INDIAN ACTRESS MADHAVI ,A LEGEND OVER 300 FILMS IN MAJOR LANGUAGES BORN 1962 SEPTEMBER 13

INDIAN ACTRESS MADHAVI ,A LEGEND 

OVER 300 FILMS IN MAJOR LANGUAGES 

BORN 1962 SEPTEMBER 13

Madhavi is an Indian film actress known for her works in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya and Bengali cinema. In a career spanning seventeen years, she has acted in three hundred film

Early life[edit]

Madhavi was born in Hyderabad, India to Sasirekha and Govinda Swamy, on 14 September 1962.[2] She grew up with a sister and a brother, named Keerthi Kumari and Dhananjai respectively.[3] 

She learnt Bharat Natyam from Uma Maheswari and folk dance from Mr. Bhatt from an early age and gave more than a thousand dance performances.

 She attended Stanley Girls High School in Hyderabad, Abids Branch.[4]





Career[edit]

Director Dasari Narayana Rao gave her a starring role in the Telugu film Thoorupu Padamara when she was a teenager. The film became a huge hit.[5] K. Balachander then cast her in a supporting role in his Telugu film Maro Charithra (1978).

She reprised her role in its 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's character. She earned a Filmfare Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress.[6]

 K. Balachander was so impressed with her performance in both films that he introduced her to the Tamil film industry with Thillu Mullu (1981) opposite Rajinikanth.







 By the end of the decade, she was starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan in the Hindi film Agneepath (1990).

Madhavi acted alongside Kamal Haasan in Raja Paarvai, Tik Tik Tik, Kaakki Sattai and Mangamma Sabadham appearing in a swimsuit in all the films.








 Her films with Rajinikanth include Garjanai, Thambikku Entha Ooru, Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal and Viduthalai. 

She showed her ability in movies like Enga Oor Kannagi, and Nirabaraadhi. She also played Zeenat Aman's role from the Hindi hit film Insaf Ka Tarazu) (1980) in the Telugu remake "Edi Dharmam Edi Nyayam" (1982) and the Tamil remake Needhi Dhevan Mayakkam (1982).







She appeared in many Malayalam films especially in those starring superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal. She played the Zeenat Aman role from the Hindi hit film Don in the Malayalam remake titled Shobaraj (1986). 

Her portrayal of Unniyarcha in the National Award-winning movie Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha was critically appreciated and is often recognised as one of the best roles in her career.










Her portrayal as a mother who met her end with leukaemia in Akashadoothu won her the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress and Filmfare Award for Best Actress for 1993. Other notable films include Ormakkayi, Changatham, Novemberinte Nashtam and Nombarathi Poovu.

 She was later seen in supporting roles in films such as Aksharam and Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan. 







Most of her author-backed roles were in Malayalam films. She has won three Kerala State Film Awards, one for Best Actress and two for Second Best Actress.

She acted in a number of films with Telugu star Chiranjeevi. Her first movie with Chiranjeevi was Intlo Ramaiah Veedhilo Krishnaiah in 1982. She acted again with Chiranjeevi in the movie Khaidi. Her last movie in Telugu was Big Boss (another Chiranjeevi film).










She also acted in a number of Kannada movies alongside popular Kannada actors including Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Anant Nag and Ambareesh. 

Her performance in Haalu Jenu and Malaya Marutha was widely acclaimed.

















Personal life[edit]

In 1996, her spiritual teacher Swami Rama arranged her marriage to one of his followers, a pharmaceutical businessman named Ralph Sharma,[7] who is half-Indian and half-German. 

