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Kavya Madhavan is a Actor and Director Indian born on 19 september 1984 at Nileshwaram (Inde)

Kavya Madhavan

Kavya Madhavan
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Birth name Kavya Madhavan
Nationality Inde
Birth 19 september 1984 (39 years) at Nileshwaram (Inde)

Kavya Madhavan is an Indian film actor
who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. She made her debut in Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) as a child artist. As a heroine Kavya's debut film was Lal Jose's Chandranudikkunna Dikhil (1999) while she was in the ninth standard. It was a super hit. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in the films Perumazhakkalam (2004) and Gaddama (2010).

Biography

She married actor Nishal Chandra (Nischal) on February 9 in 2009. After the marriage she moved to Kuwait to stay with her husband. However, she returned home in June the same year and did not go back thereafter. She filed a divorce petition with the Family Court at Ernakulam on 24 July 2010. Kavya and Nischal had appeared before the Ernakulam Family Court on 25 May 2011 and expressed their willingness for a mutual divorce. She was granted divorce by court on 30 May 2011.

In April 2013 Mathrubhumi Books published a collection of memoirs written by Kavya, titled Kathayil Alpam Kavyam. The memoir gives a glimpse into her childhood memories and the experiences of her school days and in the film industry. The book was released by writers Subhash Chandran and Deedi Damodaran at a function held in K. P. Kesava Menon Hall, Kozhikode, on 11 April.

She launched her own venture Laksyah.com, on June 2015 an online clothing store.

Usually with

Dileep
Dileep
(23 films)
Salim Kumar
Salim Kumar
(23 films)
Harisree Ashok
Harisree Ashok
(19 films)
Cochin Haneefa
Cochin Haneefa
(19 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kavya Madhavan (69 films)

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Actress

Lokpal
Lokpal (2013)
, 2h20
Directed by Joshiy
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Mohanlal, Kavya Madhavan, Meera Nandan, Manoj K. Jayan, Thambi Ramaiah, Sai Kumar
Roles Dr. Geetha
Rating32% 1.6029551.6029551.6029551.6029551.602955
Chef Nandagopal (Mohanlal), while publicly known as the chef of the popular Nandu's Food Court, is also 'Lokpal' (Peoples' Protector), who fights corruption. The film does a flashback to Nandagopal's backstory which involves "attempted murder, a juvenile home and unrequited love"
Breaking News Live
Directed by Mamukkoya, Kavya Madhavan, Mythili Balachandran, Vineeth
Actors Kavya Madhavan, Vineeth, Mythili Balachandran, Mamukkoya, Sukumari, Thilakan
Roles Nayana

'Breaking News Live' visualizes the story of Nayana and Sneha. The plot moves forward with the many people who Nayana come across in her life. Nayana realizes the other side of people when she finds their true self. Sneha and her mentally challenged brother are under the care of their grandmother after the death of their parents. When fate makes a chance for Nayana to meet Sneha, Nayana feels that Sneha is a part of her life. The revelation that they are not two but one takes the story to novel planes.
Bavuttiyude Namathil
Directed by G. S. Vijayan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Kanika, Rima Kallingal, Vineeth
Roles Vanaja
Rating55% 2.757652.757652.757652.757652.75765
Mammootty plays Bavutty, a chauffeur in a wealthy household. He is in fact much more than a driver; he is very much part of the family. For Sethu (played by Shankar Ramakrishnan), his employer, life is all about making money, but Bavutty is a simple man with small dreams. Kavya Madhavan plays Vanaja, Sethu's wife, while Kaniha appears as Mariam, a housemaid. Bavutty is also acting in a small scale movie called Malabar which Vanaja is producing. Rima Kallingal plays the role of Noorjahan, a tuition teacher.
Bhakthajanangalude Sradhakku
Directed by Priyanandanan
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Kavya Madhavan, Irshad, Kalabhavan Mani, Vanitha Krishnachandran, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Salim Kumar
Roles Sumangala
Rating53% 2.666652.666652.666652.666652.66665
Sumangala (Kavya Madhavan) is married to a government employee named Viswanathan (Irshad). Viswanathan is committed to his family, which includes their two kids and his mother. Things go horribly wrong when he becomes an alcoholic. Fed up of her husband's incorrigible ways, Sumangala is forced to become a godwoman. This forms the turning point in the film.
China Town
China Town (2011)
, 2h22
Directed by Rafi and Mecartin
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Mohanlal, Dileep, Jayaram, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Kavya Madhavan, Poonam Bajwa
Roles Rosamma
Rating39% 1.977491.977491.977491.977491.97749
Four friends bought a casino and were celebrating the profit with their family when an underworld don, Gowda (Pradeep Rawat), who used to have a monopoly on the casinos in Goa, intrudes. Xavier (Mohanlal), one of the friends, held out against the don. Although he was killed, he managed to hold off the gang long enough for all of their wives to escape with the children. Wilson Gomus (Captain Raju) is the only of the friends to survive and he settled in Goa with his daughter, Emily.
Khaddama
Khaddama (2011)

