Chithrabhumi is a film magazine in Malayalam published from Kerala. It is a publication from the Mathrubhumi group. It was started in 1982.^[1]

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Kavya Madhavan
Native name	കാവ്യ മാധവൻ
Born	Kavya Madhavan (1984-09-19) September 19, 1984 (age 27) Nileshwaram, Kasargod, Kerala, India
Residence	Thammanam, Kochi, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Minu, Karthika
Ethnicity	Malayali
Citizenship	India
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1991 - present
Notable work(s)	Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan, Perumazhakkalam, Mizhi Randilum, Khaddama, Bhaktha Janangalude Sradhakku
Spouse	Nischal Chandra (2009-2011)
Parents	P. Madhavan Shyamala
Relatives	Midhun (brother)

Kavya Madhavan (Malayalam: കാവ്യ മാധവന്‍) is an Indian film actress who works in Malayalam cinema. She made her debut in Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) as a child artist. As a heroine Kavya's debut film was Lal Jose's Chandranudikkunna Dikhil(1999) while she was in the ninth standard. It was a super hit and from then on there was no looking back. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in the films Perumazhakkalam (2004) and Khaddama (2010).

Background[link]

Kavya was born on September 19, 1984 in the village of Nileshwaram in Kasargod district, Kerala, India, to P. Madhavan and Shyamala. She attended Nileswaram GLP School and entered the film industry as a child artist. She learned dancing during her school days and participated in competitions. She was a Kalathilakam in a Sub District Schools Youth Festival.^[1]

Movie career[link]

She first appeared as a child in Kamal's film Pookkalam Varavayi (1991). Her talent was soon recognized, and she was offered other projects such as Pavam IA Ivachan (1994) and Azhakiya Ravanan (1996). When she was in ninth standard, she got an offer to play as a heroine in Lal Jose's film Chandranudikkunna Dikhil, which became a super hit. After her leading role, she became popular in the Malayalam film industry. It has been claimed that she was the busiest female actress in Malayalam. She and Dileep are sometimes referred to as the Golden pair. The Dileep-Kavya pairing has produced several big hits, including Chandranudikkunna Dikhil (1999) and Meesa Madhavan (2002). In 2010 the pair acted in the film Pappy Appacha. Kavya’s films include Mizhi Randilum, Dhosth, Madhuranombarakattu, Sadanandante Samayam and Meesa Madhavan, of which the last movie earned record collections in the Malayalam film industry. Her other films include Chakkara Muthu, Iruvattam Manavatti, Annorikkal, Kochi Rajavu, Aparichithan, Perumazhakkalam, Gowrisankaram, Runway, Athisayan, Thilakkam and many more. She has acted in a few Tamil films; Kasi was her first film in Tamil that performed well at the box office. She has also acted in some more Tamil films, En Mana Vaanil and Sadhu Miranda. She has acted with various superstars in the Malayalam industry including Mohanlal, Mammootty, Jayaram, Suresh Gopi and Dileep. She also wrote lyric for the song 'En Khalbillulloru Pennaanu' for the film One Way Ticket.^[2]

Personal life[link]

She was married to Nishal Chandra on February 5, 2009 at Kollur Mookambika Temple.^[3] After the marriage she went to Kuwait to stay with her husband.^[4] However, she returned home in June the same year and did not go back thereafter. She filed a divorce petition with the Family Court at Ernakulam on July 24, 2010.^[3][5] Kavya and Nishal had appeared before the Ernakulam Family Court on May 25, 2011 and expressed their willingness, for a mutual divorce. She was granted divorce by court on May 30, 2011.

Awards and achievements[link]

Kerala State Film Awards

• 2004: Best Actress - Perumazhakkalam
• 2010: Best Actress - Khaddama

Kerala Film Critics Awards

• 2000: Second Best Actress - Chandranudikkunna Dikhil
• 2001: Second Best Actress - Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal
• 2003: Second Best Actress - Mizhi Randilum
• 2005: Best Actress - Anandabhadram
• 2010: Best Actress - Khaddama

Asianet Film Awards

• 2000: Special Jury Award - Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal, Madhuranombarakattu
• 2002: Best Star Pair - Meesa Madhavan
• 2002: Best Actress - Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan
• 2004: Special Jury Award Actress - Perumazhakkalam
• 2009: Best Actress - Banaras
• 2011: Best Actress - Khaddama

Vanitha-Surya TV Film Awards

• 2004: Best Actress - Mizhi Randilum
• 2006: Best Actress - Anandabhadram
• 2011: Best Actress - Khaddama

Mathrubhumi Film Awards

• 2002: Best Popular Actress
• 2002: Best Star Pair - (Dileep and Kavya)
• 2003: Second Best Actress - Mizhi Randilum
• 2004: Special Jury Award Actress - Perumazhakkalam
• 2007: Best Popular Actress
• 2009: Best Actress - Banaras
• 2011: Best Actress - Khaddama