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Ralph first met his Guru, Swami Rama at the age of 23 at the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy.,[8] whereas Madhavi first met Guru Swami Rama, in 1995. She married within a few weeks on 14 February 1996 of their introduction.[9] They have three daughters and live in New Jersey.[10]

Awards[edit]

Kerala State Film Awards
1981 – Second Best Actress – Valarthu Mrigangal
1982 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress – Ormakkayi
1993 – Second Best Actress- Akashadooth
Filmfare Award for Best Actress

Selected filmography[edit]

Telugu[edit]

Year	Film	Cast	Direction	Notes	Role
1976	Thoorpu Padamara [11]	Srividya	Dasari Narayana Rao
1977	Amaradeepam	Krishnam Raju, Murali Mohan, Jayasudha	K. Raghavendra Rao		Madhavi (Madhoo)
1978	Maro Charithra	Kamal Haasan, Saritha	Balachander
1979	Pranam Khareedu	Chiranjeevi, Rao Gopal Rao, Jayasudha	K. Vasu	Guest Appearance	Venkatalakshmi
1979	Tayaramma Bangarayya	Chiranjeevi, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Sowcar Janaki	Kommineni Seshagiri Rao		Aruna
1979	Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba	Chiranjeevi	E. Ramki Sharma		Parvati
1979	Kothala Raayudu	Chiranjeevi	K. Vasu
1979	Mande Gundelu				Rani
1979	Kaliyuga Mahabharatam	Narasimha Raju	Hanuman Prasad
1980	Agni Sanskaram	Chiranjeevi	J. P. Prabhakar Sharma
1980	Mudumulla Bandham	Rajendra Prasad, Sarath Babu	Muthyala Subbaiah
1980	Triloka Sundari	Narasimha Raju, Deepa	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
1981	Vaaralabbai	Muralimohan, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Prabhakar Reddy	Rajachandra
1981	Chettaniki Kallu Levu	chiranjeevi			Rekha
1981	Ooriki Ichina Maata	Chiranjeevi	M. Balaiah		Rupa
1981	Amavasya Chandrudu	Kamal Hasan	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
1982	Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya	Chiranjeevi	Kodi Ramakrishna		Jayalaxmi
1982	Balidanam	Sobhan Babu
1982	Prayanamlo Padanisalu	Narasimha Rau, Satya Narayana
1983	Maa Inti Premayanam	Chiranjeevi	Alluri Ravi
1983	Roshagadu	Chiranjeevi	K. S. R. Das
1983	Simhapuri Simham	Chiranjeevi, Raadhika Sarathkumar	Kodi Ramakrishna
1983	Khaidi	Chiranjeevi, Sumalatha	A. Kodandarami Reddy
1983	Picchi Pantulu	Muralimohan	Raja Chandra
1985	Chattamtho Poratam	Chiranjeevi, Sumalatha	K. Bapayya		Bharathi
1985	Jai Bethala	Narasimha Raju	B.V. Srinivasan, s/o B. Vittalacharya
1985	Mahsakthi	Narasimha Raju	K. S. Giri
1987	Donga Mogudu	Chiranjeevi, Raadhika Sarathkumar	A. Kodandarami Reddy		Ravi Teja's wife
1990	Agneepath	Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty	Mukul S Anand		Mary Mathew
1993	Mathru Devo Bhava	Nassar, Charuhasan	K. Ajayakumar		Sarada
1995	Big Boss	Chiranjeevi, Roja	VIjaya Bapineedu

Malayalam[edit]

Complete list of Madhavi's Malayalam Movies are available from the MSI Database.^[12]

