Nivetha Thomas

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Nivetha Thomas
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Thomas in 2022
Born (1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 29)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Education B.Arch. (SRM)
Alma mater SRM Institute of Science and Technology
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Nivetha Thomas (born 2 November 1995) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil language films. [1] She made her film debut as a child artist in the 2008 Malayalam film Veruthe Oru Bharya , for which she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.

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Nivetha made her Telugu film debut with Gentleman (2016) and won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut - Telugu. Nivetha went on to star in the successful films like Chaappa Kurishu (2011), Romans (2013), Jilla (2014), Papanasam (2015), Ninnu Kori (2017), Jai Lava Kusa (2017), 118 (2019), Brochevarevarura (2019), V (2020), Vakeel Saab (2021) and Saakini Daakini (2022). She has received two Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu nominations for Gentleman and Ninnu Kori. [2]

Early life

Nivetha was born on 2 November 1995 in Madras (now Chennai), India. [3] [4] [5] Her roots are in Edoor village of Iritty taluk, Kerala. [5] She was schooled at Holy Angels and Montfort Matriculation School, Chennai. She pursued Bachelor of Architecture from SRM University. She can speak six languages — Malayalam, Tamil, French, Hindi, Telugu, and English. [6]

Career

2000-2015: Early career

Nivetha started her career as a child actress, acting in the popular Sun TV serial My Dear Bootham. After that, she played the role of Jayaram's daughter in Veruthe Oru Bharya , where her performance was well appreciated. [7] She then signed a few Tamil and Malayalam films in which she mostly played supporting roles. Among her Malayalam projects were Chaappa Kurish and Thattathin Marayathu , the latter of which according to Sify was going to be "the biggest box-office hit in the history of Malayalam cinema". [8] The 2011 Tamil film Poraali directed by Samuthirakani, featured her as Tamizhselvi, a petrol bunk employee. [9] She had previously collaborated with Samuthirakani in the drama series Arasi.

In 2013, Nivetha acted in Romans which was very successful and named a "blockbuster" by Sify.com. [10] In the Tamil contemporary fantasy comedy Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham she played the female lead role of Jaishree, an aspiring singer. [11] In Jilla she played the role of Mahalakshmi, who is very attached to her father (Mohanlal) and two brothers, played by Vijay and Mahath. [12] About her role, she stated that it was not "just another sister role" [13] but that of "a strong willed girl who influences her brother in a positive way". [11] She signed her first Telugu film, Juliet Lover of Idiot directed by Ajay Vodhirala. [14] [15] She acted as Kamal Haasan's eldest daughter in the Tamil remake of Drishyam , titled Papanasam , and her performance earned praise from viewers. [16]

2016-2019: Telugu debut and success

In 2016, Nivetha debuted in Telugu cinema in the action-thriller Gentleman opposite Nani which opened to rave reviews and was critically applauded for her performance both by critics and audience alike and garnered her several awards including SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu) at 6th South Indian International Movie Awards [17] and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Nomination at 64th Filmfare Awards South Later on, she acquired popularity among Telugu cinema.

Her first release in 2017 was another Telugu film, opposite Nani again, the romantic entertainer Ninnu Kori which opened to positive reviews and highly praised her performance as "pallavi" which eventually landed her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Nomination at 65th Filmfare Awards South. [18] Her next release was Jai Lava Kusa opposite Jr. NTR was one of the top-grossing movies in 2017 at boxoffice. Her last release was Juliet Lover of Idiot opposite Naveen Chandra which was delayed and released later to become a commercial failure at the box office. In October 2018, Thomas signed romantic drama Swaasa, co-starring Nikhil Siddharth. [19]

Nivetha first release in 2019 was an action thriller 118 opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram which opened to positive reviews and critics extremely praised Thomas's outstanding performance in a brief yet impressive role. [20] Later, she starred in the black comedy film Brochevarevarura opposite Sree Vishnu was opened to positive reviews and got widespread acclaim for her portrayal of "mitra" an underperformer student in academics who aspires to become a classical dancer, Later the film was a hit at box office.

2020-present

Nivetha starred in Rajinikanth's Darbar (2020) in which she plays his daughter. She also starred Indraganti-directed action thriller V later that year. In 2021, Thomas is featured in Vakeel Saab , the Telugu remake of Hindi film Pink, starring Pawan Kalyan. [21] Nivetha also starred in Sudheer Varma-directed Saakini Daakini , the Telugu remake of the Korean film Midnight Runners, along with Regina Cassandra. [22]

Filmography

Film

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguage(s)NotesRef.
2008 Veruthe Oru Bharya Anjana Sugunan Malayalam Child artist [23]
Kuruvi Vetrivel's sister Tamil
2009 Madhya Venal Manuja/ManikuttyMalayalam
2011 Pranayam Young Grace
Chaappa Kurish Nafiza
Poraali TamizhselviTamil
2012 Thattathin Marayathu FatimaMalayalam
2013 Romans Eleena
Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham JeyasriTamil
2014 Jilla Mahalakshmi
Money Ratnam Pia MammenMalayalam [23]
2015 Papanasam Selvi SuyambulingamTamil [23]
2016 Gentleman Catherine Telugu [23]
2017 Ninnu Kori Pallavi [24]
Jai Lava Kusa Simran
Juliet Lover of Idiot Julie
2019 118 Aadhya [25]
Brochevarevarura Mithra [26]
2020 Darbar ValliTamil [27]
V Apoorva RamanujanTelugu [28]
2021 Vakeel Saab Vemula Pallavi
2022 Saakini Daakini SI Shalini [29]
2023 Enthada Saji Sajimol ThomasMalayalam [30]
2024 35 Sripathi Panditharadhyula Venkata Padma Kamala Kantha Pranava Manjula Bala SaraswatiTelugu [31]

Television

YearTitleRoleChannelLanguageNotes
2000Raja Rajeswari Tamil [23]
2004–2007 My Dear Bootham Gowri Sun TV Tamil [23]
2004–2006ShivamayamPonni Sun TV Tamil [23]
2007–2008AraseYoung Kaveri Sun TV Tamil
2005–2006Raja RajeswariNallama Sun TV Tamil
2008ThenmozhiyalMaheswariKalaignar TVTamil
2017 Bigg Boss 1 Herself Star Maa Telugu Guest Appearance

Awards and nominations

Nivetha Thomas awards and nominations
Totals [a]
Wins4
Nominations3
Note
  1. ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef.
2008 Kerala State Film Awards Best Child Artist Veruthe Oru Bharya Won [32]
2017 6th SIIMA Best Female Debut (Telugu) Gentleman Won[ citation needed ]
TSR – TV9 National Film AwardsBest Debut HeroineWon[ citation needed ]
64th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Nominated [33]
Zee Telugu Golden Awards Entertainer Of The Year – Female Ninnu Kori &
Jai Lava Kusa 		Nominated[ citation needed ]
2018Apsara AwardsPerformer of the Year Jai Lava Kusa Won[ citation needed ]
65th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Ninnu Kori Nominated [34]

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