Sanghavi (born Kavya Ramesh) is an Indian former actress and a model known for her work predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. She was one of the leading actresses in South Indian cinema from 1993 to 2004. In a career spanning 15 years, she has starred in over eighty feature films—38 in Telugu, 35 films in Tamil, eight in Kannada, two in Malayalam and one film in Hindi.
Early life Sanghavi was born in Mysore, Karnataka. Her father Dr. D. A. Ramesh was an ENT Professor at Mysore Medical College and her mother Ranjana is Kannada film actress Aarathi's elder sister's daughter. Sanghavi studied at Marimallappa High School. In 1993, she made her debut with the Tamil film Amaravathy opposite Ajith Kumar.
Personal life Sanghavi is an avid dancer and a badminton player. She married Venkatesh, an IT professional, on 3 February 2016 at the Taj Vivanta, Bengaluru. The couple have a daughter named Chanvi who was born in January 2020.
Accident Sanghavi injured her nose in an accident in 2005 while travelling from Mysore to Chennai. Her father, an ENT professor at the Mysore Medical College, performed corrective surgery. Sanghavi finally returned to the silver screen in 2019 with Kolanji, a film written by Naveen.
Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes 1993 Kokkoro Ko Telugu Amaravathy Amaravathy (Angelin) Tamil 1994 Rasigan Anitha Raghavan Rayara Maga Kannada Love 94 Nattamai Kanmani Tamil Galileo Malayalam 1995 Kattumarakaran Tamil Muthukulikka Vaariyala Sundari Lucky Man Gopi's lover Taj Mahal Telugu Ooriki Monagadu Anbu Magan Tamil Vishnu Radha Sindhu Bath Kannatha Mannukku Mariyadhai Bhavani Kolangal Sangeetha 1996 Coimbatore Mappillai Sumithra Tata Manavadu Swati Telugu Oho Naa Pellanta Telugu Suba Pudhu Nilavu Tamil Anthimanthaarai Veettukulle Thiruvizha Abhirami Nayudu Gari Kutumbam Keerthi Telugu Sarada Bullodu Yamini 1997 Priyamaina Srivaru Mannava Kavitha Tamil Dhinamum Ennai Gavani Raji Abbai Gari Pelli Telugu Pattukondi Choodam Sindhooram Baby Aahaa Enna Porutham Sinthamani Tamil Porkkaalam Muthamma 1998 Ulavuthurai Sangeetha Sher-E-Hindustan Naina Hindi Suryavamsam Madhavi Telugu Subbaraju Gari Kutumbam Ini Ellam Sugame Nandhini Tamil Bhagavath Singh Sarojini All Rounder Ramya Telugu Sivayya Sirisha Nilaave Vaa Filomina Tamil Ellame En Pondattithaan Geetha Zulm-O-Sitam Hindi Special appearance Aahaa..! Janaki Telugu Kodukulu Swarnamukhi 1999 Samarasimha Reddy Neelaveni Manikyam Seetharama Raju Gowri Holi Seena Malayalam Pilla Nachindi Preethi Telugu Preyasi Rave Soni Maganti 2000 Ravanna Goppinti Alludu Jalandhara Okkadu Chalu Pelli Sambandham 2001 Mrugaraju Sivangi Diggajaru Parvathi Kannada Rishi Nandhini Tamil Thaali Kaatha Kaaliamman Ramya Orey Thammudu Devi Telugu Chiranjeevulu Kaveri Evadra Rowdy Sathya Raja Rajeshwari Meenakshi Tamil 2002 Dheera Kannada Neethone Vuntanu Divya Telugu Lagna Patrika Vaishnavi Parasuram Vyjayanthi Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo Sindhu Varushamellam Vasantham Tamil Panchathantiram Chamundi Baba Lakshmi Hattoora Oedya Kannada Sandade Sandadi Priya Telugu 2003 Galatta Ganapathy Nandhini Tamil Shambu Telugu Special appearance2004 Andhrawala Shankar's wife Guri Saira Bhanu Sullan Lakshmi Mani Tamil Special appearance En Purushan Ethir Veetu Ponnu Rekha 2005 Iyer IPS Nasreen Okkade Kanni Iddaru Dr. Madhumathi Telugu Aanai Meena Jayaram Tamil 2006 Nidhi Guardian Kannada 2007 Anatharu Parvathi 2008 Indra 2019 Kolanji Appasamy's wife Tamil
Television 2008-2009: Gokulathil Seethai 2013: Savitri 2014: Kalabhairava Judged a show for Maa TV called Rangam 2017: Thai Veedu 2019: Jabardasth 2026: Palayathu Amman
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