Madhavi (actress)

Madhavi
Madhavi
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Born	Vijayalakshmi; 14 September 1962 (age 61); Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Maadhavi; Madhavi
Years active	1976–1996
Spouse	Ralph Sharma (m. 1996)
Children	Tiffany Sharma; Priscilla Sharma; Evelyn Sharma;

Madhavi is an Indian film actress known for her works in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Odia cinema. In a career spanning seventeen years, she has acted in around three hundred films. She was one of the top actresses from 1976 to 1996 in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and malyalam films.

Early life

Madhavi was born in Hyderabad, India to Sasirekha and Govindaswamy, on 12 August 1962.^[1] She grew up with a sister and a brother, named Keerthi Kumari and Dhananjay respectively.^[2] 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.^[3]

Career

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.^[4] She acted in a number of films with Telugu actor Chiranjeevi. Her first movie with Chiranjeevi was Intlo Ramaiah Veedhilo Krishnaiah in 1982. She acted again with Chiranjeevi in the movie Khaidi which was a massive hit. Her last movie in Telugu was Big Boss (another Chiranjeevi film). K. Balachander then cast her in a supporting role in his Telugu film Maro Charitra (1978). She reprised her role in its Hindi remake Ek Duuje 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.^[5] 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).

She has acted in many Kannada movies alongside popular Kannada actors including Dr. Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Anant Nag and Ambareesh. With Rajkumar, she acted in many commercially successful and critically acclaimed movies like Haalu Jenu, Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma, Anuraga Aralithu, Shruthi Seridaaga, Jeevana Chaitra, Aakasmika, Odahuttidavaru, etc. Her performances in Haalu Jenu and Malaya Marutha were widely acclaimed.

Madhavi acted alongside Kamal Haasan in Raja Paarvai, Tik Tik Tik, Kaakki Sattai,Sattam, Ellam Inba mayam and Mangamma Sabadham. Her films with Rajinikanth include Garjanai,Thillu Mullu, Thambikku Entha Ooru, Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal and Viduthalai. She showed her ability in movies like Enga Oor Kannagi, Neethi Devan Mayakkam and Nirabaraadhi.

She appeared in many Malayalam films especially in those starring Mohanlal and Mammootty. Her portrayal of Unniyarcha in the National Award-winning movie Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha was critically appreciated and is often recognized as one of the best roles in her acting career. Her portrayal as a mother who met her end with leukemia 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. 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.

Personal life

In 1996, her Hindu spiritual teacher Swami Rama arranged her marriage to one of his followers, a pharmaceutical businessman named Ralph Sharma,^[6] who was born to an Indian Hindu father and a German mother in the United States. Ralph first met his Hindu Guru, Swami Rama at the age of 23 at the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy.,^[7] whereas Madhavi first met Guru Swami Rama, in 1995. She married within a few weeks on 14 February 1996 of their introduction.^[8] They have three daughters and live in New Jersey.^[9]

