Nithya Das

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Nithya Das
BornMay 1981 (Age 42)
OccupationActress
SpouseArvind Singh
Children2

Nithya Das is an Indian actress who works prominently in Malayalam cinema along with Malayalam and Tamil television series.

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Career

Das was active in the film industry during the early-2000s. [1] She started her career with the 2001 film Ee Parakkum Thalika , directed by Thaha and starring Dileep. [2] [3] After this successful film, she acted with Kalabhavan Mani in Kanmashi. Her other films in Malayalam include Balettan , Choonda , Hridayathil Sookshikkan , Nagaram , Soorya Kireedam and Nariman . [4] She was selected from many applicants in a talent search program of the film industry. She acted in television serials in Surya TV, Kairali TV, Sun TV and Jaya TV. She makes a comeback to the Malayalam film industry after fourteen years through the movie Pallimani which will be released in 2023. [5]

Personal life

Nithya Das married Arvind Singh Jamwal. Nithya met him in 2005 when she was traveling to Chennai on Indian Airlines and Arvind was a member of the flight crew. [6] The couple have two children. [6] [7] Initially, they settled in Kashmir and then moved to Kozhikode. [6] [8] [9]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Nithya Das film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Ee Parakkum Thalika Gayathri Devi / BasanthiDebut movie
Asianet Film Awards – Best New Face of the Year (Female)
2001 Nariman Sruthi
2002KanmashiSethulakshmi/Kanmashi
2002 Kunjikoonan Dream wifeSpecial appearance in a song
2003 Balettan Devaki
2003Varum Varunnu VannuPodimol
2003ChoondaAnitha
2004 Kadhavaseshan Sreedevi
2004Maratha NaduShahina
2004FreedomShalini
2005 Hridayathil Sookshikkan Nanditha
2005 Pon Megalai Mekhala Tamil debut [10]
2005123 from AmalapuramAswini Telugu debut
2006 Manathodu Mazhaikalam SathyaTamil film
2007 Nagaram Poonkodi
2007 Soorya Kireedam Urmila
2023PallimaniAvanthika
2023 Skanda Sreeleela's motherTelugu film

Television

Series
List of Nithya Das television series credits
YearTitleRoleChannelLanguage
2007Sree Ayappanum VavarumAyisha Surya TV Malayalam
2008ManaporuthamMaya Kairali TV
2009–2012 Idhayam Nandini Sun TV Tamil
2010IndhraneelamGeethanjali/Geethu Surya TV Malayalam
2012–2015 Bhairavi Aavigalukku Priyamanaval Bhairavi Sun TV Tamil
2013Kaatrinile Varum Geetham
2014–2015 Akka Seetha Jaya TV
2016–2017 Ottachilambu [11] Syamandakam/Seemanthini Mazhavil Manorama Malayalam
2018 Azhagu Aishwarya Sun TV Tamil
2020–2022 Kannana Kanne Yamuna
2021 Anbe Vaa
Thinkalkalamaan Herself Surya TV Malayalam
Shows
List of Nithya Das television show credits
YearTitleRoleChannelLanguage
2018–2019SreshtabharathamHost Amrita TV Malayalam
2020Comedy stars season 2Judge Asianet
Star MagicMentor Flowers TV
Super Power
2022Ammamarude Samsthana Sammelanammentor
2022Red CarpetMentor Amrita TV
2022–2023Njanum entalum [12] Judge Zee Keralam
2023–present Katturumbu 2JudgeFlowers TV

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