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Born	Karthika Balachandran
Years active	2002-present

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Bhavana (Malayalam: ഭാവന ബാലചന്ദ്രന്‍, born June 6, 1986) is a South Indian actress who acts in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies.She made her debut in Kamal's Nammal which won her critical acclaim and various honours, including the State award.

Family

Born Karthika, Bhavana is the daughter of Asst. Cinematographer, G. Balachandran Menon and Pushpa. She has one brother named Jayaddev who is currently living in Vancouver, Canada.

Career

She debuted in Malayalam film Nammal opposite newcomers like Siddharth, Jishnu and Renuka Menon. The film was a big success and she got several offers in Malayalam. She won many honours and Kerala State Special Jury Award for the same film. Bhavana was a 11th class student when she got her break in films.^[2] She has acted with almost all actors of Malayalam including Mohanlal, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Dileep, Jayaram, Prithviraj, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya etc. Then in 2003, she became the part of hit movies like Chronic Bachelor, C.I.D.Moosa, Swapnakoodu etc. In 2004 her career turned dim. Her movies like Youth Festival, Parayam, Bunglavil Outha etc bombed at the box-office. Her career was not a successful one in 2004.In 2005 she acted in Udayanaanu Tharam,Hridayathil Sookshikkan,Police,Daivanamathil ,Chandupottu and Naran.Udayanaanu Tharam,Chandupottu and Naran turned out to be blockbusters and Daivanamathil was critically acclaimed.She got the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for Daivanamathil in 2006. In 2006 she acted in several movies. Chinthamani Kolacase, Chess were some of them and were successes. In 2007, her movie alondside Mohanlal,Chotta Mumbai turned out into a blockbuster.It was her third movie,paired along Mohanlal.After 2007, she concentrated much on Tamil Films.In 2008, the multistarrer Twenty:20 saw her comeback to Malayalam Cinema. Her lrecent releases in malayalam include LollyPop and Sagar Alias Jacky.

Her first Tamil film originally offered was Koodal Nagar opposite Bharath but shelved due to some technical difficulties, but completed and released in April 2007. Her first released Tamil film Chithiram Pesuthadi with Malayali Actor Narain was a great success and after this successful movie she has got many offers in Tamil and currently doing many projects with famous Tamil actors like Madhavan, Arya, Jayam Ravi, Bharath and Srikanth.^[3] She did many Tamil films including Veyil, Deepavali, Koodal Nagar, Arya, Rameswaram, Vaazhthugal and Jayamkondaan.

Now, Bhavana is a well known for her cute face in all the four South Indian language movies, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.^[4]

Awards

FilmFare Award For Best Actress in 2006
Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress in 2006
Ujala-Asianet Award for Best Character Actress in 2006
Mathrubhumi - Medimix Award for New face Actress in 2004

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Langauge	Notes
2002	Nammal	Parimalam	Malayalam
2003	Chronic Bachelor	Sandhya	Malayalam
	Thilakkam	Unni's Ladylove	Malayalam	Cameo
	C.I.D.Moosa	Meena	Malayalam
	Ivar		Malayalam
	Swapnakoodu	Padma	Malayalam
	Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe Veedu	Sangeetha Varma	Malayalam
2004	Parayam		Malayalam
	Chathikkatha Chanthu	Indira	Malayalam
	Youth Festival		Malayalam
	Runway		Malayalam	Cameo
	Amrutham		Malayalam
2005	Bunglavil Outha		Malayalam
	Udayanaanu Tharam	Gayathri	Malayalam
	Hridayathil Sookshikkan	Amritha	Malayalam
	Police	Sethulakshmi	Malayalam
	Daivanamathil	Sameera	Malayalam
	Chandhupottu	Rosa	Malayalam
	Naran		Malayalam
Bus conductor	Sugandhi	Malayalam
2006	Chithiram Pesuthadi	Charu	Tamil	Winner, Filmfare Best Tamil Female Debut Award Winner: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award
	Chinthamani Kolacase	Chintamani	Malayalam
	Kisan		Malayalam
	Chess	Radhika	Malayalam
	Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai	Priya	Tamil
	Veyil	Meenakshi	Tamil
2007	Deepavali	Susi	Tamil
	Koodal Nagar	Manimekalai	Tamil
	Chotta Mumbai	Latha	Malayalam
	Arya	Deepika	Tamil
	Rameswaram	Vasanthi	Tamil
2008	Vaazhthugal	Kayalvizhi	Tamil
	Ontari	Bujji	Telugu
	Mulla		Malayalam	Cameo
	Jayamkondaan	Annapurani	Tamil
	Hero	Krishnaveni	Telugu
	Twenty:20	Ashwathy Nambiar	Malayalam
	LollyPop	Rosebella	Malayalam
2009	Sagar alias Jackie	Aarathi Menon	Malayalam
	Casanova		Malayalam	Postponed
	Robin Hood		Malayalam	Filming