Awards

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

1994- Aakashadoothu

Selected filmography

Telugu

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Direction	Notes
1976	Thoorpu Padamara^[10]		Narasimha Raju, Mohan Babu	Dasari Narayana Rao
1977	Amara Deepam	Madhavi	Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha	K.Raghavendra Rao
1978	Maro Charitra	Sandhya	Kamal Haasan, Saritha	Balachander
1979	Iddaru Asadhyule		Krishna, Rajinikanth, Geetha, Sowcar Janaki	K. S. R. Das
1979	Pranam Khareedu	Venkatalakshmi	Chiranjeevi, Rao Gopal Rao, Jayasudha	K. Vasu	Guest Appearance
1979	Tayaramma Bangarayya	Aruna	Chiranjeevi, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Sowcar Janaki	Kommineni Seshagiri Rao
1979	Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba	Parvati	Chiranjeevi	E. Ramki Sharma
1979	Kothala Raayudu		Chiranjeevi	K. Vasu
1979	Mande Gundelu	Rani
1979	Ra Ra Krishnayya
1979	Edi papam Edi Punyam	Aruna
1979	Oka Challani Ratri	Nirmala
1979	Anthuleni Vintha Katha		Narasimharaju, Manju Bhargavi, Jayanthi, Srividya	Mohan Das
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	Rekha	chiranjeevi
1981	Ooriki Ichina Maata	Rupa	Chiranjeevi	M. Balaiah
1981	Amavasya Chandrudu	Nancy	Kamal Hasan	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
1982	Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya	Jayalaxmi	Chiranjeevi	Kodi Ramakrishna
1982	Balidanam		Sobhan Babu
1982	Prayanamlo Padanisalu		Narasimha Rau, Satya Narayana
1982	Edi Dharmam Edi Nyayam
1983	Roshagadu		Chiranjeevi	K. S. R. Das
1983	Simhapuri Simham	Vijay's girlfriend	Chiranjeevi, Raadhika	Kodi Ramakrishna
1983	Khaidi	Madhulatha	Chiranjeevi, Sumalatha	A. Kodandarami Reddy
1983	Picchi Pantulu		Muralimohan	Raja Chandra
1984	Bhale Ramudu		Mohan Babu	K. S. R. Das
1985	Sanchalanam		Mohan Babu	K Poornachandra rao
1985	Chattamtho Poratam	Bharathi	Chiranjeevi, Sumalatha	K. Bapayya
1985	Jai Bethala		Narasimha Raju	B.V. Srinivasan, s/o B. Vittalacharya
1985	Mahsakthi		Narasimha Raju	K. S. Giri
1987	Donga Mogudu	Ravi Teja's wife	Chiranjeevi, Raadhika	A. Kodandarami Reddy
1987	Marana Sasanam
1987	Parasakthi	Madhavi
1993	Mathru Devo Bhava	Sarada	Nassar, Charuhasan	K. Ajayakumar
1995	Big Boss		Chiranjeevi, Roja	Vijaya Bapineedu

Kannada

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	as Anupama
1982	Haalu Jenu	Dr. Rajkumar, Roopa Devi	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	as Kamala
1982	Gandugali Rama	Vishnuvardhan	H. R. Bhargava
1983	Onde Guri	Vishnuvardhan	H. R. Bhargava
1983	Chinnadantha Maga	Vishnuvardhan	K. S. R. Das	As
1984	Chanakya	Vishnuvardhan	H. R. Bhargava
1984	Rudranaga	Vishnuvardhan	K.Mani Murugan
1984	Shiva Kanye	Ramakrishna	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
1984	Khaidi	Vishnuvardhan	K. S. R. Das
1985	Gedda Maga	Shankar Nag	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
1986	Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma	Rajkumar	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	As Parvati
1986	Anuraga Aralithu	Rajkumar	M. S. Rajashekar	As Ashadevi
1986	Malaya Marutha	Vishnuvardhan	K. S. L. Swamy	As Girija
1987	Shruthi Seridaaga	Rajkumar	Chi. Dattaraj	As Radha
1988	Ramanna Shamanna	Ravichandran, Ambareesh	Subbarao B	Music Director : S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
1992	Jeevana Chaitra	Rajkumar	Dorai-Bhagavan	As Meenakshi
1993	Aakasmika	Rajkumar	T. S. Nagabharana	As Clara
1994	Odahuttidavaru	Rajkumar	Dorai-Bhagavan

Malayalam

Complete list of Madhavi's Malayalam Movies are available from the MSI Database.^[11]

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Direction	Notes
1980	Lava	Seetha	Prem Nazir, K. P. Ummer	Hariharan
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	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, Gautami	Thulasidas

Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Direction	Notes
1980	Pudhiya Thoranangal		Sarath Babu	M. Karnan
1980	Veera Penn		Jaishankar
1981	Enga Ooru Kannagi		Jeeva, Major Sundarrajan, Srikanth	K. Balachander
1981	Amara Kaaviyam		Sivaji Ganesan	Amirthan
1981	Thillu Mullu	Sarojini	Rajinikanth	K. Balachander	First breakthrough in Tamil
1981	Garjanai	Geetha	Rajinikanth	C. V. Rajendran
1981	Sathyam Sundaram		Sivaji Ganesan	K. S Rao
1981	Raja Paarvai	Nancy	Kamal Hassan	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
1981	Tik Tik Tik	Sharadha	Kamal Haasan, Radha, Nisha Noor, Swapna	Bharathiraja
1981	Ellam Inba Mayyam	Madhavi	Kamal Hassan	G. N. Rangarajan
1981	Panimalar		Raveendran, Pratap K. Pothen, Gandhimathi	Hemachander
1982	Neethi Devan Mayakkam		Kamal Haasan		Remake of Insaf Ka Tarazu
1982	Kavithai Malar			S.Devarajan
1983	Sattam	Radha	Kamal Haasan, Sarath Babu	K. Vijayan
1983	Sattathukku Oru Saval		Suman	M. Karnan
1983	Chandi Samundi			K.S.Giri
1984	Thambikku Entha Ooru	Sumathi	Rajinikanth, Sulakshana, Sathyaraj	Rajasekar
1984	Niraparaathi	Radha	Mohan, Silk Smitha	K. Vijayan
1985	Kaakki Sattai	Anitha	Kamal Haasan
1985	Jhansi Rani		Sarath Babu	M. Karnan
1985	Mangamma Sabadham	Nancy	Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Sathyaraj	K. Vijayan
1985	Andavan Sothu		Jaishankar	Amirthan
1985	Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal	Padma	Rajinikanth	Balu Mahendra
1986	Viduthalai	Radha	Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganesan, Vishnuvardhan	Rajasekhar
1986	Vettaipuli		Jai Ganesh	M. Karnan
1987	Oor Kuruvi		Arun Pandian, Srividya	O. S. Sivakumar
1990	Athisaya Piravi	Rambha	Rajinikanth, Kanaka	S. P. Muthuraman	Guest appearance

Hindi

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Direction	Notes
1981	Ek Duuje Ke Liye	Sandhya	Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri	K. Balachander	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress
1983	Andha Kanoon	Zakhiya Khan	Rajinikanth, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Amitabh Bachchan	T. Rama Rao	Special appearance
1984	Mujhe Shakti Do		Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami	Sharad Chaudhary
1985	Misaal		Naseeruddin Shah, Vijeta Pandit	Humayun Mirza, Maharukh Mirza, Sharukh Mirza
1985	Geraftaar	Inspector Geeta Sinha	Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Poonam Dhillon	Prayag Raj
1987	Loha	Anita	Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Mandakini	Raj N. Sippy
1987	Kalyug Aur Ramayan	Sarita	Manoj Kumar, Rajiv Goswami	Babubhai Mistry
1987	Satyamev Jayathe	Pooja Shastri	Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Seshadri, Anita Raj	Raj N. Sippy
1987	Insaaf Kaun Karega	Priya	Dharmendra Rajnikant Pran Gulshan Grover Jayaprada Bindu	Sudarshan Nag
1988	Pyar Ka Mandir	Radha Bhooljanewala	Mithun Chakraborty, Raj Kiran, Nirupa Roy	K. Bapaiah
1988	Mar Mitenge	Radha	Mithun Chakraborty, Jeetendra, Banupriya	Kawal Sharma
1988	Falak (The Sky)	Rita D'Souza	Rakhee Gulzar, Jackie Shroff, Shekhar Kapur	Shashilal K. Nair
1989	Paraya Ghar		Rishi Kapoor, Jaya Prada	Kalpataru
1989	Jayadaad	Advocate Anjali
1989	Lashkar	Anand's wife	Dev Anand	Jagdish Kadar
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	Janaki Kumar	Rajesh Khanna, Govinda, Juhi Chawla	David Dhawan
1990	Agneepath	Mary Mathew	Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty	Mukul S. Anand
1990	Agneekaal	Asha	Jeetendra	Abbas-Mustan
1991	maza pritesh		Pritesh (actor), Madhavi (actress)
1992	Sarphira	Prema	Sanjay Dutt, Kimi Katkar	Ashok Gaekwad
1992	Lambu Dada		Master Akash, Mahesh Anand, Kabir Bedi	Sharad Chaudary
1992	Jigar		Ajay Devgan, Karisma Kapoor	Faroque Siddique
1994	Khudai	Sakhi Swami	Rajesh Khanna, Deepika Chikhalia	Johnny Bakshi

