Malavika (actress)

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Malavika
Born
Shweta Konnur Menon [1]

(1979-07-19) 19 July 1979 (age 45) [2] [3]
OccupationActress
Years active1999–2009; 2022
Spouse
Sumesh Menon
(m. 2007)
[5] [6]

Shweta Konnur Menon (born 19 July 1979), known by her stage name Malavika, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films and a few Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films in the late 90s and early 2000s. [7]

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Personal life

Malavika's birth name is Shweta Konnur. She was born to Aishwarya and Brigadier Jayvibhav Konnur in Bengaluru.

Career

Malavika shot to fame at the age of 19, with her debut in the 1999 Tamil movie Unnai Thedi with Ajith Kumar directed by Sundar C. The film went on to become a major blockbuster. She again was cast alongside Ajith in the film Anandha Poongatre . She showed her acting skills in the film Rojavanam , which established her as an actress and left her with three hits from three films. However, the film Pooparika Varugirom flopped, although the cast included Sivaji Ganesan.[ citation needed ]

From 2000 to 2003 all her film did not perform well at the box office except Vetri Kodi Kattu and Seenu . After that her career took off as she returned with Suriya in Perazhagan in a song. In 2004, she starred alongside Kamal Haasan in Vasool Raja MBBS . She was cast in the film Chandramukhi (2005). Later in that year, she ventured into Bollywood again and acted in C U at 9. She gave her best performance in the Tamil film Thiruttu Payale in 2006. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru Indru Naalai . In 2007, she appeared in supporting roles such as Vyapari , Thirumagan , Sabari , Manikanda and Naan Avanillai . Since then, she has mostly seen in guest appearance roles in Kuruvi (2008), Aayudham Seivom (2008) and Aarupadai (2009).

In 2022, Malavika returned to the film industry nearly after a decade with the film Golmaal, directed by Pon Kumaran [8]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1999 Unnai Thedi Malavika Tamil Debut film
Anandha Poongatre DivyaTamil
Rojavanam SindhuTamil
Pooparika Varugirom PriyaTamil
Chora Chittha Chora Lalitha Kannada
2000 Chala Bagundi Seetha Telugu
Vetri Kodi Kattu AmudhaTamil
Seenu GeethaTamil
2001 Deevinchandi SwethaTelugu
SubhakaryamTelugu
Navvuthu Bathakalira Dr SandhyaTelugu
Lovely Nivedha MahadevanTamil
2002 Priya Nestama PoojaTelugu
Phantom Pailey Sathi Malayalam
2003 Darna Mana Hai Neha Hindi
Neenandre Ishta Kannada
2004 Perazhagan Dream brideTamilGuest appearance
Vasool Raja MBBS PriyaTamil
Apparao Driving School MahalakshmiTelugu
2005 Ayya Chelladurai's ex-fiancéeTamil
Arputha Theevu MalavikaTamilGuest appearance
Chandramukhi PriyaTamil
Naina KhemiHindi
C U at 9Kim / JulietHindi
2006 Pasa Kiligal PriyaTamil
Chithiram Pesuthadi TamilGuest appearance
Thiruttu Payale RoopiniTamil
Kaivantha Kalai TamilGuest appearance
2007 Vyapari ModelTamil
Thirumagan MynaTamil
Sabari Doctoral studentTamil
Manikanda Tamil
Maya Kannadi HerselfTamilGuest appearance
Naan Avanillai Rekha VigneshTamil
Arputha Theevu MalayalamGuest appearance; Tamil dubbed version
Machakaaran HerselfTamilGuest appearance
2008 Singakutty HerselfTamilGuest appearance
Kattuviriyan Tamil
Kuruvi HerselfTamilGuest appearance
Aayudham Seivom HerselfTamilGuest appearance
2009AarupadaiTamilGuest appearance

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