
Nandanam Malayalam Serial Actress
Jun 24, 2017 Further she appeared as 'Meera' in the Asianet serial 'Vrindhavanam' and in the Surya TV serial 'Nandanam'. Like most of the talented serial actress, Rasna too did not receive any opportunities.
Navya Nair doing a dance program | |
Born | 14 October 1985 (age 34)[citation needed] Alappuzha, Kerala, India |
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Other names | Dhanya Veena |
Occupation | Actress, Dancer, Television host |
Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse(s) | Santhosh Menon (2010–present) |
Children | Sai Krishna |
Relatives | Rahul R. Nair (brother) |
Dhanya Veena Raju Nair, better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is an Indian film actress who has starred in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films. She is a recipient of 2 Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, one Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam and the Kalaimamani award.
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Personal life[edit]
Navya Nair was born on 14 October 1985 to Raju and Veena Raju. She hails from Cheppad, a village near Harippad in Alleppey District. The film director K. Madhu is her uncle.
She studied at Bethany Balikamadom High School, Nangiarkulangara till 10th grade and then at MSM Higher Secondary School, where her mother was a teacher. She is an MBA graduate.
She married a Mumbai-based businessman, Santhosh Menon, on 21 January 2010 and they have a son Sai Krishna, born on 22 November 2010.[1]
Film career[edit]
She was still at school when offered her first film role, starring opposite Dileep in Ishtam in 2001. There followed roles in partnership with Dileep, in films such as Mazhathullikkilukkam, Kunjikoonan, Kalyanaraman, Pandippada, Gramaphone and Pattanathil Sundaran.
The most popular character of Navya is that of 'Balamani' in Nandanam. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and the prestigious Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam in 2002 for the same.[2] She has been paired with Mohanlal, Mammooty, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Dileep, Prithviraj and Jayasurya.
She started acting in offbeat movies, such as Saira and Kanne Madanguka along with some good commercial films. Saira was the opening film in the section 'Tous Les Cinemas Du Monde' at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2007, which was the 4th Malayalam film screened at the Cannes International Film Festival. Saira has participated in 21 other international film festivals such as in USA, Brazil, Israel, Russia, Italy, Greece, Zimbabwe, Belgium, Bangladesh etc. She won the state award again in 2005 for her performance in Kanne Madanguka and Saira.[3]
Her debut in Tamil cinema came with Azhagiya Theeye, but the most notable one was the 2009 Tamil movie Aadum Koothu, which won the National Award for the best Tamil film. The T. V. Chandran film revolved around a character called Manimekala, played by Navya Nair. She was considered for the National award for Best Actress, which happened for the third time, the first two times being in 2002 for Nandanam and in 2005 for Saira. Her Kannada debut movie is Gaja, in which she shared the screen with actor Darshan and she had successive hits like Nam Yajamanaru and Boss. She has around 50 movies to her credit.
After marriage, she stopped her full-time acting career. She came back to film through Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu in 2012. After a pause of almost 2 years, she did Drishya, a Kannada remake of Malayalam megahit thriller Drishyam. As like in Malayalam, the film has become a superhit and gave Navya a great comeback.
In 2020, she will be making her comeback to the Malayalam film industry with a V. K. Prakash film named Oruthi.
Television[edit]
After marriage she made her comeback as a judge in Munch Dance Dance on Asianet and she has done another reality show in AsianetBharthakkanmarude Sradhaku as judge and host. She has acted in some advertisements also. She also judged Sunfeast Delishus Star Singer Season 7 on Asianet. She also attended Badai Bungalow in the same channel.[4] In 2016, she took part in Laughing Villa, a comedy reality show on Surya TV.
- Notable television appearances
No. | Year | Program | Role | Channel | Language | Notes |
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1 | 2012 | Munch Dance Dance | Judge | Asianet | Malayalam | Reality show |
2 | 2013 | Bharthakkanmarude Sradhaku | Judge Host | Asianet | Malayalam | Reality show |
4 | 2016-2017 | Laughing Villa | Host | Surya TV | Malayalam | Reality show |
5 | 2016 | Maveli Naadin Chentharakam | Host | Kairali People | Malayalam | Talk show |
6 | 2018,2019–Present | Comedy Star's season 2 | Judge | Asianet | Malayalam | Reality Show |
Writing and dance career[edit]
'Navya Rasangal' is the first published book of Navya Nair. It is her autobiography. She is a well trained classical dancer and has performed in many stages. She has won many awards as a dancer.she created the dance fusion and introduced it in 2015 surya festival named 'Shivoham' which turned to be huge hit and played in hundreds of stages as she is a dancing queen.
In 2018, she debuted her first directorial venture with dance video 'Chinnamchiru Kiliye'. The dance was her adaptation of the Tamil poet Bharathiyaar's poem of the same name. She took child trafficking as the theme for her work. The video was released on Youtube has was widely accepted and applauded.
