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Bhavana
Born Karthika Menon[1]
(1986-06-06) 6 June 1986 (age 26)
Thrissur, Kerala, India
Other names Thakkidu
Occupation Actress
Years active 2002–present
Karthika Menon (born 6 June 1986), better known by her stage name Bhavana, is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut in Kamal's Nammal (2002), which won her critical acclaim and various honors. In a career spanning over a decade, she has appeared in over forty-five films, in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, while winning one Filmfare and two Kerala State Film Awards.

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[edit] Early life

Bhavana was born Karthika Menon[2] in Nellangara, Thrissur, Kerala, the daughter of Pushpa and assistant cinematographer, G. Balachandran Menon. She has one brother, Jayadev, who currently lives in Vancouver, Canada.[3] She studied at Holy Family Girls' High School, Chembukkavu, near Kerala state zoo Thrissur. Bhavana, who describes herself as a restless and a confused person and someone who's "hard to handle", states that she had grown up with a dream to become an actress.[4] She recalls that, as a five-year-old, she used to imitate actress Amala's scenes from the Malayalam film Ente Sooryaputhrikku in front of the mirror and was even willing to jump from a building and break her arm, like Amala's character did in the film.[4]
She is the brand ambassador along with actress Lakshmi Rai for team Kerala Strikers for the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL), captained by Mohanlal, who is also one of the owners of the team, and vice-captain Indrajit.

[edit] Career

Nivin Pauly & Bhavana at CCL party, Vizag, India, 2011
At age 16,[4] she debuted in the Malayalam film Nammal opposite newcomers Siddharth, Jishnu,[5] and Renuka Menon. The film was a big success and she got several offers in Malayalam. She won many honors and a Kerala State Special Jury Award for the film. Bhavana was an 11th standard student when she got her break in films.[6] She has acted with almost all actors in Malayalam cinema. She has got many offers lined up in Tamil and did many projects with famous Tamil actors like Ajith Kumar, Madhavan, Jayam Ravi, Bharath, Jiva and Srikanth.[7]
She has been doing glamorous roles since 2008.[8]
In 2010, she starred in her first Kannada film alongside Puneeth Rajkumar acted in Jackie which was a blockbuster. Following the film's huge success, the film was dubbed into Telugu and Malayalam.[9] Bhavana is said to be paired with Emraan Hashmi & Amitabh Bachchan in an upcoming Bollywood film.[10] Her second Kannada movie Only Vishnuvardhana with Sudeep opened to a big response.[11]

[edit] Awards

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Filmfare Awards South
Kerala State Film Award
Asianet Film Award
  • 2002 - Best Supporting Actress Award - Nammal
  • 2005 - Best Supporting Actress Award - Daivanamathil
Other Awards
  • 2002 - Mathrubhumi Award for Best New Actress - Nammal
  • 2003 - Mathrubhumi Award for Most Entertaining Actress - Swapnakoodu, C.I.D. Moosa
  • 2005 - Grihalakshmy Special Jury Award - Daivanamathil
  • 2005 - Jersey Foundation Award for Best Actress - Daivanamathil
  • 2005 - Kalakeralam Awardfor Best Actress - Daivanamathil
  • 2006 - Sathyan Award for Best Tamil Actress

