Kavya Madhavan

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Kavya was born on 19th September, 1984 in Nileshwaram in Kasargod district, Kerala. Kavya attended the Nileswaram Rajas High School and received training in classical dance. She participated in many dance competitions and once became a Kalathilakam in a Youth Festival organized at the district level.

Kavya Madhavan began her career as a child artist in Kamal’s ‘Pookalam Varavayi’ at an age of seven. She played the female lead in Lal Jose’s ‘Chandranudikkunna Dikkil’ opposite Dileep and earned several accolades. Kavya received the Film Critics Award for the second Best heroine and Bharathan Award. Kavya Madhavan has acted in a number of Malayalam films and is undoubtedly a top line heroine in the South Indian film industry.

Kavya Madhavan has appeared alongside actors like Mammootty, Dileep, Kunchako Boban, Mohanlal, Vikram, Prithiraj, among others in films like ‘Thenkaashippattanam’, ‘Padom Onnu Kumarante Kudumbam’, ‘Raakshasa Raajaavu’, ‘Mizhi Randilum’, ‘Dosth’, ‘Madhura Nombarakattu’, ‘Sadananthante Samayam’ and ‘Meesa Madhavan’ etc. Kavya played the female lead opposite Dileep in Lal Jose’s ‘Meesa Madhavan’ that turned to be a super success at the Malayalam box office. Kavya and Dileep received the Best Pair Award at the Mathrubhumi Medimix Awards and Asianet Film Awards.

Kavya and Dileep were again seen in Joshiy’s romantic- action drama ‘Runway’ that became a blockbuster hit and was one of the highest grossing films of the year. Kavya starred opposite Mammootty in Sanjeev Sivan’s 2004 release ‘Aparichithan’ based on spiritualism and Ouija Board. Kavya won the coveted Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for her exemplary performance in Kamal’s ‘Perumazhakkalam’. Also starring Meera Jasmine, Dileep and vineeth, ‘Perumazhakkalam’ was the remake of Nagesh Kukunoor’s acclaimed Bollywood film ‘Dor’.

Kavya was honored with the Best Actress Award at the Kerala Film Critics Association and Vanitha Surya Tv flim award - for ‘Anadhabhathram’. After featuring in a few films like ‘Twenty: 20’, ‘Sadhu Miranda’, ‘Madambi’ and ‘Banaras’ in the year 2008, Kavya announced her marriage plans to Nischal Chandran.

Kavya Madhavan married Nischal Chandran on 5th February, 2009 at the Kollur Mookambika and later a hosted a reception party at Le Meridien in Ernakulam. Kavya proclaimed that she would quit films and enjoy her married life. However only after five months of marital bliss, the couple is reportedly seeking a divorce. Initially it was speculated that the primary reason of the rift between Kavya and Nischal was his suspicious nature and his authoritative mother’s alleged torture.

But later it was claimed by a Tamil magazine that Nischal obtained some obscene pictures and videos of Kavya shot during some kind of nude pooja ritual. The photos and videos were sent by Kavya’s old friend Nandini who shot them without Kavya’s knowledge. It is supposed that the nude pooja was performed by some self-proclaimed Swami in Aluva to get her to the top position in the Malayalam industry. These photos were earlier used by Nandini to blackmail Kavya, however it did not work. In fact Kavya got her fired from the hotel where she worked as a manager. Therefore the irked Nandini sent all these pictures and videos to NIschal, thus creating a stack of problems for Kavya.

After separating from Nischal, Kavya now stays with her parents and is back in the tinsel town. Her recently released ‘Pappi Appacha’ alongside Dileep and Innocent is doing well at the box office. Moreover she also received the Best Actress Award for her 2009 release ‘Banaras’ at the Asianet Film Awards and Mathrubhumi-Amrita Film Awards.

Kavya will soon be seen in ‘Thambi Durai’ opposite Prasanna and Joshy’s ‘Christian Brothers’ opposite Dileep.

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