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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.

Sangita Madhavan Nair
Born
Kottakkal, Malappuram, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active1978–2000
2014, 2023–present
Spouse
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(m. 2000)​

Children1
Parents
  • Madhavan Nair
  • Padma

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.[4][5]

Awards and honours

YearAward CategoryWorkResult
1996Filmfare Award for Best Actress – TamilPoove UnakkagaNominated
1998Kerala State Film Award for Best ActressChinthavishtayaya ShyamalaWon
1998Filmfare Award for Best Actress – MalayalamNominated
1998Asianet Best Actress AwardNominated
1998Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – MalayalamWon

Partial filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1978Snehikkan Oru PennuMalayalamChild Artiste
1983ManjuMalayalam
1986VarthaMalayalam
Ennennum KannettanteMalayalam
1987Neeyallengil NjanMalayalam
1989En Rathathin RathameTamil
1991Idhaya VaasalUmaTamil
Shanti KrantiKannada
Shanti KrantiTelugu
Nattukku Oru NallavanTamil
Shanti KrantiHindi
1992NaangalGayathriTamil
Vasantha MalargalTamil
SamundiLakshmiTamil
NaadodySindhuMalayalam
1993ArthanaAnuMalayalam
ThalattuSangitaTamil
Captain MagalAnjaliTamil
1994MahanadhiAdult KaveriTamil
SarigamapadaniSangitaTamil
RavananUmaTamil
1995Simhavalan MenonUrmilaMalayalam
Ellame En RasathanRaaniTamil
PullakuttikaranAmmuTamil
SwapnamMalayalam
SeethanamDhanalakshmiTamil
Aniyan Bava Chetan BavaMaluMalayalam
1996Amman Kovil VaasalilePoongothaiTamil
Poove UnakkagaPriyadarshini/Nirmala MaryTamil
Kaalam Maari PochuIndraTamil
Vetri VinayagarAsirikaiTamil
Namma Ooru RaasaRasaathiTamil
AlexanderPriyaTamil
1997VallalChella KiliTamil
Ganga GowriGowriTamil
Adrasakkai AdrasakkaiSangitaTamil
Pongalo PongalChitraTamil
PunniyavathiTamilUnreleased
Kalyana VaibhogamShanthiTamil
1998Kattathoru PenpoovuKasthuriMalayalam
RathnaChinthamaniTamil
Chinthavishtayaya ShyamalaShyamalaMalayalamKerala State Film Award for Best Actress
Most Popular Role
ManthrikumaranAswathyMalayalam
Yaare Neenu CheluveKamaliKannada
Kumbakonam GopaluSangeethaTamil
1999Samarasimha ReddySangeethaTelugu
Ethirum PudhirumSelviTamil
Poomaname VaaSeethaTamil
Pallavur DevanarayananVasundharaMalayalam
VazhunnorRabekaMalayalam
Crime FileAmalaMalayalam
SaaphalyamSumithraMalayalam
JayamDurgaTamil
2000Yare Nee AbhimaniUttharaKannada
Kann Thirandhu PaarammaGayatri, AmmanTamil
Kanal KireedamMaryMalayalam
2014Nagara Varidhi Naduvil NjanSunithaMalayalam
2023ChaaverDeviMalayalam
2024ParakramamTBAMalayalamFilming
Anand SreebalaTBAMalayalamFilming

References

  1. ^ “Sudharsan’s starry wedding reception”. The Times of India. 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.
  4. ^ “Tamil Cinema News – Tamil Movie Reviews – Tamil Movie Trailers”. Indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. ^ “Movie News simbu silambaattam saravanan sangeetha nayantara liplock simbu nayantara kiss simbu nayan gallery images”. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.