Directed by Kamal
Genres Drama
Actors Kavya Madhavan, Sreenivasan, Biju Menon, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sukumari, Suraj Venjaramoodu
Roles Aswathi
Rating67% 3.3588753.3588753.3588753.3588753.358875
Razak Kottekkad (Sreenivasan) is a migrant social worker in Saudi Arabia who makes an effort to both identify "unknown Indians" whose bodies arrive at the mortuary and to secure their return home.
Vellaripravinte Changathi
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about films
Actors Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Manoj K. Jayan, Indrajith Sukumaran, Rasna, Paul Michael
Roles Mary Vargese / Sulekha
Rating60% 3.04933.04933.04933.04933.0493
Vellaripravinte Changathi is based on the story of film-maker Augustine Joseph who made a Malayalam film in 1966. However, due to some reasons, the film did not make it to the theatres. The 1960s-70s was a period dominated by Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Sheela and others. Unluckily Augustine Joseph was not able to get the film released. Later he commits suicide due to the debts from the production of the film.
Venicile Vyapari
Directed by Shafi
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan, Poonam Bajwa, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles Ammu
Rating52% 2.6121752.6121752.6121752.6121752.612175
The story revolves around Pavithran (Mammootty), who lost his parents in his childhood. He enters the police force by chance, though it is not his ambition to do so. Pavithran lands up in Alappuzha (Alappuzha incidentally is attributed to the sobriquet, Venice of the East) disguised as a merchant to investigate the murder of a union leader named Ajayan (Biju Menon). Another character is Ammu (Kavya Madhavan), who is the leader of the union of coir workers and is in love with Pavithran.
Christian Brothers, 3h
Directed by Joshiy
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about religion
Actors Mohanlal, Dileep, Suresh Gopi, R. Sarathkumar, Raai Laxmi, Kanika
Roles Meenakshi
Rating50% 2.507472.507472.507472.507472.50747
Palamattathu Varghese Mappila (Saikumar) is a wealthy Nasrani and retired captain from the Indian Army. He has four children, Christy (Mohanlal), Joji (Dileep), Jessy (Lakshmi Gopalaswamy) and Stella (Kanika). Christy is a high profile police informer who is working in Mumbai and getting high amounts as remuneration. His brother Joji goes to Italy to study theology, but later opts out of it after he falls in love with Meenakshi (Kavya Madhavan), daughter of the state home minister (Devan). His family has no clear idea about the nature of Christy's activities before Christy's brother-in-law tells a lie about him as Christy finds about brother-in-law's relationship between rowdies and cases which he was arrested for sex-racketing . All these come as a shock to Varghese Mappila. Varghese Mappila kicks Christy out of their house believing the brother-in-law. Joji is having a relationship with Meenakshi. Her parents come to know about that. And while returning home she is being kidnapped. For regaining the daughter her father calls Christy. Christy finds that his brother-in-law was the person who kidnapped Meenakshi. He fights with his brother-in-law and safely brings Meenakshi back to her home. The next day, police finds that Christy's brother-in-law was killed. Police arrests Christy for the crime. Christy's friend (Sarath Kumar) brings him out of the jail. Meanwhile, a police officer (Suresh Gopi) marries Stella. Christy helps Joji to marry Meenakshi by bringing her out of her house. Both Christy and the police officer finds out the killer of their brother-in-law was Joji. Knowing that the killer was Joji, Christy tells the police officer to arrest him instead of his beloved brother Joji.Meawhile, the villains attack mappila.To take revenge of his fathers death, christy along with gopi and sarath kumar kill the villains.
Paappi Appachaa, 2h40
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action
Actors Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Innocent, Ashokan, Suresh Krishna, K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Roles Annie
Rating51% 2.5708852.5708852.5708852.5708852.570885
Paappi Appacha is the story of a father and son, Mathai (Innocent) and Paappi (Dileep). They live like friends and they get into all sorts of mischiefs in their village, Ithirikkandam. Annie (Kavya Madhavan) works as a teacher in a local school and Paappi is in love with her, though Annie does not like him. Paappi's mother (KPAC Lalitha) and younger sister Mollykkutty (Manju Raghvan) also like Annie very much and wants her as Paappi's wife. A businessman named Manikkunju (Suresh Krishna) comes to the village, which creates a lot of problems. Meanwhile Annie, with support of Shashankan Muthalali (Ashokan) and fellow school colleague Dasan maash (Rajeev) stands against Paappi in Panchayath election, wins the seat and becomes Panchayath President.
Banaras
Banaras (2009)

Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Vineeth, Kavya Madhavan, Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena), Devan, Harisree Ashok, Nedumudi Venu
Roles Amritha
Rating39% 1.965461.965461.965461.965461.96546
Hari (Vineeth), a village boy and a student is the central character of the movie. He is in love with the character played by Navya Nair. He wants to go to Banaras to do his higher studies in Banaras Hindu University. He leaves behind his love and goes for his studies. There, he meets another fellow student Amritha, played by Kavya Madhavan. Her step father wants to marry her off to a street gunda and so she asks Hari to take her to a distant place on the bike. During the trip, they unknowingly drink Bhang and make love while intoxicated. The next day they both are spotted by the gundas engaged by her step father who injures Hari badly and takes Amritha with them.
Ee Pattanathil Bhootham
Directed by Johny Antony
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan, Innocent, Janardhanan, Rajan P. Dev, Cochin Haneefa
Roles Ancy
Rating34% 1.740541.740541.740541.740541.74054
The film opens with a ‘Manthravadi’ (Thilakan) an evil magician (Pithamagan Mahadevan) to obey to his commands and make spiriting away a friendly ghost money through crime. Meanwhile a group of kids and their benefactors are held hostage in a circus camp by the baddies, who has taken over the show.