Ananya (actress)

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Ananya in 2015
Born
Ayilya Gopalakrishnan

Kochi, Kerala, India
Alma mater St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • archer
Years active2008–present
Spouse
Anjaneyan
​
(m. 2012)​

Ayilya Gopalakrishnan, better known by her stage name Ananya, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam, and Tamil language films as well as in a few, Telugu and Kannada films. She is also a singer and an archer.

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She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film Positive (2008) and also debuted the following year in the Tamil film Naadodigal , which turned out to be a critical and commercial success. [1] She received the Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress in 2012 for the telefilm Doore and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil for Engaeyum Eppothum in 2011.

Early life

Ananya was born as Ayilya to Malayali parents Gopalakrishnan Nair, a noted film producer, and Praseetha in Perumbavoor, Kerala. [2] She has one younger brother Arjun. Her name was taken from her birth star Aslesha, called Ayilyam in Malayalam.

She appeared as a child artist in one of her father's productions (executive producer), Pai Brothers (1995). [3] Ananya pursued a B.A. degree in Communicative English at St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva. [2] [3] During her childhood, she was an archer and won the State Championship. [4] While representing her college in a television reality show Star Wars, [2] she was spotted by various directors and received acting offers. After declining five projects, she decided to give it a try, accepting to act in Positive . [3]

Film career

Her screenname changed to Ananya, when she was working in her debut Tamil film Naadodigal . [4] The film was a high commercial success, [5] and Ananya rose to fame, with her performance in the film being appreciated. [6] She went on to reprise the same role in its Malayalam remake Ithu Nammude Katha . [7] The film Shikkar alongside Mohanlal, gave her a big break in Malayalam. She did some thrilling scenes in the climax of the movie Shikkar that impressed Mohanlal, which made him call her the "Vijayashanti" of Malayalam. [8] She also played a supporting role in Kandahar , which saw her sharing screen space with Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan. [9] In 2011, Ananya played one of the female lead roles in Engaeyum Eppothum , which received rave reviews and became a sleeper hit. [10] [11]

In 2014, she appeared in Pulivaal , her first Tamil release after three years. [12] As of 2018 she has Sigappu Rojakkal 2 in Tamil, Intintaa Annamayya in Telugu, Ameya in Malayalam delayed for release.

Awards

Kerala State Television Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Asianet Film Awards
Vijay Awards

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2008 Positive JyothiMalayalamCredited as Ayilya G. Nair [13]
2009 Naadodigal Nallammaal Tamil Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress [14]
Rahasya Police BhamaMalayalam
2010 Shikkar GangaMalayalam
Fiddle GayatriMalayalam
Oru Small Family Ammu VishwanathanMalayalam
Kandahar Student (A passenger on the plane)MalayalamSpecial appearance
2011 Ithu Nammude Katha KalyaniMalayalam
Seedan MahalakshmiTamil [15]
Seniors JeniMalayalam Asianet Film Award For Best Supporting Actress
AmayakuduDivya Telugu Debut in Telugu
Doctor Love GowriMalayalamAsianet Film Award For Best Supporting Actress
Engaeyum Eppothum [16] AmudhaTamil Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
Sandwich KanmaniMalayalam
2012 Kunjaliyan MayaMalayalam
Masters Ashley JacobMalayalam
Mullamottum Munthiricharum RanimolMalayalam
Gokula Krishna Aishwarya Kannada
2013 D Company IndumathiMalayalamSegment – "Oru Bolivian Diary 1995"
Nadodimannan MeeraMalayalam [17]
2014 Pulivaal SelviTamil
Thomson VillaSheeluMalayalam
Raktharakshassu 3D VampireMalayalam [18] [19]
Athithi VasukiTamil [20]
100 Degree Celsius GangaMalayalam [21]
2015KalyanismKalyaniMalayalam [22]
The Reporter Tara ViswanathMalayalam [23]
Iravum Pagalum Varum SonaTamil [24]
Urumbukal Urangarilla SheelaMalayalam [25]
2016 A Aa BhanumathiTelugu[ citation needed ]
2017 Tiyaan AmbaMalayalam [26]
2018 Oru Kuttanadan Blog Gopan's wifeMalayalam
2019 Maharshi PallaviTelugu
2020 God Father MithraTamil
2021 Bhramam SwapnaMalayalamReleased on Amazon Prime [27]
2022 Appan RosyMalayalam
2023The Third Murder†KavithaMalayalamFilming
Untitled Sunil Ibrahim film†TBAMalayalamFilming
DieselTBATamilCompleted [28]

Discography

SongFilmMusic DirectorNotes
Pacha Manja [29] 100 Degree Celsius Gopi Sundar
Pacha [30] PachaGowtham RenilAlbum
Omalkurunnukal [31] Seetha KalyanamAsianet TV series

Television

YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2021Comedy StarsJudgeAsianet
2021Star MagicMentorFlowers TV
2018Thamasha BazaarHost [32] Zee KeralamReplaced by Jewel Mary
2018Oru Vattam KoodiHostKerala VisionReplaced by Kavitha Nair
2018 Seetha Kalyanam —AsianetTitle song playback singer
2015Star ChallengeContestantFlowers TVreality show
2015Smart ShowParticipantFlowers TVgame show
2012Doore-Mazhavil ManoramaTelefilm
2012DevidarshanamHost Jaihind TV Special show
2010Munch Star SingerHerselfAsianet
2008Manjil Virinja TharamCo HostKairali TV
2009Vishu DarshanamHost
2007Star WarsContestantReality show

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