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Ananya
Ananya
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Born	Ayilya Gopalakrishnan Nair; 29 March 1991 (age 33); Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupations	Actress; Singer; Archer; Actress;
Years active	2008 – present
Spouse	Anjaneyan (m. 2012)

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Ayilya Gopalakrishnan Nair (born 29 March 1987), better known by her stage name Ananya, is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films and also she is singer and archer .

Ananya made her acting debut in Malayalam with Positive (2008) and debuted the following year in Tamil with Naadodigal, which emerged a critical and commercial success.^[1] She received the Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress in 2012 for the telefilm Doore and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil for Engaeyum Eppothum in 2011.

Early life

Ananya was born as Ayilya to Malayali parents Gopalakrishnan Nair, a noted film producer, and Praseetha in Perumbavoor, Kerala.^[2] She has one younger brother Arjun. Her name was taken from her birth star Aslesha, called Ayilyam in Malayalam and Tamil. She appeared as a child artist in one of her father's productions (executive producer), Pai Brothers (1995).^[3] Ananya pursued a B.A. degree in Communicative English at St. Xavier's College, Aluva.^[2]^[3] During her childhood, she was an archer and won the State Championship.^[4] While representing her college in a television reality show "Star Wars",^[2] she was spotted by various directors and received acting offers. After declining five projects, she decided to give it a try, accepting to act in Positive.^[3]

Film career

ok Her screenname changed to Ananya, when she was working in her debut Tamil film Naadodigal.^[4] The film was a high commercial success,^[5] and Ananya rose to fame, with her performance in the film being appreciated.^[6] She went on to reprise the same role in its Malayalam remake Ithu Nammude Katha. The film Shikkar alongside Mohanlal, gave her a big break in Malayalam. She did some thrilling scenes in the climax of the movie Shikkar that impressed Mohanlal, which made him call her the "Vijayashanti" of Malayalam.^[7] She also played a supporting role in Kandahar, which saw her sharing screen space with Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan.^[8] In 2011, Ananya played one of the female lead roles in Engeyum Eppodhum, which received rave reviews and became a sleeper hit.^[9]^[10]

In 2014, she appeared in Pulivaal, her first Tamil release after three years.^[11] As of 2018 she has Sigappu Rojakkal 2'in Tamil, Intintaa Annamayya in Telugu, Ameya in Malayalam delayed for release.She is currently gearing up for the release of her malayalam movie Bhramam.

Awards

Kerala State Television Awards

2012 – Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress : Doore

Filmfare Awards South

2011 – Best Supporting Actress – Tamil: Engaeyum Eppothum

Asianet Film Award

2010 – Best Supporting Actress : Seniors & Doctor Love

Vijay Awards

2009 – Best Debut Actress: Naadodigal
2011 – Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress: Engaeyum Eppothum

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1995	Pai Brothers		Malayalam	Child artist
1995	Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka		Malayalam	Child artist
2008	Positive	Jyothi	Malayalam	Career debut,Credited as Ayilya
2009	Naadodigal	Nallammaal	Tamil	Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
2009	Rahasya Police	Bhama	Malayalam
2010	Shikkar	Ganga	Malayalam
	Fiddle	Gayatri	Malayalam
	Oru Small Family	Ammu Vishwanathan	Malayalam
	Kandahar	Student (A passenger on the plane)	Malayalam	Special appearance
2011	Ithu Nammude Katha	Kalyani	Malayalam
	Seedan	Mahalakshmi	Tamil
	Seniors	Jeni	Malayalam	Asianet Film Award For Best Supporting Actress
	Amayakudu	Divya	Telugu	Debut in Telugu
	Doctor Love	Gowri	Malayalam	Asianet Film Award For Best Supporting Actress
	Engaeyum Eppothum	Amudha	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Sandwich	Kanmani	Malayalam
2012	Kunjaliyan	Maya	Malayalam
	Masters	Ashley Jacob	Malayalam
	Mullamottum Munthiricharum	Ranimol	Malayalam
	Gokula Krishna	Aishwarya	Kannada
2013	D Company	Indumathi	Malayalam	Segment – "Oru Bolivian Diary 1995"
2013	Nadodimannan	Meera	Malayalam	^[12]
2014	Pulivaal	Selvi	Tamil
	Thomson Villa	Sheelu	Malayalam
	Raktharakshassu 3D	Vampire	Malayalam	^[13]^[14]
	Athithi	Vasuki	Tamil	^[15]
	100 Degree Celsius	Ganga	Malayalam	^[16]
2015	Kalyanism	Kalyani	Malayalam
	The Reporter	Tara Viswanath	Malayalam
	Iravum Pagalum Varum	Sona	Tamil
	Urumbukal Urangarilla	Sheela	Malayalam	^[17]
2016	A.. Aa - Anasuya Ramalingam Vs Anand Vihari	Bhanumathi	Telugu	^[18]
2017	Tiyaan	Amba	Malayalam
2018	Oru Kuttanadan Blog	Gopan's wife	Malayalam
2018	Intintaa Annamayya		Telugu	Delayed release
2019	Maharshi	Pallavi	Telugu
2020	God Father	Mithra	Tamil
2021	Bhramam	Swapna	Malayalam	Released on Amazon Prime^[19]
2022	Appan	TBA	Malayalam	Filming

