Sangita Madhavan Nair

Sangita Saravanan
Sangita Saravanan
	Sangita in 2013
Born	25 July 1976; Kottakkal, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978 – 2000; 2014
Spouse(s)	S. Saravanan (m. 2000)
Children	1
Parent(s)	Madhavan Nair; Padma;

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Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada film industries, predominantly in the 1990s.

The actress is best known for her role as Shyamala in Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala, which was written and directed by Sreenivasan, for which she has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress.^[1] She is also well known for her role of Nirmala Mary in actor Vijay's breakthrough film Poove Unakkaga (1996).^[2]

She started her career as a child artiste in the movie Snehikkan Oru Pennu, a Malayalam movie released in 1978. Her debut film as a child artist in Tamil was En Rathathin Rathame, which is the Tamil remake of Hindi movie Mr. India. The first film she acted as a heroine was Ellame En Rasathan in 1995.

Personal life[edit]

She was born as the youngest among four children, to Madhavan Nair from Kottakkal, Malappuram and mother, Padma from Kuzhalmannam, Palakkad, settled in Chennai. Her father migrated to Chennai for fruit business and the family settled there. She had her primary education from Sri Gujarati Vid Matriculation School, Chennai.^[3] She has two sisters, Mallika and Charu and a brother, Nitheesh.^[4] Her brother portrayed a supporting role in her unreleased film, Punniyavathi.^[5]

She married cinematographer S. Saravanan in 2000 and retired from acting after marriage. The couple have a daughter Saai Thejaswathy born in 2002. She assisted her husband when he directed his first film, Silambattam starring Silambarasan, Sana Khan and Sneha.^[6]^[7]

Awards and honours[edit]

Year	Award Category	Work	Result
1996	Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil	Poove Unakkaga	Nominated
1998	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Won
1998	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Nominated
1998	Asianet Best Actress Award	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Nominated
1998	Cinema Express Award for Best Actress - Malayalam	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Won

Partial filmography[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1978	Snehikkan Oru Pennu		Malayalam	Child Artiste
1983	Manju		Malayalam
1986	Vartha		Malayalam
1986	Ennennum Kannettante		Malayalam
1987	Neeyallengil Njan		Malayalam
1989	En Rathathin Rathame		Tamil
1990	Vazhndhu Kattuvom		Tamil
1991	Idhaya Vaasal	Uma	Tamil
	Shanti Kranti		Kannada
	Kadinjool Kalyanam		Malayalam
	Shanti Kranti		Telugu
	Nattukku Oru Nallavan		Tamil
	Shanti Kranti		Hindi
	Neelagiri		Malayalam
1992	Naangal	Gayathri	Tamil
	Devar Veettu Ponnu		Tamil
	Chinna Pasanga Naanga		Tamil
	Vasantha Malargal		Tamil
	Samundi	Lakshmi	Tamil
	Naadody	Sindhu	Malayalam
1993	Arthana	Anu	Malayalam
	Thalattu	Sangita	Tamil
	Captain Magal	Anjali	Tamil
1994	Mahanadi	Adult Kaveri	Tamil
	Sarigamapadani	Sangita	Tamil
	Raja Pandi		Tamil
	Ravanan	Uma	Tamil
	Pudhusa Pootha Rosa		Tamil
1995	Simhavalan Menon	Urmila	Malayalam
	Manathile Oru Paattu		Tamil
	Ellame En Rasathan	Raani	Tamil
	Pullakuttikaran	Ammu	Tamil
	Swapnam		Malayalam
	Seethanam	Dhanalakshmi	Tamil
	Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava	Malu	Malayalam
1996	Amman Kovil Vaasalile	Poongothai	Tamil
	Poove Unakkaga	Nirmala Mary	Tamil
	Puthiya Parasakthi		Tamil
	Kaalam Maari Pochu	Indra	Tamil
	Vetri Vinayagar	Asirikai	Tamil
	Namma Ooru Raasa	Rasaathi	Tamil
	Alexander	Priya	Tamil
1997	Vallal	Chella Kili	Tamil
	Ganga Gowri	Gowri	Tamil
	Adrasakkai Adrasakkai	Sangita	Tamil
	Pongalo Pongal	Chitra	Tamil
	Punniyavathi		Tamil	Unreleased
	Kalyana Vaibhogam	Shanthi	Tamil
1998	Kattathoru Penpoovu	Kasthuri	Malayalam
	Rathna	Chinthamani	Tamil
	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Shyamala	Malayalam	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Most Popular Role
	Manthrikumaran	Aswathy	Malayalam
	Yaare Neenu Cheluve	Kamali	Kannada
	Kumbakonam Gopalu	Sangeetha	Tamil
1999	Samarasimha Reddy	Sangeetha	Telugu
	Ethirum Pudhirum	Selvi	Tamil
	Poomaname Vaa	Seetha	Tamil
	Pallavur Devanarayanan	Vasundhara	Malayalam
	Vazhunnor	Rabeka	Malayalam
	Crime File	Amala	Malayalam
	Saaphalyam	Sumithra	Malayalam
	Jayam	Durga	Tamil
2000	Yare Nee Abhimani	Utthara	Kannada
	Kann Thirandhu Paaramma	Gayatri, Amman	Tamil
	Kanal Kireedam	Mary	Malayalam
2014	Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan	Sunitha	Malayalam

References[edit]

↑ V.P., Nicy (20 August 2014). "Sreenivasan and Sangita to Rejoin After 'Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala'". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
↑ "Sudharsan's starry wedding reception". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Google Groups". Groups.google.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
↑ "Tamil Cinema News - Tamil Movie Reviews - Tamil Movie Trailers". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
↑ "Movie News simbu silambaattam saravanan sangeetha nayantara liplock simbu nayantara kiss simbu nayan gallery images". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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[1] V.P., Nicy (20 August 2014). "Sreenivasan and Sangita to Rejoin After 'Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala'". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[2] "Sudharsan's starry wedding reception". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Google Groups". Groups.google.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[6] "Tamil Cinema News - Tamil Movie Reviews - Tamil Movie Trailers". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[7] "Movie News simbu silambaattam saravanan sangeetha nayantara liplock simbu nayantara kiss simbu nayan gallery images". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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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)