Madhavi (actress)

Madhavi Born in 1962 is a famous South Indian film actress, who played the heroine role for 17 years in five languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. Director K. Balachander introduced her in a supporting role in his hit Telugu film "Marocharithra" (1979). She repeated her role in the Hindi remake "Ek Duje Ke Liye" (1981), which became the top grossing film of 1981. In both films, she showed remarkable sensitivity as a lonely wealthy woman who falls in love with Kamal Haasan. She earned a "Filmfare" nomination as Best Supporting Actress. [ [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953 ] ] Director K. Balachander was so impressed with her performance in both films that he introduced her to the Tamil film industry in the film "Thillu Mullu" (1981) with Rajinikanth. By the end of the decade, she was starring opposite superstar Amitabh Bachchan in the Hindi film "Agneepath" (1990). She was once a Miss India participant.

Madhavi later acted alongside Kamal Haasan in "Raja Paarvai", "Tik Tik Tik", "Kaakki Chattai" and "Mangamma Sabadham" appearing in a swimsuit in all the films. Other films with Rajinikanth included "Garjanai" and "Thambikku endha ooru". Being talented, she showed her ability in movies like "Needhi dhevan Mayakkam" and "Nirabaraadhi".

She acted in number of Kannada movies which have been a big success. She acted with many popular Kannada heroes including Dr. Raj Kumar, Vishnu Vardhan, Anant Nag and Ambareesh.

She acted many films in Malayalam also with superstars Mammootty, Mohanlal, etc. Her evergreen memorizing character is as "Unniyaarcha" in "Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha" starring with Mammootty.

Some of her hit Kannada movies are:

* "Anupama"
* "Bhagyada Laxmi Baaramma"
* "Shruti Seridaga "
* "Oda Huttidavaru"
* "Malaya Marutha"

Tamil Films list

# "Thillu Mullu" - Rajinikanth
# "Veera Pen" - Jaishankar
# "Thambikku entha oru" - Rajinikanth
# "Sattam" - Kamalhassan
# "Ellam Inbamayam" - Kamalhassan
# "Raja Parvai" - Kamal hassan
# "Tick Tick Tick" - Kamal hassan
# "Pancha Kalyani" - Sudhakar
# "Kakki Sattai" - Kamal hassan
# "Viduthalai" - Rajinikanth, Sivaji
# "Mangamma Sabatham" - Kamalhassan

In 1996, she married businessman Sharma, who is half-Indian and half-German, and moved to New Jersey to raise her three children and assist her husband in his business. Now retired from films, she has indicated that she still feels the urge to act when she sees good films. [ [http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/aug-06-02/07-08-06-madhavi.html Tamil movies : Yesteryear heartthrob Madhavi is back in town ] ]

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