Tejaswi Madivada

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Tejaswi Madivada
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Tejaswi Madivada is an Indian actress and model, who works predominantly in the Telugu film industry. A dance tutor turned actress, she made her acting debut in 2013 with Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu and became noted after starring in Ice Cream . She was a contestant in reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu 2 in 2018.

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Early life and education

Madivada studied at Air Force school Begumpet. She studied Mass communication and Journalism at the St Francis College for Women in Hyderabad. She later worked part-time as a freelance dance instructor with Twist n Turns and took classes for MNCs like HSBC, Wipro, Franklin Templeton and in schools like Nasr School for Girls. [1] She had worked in various short films there one of the short film called "Dhanam Mulam Idham Jagath" short film got her recognition for her negetive shades. She participated at Miss Dabur Gulabari 2011, a beauty pageant, where she was the second runner-up and which reportedly got her first film offer. [1]

Career

Madivada made her acting debut in 2013 with a supporting role in the Telugu family drama film Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu . [1] Next year she was seen in further supporting roles in Manam and in Nithin's Heart Attack , [2] before landing her first lead role in Ram Gopal Varma's horror film Ice Cream . The film made the headlines after it was reported that Madivada had appeared nude in one scene. [3] [4] [5] Ice Cream received mixed reviews from critics [6] but was a commercial blockbuster. [7]

Her next releases, Lovers, [8] Anukshanam , another Ram Gopal Varma directorial, [9] Kranthi Madhav's Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju, in which she portrayed Nithya Menen's daughter, [10] [11] Srimanthudu , and Pandaga Chesko [10] saw her playing secondary characters. Her subsequent projects were Omkar's Raju Gari Gadi, [11] Oorvasi Vo Rakshasi Vo, Subramaniam For Sale and her first Tamil film Natpathigaram 79. [12]

Post her first stint in Big Boss in 2018, she decided to settle down and get married. She stated that he wanted her to make some changes and listen to his parents. After trying for while, she feared she would be losing her identity and called off the wedding [13]

In 2022 she appeared in a television dance series BB Jodi on Star Maa. [14]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2012 Life Is Beautiful Cameo appearance in the "Life Is Beautiful" song
2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Geetha's younger sister
2014 Manam Divya
Heart Attack Shriya
Ice Cream RenuDebut as a lead actress
Lovers Geetha
Anukshanam Sathya
2015 Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Mehek
Pandaga Chesko Swathi
Kerintha Priya
Subramanyam For Sale Geetha
Srimanthudu Venkata Ratnam's daughter
Jatha Kalise Tejaswi
2016 Natpadhigaram 79 PoojaTamil Film
Superstar Kidnap Cameo appearance
Oorvasi Vo Rakshasi Vo
Krishnashtami Honey
Wish You Happy Breakup Nikki
Rojulu MaarayiRambha
Naanna Nenu Naa Boyfriends Maggie
2017 Mister Keerthi
Babu Baga Busy Paru Menon
Balakrishnudu
2021 Zombie Reddy Priya
2022Commitment

Television

YearShowRoleNetworkNotes
2016Super 2Contestant ETV Winner
2017Mana Mugguri Love StorySwathi YuppTV Web series [15]
2018 Bigg Boss Telugu 2 Contestant Star Maa Evicted on Day 42
2018The Great Telugu Laughter ChallengeHost Star Maa Season 1
2022 Bigg Boss Non Stop 1 Contestant Disney+ Hotstar

Music Videos

YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2023Bhakti BombChaitanya Kanhai [16]

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