Malavika Nair (Indian actress)

Malvika Nair is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil language films as actress. After appearing in minor supporting roles in several Malayalam films in 2012, she played her first lead role in the Malayalam film Black Butterfly (2013). She was praised for her performance as a blind girl in her Tamil debut film Cuckoo (2014) and received numerous awards including Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Malvika Nair
Born
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materSt Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad
OccupationActress
Years active2012 – present

Early life

Malvika Nair was born in Delhi. Her family soon moved to Kerala and Malvika attended the Toc H Public School in Vyttila, Kochi,[1] before returning to New Delhi, where she continued her studies at DAV school.[2][3] As of November 2018, she is a second year student in St Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad.[4]

Career

While studying, she modelled, appearing in various advertisements as well as the Mohan Sithara-directed music video, "Rithukkal". She subsequently began to receive acting offers and eventually entered the film industry at age 13.[5] In her first few films she had minor supporting or cameo roles; in Ustad Hotel, she made a brief appearance in a song sequence,[6] while in Puthiya Theerangal and Karmayodha she played the daughter of Nedumudi Venu and Mohanlal's characters, respectively.[2] 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 Vazhakku Enn 18/9.[7]

After watching her performance in Black Butterfly, Balaji Sakthivel, director of its original version, was impressed and recommended aspiring director Raju Murugan to cast her in his romantic drama film Cuckoo (2014).[2] She portrayed an independent blind girl in the film and prior to the shoot, attended a workshop where she interacted with blind people.[8] Pairing alongside Dinesh, 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".[9][10] Her performance was subsequently rewarded with the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress[11] as well as the SICA Award for Best Newcomer and the Vikatan Award for Best Actress.[12][13] Prior to Cuckoo, she had a Malayalam release, Pakida, in which she portrayed a fifteen-year-old girl who is sold to a brothel by her own father.[6]

The actress was next seen in the Telugu film, Yevade Subramanyam (2015) alongside Nani, with a critic noting she "shows a lot of spunk and comes up with a matured performance for a newcomer".[14] Malavika's next release was the romantic drama, Kalyana Vaibhogame (2016), opposite Naga Shourya. 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".[15]

In 2018, she starred as Alamelu Gemini Ganeshan in the Savitri biopic, Mahanati, directed by Nag Ashwin, which was successful at the box-office ran of 100 days.[16]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes Ref.
2012Ustad HotelMoulavi's daughterMalayalam[17]
KarmayodhaDiyaCredited as Malavya
Puthiya TheerangalMinikkutty (Adv. Immanuels Daughter)Credited as Malavika Sai
2013Black ButterflyReena
2014PakidaKaniMalayalam debut as lead actress
CuckooSudhanthirakodiTamilTamil debut[18]
2015Yevade SubramanyamAnandhiTeluguTelugu debut[19]
2016Kalyana VaibhogameDivya[20]
2018MahanatiAlamelu Gemini GanesanBilingual film[21]
Nadigaiyar ThilagamTamil
VijethaChaithraTelugu[22]
TaxiwalaSisira Bharadwaj[21]
2019Ninu Veedani Needanu NenePsychology studentCameo appearance[23]
2020Orey Bujjiga TBAPost- production[24][25]
Arasiyalla Idhellam Saadharnamappa TBATamilfilming

Awards and nominations
Malavika Nair awards and nominations
Totals[lower-alpha 1]
Wins3
Nominations3
Note
  1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2015 Vijay Awards Best Debut Actress Cuckoo Won [26]
Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Tamil Won [27]
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Best Actress Won [28]
South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debut Actress – Tamil Nominated [29]
2016 South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debut Actress – Telugu Yevade Subramanyam Nominated [30]
2019 Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress – Telugu Taxiwaala Nominated [31]
gollark: How would removing knowledge fix that?
gollark: Except infohazardous knowledge, which hypothesis testing is not.
gollark: Why would you ever want to remove knowledge?!?!?
gollark: K is maths. Statistics is maths. QED.
gollark: The p-value is the probability of the thing happening randomly *assuming your null hypothesis*. It is not 1 - the probability of you being right, or something like that.

References
  1. Shades of youth – Thrissur. The Hindu (16 November 2012). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  2. Etcetera: Challenging role. The Hindu (25 January 2014). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  3. "My exams are still my top priority: Malavika Nair". Deccan Chronicle. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. "My college friends mostly ask about Vijay Deverakonda: Malavika Nair". Deccan Chronicle. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. Tests ahead – Hyderabad. The Hindu (17 March 2015). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  6. The new kid on the block | Deccan Chronicle Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Archives.deccanchronicle.com (13 August 2013). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  7. No glitz, no gimmicks – KERALA. The Hindu (17 February 2013). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  8. I am not comfortable with glamour roles: Malavika Nair – The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (21 April 2014). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  9. Cuckoo (aka) Cuckoo review. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  10. Review : Cuckoo. Sify.com. Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  11. 9th Vijay Awards 2015: Complete Winners' List & Photos Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Ibtimes.co.in (25 April 2015). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  12. Malavika Nair | Yevade Subramanyam | Nag Ashwin | Nani | Vikatan Best Actress Archived 30 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. CineGoer.net (30 January 2015). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  13. Vikatan Awards 2014: Dhanush, Dulquer Salmaan, 'Sathuranga Vettai' Honoured [WINNERS LIST] Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Ibtimes.co.in (9 January 2015). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  14. Yevade Subramanyam Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (21 March 2015). Retrieved on 9 September 2015.
  15. "Kalyana Vaibhogame review: An endearing film". Sify. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  16. ChennaiMay 10, Janani K.; June 22, 2018UPDATED:; Ist, 2018 17:46. "Mahanati Movie Review: Nag Ashwin crafts a soulful ode to Savitri's life". India Today. Retrieved 28 July 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. "Malavika Nair: Hoori in Ustad Hotel is a popular actress in Tollywood". Times of India. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  18. "My father cried after watching Cuckoo: Malavika Nair". Times of India. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  19. "Malavika Nair is a class XI student!". Times of India. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  20. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (4 January 2016). "Malavika Nair returns with 'Kalyana Vaibhogame'". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  21. "The actor in me wanted to accept Mahanati and Taxiwaala: Malavika Nair". Indian Express. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  22. Adivi, Sashidhar (10 August 2019). "Malavika Nair in Raj Tarun's film". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  23. "Karthick Naren and Malavika Nair play extended cameos in 'Kannadi'". Times of India. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  24. "Hebah Patel joins Raj Tarun and Malavika Nair in 'Orey Bujjiga'". Times of India. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  25. Nyayapati, Neeshita (14 October 2019). "Raj Tarun's 'Orey Bujjiga' kickstarts its second schedule - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  26. "9th Vijay Awards 2015: Complete Winners' List & Photos". International Business Times. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  27. "Filmfare Awards (South) 2015: The complete list of winners". CNN-News18. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  28. "Vikatan Awards 2014: Dhanush, Dulquer Salmaan, 'Sathuranga Vettai' Honoured [WINNERS LIST]". International Business Times. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  29. "SIIMA Awards 2015 Tamil Movie Nominations: 'Madras' Beats 'Kaththi', 'Jigarthanda', 'Velaiyilla Pattathari'". International Business Times. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  30. "SIIMA 2016 nominations out – here is the list". The News Minute. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  31. "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.