References

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[1] ttp://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/bhavana.html

[2] ttp://bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com/page/Bhavana?t=anon

[3] ttp://www.zonkerala.com/Bhavana-108/

[4] ttp://www.tamilnow.com/movies/actresses/bhavana/

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 ==Family==
 Born Karthika, Bhavana is the daughter of Asst. [[Cinematographer]], G. Balachandran Menon and Pushpa. She has one brother named Jayaddev who is currently living in [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]].
+==Career==
+She debuted in [[Malayalam]] film [[Nammal]] opposite newcomers like [[Siddharth]], [[Jishnu (actor)|Jishnu]] and [[Renuka Menon]]. The film was a big success and she got several offers in [[Malayalam]]. She won many honours and Kerala State Special Jury Award for the same film. Bhavana was a 11th class student when she got her break in films.<ref>http://bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com/page/Bhavana?t=anon</ref> She has acted with almost all actors of [[Malayalam]] including [[Mohanlal]], [[Mammootty]], [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Jayaram]], [[Prithviraj]], [[Kunchacko Boban]], [[Jayasurya]] etc. Then in 2003, she became the part of hit movies like [[Chronic Bachelor]], [[C.I.D.Moosa (Film)|C.I.D.Moosa]], [[Swapnakoodu]] etc. In 2004 her career turned dim. Her movies like [[Youth Festival]], [[Parayam]], [[Bunglavil Outha]] etc bombed at the box-office. Her career was not a successful one in 2004.In 2005 she acted in [[Udayanaanu Tharam]],[[Hridayathil Sookshikkan]],[[Police]],[[Daivanamathil ]],[[Chandupottu]] and [[Naran]].[[Udayanaanu Tharam]],[[Chandupottu]] and [[Naran]] turned out to be blockbusters and [[Daivanamathil]] was critically acclaimed.She got the [[Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress]] for [[Daivanamathil]] in 2006. In 2006 she acted in several movies. [[Chinthamani Kolacase]], [[Chess]] were some of them and were successes. In 2007, her movie alondside [[Mohanlal]],[[Chotta Mumbai]] turned out into a blockbuster.It was her third movie,paired along [[Mohanlal]].After 2007, she concentrated much on [[Tamil Film]]s.In 2008, the multistarrer [[Twenty:20]] saw her comeback to [[Malayalam Cinema]]. Her lrecent releases in malayalam include [[LollyPop]] and [[Sagar Alias Jackie Reloaded|Sagar Alias Jacky]].
+Her first Tamil film originally offered was [[Koodal Nagar]] opposite [[Bharath]] but shelved due to some technical difficulties, but completed and released in April 2007. Her first released Tamil film [[Chithiram Pesuthadi]] with Malayali Actor [[Narain (actor)|Narain]] was a great success and after this successful movie she has got many offers in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and currently doing many projects with famous Tamil actors like [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]], [[Arya (actor)|Arya]], [[Jayam Ravi]], [[Bharath Srinivasan|Bharath]] and [[Srikanth (actor)|Srikanth]].<ref>http://www.zonkerala.com/Bhavana-108/</ref>  She did many Tamil films including [[Veyil]], Deepavali, [[Koodal Nagar]], [[Arya (film)|Arya]], [[Rameswaram (film)|Rameswaram]], [[Vaazhthugal]] and [[Jayamkondaan]].
+Now, Bhavana is a well known for her cute face in all the four South Indian language movies, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.<ref>http://www.tamilnow.com/movies/actresses/bhavana/</ref>
 ==Awards==