Navya Nair

Navya Nair
Navya Nair
	Navya Nair
Born	Dhanya Raju Nair; Template:Birth month and age; Cheppad, Haripad, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Spouse(s)	Santhosh S. Menon; (m. 2010)
Children	1

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Dhanya Raju Nair, known by her stage name Navya Nair, is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Malayalam, Kannada and few Tamil 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.

Personal life[edit]

Navya Nair was born to Raju and Veena. She is from Cheppad, a village near Harippad in Alleppey District. Film director K. Madhu is her uncle.^{[citation needed]}

She studied at Bethany Balikamadom High School, Nangiarkulangara till 10th grade and then at MSM Higher Secondary School, where her mother was a teacher.^[1] She is an MBA graduate.^{[citation needed]}

She married a Piravam-based businessman, Santhosh, on 21 January 2010, and the couple have a son, Sai Krishna.^[2]

Film career[edit]

She was a high school student when she was offered her first film role, starring opposite Dileep in Ishtam in 2001. The film was a hit, with critics and public praising her performance. That was followed up with roles in partnership with Dileep, in films such as Mazhathullikkilukkam, Kunjikoonan, Kalyanaraman, Pandippada, Gramaphone and Pattanathil Sundaran.

The most popular character of Navya is "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.^[3] She has been paired with Mohanlal, Mammooty, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Dileep, Prithviraj and Jayasurya.

She acted in Saira and Kanne Madanguka and 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' participated in 21 other international film festivals such as those in USA, Brazil, Israel, Russia, Italy, Greece, Zimbabwe, Belgium, Bangladesh etc. She again won the state award for her performances in Kanne Madanguka and Saira.^[4]

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 film award for Best Actress 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. She was initially cast in the film Ayya, before being replaced by Nayanthara.^[5] After marriage, she stopped her full-time acting career. She came back to films with Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu in 2012. After a pause of almost 2 years, she did Drishya, a Kannada remake of Malayalam thriller Drishyam.

Television[edit]

After marriage she was a judge in Munch Dance Dance on Asianet and she hosted another reality show in Asianet Bharthakkanmarude Sradhaku.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[6] In 2016, she took part in Laughing Villa, a comedy reality show on Surya TV.^{[citation needed]}

Notable television appearances

Year	Program	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
2012	Munch Dance Dance	Judge	Asianet	Malayalam	Reality show
2013	Bharthakkanmarude Sradhaku	Judge Host	Asianet	Malayalam	Reality show
2014	Star Singer Season 7	Judge	Asianet	Malayalam	Reality show
2016-2017	Laughing Villa	Host	Surya TV	Malayalam	Reality show
2016	Maveli Naadin Chentharakam	Host	Kairali People	Malayalam	Talk show
2018	Sthree Sakthi	KR Gouri Amma	Asianet News	Malayalam
2018-2021	Comedy Star's season 2	Judge (Recurring)	Asianet	Malayalam	Reality Show
2020	Nandhanam	Herself	Flowers TV	Malayalam	TV Serial Cameo in promo
2020	Red Carpet	Mentor	Amrita TV	Malayalam	Reality show
2021-Present	Star Magic	Mentor	Flowers TV	Malayalam	Game show
2021	Mr.& Mrs	Grand Finale Judge	Zee Keralam	Malayalam	Reality show
2021	Super Power	Mentor	Flowers TV	Malayalam	Game show

Awards[edit]

Kerala State Film Awards

2005 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress - Kanne Madanguka, Saira
2002 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress - Nandanam

Filmfare Awards South

2002 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam – Nandanam

Kalaimamani

2006 - Kalaimamani Award for contribution to Tamil film industry (Art - Film Industry)

Asianet Film Awards

2002 - Asianet Award for Best Actress – Nandanam

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

2002 – Best Actress Award for Nandanam^[7]

Filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2001	Ishtam	Anjana	Malayalam	Debut Malayalam film
2002	Mazhathullikkilukkam	Sophie	Malayalam
	Nandanam	Balamani	Malayalam	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Asianet Award for Best Actress
	Kalyanaraman	Gowri	Malayalam
	Deepangal Sakshi	Krishnaveni Kesavan	Malayalam
	Kunjikoonan	Chembakam	Malayalam
	Chathurangam	Sherin Mathew	Malayalam
2003	Gramaphone	Pooja	Malayalam
	Vellithira	Thatha	Malayalam
	Ammakilikkoodu	Akhila	Malayalam
	Pattanathil Sundaran	Radhamani Sundaresan	Malayalam
2004	Sethurama Iyer CBI	Rachana	Malayalam
	Jalolsavam	Geetha	Malayalam
	Chathikkatha Chanthu	Vasumathi & Ambika	Malayalam
	Azhagiya Theeye	Nandhini	Tamil	Debut Tamil film
	Parayam	Guest role	Malayalam	Guest appearance
2005	Immini Nalloraal	Sneha	Malayalam
	Pandippada	Meena Karuppusamy	Malayalam
	Sarkar Dada	Sandhya	Malayalam
	Kanne Madanguka	Kaarunya Bhagyanathan	Malayalam	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress also for Saira
	Saira	Saira Hussain	Malayalam
	Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy	Thenmozhi Elangovan	Tamil
2006	Pasa Kiligal	Maragatham	Tamil
	Amirtham	Amirtha Ramaswamy	Tamil
	Pathaaka	Ashitha Muhammed	Malayalam
	Kalabham	Sivakami	Malayalam
2007	Maya Kannadi	Maheswari	Tamil
	Ali Bhai	Chenthamara	Malayalam
	Kichamani MBA	Shivani Menon	Malayalam
2008	Gaja	Shwetha	Kannada	Debut Kannada film
	Sila Nerangalil	Thamarai Chidambaram, Anjali	Tamil
	SMS	Indhumathi	Malayalam
	Raman Thediya Seethai	Senthamarai	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Kavyam	Uma	Malayalam
2009	Aadum Koothu	Manimeghalai	Tamil
	Banaras	Devu	Malayalam
	Nam Yajamanru	Charulatha	Kannada
	Calendar	Kochurani	Malayalam
	Ivar Vivahitharayal	Navya Nair	Malayalam	Special appearance
	Bhagyada Balegara	Cheluvi	Kannada
	Kerala Cafe	Sheela Johnykutty	Malayalam
	Violet	Suchitra	Malayalam
2010	Drona 2010	Mithra Antarjanam	Malayalam
	Yugapurushan	Savitri Antarjanam & Saradha	Malayalam
	Rasikkum Seemane	Gayathri	Tamil
	Sadgamaya	Yamuna	Malayalam
2011	Boss	Raani	Kannada
2012	Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu	Manju	Malayalam
2014	Drishya	Seetha	Kannada
TBA	Oruthee		Malayalam
TBA	Drishya 2	Seetha	Kannada

References[edit]

↑ "Navya Nair, Nithya Das, and her daughter dance on Param Sundari tune". B4blaze. 20 September 2021.
↑ "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. Archived from the original on 11 March 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
↑ "Kerala State film awards for 2005 announced". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 February 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
↑ "10-07-2004". Archived from the original on 28 September 2005.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ https://m.timesofindia.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Bhavam-adjudged-best-Malayalam-film-of-2002/articleshow/42894474.cms

External links[edit]

Navya Nair on IMDb

External links[edit]

[1] "Navya Nair, Nithya Das, and her daughter dance on Param Sundari tune". B4blaze. 20 September 2021.

[indiglamour-2] "South Indian Beauty Navya Nair Married!". indiglamour. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

[3] "State film awards presented". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 4 December 2003. Archived from the original on 11 March 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2007.

[4] "Kerala State film awards for 2005 announced". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 February 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2007.

[5] "10-07-2004". Archived from the original on 28 September 2005.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] ttps://m.timesofindia.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Bhavam-adjudged-best-Malayalam-film-of-2002/articleshow/42894474.cms

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress
1972–1989	Roja Ramani (1972) Nanditha Bose (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Lakshmi (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Sheela (1977) Jayabharathi (1978) Srividya (1979) Srividya (1980) Jalaja (1981) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1982) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986) Sharada (1987) Revathi (1988) Rekha (1989)
1990–2009	Shobana (1990) Amala Akkineni (1991) Geetha (1992) Madhavi (1993) (1994) Annie (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Manju Warrier (1997) Manju Warrier (1998) Manju Warrier (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000) Samyuktha Varma (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Geetu Mohandas (2004) Meera Jasmine (2005) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyamani (2008) Shweta Menon (2009)
2010–present	Mamta Mohandas (2010) Kavya Madhavan (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Manju Warrier (2014) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2015) Nayanthara (2016) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2017) Manju Warrier (2018)

v t e Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
1969–1970	Sheela (1969) Sharada (1970)
1971–1980	Sheela (1971) Jayabharathi (1972) Jayabharathi (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Rani Chandra (1975) Sheela (1976) Santhakumari (1977) Shoba (1978) Srividya (1979) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1980)
1981–1900	Jalaja (1981) Madhavi (1982) Srividya (1983) Seema (1984) Seema (1985) Shari (1986) Suhasini Maniratnam (1987) Anju (1988) Urvashi (1989) Urvashi (1990)
1991–2000	Urvashi (1991) Srividya (1992) Shobana (1993) Shanthi Krishna (1994) Urvashi (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Jomol (1997) Sangita (1998) Samyuktha Varma (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000)
2001–2010	Suhasini Maniratnam (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Kavya Madhavan and Geethu Mohandas (2004) Navya Nair (2005) Urvashi (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyanka Nair (2008) Shweta Menon (2009) Kavya Madhavan (2010)
2011–present	Shweta Menon (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Nazriya Nazim (2014) Parvathy (2015) Rajisha Vijayan (2016) Parvathy (2017) Nimisha Sajayan (2018)