Madhumitha (born Swapna Madhuri on 20 August 1981) is an Indian actress who appears in

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films.

Career

Madhumitha started her acting career under her birth name Swapna Madhuri with the 2002

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''Sandade Sandadi'' (2002) doing a pivotal supporting role. She continued playing supporting roles in a couple of Telugu films like '' Manmadhudu'' (2002) along with

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, ''Ammailu Abbailu'' (2003) and ''Puttintiki Ra Chelli'' (2004) sharing screen space with Arjun and

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, with the latter in particular becoming a high commercial success, running for 275 days in theatres. She then got introduced to the

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in his film ''

Kudaikul Mazhai ''Kudaikul Mazhai'' () is a 2004 Tamil-language drama film written, directed and produced by Parthiban. He also stars in the lead role alongside Madhumitha, while Sriman portrayed a supporting role. The film released in September 2004 and was bo ...

'' (2004), enacting the lead female role and changing her screen name to Madhumitha, named after her character in the film. Though the film wasn't a major success, Madhumitha received several offers from Tamil directors. She played leading roles in several Tamil films like ''

Amudhae ''Amudhae'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ezhil, starring Jai Akash, Prakash Raj, Madhumitha, and Uma. Premise Nancy, who is in love with Dinakar, gets married to millionaire Victor. Dinakar later gets ma ...

'' (2005), ''

Englishkaran ''Englishkaran'' () is a 2005 Tamil-language comedy film. It stars Sathyaraj and Namitha, while Vadivelu, Madhumitha Siva Balaji, and Santhanam play supporting roles. "Englishkaran" with the tagline "Tamizh Vazhga" is a film from the hit combo ...

'' (2005) opposite

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. She was appreciated for her performance in

. Review by India glitz.com quoted, "Madhumitha dominates the film. After her debut venture Kudaikul Mazhai, she has got a good scope to act, and she has used the opportunity well". Her next release was, ''

Naalai ''Naalai'' ( Tomorrow) is a 2006 Indian Tamil language film directed by Udhayabhanu Maheswaran and produced by Nallamuthu. The film stars Richard Rishi, Natarajan Subramaniam, Madhumitha, and Nassar. The music was composed by Karthik Raja, and ...

'' (2006), which, however, did not fetch her any recognition, despite being moderate successes. She then appeared in the 2007 Tamil

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Aanivaer ''Aanivaer'' is a 2006 Tamil-language independent war film directed by John Mahendran starring Nandha, Madhumitha, Neelima Rani, and Mullai Yesudasan. The music was composed by Satheesh. The film was released on 23 September 2006. Shot entirely ...

'', a film about the Sri Lankan Civil War, in which she enacted the role of a journalist. Since the film was released in many Western Tamil diasporal regions, she became widely noticed by the Tamil audience, winning accolades for her performance. In 2008, she appeared in the Tamil

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'', directed by

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, acting along with comedy actors

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. She was next seen in ''

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'', opposite director-turned-actor

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, Madhumitha's role was unanimously praised with a reviewer from

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citing that "Madhumitha, taking on a role even experienced actresses might balk at and coming out trumps" Her performance as a young mother living in the Chennai slums, was critically praised, winning her a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 3rd Vijay Awards. ''

Solla Solla Inikkum ''Solla Solla Inikkum'' () is a 2009 Tamil-language film directed by G. Murailappas, who earlier directed '' Raasi''.The film stars Navdeep, Madhumitha, and Mallika Kapoor in lead roles. Prakash Raj, Suja, Sara Alambara, Santhanam, Livingston, ...

'', got released post marriage, which failed to achieve commercial success. Post her marriage, she played supporting roles in

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's ''

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'' and the Telugu films ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Bhale Bhale Magadivoy ''Bhale Bhale Magadivoy'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Maruthi. Produced by Bunny Vasu under the production companies GA2 Pictures and UV Creations, ''Bhale Bhale Magadivoy'' stars Nani and La ...

''.

Personal life

Madhumitha married her longtime boyfriend, actor

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on 1 March 2009 at Kalinga Function Place in

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, Telangana.

was her co-actor in her film ''

''. They have two sons, Dhanvin kangula and Gagan kangula.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{authority control Living people Actresses from Hyderabad, India Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Indian film actresses 1983 births 21st-century Indian actresses