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Kausalya
Kausalya
Born	Kavitha; 30 December 1979 (age 44); Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Other names	Nandini, Tamilselvi
Occupations	Actor; model;
Years active	1996–2010; 2014–present

Kavitha (born: 30 December 1979^[1]), commonly known as Kausalya (in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries) or Nandini (in Malayalam film industry), is an Indian actress and model, who has starred mainly in South Indian cinema. After starting her career in leading roles, she has since gone on to portray supporting roles.^[2]

Career

Nandini was pursuing a modelling career, before she debuted in the 1996 Malayalam film April 19 by Balachandra Menon.^[3]^[4]^[5] The following year, she appeared in her first Tamil film Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga (1997) with Murali and went on to star in several successful films in Tamil like Nerukku Ner (1997), Priyamudan (1998), Sollamale (1998), Pooveli (1998), Vaanathaippola (2000) and Kutty (2001).

She went on to appear in many Malayalam films including Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu (1998), Karumadikkuttan (2001), Sundara Purushan (2001), Shivam (2002), Udayam (2004), Vajram (2004), Maanikyan (2004) and Sooryan (2007).

She won Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for her performance in Pooveli. She mostly acted in saree-clad and conservative roles. By the mid-2000s, she turned character artiste and went on to portray supporting roles in films such as Thirumalai (2003) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008) and ventured into television with the series Manaivi which aired 436 episodes on Sun TV.^[6]

In 2004, she attempted to make a comeback as a lead actress but unfortunately several of her projects became delayed. Films such as Thiagarajan's Police which starred her alongside Prashanth, Manadhil with Karthik, Vendumadi Nee Enakku and Rosappoo Chinna Rosappoo with Sathyaraj, were readied but then stalled in quick succession.^[7]

Kausalya returned to the Tamil industry after 6 years with the action film, Poojai (2014).^[8]

Personal life

Kausalya was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. Her father Shivashankar Siddalingappa, a Bangalorean, worked as a depot manager at Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation.^[9] Her mother is half Marathi and half Kannadiga, and was born and brought up in Sri Lanka. Her grandmother was from Sri Lanka.^[10]

Awards

Filmfare Award South

1998 - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil - Pooveli^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1996	April 19	Nandhini	Malayalam
1997	Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga	Kausalya	Tamil
	Nerukku Ner	Akila	Tamil
	Lelam	Gouri Parvathi	Malayalam
1998	Sorry		Kannada	^[12]
	Jolly	Anitha	Tamil
	Priyamudan	Priya	Tamil
	Sollamale	Swetha	Tamil
	Pooveli	Maha	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
	Unnudan	Gowri	Tamil
	Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu	Priyadarshini	Malayalam
1999	Alludugaaru Vachcharu	Mahalakshmi	Telugu
	Thachiledathu Chundan	Usha	Malayalam
	Panchadara Chilaka	Kalyani	Telugu
	Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham	Lakshmi	Tamil
2000	Vaanathaippola	Nandini	Tamil
	Eazhaiyin Sirippil	Kausalya	Tamil
	Thai Porandhachu	Geetha	Tamil
	Raja Kaliamman	Meena	Tamil
	Sandhitha Velai	Agalya	Tamil
	James Pandu	Kausalya	Tamil
	Ilaiyavan	Janani	Tamil
	Kuberan	Kavitha	Tamil
2001	Engalukkum Kaalam Varum	Lakshmi	Tamil
	Thaali Kaatha Kaliamman	Karpagam	Tamil
	Naranathu Thampuran	Hemalatha	Malayalam
	Kunguma Pottu Gounder	Saraswathi	Tamil
	Karumadikuttan	Nandinikutty	Malayalam
	Kutty	Rohini	Tamil
	Sundara Purushan	Sridevi	Malayalam
	Manadhai Thirudivittai	Indhu	Tamil
	Jameendar		Malayalam
2002	Devan	Jacqueline	Tamil
2002	Shivam	Dr. Gayathri Bhadran	Malayalam
2003	Ree Swalpa Barteera	Kausalya	Kannada
	Gandhi Nagara	-	Kannada
	Badri	Soni	Kannada
	Thirumalai	Nagalakshmi	Tamil
2004	Udayam	Anju	Malayalam
	Vajram	Nanda Devarajan	Malayalam
	Gowri	Nagalaxmi	Telugu
	Manathil	-	Tamil
2005	Maanikyan	Nirmala Menon	Malayalam
2005	Mahanandi	Mrs. Swami	Telugu
2007	Sooryan	Raji	Malayalam
2007	Viyyalavari Kayyalu	Bhoopati Rayudu's wife	Telugu
2008	Santosh Subramaniam	Santosh's sister	Tamil
2009	I G Inspector General	Yamini	Malayalam
	Ghauttham	Geetha	Kannada
	Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval		Tamil
2010	Rambabu Gadi Pellam		Telugu
2014	Poojai	Susheela	Tamil
2015	Elinjikkavu PO	Lekshmi	Malayalam
2016	Anuraga Karikkin Vellam	Anuradha	Malayalam
2017	Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae	Sangili Aandavar's sister	Tamil
	Rarandoi Veduka Chudham	Kaushalya	Telugu
	Brahma.com	Kamu's mother	Tamil
2018	Koottali	Lakshmi	Tamil
	Jayamahal	Queen Matangi	Kannada
	Echcharikkai	Jaanu	Tamil
	Mandharam	Lakshmi, Rajesh's mother	Malayalam
	Savyasachi	Mahalakshmi	Telugu
2019	4 Letters	Anjali's mother	Telugu
	Natpe Thunai	Prabhakaran's mother	Tamil
	Khyla	Mithra	Tamil
2021	Michaelpatty Raja	Laila's real mother	Tamil
	Engada Iruthinga Ivvalavu Naala	Sanjay's mother	Tamil
	Rang De	Arjun's mother	Telugu
	Uthra	Devi	Tamil
2022	Hero	Subbu's mother	Telugu
2022	Radha Krishna		Tamil
2023	Saandrithazh		Tamil
2024	Purushothamudu		Telugu
TBA	Qurbani		Malayalam	Post production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Language	Ref
2004-2006	Manaivi	Hamsaveni/Krishnaveni	Sun TV	Tamil
2004	Chitta	Hema / Thattha	Surya TV	Malayalam
2005	Thanichu	Devapriya Raman IAS / Devutty	Asianet	Malayalam
2008	Kanden Seethaiyai		STAR Vijay	Tamil
2010	Dharmayudham	Bhairavi	Mega TV
2010	Alaipayuthey	Kannamma	Jaya TV
2014–2015	Akka	Manimekhalai	Jaya TV
2015	Spandhanam	Annie	Surya TV	Malayalam
2016–2017	Amma	Sukanya	Suvarna TV	Kannada
2020	Chadarangam	Bhavani	ZEE5	Telugu	^[13]^[14]
2022; 2024	Sundari	Nandan Bharathi (Extended Cameo Appearance)	Sun TV	Tamil

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