Discography

Song	Film	Music Director	Notes
Pacha Manja	100 Degree Celsius	Gopi Sundar
Pacha	Pacha	Gowtham Renil	Album
Omalkurunnukal	Seethakalyanam		Asianet TV series

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2021	Star Magic	Mentor	Flowers TV
2018	Thamasha Bazaar	Host	Zee Keralam	Replaced by Jewel Mary
2018	Oru Vattam Koodi	Host	Kerala Vision	Replaced by Kavitha Nair
2018	Seetha Kalyanam (TV series)	—	Asianet	Title song playback singer
2015	Star Challenge	Contestant	Flowers TV	reality show
2015	Smart Show	Participant	Flowers TV	game show
2012	Doore	-	Mazhavil Manorama	Telefilm
2010	Munch Star Singer	Herself	Asianet
2008	Manjil Virinja Tharam	Co Host	Kairali TV
2009	Vishu Darshanam	Host
2007	Star Wars	Contestant		Reality show

References

^ "ml:സിനിമയല്ലാതെ മറ്റൊന്നും മോഹിപ്പിക്കുന്നില്ല". Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MediaMatiqx". MediaMatiqx. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Shilpa Nair Anand (16 September 2011). "Life & Style / Metroplus : Arching towards success". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b Keerthy Ramachandran DC Kochi (3 September 2011). "Name to fame". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ "Nadodigal actress Ananya not the leading lady". desifox.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
^ "Ananya". mollywoodactress.blogspot.com. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
^ "Ananya Films". zimbio.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
^ "Ananya Profile". zimbio.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
^ Nandita Ravi (6 November 2011). "Engaeyum Eppothum is aiming for a century". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
^ "'Didn't think people would love Amudha so much'". Rediff.com. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
^ Zachariah, Ammu. "'Chappa Kurishu' turns 'Pulival' in Kollywood". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
^ Sanjith Sidhardhan, TNN (2 December 2011). "Three heroines opposite Dileep!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
^ "Raktharakshas 3D Malayalam Movie Preview". Theater Balcony. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ "Ananya to turn 'Raktharakshassu'". indiaglitz.com. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ V Lakshmi (30 November 2013). "Trouble in Nandhaa, Ananya's paradise!". The Times of India. TNN.
^ "Ananya replaces Gauthami Nair in '100 Degree Celsius'". The Times of India. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^ Deepa Soman (6 May 2015). "Ananya to act in Urumbukal Urangarilla". The Times of India. TNN.
^ "Ananya to be part of Trivikram-Nithiin-Samantha-Anupama's Telugu film 'A..Aa'". IB Times. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
^ "Bhramam trailer presents a dark comedy with amusing characters". Cinema Express. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

External links

Ananya at IMDb

[1] "ml:സിനിമയല്ലാതെ മറ്റൊന്നും മോഹിപ്പിക്കുന്നില്ല". Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

[mediamatiqx1-2] "MediaMatiqx". MediaMatiqx. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[thehindu1-3] Shilpa Nair Anand (16 September 2011). "Life & Style / Metroplus : Arching towards success". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[deccanchronicle1-4] Keerthy Ramachandran DC Kochi (3 September 2011). "Name to fame". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[5] "Nadodigal actress Ananya not the leading lady". desifox.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

[6] "Ananya". mollywoodactress.blogspot.com. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

[7] "Ananya Films". zimbio.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2010.

[8] "Ananya Profile". zimbio.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

[9] Nandita Ravi (6 November 2011). "Engaeyum Eppothum is aiming for a century". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

[10] "'Didn't think people would love Amudha so much'". Rediff.com. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

[11] Zachariah, Ammu. "'Chappa Kurishu' turns 'Pulival' in Kollywood". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

[12] Sanjith Sidhardhan, TNN (2 December 2011). "Three heroines opposite Dileep!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

[13] "Raktharakshas 3D Malayalam Movie Preview". Theater Balcony. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

[14] "Ananya to turn 'Raktharakshassu'". indiaglitz.com. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

[15] V Lakshmi (30 November 2013). "Trouble in Nandhaa, Ananya's paradise!". The Times of India. TNN.

[indiatimes1-16] "Ananya replaces Gauthami Nair in '100 Degree Celsius'". The Times of India. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

[17] Deepa Soman (6 May 2015). "Ananya to act in Urumbukal Urangarilla". The Times of India. TNN.

[ib_Times-18] "Ananya to be part of Trivikram-Nithiin-Samantha-Anupama's Telugu film 'A..Aa'". IB Times. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

[19] "Bhramam trailer presents a dark comedy with amusing characters". Cinema Express. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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