Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
,
Tamil
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and
Kannada film industries, predominantly in the 1990s.
The actress is best known for her role as Shyamala in ''
Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala
''Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala '' (English: ''Shyamala lost in thought'') is a 1998 Malayalam black comedy film written and directed by Sreenivasan, starring Sangita, Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Sudheesh, and Siddique.The film ...
'', which was written and directed by
Sreenivasan
Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such as ' ...
, for which she has won the
Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress is an honour presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969 to an actress for the best performance within the Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the awards were managed direc ...
. She is also well known for her role of Nirmala Mary in actor
Vijay's breakthrough film ''
Poove Unakkaga
''Poove Unakkaga'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Vijay and Sangita. Actor Murali makes a guest appearance in a song in the film. The film released on 18 February 1996. ...
'' (1996).
She started her career as a child artiste in the movie ''
Snehikkan Oru Pennu'', a Malayalam movie released in 1978. Her debut film as a child artist in Tamil was ''
En Rathathin Rathame
''En Rathathin Rathame'' ( ''Oh, blood of my blood'') is a 1989 Tamil-language science fiction action film directed by K. Vijayan, and finished by his son Sundar K. Vijayan, following his father's death. The film is the Tamil debut of actress M ...
'', which is the Tamil remake of Hindi movie ''
Mr. India Mr. or Mister India may refer to:
Pageants
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* Mister Indi ...
''. The first film she acted as a heroine was ''
Ellame En Rasathan
''Ellame En Rasathan'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced and directed by Rajkiran. The film stars Rajkiran, Sangita and Roopa Sree. It was released on 14 April 1995 and emerged a box-office hit. The film was remade in Telugu as ...
'' in 1995.
Personal life
She was born as the youngest among four children, to Madhavan Nair from
Kottakkal
Kottakkal (literally-''Land of the Fort'') is a municipality, municipal town in Malappuram District, Malappuram district in Kerala, southern India having 32 Ward (country subdivision), wards. it is a part of Malappuram metropolitan area and a gr ...
,
Malappuram
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and mother, Padma from
Kuzhalmannam,
Palakkad
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, settled in
Chennai
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. Her father migrated to
Chennai
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for fruit business and the family settled there. She had her primary education from Sri Gujarati Vid Matriculation School,
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
. She has two sisters, Mallika and Charu and a brother, Nitheesh. Her brother portrayed a supporting role in her unreleased film, ''Punniyavathi''.
She married cinematographer
S. Saravanan in 2000 and retired from acting after marriage. The couple have a daughter Saai Thejaswathy born in 2002. She assisted her husband when he directed his first film, ''
Silambattam
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...
'' starring
Silambarasan
Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...
,
Sana Khan
Sana Khan (born 21 August 1988) is an Indian Businesswoman and a former actress. She predominantly worked in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu language films.
Khan began her career in modeling and went on to appear in advertisements, feature films, a ...
and
Sneha.
Awards and honours
Partial filmography
References
External links
*
Sangita at MSI
Indian film actresses
Living people
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Kerala State Film Award winners
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Actresses from Kerala
20th-century Indian actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
1976 births
People from Malappuram district
Actresses from Chennai
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Child actresses in Malayalam cinema
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