Samyuktha Varma

Samyuktha Varma
Samyuktha Varma
	File:Samyuktha Varma.jpg Samyuktha Varma in 2017
Born	28 November 1979 (age 45); Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–2002
Spouse(s)	Biju Menon (m. 2002)
Children	Daksh Dharmik(br.2006)
Relatives	Urmila Unni (Aunt); Utthara Unni (Cousin)
Awards	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress; Filmfare Award for Best Actress

Samyuktha Varma (born 26 November 1979) is an Indian film actress who has predominantly appeared in Malayalam films from 1999 to 2002 in female lead roles.^[2] She made her debut in 1999 as heroine in the family-drama Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal for which she won her first Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, since then she has acted in a total of 18 films. She is known for her strong portrayal of female characters. Varma has won two Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and two Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She is married to actor Biju Menon, since 2002.^[3]

Early life[edit]

She was born on 26 November 1979 to Ravi Varma and Uma Varma. When she was studying at Sree Kerala Varma college, Thrissur, she got an offer to do female lead role in Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal.^[4]

Film career[edit]

Her debut was in Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal in 1999,^[5] followed by Vazhunnor and Chandranudikkunna Dikkil in 2000.^[6]^[7]

In 2000 she acted in Nadanpennum Naattupramaaniyum directed by Rajasenan, Fazil's production Life is Beautiful, Angane Oru Avadhikaalathu directed by Mohan, Mazha directed by Lenin Rajendran based on a short story by Madhavikutty, Madhuranombarakaattu and Swayamvarapanthal.

At the end of 2002, she was cast in Rafi-Mecartin's Thenkasi Pattanam and Rajasenan's Megasandesam. ^[8]

Personal life[edit]

She married Biju Menon on 23 November 2002.^[9] The couple have a son, Daksh Dharmik, born 14 September 2006.^[10]

Awards and honours[edit]

Year	Award	Award Category	Work	Result	Reference
1999	Kerala State Film Awards	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress	Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	Won	^[11]
2000	Kerala State Film Awards	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress	Madhuranombarakattu Mazha Swayamvara Panthal	Won	^[12]^[13]
1999	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	Nominated
2000	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	Mazha	Won
2000	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	Life Is Beautiful	Nominated
2001	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam	Meghamalhar	Won
2001	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka	Nominated
1999	Asianet Film Awards	Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year	Chandranudikkunna Dikhil Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	Won
2000	Asianet Film Awards	Asianet Best Actress Award	Mazha, Madhuranobharakkate	Won
2000	Asianet Film Awards	Asianet Best Actress Award Best Star Pair Award	Meghamalhar (shared with Biju Menon)	Won
1999 2000 2001	Other Regional Awards for Best Actress	Film Critic Award 2000 Arya film Awards (2000) Face of the year 1999 Mathrubhumi film Awards Medimix film Awards Gulf Malayali Award Kala Vedi Award Arya film Awards (2001) Mathrubhumi film Awards (2001) IndiaInfo Online Awards (2001) FOKANA Film Awards (2002)	Chandranudikkunna Dikhil Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal Mazha Madhuranobharakkate Meghamalhar	Won	^[14]

Filmography[edit]

No:	Title	Year	Role	Director	Notes
1	Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	1999	Bhavana	Sathyan Anthikkad	Won - Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2	Vazhunnor	1999	Rani	Joshiy
3	Chandranudikkunna Dikhil	1999	Hema	Lal Jose
4	Angene Oru Avadhikkalathu	1999	Nirmala	Mohan
5	Swayamvara Panthal	2000	Priyamvada	Harikumar	Won - Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
6	Thenkasipattanam	2000	Meenakshi	Rafi and Mecartin	Malayalam film
7	Nadanpennum Naattupramaaniyum	2000	Gayathri	Rajasenan
8	Mazha	2000	Bhadra (Subhadra)	Lenin Rajendran	Won - Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam
9	Madhuranombarakattu	2000	Priyamvada	Kamal	Won - Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
10	Life Is Beautiful	2000	Sindhu	Fazil	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress
11	Saivar Thirumeni	2001	Annie	Shajoon Kariyal
12	Megasandesam	2001	Anjali Varma	Rajasenan
13	Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka	2001	Vinodini	Sathyan Anthikkad	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress
14	Nariman	2001	Sethulakshmi	K. Madhu
15	One Man Show	2001	Radhika Menon	Shafi
16	Meghamalhar	2001	Nandita Menon	Kamal	Won - Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam
17	Kuberan	2002	Pooja	Sundar Das
18	Thenkasi Pattanam	2002	Meenakshi	Rafi and Mecartin	Tamil film

