Sangita Madhavan Nair

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Sangita Madhavan Nair
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Born
Kottakkal, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Nationality Indian
OccupationActor
Years active1978–2000
2014, 2023–present
Spouse
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(m. 2000)​
Children1
Parents
  • Madhavan Nair
  • Padma

Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada film industries, predominantly in the 1990s. She is well known of her characters in Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala and Poove Unakkaga.

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The actress is best known for her role as Shyamala in Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala , which was written and directed by Sreenivasan, for which she has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress.[ citation needed ] She is also well known for her role of Nirmala Mary in actor Vijay's breakthrough film Poove Unakkaga (1996). [1]

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

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. [2] She has two sisters, Mallika and Charu and a brother, Nitheesh. [3] Her brother portrayed a supporting role in her unreleased film, Punniyavathi.[ citation needed ]

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.[ citation needed ]

Awards and honours

YearAward CategoryWorkResult
1996 Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil Poove Unakkaga Nominated
1998 Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala Won
1998 Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam Nominated
1998 Asianet Best Actress Award Nominated
1998 Cinema Express Award for Best Actress - Malayalam Won

Partial filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1978 Snehikkan Oru Pennu Malayalam Child Artist
1983 Manju
1986 Vartha
Ennennum Kannettante
1987 Neeyallengil Njan
1989 En Rathathin Rathame Tamil
1991 Idhaya Vaasal Uma
Shanti Kranti Kannada
Shanti Kranti Telugu
Nattukku Oru Nallavan Tamil
Shanti Kranti 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
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. ↑ "Sudharsan's starry wedding reception". The Times of India . 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "16 വര്‍ഷത്തിനു ശേഷം സംഗീത വന്നപ്പോള്‍ | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "വിജയേട്ടന്‍ വിളിച്ചു; ശ്യാമള വന്നു | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.


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