Malvika Nair is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and

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-language films. Her notable works include '' Black Butterfly'' (2013) and ''

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'' (2014).

Early life

Malvika Nair was born in

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. Her family soon moved to

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and she attended the

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, before returning to New Delhi, where she continued her studies at DAV Sreshtha Vihar.Etcetera: Challenging role
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Career

While studying, Nair modelled, appearing in various advertisements as well as the

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-directed music video, "Rithukkal". She subsequently began to receive acting offers and eventually entered the film industry at age 13. In her first few films she had minor supporting or cameo roles; in ''

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'', she made a brief appearance in a song sequence,The new kid on the block , Deccan Chronicle
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and

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's characters, respectively. Her first major role was as Reena, a house maid who faces an acid attack, in the Malayalam drama film '' Black Butterfly'' (2013), a remake of ''

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''. After watching her performance in ''Black Butterfly'',

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, director of its original version, was impressed and recommended aspiring director

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to cast her in his romantic drama film ''

'' (2014). She portrayed an independent blind girl in the film and prior to the shoot, attended a workshop where she interacted with blind people. Pairing alongside

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, Malavika portrayed Sudhanthirakodi and won critical acclaim for her portrayal. Behindwoods noted her as "effectuated excellence", while Sify.com's review stated she was "superb" and that she "lives the role". Her performance was subsequently rewarded with the

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, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress as well as the SICA Award for Best Newcomer and the Vikatan Award for Best Actress. Prior to ''Cuckoo'', she had a Malayalam release, ''

Pakida ''Pakida'' () is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language road movie directed by Sunil Karyattukara, written by Rajesh Rajendran and Sreejith N., and starring Asif Ali and Biju Menon, with Malavika Nair, Shine Tom Chacko, Aju Varghese, Vishnu Raghav, ...

'', in which she portrayed a fifteen-year-old girl who is sold to a brothel by her own father. Nair next appeared in the Telugu film ''

Yevade Subramanyam ''Yevade Subramanyam'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age philosophical drama film written and directed by debutant Nag Ashwin. Produced by Priyanka Dutt, and Swapna Dutt, the film stars Nani, Malavika Nair, Vijay Deverakond ...

'' (2015) alongside Nani, with a critic noting she "shows a lot of spunk and comes up with a matured performance for a newcomer". Malavika's next release was the romantic drama, '' Kalyana Vaibhogame'' (2016), opposite

Naga Shourya Naga Shaurya (born 22 January 1989) is an Indian actor, producer, and writer who works in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with the 2011 film '' Cricket, Girls And Beer''. He then starred in the National Film Award winning anthology film, '' C ...

. It was directed by B. V. Nandini Reddy and the film was praised and her role was well appreciated. Sify wrote that "Malavika Nair who wowed the audiences with her performance in ''Yevade Subramanyam'' shines again as modern independent minded girl. She steals the show in many scenes". In 2018, she starred as Alamelu Gemini Ganeshan in the Savitri biopic, ''

Mahanati ''Mahanati'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film feature ...

'', directed by Nag Ashwin, which was successful at the box-office ran of 100 days.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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