References[edit]

↑ "Happy Birthday Samyuktha Varma: 5 incredible movies of the actress you should watch right away". The Times of India. 28 November 2020.
↑ മേനോന്‍, മധു. കെ. ശരിക്കും, ആ നിമിഷം എപ്പോഴായിരുന്നു. Mb4Eves (in മലയാളം). Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
↑ "Samyuktha Varma". Movieraga.com. May 2007. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
↑ "About Malayalam Film Actress Samyuktha Varma". BizHat.com.
↑ "Samyuktha Varma: I was fortunate to have started my career with 'Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal' - Times of India". The Times of India.
↑ https://theprimetime.in/the-first-film-was-a-super-hit-and-the-next-six-films-were-box-office-failures-know-the-samyukthas-film-life/
↑ https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/samyuktha-varma-introduces-her-sister-sangamithra-on-social-media-is-she-headed-for-showbiz-too/amp_articleshow/74548991.cms
↑ Nair, Unni. R. "Samyuktha Verma: A Talented Star". IndiaInfo.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
↑ "This is how Biju Menon and Samyuktha Varma celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary". Times of India.
↑ "Samyuktha Varma's latest picture goes viral". Times of India.
↑ "State Film Awards (1991–99)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
↑ "State Film Awards". Official website of Information and Public Relation department of Kerala. 2002. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
↑ "State Film Awards (2000–12)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
↑ "Samyuktha Varma:Awards". Keral.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

External links[edit]

Samyuktha Varma on IMDb
Lynda Polygreen. "Bollywood Farce: Indian Actress and Family Are Detained" (18 July 2002) and "Actress's Detainment Upsets Indians in U.S. and Abroad" (19 July 2002), New York Times.

[1] "Happy Birthday Samyuktha Varma: 5 incredible movies of the actress you should watch right away". The Times of India. 28 November 2020.

[2] മേനോന്‍, മധു. കെ. ശരിക്കും, ആ നിമിഷം എപ്പോഴായിരുന്നു. Mb4Eves (in മലയാളം). Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

[3] "Samyuktha Varma". Movieraga.com. May 2007. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

[4] "About Malayalam Film Actress Samyuktha Varma". BizHat.com.

[5] "Samyuktha Varma: I was fortunate to have started my career with 'Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal' - Times of India". The Times of India.

[6] ttps://theprimetime.in/the-first-film-was-a-super-hit-and-the-next-six-films-were-box-office-failures-know-the-samyukthas-film-life/

[7] ttps://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/samyuktha-varma-introduces-her-sister-sangamithra-on-social-media-is-she-headed-for-showbiz-too/amp_articleshow/74548991.cms

[8] Nair, Unni. R. "Samyuktha Verma: A Talented Star". IndiaInfo.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

[9] "This is how Biju Menon and Samyuktha Varma celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary". Times of India.

[10] "Samyuktha Varma's latest picture goes viral". Times of India.

[1991-99-11] "State Film Awards (1991–99)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

[12] "State Film Awards". Official website of Information and Public Relation department of Kerala. 2002. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[2000-12-13] "State Film Awards (2000–12)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

[14] "Samyuktha Varma:Awards". Keral.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

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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)