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Direction	Notes
1980	Lava	Seetha	Prem Nazir, K. P. Ummer	Hariharan
1980	Thirakal Ezhuthiya Kavitha
1981	Valarthu Mrugangal	Janu	Sukumaran, Ratheesh	Hariharan	Winner, Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress
1981	Garjanam	Geetha	Rajinikanth	C. V. Rajendran
1981	Poochasanyasi	Sandhya
1982	Anuraagakkodathi	Anuradha	Shankar Panicker	Hariharan
1982	Ormakkayi	Susanna	Adoor Bhasi, Bharath Gopi, Nedumudi Venu	Bharathan	Winner, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
1982	Kurukkante Kalyanam	Saritha	Sukumaran, Jagathy, Mohanlal, Bahadoor	Sathyan Anthikkad
1982	John Jaffer Janardhanan	Nancy	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Ravindran	I. V. Sasi
1982	Novemberinte Nashtam	Meera	Prathap Pothan	Padmarajan
1982	Sindoora Sandhyakku Mounam	Siji	Mohanlal
1983	Ponthooval
1983	Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla	Herself	Prem Nazir, Sreenivasan, Maniyanpilla Raju, Vijay Menon	Lenin Rajendran	Guest role
1983	Hello Madras Girl	Saritha	Shankar, Poornima Jayaram, Mohanlal, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Urvashi	J. Williams
1983	Changatham	Annie	Mohanlal, Mammootty, Jagathy, Paravoor Bharathan, Captain Raju,Sankaradi, Prathapachandran	Bhadran	Dubbed in Hindi as Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin
1984	Akkare	Padmavathi
1984	Vikadakavi	Santhi
1984	Mangalam Nerunnu	Rajani
1984	Kurishuyudham	Susy, Daisy			Double role
1985	Oru Kudakeezhil	Vijayalakshmi	Nedumudi Venu, Lalu Alex	Joshiy
1985	Adhyayam Onnu Muthal	Seetha	Mohanlal, Venu Nagavalli	Sathyan Anthikkad
1986	Sobharaj	Nisha			Remake of Hindi hit film Don
1986	Oru Katha Oru Nunakkatha	Amminikkutty
1987	Verukal Thedi
1987	Nombarathi Poovu	Padmini	Mammootty, Shaari, Jagathy	Padmarajan
1989	Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha	Unniyarcha	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Geetha	Hariharan
1993	Akashadoothu	Annie	Murali, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy	Sibi Malayil	Winner, Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1993	Gandhari	Gandhari	Siddique, Babu Antony, Jagathy, Saikumar	Sunil
1994	Sudhinam	Vinodini	Jayaram, Suvarna Mathew, Sudheesh	Nissar
1995	Chaithanyam	Savithri
1995	Aksharam	Gayathri Devi	Suresh Gopi, Annie	Sibi Malayil
1996	Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan	Sridevi	Mammootty, Murali, Gauthami	Thulasidas

Tamil[edit]

Year	Film	Cast	Direction	Notes	Role
1980	Pudhiya Thoranangal	Sarath Babu	M. Karnan
1980	Veera Pen	Jaishankar
1981	Pancha Kalyani	Sudhakar
1981	Enga Ooru Kannagi	Jeeva	K. Balachander
1981	Amara Kaviyam	Sivaji Ganesan	Amirthan
1981	Thillu Mullu	Rajinikanth	K. Balachander	First breakthrough in Tamil	Sarojini
1981	Garjanai	Rajinikanth	C. V. Rajendran		Geetha
1981	Sathyam Sundaram	Sivaji Ganesan	K. S Rao
1981	Raja Paarvai	Kamal Hassan	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao		Nancy
1981	Tik Tik Tik	Kamal Haasan, Radha, Nisha Noor, Swapna	Bharathiraja		Sharadha
1981	Ellam Inba Mayyam	Kamal Hassan	G. N. Rangarajan		Madhavi
1981	Panimalar	Ravindar, Prathaap, Gandhimathi	Hemachander
1982	Neethi Devan Mayakkam	Kamal Haasan		Remake of Insaf Ka Tarazu
1983	Sattam	Kamal Haasan, Sarath Babu	K. Vijayan
1984	Thambikku Entha Ooru	Rajinikanth, Sulakshana, Sathyaraj	Rajasekar		Sumathi
1984	Niraparathi	Mohan	K. Vijayan
1985	Kakhi Sattai	Kamal Haasan
1985	Mangamma Sabadham	Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Sathyaraj	K. Vijayan
1985	Andavan Sothu	Jaishankar	Amirthan
1985	Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal	Rajinikanth	Balu Mahendra
1986	Viduthalai	Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganesan, Vishnuvardhan	Rajasekhar		Radha
1990	Athisaya Piravi	Rajinikanth, Kanaka	S. P. Muthuraman	Guest appearance	Rambha

Hindi[edit]

