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Kausalya Born Kavitha Shivashankar
December 30, 1979 [1]
Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaOther names Nandini, Kousalya Occupation Actress, model Years active 1996–2009 Kausalya (born Kavitha Shivashankar on 30 December 1979), also known as Nandini, is an Indian film actress and model, who has starred mainly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She was purusing a modelling career, before she debuted in the 1996 Malayalam film April 16 by Balachandra Menon.[2][3][4] The following year, she appeared in her first Tamil film Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga and went on to star in several successful films, including Nerukku Ner, Priyamudan, Pooveli and Vanathai Pola.[3][4]
She had starred in over 30 films in Tamil and Malayalam in lead roles, while securing a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in Pooveli. By the mid-2000s, she turned character artiste and went on to portray supporting roles in films such as Thirumalai and Santosh Subramaniam and ventured into television with the series Manaivi which aired 436 episodes on Sun TV.[5]
Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes 1996 April 16 Malayalam 1997 Kaalamellam Kadhal Vazhga Tamil Nerukku Ner Akhila Tamil 1998 Sollamale Tamil Lelam Gouri Parvathi Malayalam Priyamudan Priya Tamil Jolly Anitha Tamil Pooveli Mahalakshmi Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) Unnudan Tamil 1999 Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu Priyadarshini Malayalam Thachiledathu Chundan Usha Malayalam Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham Tamil Panchadara Chilaka Telugu Alludu Garu Vacharu Telugu 2000 Vanathai Pola Tamil Eazhaiyin Sirippil Kausalya Tamil Thai Porandhachu Geetha Tamil Raja Kaliamman Meena Tamil Sandhitha Velai Agalya Tamil James Pandu Kausalya Tamil Kuberan Kavitha Tamil Ilaiyavan Tamil 2001 Manadhai Thirudivittai Indhu Tamil Kunguma Pottu Gounder Saraswathi Tamil Thaali Kaatha Kaliamman Karpagam Tamil Kutty Rohini Tamil Engalukkum Kaalam Varum Lakshmi Tamil 2002 Karumadikuttan Nandinikutty Malayalam Devan Tamil Naranathu Thamburan Malayalam Sundarapurushan Sridevi Malayalam 2003 Thirumalai Tamil Sivam Dr. Gayathri Bhadran Malayalam Udayam Ammu Malayalam Re Swalpa Barteera Kausalya Kannada Gandhi Nagara Kannada Badri Kannada 2004 Manikyan Malayalam Gowri Telugu Vajram Nanda Devarajan Malayalam 2005 Mahanandi Telugu 2007 Sooryan Raji Malayalam Viyyalavari Kayyalu Telugu 2008 Santosh Subramaniam Tamil 2009 I G.. Inspector General Malayalam 2009 Gowtham Kannada References
External links
- Kausalya at the Internet Movie Database
- Kausalya (Kousalya) at the Internet Movie Database
- Kausalya (as Nandini) at the Internet Movie Database
Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award 1972–1979 Jayalalithaa (1972) · Jayalalithaa (1973) · Lakshmi (1974) · Sujatha (1975) · Sujatha (1976) · Sujatha (1977) · Latha (1978) · Sobha (1979)
1980–1989 1990–1999 Radhika (1990) · Gauthami (1991) · Revathi (1992) · Revathi (1993) · Revathi and Nagma (1994) · Manisha Koirala (1995) · Shruti (1996) · Meena (1997) · Kausalya (1998) · Ramya Krishnan (1999)
2000–2009 2010–2019 Anjali (2010)Categories:- Tamil film actors
- Indian actors
- Indian film actors
- Indian television actors
- Living people
- Kannada people
- People from Bangalore
- 1979 births
- Filmfare Awards South winners
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