Malavika (actress)

Malavika
Born	Shweta Konnur Menon [1] (1979-07-19) 19 July 1979 (age 45) [2] [3] Bangalore, Karnataka, India [4]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–2009; 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]

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

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1999	Unnai Thedi	Malavika	Tamil	Debut film
	Anandha Poongatre	Divya	Tamil
	Rojavanam	Sindhu	Tamil
	Pooparika Varugirom	Priya	Tamil
	Chora Chittha Chora	Lalitha	Kannada
2000	Chala Bagundi	Seetha	Telugu
	Vetri Kodi Kattu	Amudha	Tamil
	Seenu	Geetha	Tamil
2001	Deevinchandi	Swetha	Telugu
	Subhakaryam		Telugu
	Navvuthu Bathakalira	Dr Sandhya	Telugu
	Lovely	Nivedha Mahadevan	Tamil
2002	Priya Nestama	Pooja	Telugu
	Phantom Pailey	Sathi	Malayalam
2003	Darna Mana Hai	Neha	Hindi
	Neenandre Ishta		Kannada
2004	Perazhagan	Dream bride	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Vasool Raja MBBS	Priya	Tamil
	Apparao Driving School	Mahalakshmi	Telugu
2005	Ayya	Chelladurai's ex-fiancée	Tamil
	Arputha Theevu	Malavika	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Chandramukhi	Priya	Tamil
	Naina	Khemi	Hindi
	C U at 9	Kim / Juliet	Hindi
2006	Pasa Kiligal	Priya	Tamil
	Chithiram Pesuthadi		Tamil	Guest appearance
	Thiruttu Payale	Roopini	Tamil
	Kaivantha Kalai		Tamil	Guest appearance
2007	Vyapari	Model	Tamil
	Thirumagan	Myna	Tamil
	Sabari	Doctoral student	Tamil
	Manikanda		Tamil
	Maya Kannadi	Herself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Naan Avanillai	Rekha Vignesh	Tamil
	Arputha Theevu		Malayalam	Guest appearance; Tamil dubbed version
	Machakaaran	Herself	Tamil	Guest appearance
2008	Singakutty	Herself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Kattuviriyan		Tamil
	Kuruvi	Herself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Aayudham Seivom	Herself	Tamil	Guest appearance
2009	Aarupadai		Tamil	Guest appearance

References

1. "Celebrity Speak". Rediff. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. "Shweta Konnur Menon" . Retrieved 22 May 2016– via Twitter.
3. Gahlaut, Kanika (26 May 2003). "Shock and sensuality". India Today. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
4. "Shweta Konnur". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
5. Padukone, Chaitanya (11 February 2007). "March wedding for Shweta Konnur". DNA. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
6. "Malavika weds Sumesh". Sify . 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
7. "Malavika plays lead role in Hindi film 'See you at 9'". The Hindu . 23 June 2005. Archived from the original on 8 January 2008.
8. "Malavika to join the cast of Sundar C's next film - Times of India". The Times of India . 3 April 2022.

External links

• Malavika at IMDb