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2002 Nammal Parimalam Malayalam Kerala State Film Special Jury Award
Asianet Award for Best Supporting Actress
2003 Chronic Bachelor Sandhya Malayalam
2003 Thilakkam Gauri Malayalam Special appearance
2003 C.I.D. Moosa Meena Malayalam
2003 Swapnakoodu Padma Malayalam
2003 Ivar Nandhini Malayalam
2003 Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe Veedu Sangeetha Varma Malayalam
2004 Parayam Sudha Malayalam
2004 Chathikkatha Chanthu Indira Malayalam
2004 Runway Item number Malayalam Cameo appearance
2004 Youth Festival Parvathy Malayalam
2004 Amrutham Mridula Malayalam
2005 Bunglavil Outha
Malayalam
2005 Udayananu Tharam Gayathri Malayalam Guest appearance
2005 Hridayathil Sookshikkan Amritha Malayalam
2005 Police Sethulakshmi Malayalam
2005 Daivanamathil Sameera Malayalam Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress
Asianet Award for Best Supporting Actress
2005 Chanthupottu Rose Malayalam
2005 Naran Leela Malayalam
2005 Bus Conductor Sugandhi Malayalam
2006 Chithiram Pesuthadi Charumathi (Charu) Tamil Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award
2006 Chinthamani Kolacase Chinthamani Warrier Malayalam
2006 Kisan
Malayalam
2006 Chess Dr. Radhika Malayalam
2006 Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai Priya Tamil
2006 Veyil Meenakshi Tamil
2007 Deepavali Susi Tamil Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actress
2007 Koodal Nagar Manimekalai Tamil
2007 Chotta Mumbai 'Parakkum' Latha Malayalam
2007 Arya Deepika Tamil
2007 Rameswaram Vasanthi Tamil
2008 Vaazhthugal Kayalvizhi Thirunavukkarasu Tamil
2008 Ontari Bujji Telugu
2008 Mulla Mentally challenged girl Malayalam Special appearance
2008 Jayamkondaan Annapurani Tamil
2008 Hero Krishnaveni Telugu
2008 Twenty:20 Ashwathy Nambiar Malayalam
2008 LollyPop Rosebella Malayalam
2009 Sagar alias Jacky Reloaded Aarathi Menon Malayalam
2009 Winter Shyama Ramdas Malayalam
2009 Robin Hood Rupa Malayalam
2009 Mahatma Krishnaveni Telugu
2010 Happy Husbands Krishnendu Mukundhan Malayalam
2010 Asal Sulabha Pillai Tamil
2010 Jackie Lakshmi Kannada
2010 Marykkundoru Kunjaadu Mary Ittichan Malayalam
2011 Kudumbasree Travels Aswathy Malayalam
2011 The Metro Anupama Malayalam
2011 Doctor Love Abin Malayalam
2011 Only Vishnuvardhana Bharathi Kannada
2011 Oru Marubhoomikkadha Eliana Malayalam
2012 Nippu Vaishnavi Telugu Cameo appearance
2012 Romeo Shruti Kannada
2012 Ozhimuri Balamani Malayalam
2012 Trivandrum Lodge Malavika Malayalam Cameo appearance
2012 Topiwala
Kannada Filming
2012 Bachchan
Kannada Filming
2012 Yaare Koogadali
Kannada Filming
2013 Honey Bee
Malayalam Pre-production
2013 Left Right Left
Malayalam Pre-production

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Bhavana Gallery". Cinebasket. http://www.cinebasket.com/bhavana/. 
  2. ^ "Bhavana interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actress". Idlebrain.com. 2008-09-08. http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/bhavana.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
  3. ^ "Tamil Actress Bhavana Balachandran Photo Gallery | Bhavana's Latest Movie in Telugu is Ontari with P.Gopichand". Actress.telugucinemastills.com. 1986-06-06. http://actress.telugucinemastills.com/bhavana/gallery3/. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
  4. ^ a b c Y. Sunita Chowdhary (2011-07-16). "Arts / Cinema : New-look Bhavana's dream comes true". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2233197.ece. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
  5. ^ "Jithin Sivaram". facebook.com. http://www.facebook.com/jithinsivaram?t=anon. Retrieved 2012-06-08. 
  6. ^ "Bhavana - BOLLYWOOD". Bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com. http://bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com/page/Bhavana?t=anon. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
  7. ^ "Actress Bhavana related web sites, photo gallery and information page". Zonkerala.com. http://www.zonkerala.com/Bhavana-108/. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
  8. ^ "Bhavana going glamorous in film". Times of India. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-16/news-interviews/27925201_1_bhavana-telugu-films-tamil. 
  9. ^ "Bhavana debuts in Kannada today - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60805.html/. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
  10. ^ cinema (2011-09-03). "Actress bhavana is all set to make her bollywood debut. | Kottaka.com Blog". Kottaka.com. http://www.kottaka.com/blog/2011/09/actress-bhavana-is-all-set-to-make-her-bollywood-debut/. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
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