Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu cinemas.
Career She started her career as a child artiste in the Malayalam movie Snehikkan Oru Pennu, released in 1978. Her debut film as a child artist in Tamil was En Rathathin Rathame (1989), which is the remake of Hindi movie Mr. India. The first film where she acted as a heroine was Ellame En Rasathan in 1995.
She is also well known for her role with actor Vijay's breakthrough film Poove Unakkaga (1996).
Subsequently, she starred in notable Tamil movies such as Kaalam Maari Pochu (1996), Alexander (1996), Vallal (1997), Pongalo Pongal (1997), Kalyana Vaibhogam (1997) and Ethirum Pudhirum (1999).
For her role in Malayalam satire film Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (1998), which was written and directed by Sreenivasan, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress.
She portrayed impactful characters such as Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995), Manthrikumaran (1998), Pallavur Devanarayanan (1999), Saphalyam (1999), Vazhunnor (1999) and Crime File (1999).
In Kannada, she is known for the movies Yaare Neenu Cheluve (1998) and Yare Nee Abhimani (2000).
She made her comeback after 14 years in Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan (2014) with Sreenivasan. Sangita has made a comeback to the silver screen with a strong character named Devi in Chaaver (2023).
After 25 years, Sangita returns to Tamil cinema with Bharath’s Kaalidas 2.
Personal life She was born as the youngest among four children, to the late Madhavan Nair from Kottakkal, Malappuram and mother, Padma from Kuzhalmannam, Palakkad, settled in Chennai. Her father migrated to Chennai for fruit business and the family settled there. She had her primary education from Sri Gujarati Vid Matriculation School, Chennai. She has two sisters, Mallika and Charu and a brother, Nitheesh.
She married cinematographer S. Saravanan in 2000 and retired from acting after marriage. The couple have a daughter Saai Thejaswathy born in 2002.
Filmography Year Title Role Language Notes 1978 Snehikkan Oru Pennu Malayalam 1983 Manju 1986 Vartha Ennennum Kannettante 1987 Neeyallengil Njan Syamala 1989 En Rathathin Rathame Tamil 1991 Idhaya Vaasal Uma Shanti Kranti Orphan Kannada Shanti Kranti Orphan Telugu Nattukku Oru Nallavan Orphan Tamil Shanti Kranti Orphan Hindi 1992 Naangal Gayathri Tamil Samundi Lakshmi Nani Telugu Naadody Sindhu Malayalam 1993 Arthana Anu Thalattu Sangita Tamil Captain Magal Anjali1994 Mahanadhi Adult Kaveri Uncredited Ravanan Uma Sarigamapadani Sangita 1995 Simhavalan Menon Urmila Malayalam Ellame En Rasathan Raani Tamil Pullakuttikaran Ammu Swapnam Malayalam Seethanam Dhanalakshmi Tamil Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava Malu Malayalam 1996 Amman Kovil Vaasalile Poongothai Tamil Poove Unakkaga Priyadarshini (Nirmala Mary) Kaalam Maari Pochu Indra Vetri Vinayagar Asirikai Namma Ooru Raasa Rasaathi Alexander Priya 1997 Vallal Chella Kili Ganga Gowri Gowri Adrasakkai Adrasakkai Sangita Pongalo Pongal Chitra Punniyavathi Unreleased Kalyana Vaibhogam Shanthi 1998 Kattathoru Penpoovu Kasthuri Malayalam Rathna Chinthamani Tamil Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala Shyamala Malayalam Kerala State Film Award for Best ActressCinema Express Award for Best Actress - Malayalam Manthrikumaran Aswathy Yaare Neenu Cheluve Kamali Kannada Kumbakonam GopaluSangeethaTamil1999 Samarasimha Reddy Sangeetha Telugu Ethirum Pudhirum Selvi Tamil Poomaname Vaa Seetha Pallavur Devanarayanan Vasundhara Malayalam Vazhunnor Rabeka Crime File Amala Saaphalyam Sumithra Jayam Durga Tamil 2000 Yare Nee Abhimani Utthara Kannada Kann Thirandhu Paaramma Gayatri, Amman Tamil Kanal Kireedam Mary Malayalam 2014 Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan Sunitha 2023 Chaaver Devi 2024 Parakramam Savithri Anand Sreebala Sreebala 2025 United Kingdom of Kerala Annakutty Hridayapoorvam Devika Haal Asif's mother 2026 Kaalidas 2 Roopa Tamil
References
External links
Sangita at MSI