Bhavana (actress)

Karthika Menon (born 6 June 1986), better known by her stage name Bhavana, is a film actress from Kerala, 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 80 films and has won two Kerala State Film Awards.

This article is about Malayalam actress. For others, see Bhavana (disambiguation).

Bhavana
Bhavana in 2008
Born
Karthika Menon[1]

(1986-06-06) 6 June 1986[2]
Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation
  • Actress
  • dancer
Years active2002–present
Spouse(s)
Naveen (m. 2018)

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. .[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. Recent films of Bhavana include Swapnathekaal Sundaram and Adventures of Omanakuttan.

Personal life

Bhavana married her long time boyfriend and Kannada film producer Naveen on 22 January 2018.[12][13][14][15]

Kidnap and sexual assault

On 17 February 2017, she was kidnapped and molested by a gang while travelling from work. The incident happened at night when she was moving from Thrissur to Kochi in her car when a van hit from behind near Athani, Angamaly. A brawl ensued between her driver Martin and the three van passengers, after which they pulled him aside and forcefully entered her vehicle, keeping her hostage. They drove for two-and-a-half hours in the city, during which they sexually assaulted her and took pictures and filmed. They abandoned her near Kakkanad.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Bhavana filed a case with the police. The FIR was registered with allegations of rape, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy, and breaches of relevant sections of the IT Act of India.[28]

Filmography
Years No Title Role Language Notes
2002 1NammalParimalamMalayalam
2003 2Chronic BachelorSandhya
3 C.I.D. MoosaMeena
4 SwapnakooduPadma
5 IvarNandhini
6 Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe VeeduSangeetha Varma
2004 7ParayamSudha
8 Chathikkatha ChanthuIndira
9 Youth FestivalParvathy
10 AmruthamMridula
2005 11Bunglavil OuthaAswathy
12 Hridayathil SookshikkanAmritha
13 PoliceSethulakshmi
14 DaivanamathilSameera
15 ChanthupottuRose
16 NaranLeela
17 Bus ConductorSugandhi
18 Udayananu Tharam Gayathri
2006 19Chithiram PesuthadiCharumathi (Charu)TamilTamil debut
20 Chinthamani KolacaseChinthamani WarrierMalayalam
21 KisanKilimathi
22 ChessDr. Radhika
23 Kizhakku Kadalkarai SalaiPriyaTamil
24 VeyilMeenakshi
2007 25DeepavaliSusi
26 Koodal NagarManimekalai
27 Chotta Mumbai'Parakkum' LathaMalayalam
28 AaryaDeepikaTamil
29 RameswaramVasanthi
2008 30VaazhthugalKayalvizhi Thirunavukkarasu
31 OntariBujjiTeluguTelugu debut
32 JayamkondaanAnnapuraniTamil
33 HeroKrishnaveniTelugu
34 Twenty:20Ashwathy NambiarMalayalam
35 LollipopRosebella
2009 36Sagar Alias Jacky ReloadedAarathi Menon
37 WinterShyama Ramdas
38 Robin HoodRupa
39 MahatmaKrishnaveniTelugu
2010 40Happy HusbandsKrishnendu MukundhanMalayalam
41 AasalSulabha PillaiTamil
42 JackieLakshmiKannadaKannada debut
43 Marykkundoru KunjaaduMary IttichanMalayalam
2011 44Kudumbasree TravelsAswathy
45 The MetroAnupama
46 Doctor LoveEbin
47 VishnuvardhanaBharathiKannada
48 Oru MarubhoomikkadhaElianaMalayalam
2012 49 RomeoShrutiKannada
50 OzhimuriBalamaniMalayalam
51 Trivandrum LodgeMalavika
52 Yaare KoogadaliBharathiKannada
2013 53TopiwalaSuman Bedi
54 BachchanDr. Ashwini
55 Honey BeeAngelMalayalam
56 Ezhamathe VaravuBhanu
2014 57PolytechnicAshwathi Nair
58 KootharaSwathy
59 Angry Babies in LoveSarah
2015 60 IvideRoshni Mathew
– Open Your MindSandhyaShort film
2016 61Hello NamasthePriya
62 Kuttikalundu SookshikkukaShahida Gautham
2017 63ChowkaBhoomikaKannada
64 Honey Bee 2: CelebrationsAngelMalayalam
65 Adventures of OmanakuttanPallavi
66 VilakkumaramAswathy Ananthakrishnan
67 Adam JoanShwetha
2018 68 TagaruPanchami Kannada
2019 69 99 Janaki Devi ( Jaanu)
2020 Inspector Vikram TBA Post Production [29]
Bhajarangi 2 TBA Filming[30]
Govinda Govinda TBA Filming[31]

Special appearances
Year No:- Title Role Language Notes
2003 1 Thilakkam Gauri Malayalam Cameo appearance
2004 2 Runway Item Number Special appearance in a song
2008 3 Mulla Mentally challenged lady Cameo appearance
20124Nippu Vaishnavi Telugu Cameo appearance
Ee Adutha Kaalathu Herself Malayalam Photo presence only
20155Mythri Herself Kannada/Malayalam Cameo appearance
2015 6 Kohinoor Lilly Malayalaam Cameo appearance
20167Mukunda Murari Rukmini Kannada Appearance in the song "Murari Lola"
20178Honey Bee 2.5 Angel/Herself Malayalam Guest appearance
9 Oru Visheshapetta Biriyani Kissa Kumari Kamalambika Guest appearance

Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
Filmfare Awards South
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
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Endorsements
  • Pulimoottil Silks
  • Shreedevi Textiles
  • Miami Cushion
  • Eastea
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