Sangita Madhavan Nair

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Sangita Madhavan Nair
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Born (1976-07-25) 25 July 1976 (age 48)
Nationality Indian
OccupationActress
Years active1978–2000
2014, 2023–present
Spouse
(m. 2000)
Children1
Parents
  • Madhavan Nair
  • Padma

Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada film.

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Career

She started her career as a child artiste in the Malayalam movie Snehikkan Oru Pennu , released in 1978. Her debut film as a child artist in Tamil was En Rathathin Rathame (1989), which is the remake of Hindi movie Mr. India . The first film where she acted as a heroine was Ellame En Rasathan in 1995.

She is also well known for her role with actor Vijay's breakthrough film Poove Unakkaga (1996). [1]

Subsequently, she starred in notable Tamil movies such as Kaalam Maari Pochu (1996), Alexander (1996), Vallal (1997), Pongalo Pongal (1997), Kalyana Vaibhogam (1997) and Ethirum Pudhirum (1999).

For her role in Malayalam satire film, Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (1998), which was written and directed by Sreenivasan, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress. [2]

She portrayed impactful characters such as Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995), Manthrikumaran (1998), Pallavur Devanarayanan (1999), Saphalyam (1999), Vazhunnor (1999) and Crime File (1999). [3]

In Kannada, she is known for the movies Yaare Neenu Cheluve (1998) and Yare Nee Abhimani (2000). [4] [5]

She makes her comeback after 14 years in Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan (2014) with Sreenivasan. Directed by Shibu Balan, the film, touted as a satirical comedy opened to lukewarm response and reviews. [6] Sangita has made a comeback to the silver screen with a strong character named Devi in Chaaver (2023). [7] After 25 years, Sangita returns to Tamil cinema with Bharath’s Kaalidas 2. [8]

Personal life

She was born as the youngest among four children, to Madhavan Nair from Kottakkal, Malappuram and mother, Padma from Kuzhalmannam, Palakkad, settled in Chennai. Her father migrated to Chennai for fruit business and the family settled there. She had her primary education from Sri Gujarati Vid Matriculation School, Chennai. [9] She has two sisters, Mallika and Charu and a brother, Nitheesh. [10]

She married cinematographer S. Saravanan in 2000 and retired from acting after marriage. The couple have a daughter Saai Thejaswathy born in 2002. She assisted her husband when he directed his first film, Silambattam starring Silambarasan, Sana Khan and Sneha. [11]

Partial filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1978 Snehikkan Oru Pennu Malayalam
1983 Manju
1986 Vartha
Ennennum Kannettante
1987 Neeyallengil Njan Syamala
1989 En Rathathin Rathame Tamil
1991 Idhaya Vaasal Uma
Shanti Kranti Orphan Kannada
Shanti Kranti Orphan Telugu
Nattukku Oru Nallavan OrphanTamil
Shanti Kranti Orphan Hindi
1992 Naangal GayathriTamil
Samundi Lakshmi
NaniTelugu
NadodySindhuMalayalam
1993 Arthana Anu
Thalattu SangitaTamil
Captain Magal Anjali
1994 Mahanadhi Adult Kaveri
Ravanan Uma
Sarigamapadani Sangita
1995 Simhavalan Menon UrmilaMalayalam
Ellame En Rasathan RaaniTamil
Pullakuttikaran Ammu
SwapnamMalayalam
Seethanam DhanalakshmiTamil
Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava MaluMalayalam
1996 Amman Kovil Vaasalile PoongothaiTamil
Poove Unakkaga Priyadarshini (Nirmala Mary)
Kaalam Maari Pochu Indra
Vetri Vinayagar Asirikai
Namma Ooru Raasa Rasaathi
Alexander Priya
1997 Vallal Chella Kili
Ganga Gowri Gowri
Adrasakkai AdrasakkaiSangita
Pongalo Pongal Chitra
PunniyavathiUnreleased
Kalyana Vaibhogam Shanthi
1998Kattathoru PenpoovuKasthuriMalayalam
Rathna ChinthamaniTamil
Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala ShyamalaMalayalam Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
Cinema Express Award for Best Actress - Malayalam
Manthrikumaran Aswathy
Yaare Neenu Cheluve KamaliKannada
Kumbakonam Gopalu SangeethaTamil
1999 Samarasimha Reddy SangeethaTelugu
Ethirum Pudhirum SelviTamil
Poomaname Vaa Seetha
Pallavur Devanarayanan VasundharaMalayalam
Vazhunnor Rabeka
Crime File Amala
SaaphalyamSumithra
Jayam DurgaTamil
2000 Yare Nee Abhimani UttharaKannada
Kann Thirandhu Paaramma Gayatri, AmmanTamil
Kanal KireedamMaryMalayalam
2014 Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan Sunitha
2023 Chaaver Devi
2024ParakramamSavithri
Anand Sreebala Sreebala
2025HridayapoorvamTBAFilming
Kaalidas 2TBATamilFilming

References

  1. "POOVE UNAKKAGA (1996)".
  2. "'Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala' and Sreenivasan to come together again for a social satire".
  3. "'Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala' still the same? Sangita Madhavan returns to silver screen with 'Chaver'".
  4. "When the autowale grab all the limelight".
  5. "Yare Nee Abhimani".
  6. "'Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan' Review: Sreenivasan Starrer Fails to Impress".
  7. "Actress Sangeetha Madhavan Nair Returns To Malayalam Cinema After 9 Years".
  8. "After 25 years, Sangita returns to Tamil cinema".
  9. "16 വര്‍ഷത്തിനു ശേഷം സംഗീത വന്നപ്പോള്‍ | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  10. "വിജയേട്ടന്‍ വിളിച്ചു; ശ്യാമള വന്നു | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  11. "Sangita".