Bhavana (actress)

Bhavana
Bhavana in 2011
Born	Karthika Menon[1] (1986-06-06) 6 June 1986[2] Thrissur, Kerala, India
Residence	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actress dancer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Naveen (m. 2018)

Karthika Menon (born 6 June 1986), better known by her stage name Bhavana, is an Indian film actress, who works in South Indian film industry. She has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu language films, and has established herself as a bankable lead actress. Bhavana made her acting debut in the Malayalam film Nammal in 2002, for which she won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention. In a career spanning over a decade, she has appeared in over 75 films and has won two Kerala State Film Awards.

Early life

Bhavana was born as Karthika Menon on 6 June 1986 in Thrissur district, Kerala, as the daughter of Pushpa and assistant cinematographer G. Balachandran. She has an elder brother, Jayadev.^[3][4] She studied at Holy Family Girls' High School, Chembukkavu, Thrissur.

Bhavana has described herself as a restless person and someone who's "hard to handle". She grew up with a dream to become an actress.^[5] As a five-year-old, she used to imitate actress Amala's scenes from the Malayalam film Ente Sooryaputhrikku in front of the mirror and was even willing to jump from a building and break her arm, like Amala's character, did in the film.^[5]

Career

Bhavana in a show in 2010

At age 16,^[5] she debuted in the Malayalam film Nammal taking the stage name Bhavana (Malayalam ഭാവന "enlightenment, imagination") opposite newcomers Sidharth Bharathan, Jishnu and Renuka Menon. The film was a big success and she got several offers in Malayalam. She won many honors and a Kerala State Special Jury Award for the film. Bhavana was an 11th Standard student when she got her break in the film. She has acted with almost all actors in Malayalam cinema and has got many offers lined up in Tamil and did many projects with famous Tamil actors like Ajith Kumar, Madhavan, Jayam Ravi, Bharath, Jiiva and Srikanth.^[6]

In 2010, she starred in her first Kannada film alongside Puneeth Rajkumar, Jackie which was a blockbuster. Following the film's huge success, the film was dubbed into Telugu and Malayalam.^[7] Bhavana was said to star with Emraan Hashmi and Amitabh Bachchan in a Bollywood film.^[8] Her second Kannada film Vishnuvardhana with Sudeep opened to a big response.^[9] She appeared in the Malayalam films Ozhimuri and Trivandrum Lodge in 2012, and Honey Bee and Ezhamathe Varavu in 2013. She played Roshni Mathew, a single mother employed in an IT company, in Shyamaprasad's Ivide, a crime thriller based on the serial killing of IT techies in major US cities.^[10][11]

In 2016, she starred in a film with Benedic Doray. Upcoming films of Bhavana include Swapnathekaal Sundaram and Adventures of Omanakuttan. Swapnathekaal Sundaram, touted to be an "out-and-out family entertainer", will see her portraying a housewife and mother to a 9-year-old boy, while Adventures of Omanakuttan will feature her as Pallavi, a flamenco dancer.^[12]

Personal life

Bhavana got married to her long time boyfriend and Kannada film producer Naveen on 22 January 2018.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Filmography

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

• 2002 – Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention – Nammal
• 2005 – Second Best Actress – Daivanamathil

Filmfare Awards South

• 2006 – Best Actress – Chithiram Pesuthadi

Asianet Film Award

• 2002 – Best Supporting Actress Award – Nammal
• 2005 – Best Character Actress Award – Daivanamathil

Other awards

• 2002 – Mathrubhumi Award for Best New Actress – Nammal
• 2003 – Mathrubhumi Award for Most Entertaining Actress – Swapnakoodu, C.I.D. Moosa
• 2005 – Grihalakshmy Special Jury Award – Daivanamathil
• 2005 – Jersey Foundation Award for Best Actress – Daivanamathil
• 2005 – Kalakeralam Award for Best Actress – Daivanamathil
• 2006 – Sathyan Award for Best Tamil Actress

References

External links

• Bhavana on IMDb
• Bhavana Biography

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