Sangita Madhavan Nair

Sangita Madhavan Nair (born 25 July 1976) is an Indian actress, who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada film industries, predominantly in the 1990s.

Sangita Saravanan
Actress Sangita in 2013
Born (1976-07-25) 25 July 1976
Malappuram, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Years active1978 – 2000
2014
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2000)​
ChildrenSaai Thejaswathy (b.2002)
Parent(s)
  • Madhavan Nair
  • Padma

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

She is 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
Year Award Category Work Result
1996Filmfare Award for Best Actress - TamilPoove UnakkagaNominated
1998Kerala State Film Award for Best ActressChinthavishtayaya ShyamalaWon
1998Filmfare Award for Best Actress – MalayalamChinthavishtayaya ShyamalaNominated
1998Asianet Best Actress AwardChinthavishtayaya ShyamalaNominated
1998Cinema Express Award for Best Actress - MalayalamChinthavishtayaya ShyamalaWon

Partial filmography
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1978Snehikkan Oru PennuMalayalamChild Artiste
1983ManjuMalayalam
1986VarthaMalayalam
Ennennum KannettanteMalayalam
1987Nee Allenkil NjanMalayalam
1989En Rathathin RathameTamil
1990Vazhndhu KattuvomTamil
1991Idhaya VaasalUmaTamil
Shanti KrantiKannada
Kadinjool KalyanamMalayalam
Shanti KrantiTelugu
Nattukku Oru NallavanTamil
Shanti KrantiHindi
NeelagiriMalayalam
1992NaangalGayathriTamil
Devar Veettu PonnuTamil
Chinna Pasanga NaangaTamil
Vasantha MalargalTamil
SamundiLakshmiTamil
NaadodySindhuMalayalam
1993ArthanaAnuMalayalam
ThalattuSangitaTamil
Captain MagalAnjaliTamil
1994MahanadiAdult KaveriTamil
SarigamapadaniSangitaTamil
Raja PandiTamil
RavananUmaTamil
Pudhusa Pootha RosaTamil
1995Simhavalan MenonUrmilaMalayalam
Manathile Oru PaattuTamil
Ellame En RasathanRaaniTamil
PullakuttikaranAmmuTamil
SwapnamMalayalam
SeethanamDhanalakshmiTamil
Aniyan Bava Chetan BavaMaluMalayalam
1996Amman Kovil VaasalilePoongothaiTamil
Poove UnakkagaNirmala MaryTamil
Puthiya ParasakthiTamil
Kaalam Maari PochuIndraTamil
Vetri VinayagarAsirikaiTamil
Namma Ooru RaasaRaasathiTamil
AlexanderPriyaTamil
1997VallalChella KiliTamil
Ganga GowriGowriTamil
Adrasakkai AdrasakkaiSangitaTamil
Pongalo PongalChitraTamil
PunniyavathiTamilUnreleased
Kalyana VaibhogamShanthiTamil
1998Kattathoru PenpoovuKasthuriMalayalam
RathnaChinthamaniTamil
Chinthavishtayaya ShyamalaShyamalaMalayalamKerala State Film Award for Best Actress
Most Popular Role
ManthrikumaranAswathyMalayalam
Yaare Neenu CheluveKamaliKannada
Kumbakonam GopaluSangeethaTamil
1999Samarasimha ReddySangeethaTelugu
Ethirum PudhirumSelviTamil
Poomaname VaaSeethaTamil
Pallavur DevanarayananVasundharaMalayalam
VazhunnorRabekaMalayalam
Crime FileAmalaMalayalam
SaaphalyamSumithraMalayalam
JayamDurgaTamil
2000Yare Nee AbhimaniUttharaKannada
Kann Thirandhu PaarammaGayatri, AmmanTamil
Kanal KireedamMaryMalayalam
2014Nagara Varidhi Naduvil NjanSunithaMalayalam

References
  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 - Times of India". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.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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