Nivetha Thomas (born 2 November 1995) is an Indian actress who appears in

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and

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language films. She made her film debut as a child artist in the 2008 Malayalam film '' Veruthe Oru Bharya'', for which she won the

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. She went on to star as a lead in films like ''

Chaappa Kurishu ''Chaappa Kurish'' ( ml, ചാപ്പാ കുരിശ്, en, Heads or Tails) is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language chase thriller film co-written and directed by Sameer Thahir and starring Vineeth Sreenivasan, Fahadh Faasil, Roma Asrani, ...

'' (2011), ''Romans'' (2013), ''

Jilla ''Jilla'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by R. T. Neason and produced by R. B. Choudary through the company Super Good Films. Starring Mohanlal and Vijay athe film revolves around the conflict betwe ...

'' (2014), ''Papanasam'' (2015), ''Gentleman'' (2016), ''

Ninnu Kori ''Ninnu Kori'' () is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy drama film directed by debutant Shiva Nirvana from a screenplay written by Kona Venkat. Produced by DVV Danayya under DVV Entertainments, the film stars Nani, Nivetha Thomas a ...

'' (2017), ''

Jai Lava Kusa ''Jai Lava Kusa'' is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by K. S. Ravindra and produced by Nandamuri Kalyan Ram under his banner N. T. R. Arts. The film stars Jr. NTR in a triple role, alongside Raashi Khanna and Ni ...

'' (2017), ''118'' (2019), ''

Brochevarevarura ''Brochevarevarura'' () is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language crime comedy film written and directed by Vivek Athreya and produced by Vijay Kumar Manyam under the banner of Manyam Productions. The film features Sree Vishnu, Nivetha Thomas, Nive ...

'' (2019), ''V'' (2020) and ''

Vakeel Saab ''Vakeel Saab'' () is a 2021 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language Action film, action legal drama film written and directed by Venu Sriram. The film was produced by Dil Raju, Sirish and Boney Kapoor under their banners Sri Venkateswara Creat ...

'' (2021).

Early life

Nivetha Thomas was born on 2 November 1995 in Madras (now

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), India. Her roots are in Edoor village of

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. She was schooled at Holy Angels and Montfort Matriculation School,

. She pursued

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from SRM University. She can speak

, French,

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, and English.

Career

Early career and film debut

She started her career as a

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, acting in the popular Sun TV serial ''My Dear Bootham''. After that, she played the role of

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's daughter in '' Veruthe Oru Bharya'', where her performance was well appreciated. She then signed a few

and

films in which she mostly played supporting roles. Among her Malayalam projects were ''

Chaappa Kurish ''Chaappa Kurish'' ( ml, ചാപ്പാ കുരിശ്, en, Heads or Tails) is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language chase thriller film co-written and directed by Sameer Thahir and starring Vineeth Sreenivasan, Fahadh Faasil, Roma Asran ...

'' and ''

Thattathin Marayathu ''Thattathin Marayathu'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan, starring Nivin Pauly and Isha Talwar. The supporting cast includes Aju Varghese, Manoj K. Jayan, Sunny Wayne, Sre ...

'', the latter of which according to

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was going to be "the biggest box-office hit in the history of Malayalam cinema". The 2011 Tamil film ''

Poraali ''Poraali'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil language action thriller film written and directed by Samuthirakani, starring Sasikumar in the lead role. The film also featuring Telugu actor Naresh and Swati alongside Niveda Thomas, Vasundhara, Soori a ...

'' directed by

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, featured her as Tamizhselvi, a petrol bunk employee. She had previously collaborated with Samuthirakani in the drama series ''Arasi''. In 2013, Thomas acted in ''

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'' which was very successful and named a "blockbuster" by Sify.com. In the Tamil contemporary fantasy comedy ''

Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham ''Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film written and directed by K. Chandru. The film revolves around four men, played by Jai, VTV Ganesh, Sathyan and Rajkumar. Niveda Thomas was paired opposite J ...

'' she played the female lead role of Jaishree, an aspiring singer. In ''

'' she played the role of Mahalakshmi, who is very attached to her father (Mohanlal) and two brothers, played by Vijay and Mahath. About her role, she stated that it was not "just another sister role" but that of "a strong willed girl who influences her brother in a positive way". She signed her first Telugu film, ''

Juliet Lover of Idiot ''Juliet Lover of Idiot'' is a 2017 Telugu romantic comedy mystery film directed by Ajay Vodhirala, starring Naveen Chandra and Niveda Thomas in the lead roles. It is produced by Kothapalli R Raghu Babu and Kannika under Anurag Productions. ...

'' directed by Ajay Vodhirala. She acted as

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's eldest daughter in the Tamil remake of ''

Drishyam ''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. It stars Mohanlal and Meena, with Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Asha Sharath, Siddique, Roshan Basheer and N ...

'', titled ''

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'', and her performance earned praise from viewers.

2016-18: Telugu debut and success

In 2016, Thomas debuted in

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in the action-thriller ''

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'' opposite '' Nani'' which opened to rave reviews and was critically applauded for her performance both by critics and audience alike and garnered her several awards including

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and a

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Nomination at

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Later on, she acquired popularity among Telugu cinema. Nivedha Thomas at Jai lava kusa interview

Her first release in 2017 was another Telugu film, opposite Nani again, the romantic entertainer ''

'' which opened to positive reviews and highly praised her performance as "pallavi" which eventually landed her second

Nomination at

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. Her next release was

opposite Jr. NTR was one of the top-grossing movies in 2017 at boxoffice. Her last release was ''

'' opposite

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which was delayed and released later to become a commercial failure at the boxoffice. In October 2018, Thomas signed romantic drama ''Swaasa,'' co-starring

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2019: Comeback

Thomas first release in 2019 was an action thriller '' 118'' opposite

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which opened to positive reviews and critics extremely praised Thomas's outstanding performance in a brief yet impressive role. Later, she starred in the black comedy film ''

'' opposite

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was opened to positive reviews and got widespread acclaim for her portrayal of "mitra" an underperformer student in academics who aspires to become a classical dancer, Later the film was a hit at box office. In 2020 Thomas starred in

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's ''Darbar'' in which she plays his daughter. She also starred Indraganti-directed

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'' V'' later that year. In 2021, Thomas is featured in ''

'', the Telugu remake of Hindi film

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, starring

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. As of July 2021, Thomas is shooting for the

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-directed ''

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'', the Telugu remake of the Korean film ''

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,'' along with

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Nivetha Thomas official page
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