supporting role.
Though she had many offers from Tamil cinema, she was very reluctant to act due
to her busy schedule in Malayalam. Her first was Kasi (2001) which was the remak
e of Vinayans Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum. She went on to act in En Man
a Vaanil and Sadhu Miranda and enjoyed moderate success.
She wrote lyrics for the song "En Khalbillulloru Pennaanu" for the film One Way
Ticket.[9] She sang her first movie song for the Malayalam film Matinee (2012).[
10]
Personal life
She was married to Nischal Chandra on 5 February 2009 at Kollur Mookambika Templ
e.[11] After the marriage she went to Kuwait to stay with her husband.[12] Howev
er, she returned home in June the same year and did not go back thereafter. She
filed a divorce petition with the Family Court at Ernakulam on 24 July 2010.[11]
[13] Kavya and Nischal had appeared before the Ernakulam Family Court on 25 May
2011 and expressed their willingness for a mutual divorce. She was granted divor
ce by court on 30 May 2011.
In April 2013 Mathrubhumi Books published a collection of memoirs written by Kav
ya, titled Kathayil Alpam Kavyam. The memoir gives a glimpse into her childhood
memories and the experiences of her school days and in the film industry. The bo
ok was released by writers Subhash Chandran and Deedi Damodaran at a function he
ld in K. P. Kesava Menon Hall, Kozhikode, on 11 April.[14]