Kavya Madhavan Profile



Kavya Madhavan is a popular Malayalam cinema actress . Though she normally does regular unimportant heroine roles, she has proved her ability in handling serious roles as well.

Born in the village of Nileshwaram in Kasaragod district, Kerala, India to P. Madhavan and Shyamala. She started to learn dance while studying in Nileswaram Rajas High School. She was the kalathilakam (A title bestowed to the artist who proves her skills in most artistic fields during a Sub District youth festival) in Kasargod.

Kavya entered the industry as a child artist in the film Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) doing the role of a School Girl. She came to public attention when she did the childhood part of the heroine character in Kamal's Azhakiya Ravanan (1996). Since then, she has acted in over 25 films in Malayalam and a few in Tamil. She is noted for having retained her rural Nileshwaram accent. She is not allowed to dub for her movies because her voice does not fit the usual "sweet and soft" voice of typical dubbers. However, she recently has begun to dub for some of her roles, such as Perumazhakkalam.



Filmography

1991 - Pookkalam Varavayi

1996 - Azhakiya Ravanan

1997 - Oral Mathram, Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu , Bhoothakkannadi , Irattakuttikalude Achan

1999 - Chandranudikkunna Dikhil

2000 - Madhuranombarakattu, Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal , Darling Darling , Thenkasipattanam, Sahayathrikakku Snehapoorvam

2001 - Padom Onnu Kumarante Kudumbam, Rakshasa Rajav, Onnaman, Dosth

2002 - Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan , Meesha Madhavan

2003 - Thilakkam , Sadanandante Samayam , Vellithira, Mizhi Randilum, Pulival Kalyanam , Gaurisankaram

2004 - Runway, Aparichithan (The Stranger), Greetings , Perumazhakkalam

2005 - Iruvattam Manavatti, Annorikkal, Kochi Rajavu , Ananthabhadram , Seelabathi, Bharathchandran I.P.S

2006 - Lion , Classmates , Chakkara Muthu, Vasthavam , Vadakkum Nathan , Kilukkam Kilukilukkam

2007 - Inspector Garud , Athisayan , Nadiya kollappetta rathri, Kangaroo

2008 - Twenty 20 , Madambi , Saadhu Mirandal

2009 - Ee Pattanathil Bhootam

2010 - Pappy Appacha , Christian Brothers