Amrita TV FEFKA Film Awards

• 2010: Best Actress - Khaddama
• 2011: Best Popular Actress - All Films (2011)

Kerala Film Audience Awards

• 2001: Monisha Award
• 2003: Best Actress – Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan

Other Awards

• 2000: Bharathan Award - Navagatha Prathibha Chandranudikkunna Dikhil
• 2003: Fourth Raju Pilakkad Chalachithra Award - Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan
• 2007: Sathyan Memorial Award for Best Actress - Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri
• 2010: Jaihind TV Film Award for Best Actress - Khaddama
• 2011: Bharath Murali Award - Khaddama
• 2011: Sathyan Award ^[6]
• 2011: Lalitha-Padmini-Ragini Memorial Award^[7]
• 2011 Viewers Choice Award for Best Actress - Khaddama^[8]
• 2011: Reporter TV Film Award for Best Actress - Khaddama
• 2011: Surya TV Film Awards for Best Actress - Khaddama
• 2011: Ramu Kariat Film Awards for Best Actress - Khaddama
• 2011: Manappuram Kanyaka Minnale Film Awards for Young Megastar Female
• 2011: Thikkurissy Foundation Film Awards for Best Actress - Khaddama

Notable films[link]

Upcoming films[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kavya Madhavan at the Internet Movie Database

Samvrutha Sunil
Samvrutha Sunil
Born	(1986-10-31) 31 October 1986 (age 25)[1] Kannur, Kerala
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	2004 - present
Parents	Sunil and Sadhana
Relatives	Sanjuktha (sister)

Samvrutha Sunil (also known as Samvritha; born October 31, 1986) is a South Indian actress from Kerala, predominantly appearing in Malayalam films. She was introduced to the film industry through the Malayalam film Rasikan directed by Lal Jose. She has appeared in Telugu and Tamil films as well. Samvrutha was born in Kannur district in the state of Kerala.She is also supposed to be an ideal actress in the selection of costumes

Personal life[link]

Samvrutha was born in Kannur, in North Kerala on October 31, 1986. She did her schooling at St. Teresas A.I.G.H.S. school in Kannur.She is enagaged to marry Akhil,a Malayali engineer settled in California.

Acting career[link]

Samvrutha as the chief guest in the onam celebration of Silver Hills Hss, Kozhikode on August 30, 2008

Samvrutha's entry into the film industry happened with Rasikan (2004) with Dileep in the lead. The film was not a significant success but she was noted.^{[citation needed]} After Rasikan, she played characterless movies like Nerariyan CBI (2005) and Chandrolsavam (2005). It was her character Sherly in Lal Jose's Achanurangatha Veedu (2005) which became an eye opener for her. She became more popular in the melodious song sequence "Pachappanamthathe.. " from the movie Nottam (2006), which had a catchy beat and was picturised well. Her characters in Moonamathoral (2006), Pothan Vava (2006) and Vaasthavam (2006) were memorable. Her latest releases, Hallo (2007), Arabikkatha (2007), Chocolate (2007), Minnaminnikoottam (2008), and Thirakkatha (2008), have been super hits. She appeared in a guest role in Priyanandanan's Pulijanmam (2006) and Rafi Mecartin's Hallo (2007).

After her Tamil debut Uyir, where she played the heroine opposite Srikanth. Her debut Telugu movie was Evadithe Nakenti (2007), a remake of Malayalayam hit Lion. Her hobbies include watching movies, riding her motorcycle. Her first film was to be titled Hello and directed by Ranjith had planned to do a film with the same title, but it got shelved. She was also considered for the movie Nandanam to play Balamani’s character, but the shooting was planned during her board examination. So her parents decided against her acting in that film.^[2] Starting with Rasikan, Samvritha went on to do three films with director Lal Jose, to whom she fondly refers as her mentor.

Awards[link]

Asianet Film Award

• 2011: Popular Heroine Award - Manikyakkallu, Swapna Sanchari
• 2010: Character Actress Award - Cocktail
• 2008: Supporting Actress Award - Minnaminnikoottam

Other Awards

• 2010: Kerala Film Critics Association Awards- Best Supporting Actress- Various films
• 2008: Jaihind Film Award For Supporting Actress-Neelathamara
• 2007: Vanitha Film Awards- Best supporting Actress - Arabikatha

Filmography[link]

Malayalam films[link]

Samvrutha during the Sathyan Memorial Awards, 2007

Tamil films[link]

• Uyir (2006)

Telugu films[link]

• Evadaithe Naakenti

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Samvrutha Sunil

• Samvrutha Sunil at the Internet Movie Database

Manju Warrier
Born	Manju Warrier (1978-11-01) 1 November 1978 (age 33) Kannur, Kerala, India
Residence	Aluva, Kerala, India
Years active	1995 – 1999
Spouse	Dileep (1998–present)
Children	1

Manju Warrier (born 1 November 1978) is an Indian film actress. She was among the popular lead actress in Malayalam cinema during the mid to late-1990s. Warrier made her debut in Saakshyam (1995). Her well known films include Sallapam, Ee Puzhayum Kadannu (1996), Thooval Kottaram (1996), Kaliyattam (1997), Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu (1997), Daya (1998), Summer in Bethlehem (1998), and Pathram (1999). She won the National Film Award - Special Jury Award for her performance in Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu (1999). She got married to actor Dileep in 1998, and has quit acting since then.