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Madhavi's Childhood". Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ "Maadhavi". Maadhavi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ "Maadhavi". Maadhavi. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ 1st Filmfare Awards 1953
^ Owner, Markan Global Enterprises, Inc
^ Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy [1][2]
^ South Siren Madhavi back from exile
^ "Maadhavi". Maadhavi. 14 February 1996. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ Thoorpu Padamara Telugu Full Movie : Narasimha Raju, Mohan Babu And Madhavi: Apoorva Raagangal [3]
^ "Maadhavi's Complete Malayalam Filmography". MSI. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

External links

Official website
Madhavi at IMDb

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Madhavi's Childhood". Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[3] "Maadhavi". Maadhavi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[4] "Maadhavi". Maadhavi. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[5] 1st Filmfare Awards 1953

[6] Owner, Markan Global Enterprises, Inc

[7] Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy [1][2]

[8] South Siren Madhavi back from exile

[9] "Maadhavi". Maadhavi. 14 February 1996. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[10] Thoorpu Padamara Telugu Full Movie : Narasimha Raju, Mohan Babu And Madhavi: Apoorva Raagangal [3]

[11] "Maadhavi's Complete Malayalam Filmography". MSI. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress
1972–1989	Roja Ramani (1972) Nanditha Bose (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Lakshmi (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Sheela (1977) Jayabharathi (1978) Srividya (1979) Srividya (1980) Jalaja (1981) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1982) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986) Sharada (1987) Revathi (1988) Rekha (1989)
1990–2009	Shobana (1990) Amala Akkineni (1991) Geetha (1992) Madhavi (1993) (1994) Annie (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Manju Warrier (1997) Manju Warrier (1998) Manju Warrier (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000) Samyuktha Varma (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Geetu Mohandas (2004) Meera Jasmine (2005) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyamani (2008) Shwetha Menon (2009)
2010–present	Mamta Mohandas (2010) Kavya Madhavan (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Manju Warrier (2014) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2015) Nayanthara (2016) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2017) Manju Warrier (2018) Nimisha Sajayan (2020-2021)

v t e Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
1969–1970	Sheela (1969) Sharada (1970)
1971–1980	Sheela (1971) Jayabharathi (1972) Jayabharathi (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Rani Chandra (1975) Sheela (1976) Santhakumari (1977) Shoba (1978) Srividya (1979) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1980)
1981–1900	Jalaja (1981) Madhavi (1982) Srividya (1983) Seema (1984) Seema (1985) Shari (1986) Suhasini Maniratnam (1987) Anju (1988) Urvashi (1989) Urvashi (1990)
1991–2000	Urvashi (1991) Srividya (1992) Shobana (1993) Shanthi Krishna (1994) Urvashi (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Jomol (1997) Sangita (1998) Samyuktha Varma (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000)
2001–2010	Suhasini Maniratnam (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Kavya Madhavan and Geethu Mohandas (2004) Navya Nair (2005) Urvashi (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyanka Nair (2008) Shweta Menon (2009) Kavya Madhavan (2010)
2011–2020	Shweta Menon (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Nazriya Nazim (2014) Parvathy (2015) Rajisha Vijayan (2016) Parvathy (2017) Nimisha Sajayan (2018) Kani Kusruti (2019) Anna Ben (2020)
2021–present	Revathi (2021) Vincy Aloshious (2022)