Year	Film	Cast	Direction	Notes	Role
1981	Ek Duje Ke Liye	Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri	K. Balachander	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress	Sandhya
1983	Andha Kanoon	Rajinikanth, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Amitabh Bachchan	T. Rama Rao	Special appearance	Zakhiya Khan
1984	Mujhe Shakti Do	Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami	Sharad Chaudhary
1985	Misaal	Naseeruddin Shah, Vijeta Pandit	Humayun Mirza, Maharukh Mirza, Sharukh Mirza
1985	Geraftaar	Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan, Rajinikanth,Poonam Dhillon	Prayag Raj		Inspector Geeta Sinha
1987	Loha	Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Mandakini	Raj N. Sippy		Anita
1987	Kalyug Aur Ramayan	Manoj Kumar, Rajiv Goswami	Babubhai Mistry		Sarita
1987	Satyamev Jayathe	Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Seshadri, Anita Raj	Raj N. Sippy		Pooja Shastri
1987	Insaaf Kaun Karega	Dharmendra Rajnikant Pran Gulshan Grover Jayaprada Bindu	Sudarshan Nag		Priya
1988	Pyar Ka Mandir	Mithun Chakraborty, Raj Kiran, Nirupa Roy	K. Bapaiah		Radha Bhooljanewala
1988	Mar Mitenge	Mithun Chakraborty, Jeetendra, Banupriya	Kawal Sharma		Radha
1988	Falak (The Sky)	Rakhee Gulzar, Jackie Shroff, Shekhar Kapur	Shashilal K. Nair		Rita D'Souza
1989	Paraya Ghar	Rishi Kapoor, Jaya Prada	Kalpataru
1989	Jayadaad				Advocate Anjali
1989	Lashkar	Dev Anand	Jagdish Kadar		Anand's wife
1989	Zakhm	Shatrughan Sinha, Chunky Pandey, Neelam Kothari	Irfan Khan
1989	Nafrat Ki Aandhi				Geeta
1990	Sheshnaag	Jeetendra, Rishi Kapoor, Rekha, Mandakini	K. R. Reddy
1990	Muqadammah
1990	Haar Jeet	Kabir Bedi, Shafi Inamdar	Avtar Boghal
1990	Swarg	Rajesh Khanna, Govinda, Juhi Chawla	David Dhawan		Janaki Kumar
1990	Agneepath	Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty	Mukul S. Anand		Mary Mathew
1990	Agneekaal	Jeetendra	Abbas-Mustan		Asha
1992	Sarphira	Sanjay Dutt, Kimi Katkar	Ashok Gaekwad		Prema
1992	Lambu Dada	Master Akash, Mahesh Anand, Kabir Bedi	Sharad Chaudary
1992	Jigar	Ajay Devgan, Karisma Kapoor	Faroque Siddique
1994	Khudai	Rajesh Khanna, Deepika Chikhalia	Johnny Bakshi		Sakhi Swami

Kannada[edit]

Year	Film	Co-actor	Direction	Notes
1981	Garjane	Rajinikanth	C. V. Rajendran	As Geetha
1981	Garuda Rekhe	Srinath, Ambika	P S Prakash
1981	Anupama	Ananth Nag	Renuka Sharma
1982	Haalu Jenu	Dr. Rajkumar, Roopadevi	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Music Director: G K Venkatesh
1982	Gandugali Rama	Dr.Vishnuvardhan	Bhargava
1982	Chanakya	Dr.Vishnuvardhan	Bhargava
1982	Khaidi	Dr. Vishnuvardhan	K.S.R.Das
1983	Onde Guri	Dr. Vishnuvardhan	Bhargava
1983	Chinnadantha Maga	Dr.Vishnuvardhan
1984	Rudranaga	Dr. Vishnuvardhan	K.Mani Murugan
1984	Shiva kanye	Ramakrishna	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
1985	Gedda Maga	Shankar Nag	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
1986	Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma	Dr. Rajkumar	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	As Parvati
1986	Anuraga Aralithu	Dr. Rajkumar	M. S. Rajashekar
1986	Malaya Marutha	Dr. Vishnuvardhan	K S L.Swamy	As Girija
1987	Shruthi Seridaaga	Dr.Rajkumar	Chi. Dattaraj
1988	Ramanna Shamanna	Ravichandran, Ambareesh	Subbarao B	Music Director : S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
1992	Jeevana Chaitra	Dr.Rajkumar	Dorai-Bhagavan	As Meenakshi
1993	Aakasmika	Dr.Rajkumar	T. S. Nagabharana	As Clara
1994	Odahuttidavaru	Dr.Rajkumar	Dorai-Bhagavan