Career[link]

Even when she was at school, Manju showed extra ordinary talent in dance, and won many awards. She was conferred Kalathilakam in Kerala Youth Festival for 2 years.

At the age of 17, she debut in the film Sakshyam (1995).^[1] Later at the age of 18, she acted in the movie Sallapam (1996), co-starring actor Dileep, which became a big hit. Since then, she acted in around 20 Malayalam movies over a span of three years, most of which have been hits. She has won numerous awards and critical acclaim and was considered to be the top heroine of her period. She is still one of the most loved actresses in Malayalam. She has not acted in any other languages in her career.

Her performance in the movie Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu was extraordinary and won a special mention from jury for national film awards. Her other popular films are Kanmadam and Aaraam Thampuran with Mohanlal, Ee Puzhayum Kadannu and Kudamattom with Dileep, Summer In Bethlahem, Pranayavarnnangal, Pathram and Kaliyattam with Suresh Gopi, Irattakuttikalude Achan, Kaliveedu, Thooval Kottaram and Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu with Jayaram. Her performances in these films won critical and commercial acclaim. She left the film field at the peak of her career.

She married actor Dileep .After her marriage with Dileep, she retired from the film industry. The last film in which she acted before retiring from industry was Pathram, co-starring Suresh Gopi.

In 2011, she appeared in the promotion event for the movie 'Gaddama' alongside Samyuktha Varma.

Personal life[link]

Manju Warrier's father is an accountant, and mother a housewife. She has one brother Madhu Warrier who is also an actor (appeared in a movie called "The Campus" among several others). She did her schooling from Chovva High school and Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kannur.

She was a talented dancer and made her debut in Malayalam films at the age of 18. She established herself as an actress par excellence in a very short period from her debut. She has also won the Kerala state award for best actress for the year 1996.

Manju Warrier got married to actor Dileep on 20 October 1998 at Aluva Sri Krishna Temple. She now lives in Kochi with Dileep and daughter, Meenakshi.

Awards[link]

National Film Awards

• 1999 - Special Jury Award - Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu

Kerala State Film Awards

• 1996 - Best Actress - Ee Puzhayum Kadannu

Asianet Film Awards

• 1999 - Best Actress - Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu, Pathram
• 1998 - Best Actress - Kanmadam

Screen-Videocon Awards

• 1997 - Best Actress - Aaraam Thampuran,Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu
• 1996 - Best Actress - Ee Puzhayum Kadannu

Film Fans Awards

• 1996 - Best Actress - Thooval Kottaram

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam

• 1996 - Best Actress - Ee Puzhayum Kadannu
• 1998 - Best Actress - Kanmadam
• 1999 - Best Actress - Pathram

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Manju Warrier

• Manju Warrier at the Internet Movie Database

Vineeth Sreenivasan
Background information
Genres	Playback singing, Indi-pop
Occupations	Singer, Actor, Director
Years active	2002–present

Vineeth Sreenivasan is an Indian playback singer, film actor, director, and screenwriter. He is the son of actor Sreenivasan. He made his debut as a director with his film Cycle with Vinu Mohan[2008].

Biography[link]

A mechanical engineer from Anna University, Chennai, Vineeth Sreenivasan is the son of Sreenivasan.^[1]

He is a part of the band Malayalee with Jakes Bejoy, Shaan Rahman and Arjun Sasi. He has also acted as one of the main protagonists in the Malayalam film titled Cycle which did well at the box office.^[2] Vineeth did his second movie role with his father in the movie Makante Achan.

He writes the lyrics of most of his album songs and has also shown his direction skills, directing his own music videos. His music album Coffee @ MG Road became a super hit instantly. He got first prize in Mappilappattu in the Kerala State Youth Festival 1998, where he outshone his ability for quick wit. When he was asked whether his father liked him singing Mappilappattu, he answered, "He didn't have any hatred towards my Mappilappattu, to my knowledge."

Vineeth won the AMMA Best Male Singer Award 2008 for his songs "Mampullikkavil" and "Jillu Jillu" and also the Best Male new face of the year 2008 by Asianet, for his role in Cycle. Vineeth wrote the script and Lyrics and directed the classic movie Malarvadi Arts Club with seven new young actors. He recently won the Asiavision award for the best debutant director for Malarvadi Arts Club. Thattatin marayathu is the second movie in which he proved his skills as a screenwriter, director and lyricist.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[link]

As actor[link]

As director[link]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Films (playback singer)[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

1. Vineeth Sreenivasan at the Internet Movie Database