Awards[edit]
- 2005 – Best Actress, Kanne Madanguka, Saira
- 2002 – Best Actress, Nandanam
- 2002 – Asianet Award for Best Actress – Nandanam
Mathrubhumi Film Awards
- 2002 – Best Actress Award
- 2003 – Best Onscreen Couple Award (shared with actor Prithviraj Sukumaran)
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam – Nandanam
- 2006 - Several films
- 2006 - Best Actress - Saira
Filmography[edit]
No. | Year | Film | Role | Language | Director | Notes |
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1 | 2001 | Ishtam | Anjana | Malayalam | Sibi Malayil | |
2 | 2002 | Mazhathullikkilukkam | Sophie | Malayalam | Akbar Jose | |
3 | Nandanam | Balamani | Malayalam | Ranjith | Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Asianet Award for Best Actress | |
4 | Kalyanaraman | Gowri | Malayalam | Shafi | ||
5 | Deepangal Sakshi | Krishnaveni Kesavan | Malayalam | KB Madhu | ||
6 | Kunjikoonan | Chembakam | Malayalam | Sasi Shanker | ||
7 | Chathurangam | Sherin Mathew | Malayalam | K. Madhu | ||
8 | 2003 | Gramaphone | Pooja | Malayalam | Kamal | |
9 | Vellithira | Thatha | Malayalam | Bhadran | ||
10 | Ammakilikkoodu | Akhila | Malayalam | M Padmakumar | ||
11 | Pattanathil Sundaran | Radhamani Sundaresan | Malayalam | Vipin Mohan | ||
12 | 2004 | Sethurama Iyer CBI | Rachana | Malayalam | K. Madhu | |
13 | Jalolsavam | Geetha | Malayalam | Sibi Malayil | ||
14 | Chathikkatha Chanthu | Vasumathi & Ambika | Malayalam | Rafi Mecartin | ||
15 | Azhagiya Theeye | Nandhini | Tamil | Radha Mohan | ||
16 | Parayam | Guest role | Malayalam | Anil Babu | Guest appearance | |
17 | 2005 | Immini Nalloraal | Sneha | Malayalam | Rajasenan | |
18 | Pandippada | Meena Karuppusamy | Malayalam | Rafi Mecartin | ||
19 | Sarkar Dada | Sandhya | Malayalam | Sasi Shanker | ||
20 | Kanne Madanguka | Kaarunya Bhagyanathan | Malayalam | Alberrt Antoni | Kerala State Film Award for Best Actressalso for Saira | |
21 | Saira | Saira Hussain | Malayalam | Dr. Biju | Kerala State Film Award for Best Actressalso for Kanne Madanguka | |
22 | Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy | Thenmozhi Elangovan | Tamil | Thangar Bachchan | ||
23 | 2006 | Pasa Kiligal | Maragatham | Tamil | Amritham | |
24 | Amirtham | Amirtha Ramaswamy | Tamil | Vedham Puthithu Kannan | ||
25 | Pathaaka | Ashitha Muhammed | Malayalam | K. Madhu | ||
26 | Kalabham | Sivakami | Malayalam | Bala | ||
27 | 2007 | Maya Kannadi | Maheswari | Tamil | Cheran | |
28 | Ali Bhai | Chenthamara | Malayalam | Shaji Kailas | ||
29 | Kichamani MBA | Shivani Menon | Malayalam | Samad Mangada | ||
30 | 2008 | Gaja | Shwetha | Kannada | K. Madesh | |
31 | Sila Nerangalil | Thamarai Chidambaram, Anjali | Tamil | Jayaraj | ||
32 | SMS | Indhumathi | Malayalam | Surjulan | ||
33 | Raman Thediya Seethai | Senthamarai | Tamil | K P Jegannath | Guest appearance | |
34 | Kavyam | Uma | Malayalam | Anish and Santosh | ||
35 | 2009 | Aadum Koothu | Manimeghalai | Tamil | T.V.Chandran | |
36 | Banaras | Devu | Malayalam | Nemom Pushparaj | ||
37 | Nam Yajamanru | Charulatha | Kannada | T. S. Nagabharana | ||
38 | Calendar | Kochurani | Malayalam | Mahesh | ||
39 | Ivar Vivahitharayal | Navya Nair | Malayalam | Saji Surendran | Special appearance | |
40 | Bhagyada Balegara | Cheluvi | Kannada | Sai Prakash | ||
41 | Kerala Cafe | Sheela Johnykutty | Malayalam | M Padmakumar(Nostalgia) | ||
42 | Violet | Suchitra | Malayalam | M Sabarish | ||
43 | 2010 | Drona 2010 | Mithra Antarjanam | Malayalam | Shaji Kailas | |
44 | Yugapurushan | Savitri Antarjanam & Saradha | Malayalam | R Sukumaran | ||
45 | Rasikkum Seemane | Gayathri | Tamil | RK Vidyadaran | ||
46 | Sadgamaya | Yamuna | Malayalam | HariKumar | ||
47 | 2011 | Boss | Raani | Kannada | Reghu Raj | |
48 | 2012 | Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu | Manju | Malayalam | Shaiju Anthikadu | |
49 | 2014 | Drishya | Seetha | Kannada | P. Vasu | |
50 | TBA | Oruthee | Malayalam | V. K. Prakash |
Endorsements[edit]
- Pothys Superstore
- Keshadhara Hair Oil
- Bring Home a Friend
- Supernova
- T Shine
References[edit]
- ^'South Indian Beauty Navya Nair Married!'. indiglamour. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^'State film awards presented'. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 4 December 2003. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
- ^'Kerala State film awards for 2005 announced'. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[edit]
- Navya Nair on IMDb
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