Sangita Madhavan Nair
Sangita Madhavan Nair | |
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| Born | 25 July 1976 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978–2000 2014, 2023–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu cinemas.
Career
[edit]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).
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.[1]
She portrayed impactful characters such as Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995), Manthrikumaran (1998), Pallavur Devanarayanan (1999), Saphalyam (1999), Vazhunnor (1999) and Crime File (1999).[2]
In Kannada, she is known for the movies Yaare Neenu Cheluve (1998) and Yare Nee Abhimani (2000).[3]
She made her comeback after 14 years in Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan (2014) with Sreenivasan. Sangita has made a comeback to the silver screen with a strong character named Devi in Chaaver (2023).[4]
After 25 years, Sangita returns to Tamil cinema with Bharath’s Kaalidas 2.[5]
Personal life
[edit]She was born as the youngest among four children, to the late 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.[6] She has two sisters, Mallika and Charu and a brother, Nitheesh.[7]
She married cinematographer S. Saravanan in 2000 and retired from acting after marriage. The couple have a daughter Saai Thejaswathy born in 2002.
Filmography
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "'Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala' and Sreenivasan to come together again for a social satire". The Times of India. 21 August 2014.
- ↑ "'Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala' still the same? Sangita Madhavan returns to silver screen with 'Chaver'". On Manorama. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ↑ "When the autowale grab all the limelight". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Actress Sangeetha Madhavan Nair Returns To Malayalam Cinema After 9 Years". News 18. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "After 25 years, Sangita returns to Tamil cinema". The Times of India. 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "16 വര്ഷത്തിനു ശേഷം സംഗീത വന്നപ്പോള് | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ "വിജയേട്ടന് വിളിച്ചു; ശ്യാമള വന്നു | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mullappilly, Sreejith (8 March 2025). "Kaalidas 2 first look: Bharath is back as Inspector Kaalidas". Cinema Express. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ Santhosh, Vivek (1 November 2024). "Ranjith Sajeev's next film titled United Kingdom Of Kerala". Cinema Express. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ↑ "Mohanlal Reunites With Fahadh Faasil, Nazriya Post Viral Hridayapoorvam Moment". News18. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "Shane Nigam's Haal finally gets a release date". Cinema Express. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
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