Kavya Madhavan

Kavya Madhavan
Born	Nileshwaram, Kasargod, Kerala, India
Residence	Vennala, Thammanam, Kochi, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film actress, dancer, singer, songwriter
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Nischal Chandra (m. 2009; div. 2011) Dileep (m. 2016)

Kavya Madhavan is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in many Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in Pookkalam Varavayi. Her debut role as a leading actress was in Lal Jose's Chandranudikkunna Dikhil in 1999, when she was in the ninth grade. Its success has since then established her career as a leading actress in the industry. She has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in Perumazhakkalam (2004) and Gaddama (2010).

Madhavan first appeared as a child actor in Kamal's film Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) at the age of seven. Subsequently, she was offered parts in other projects such as Pavam IA Ivachan (1994), Parasala Paatchan Payyannur Paramu (1994) by P.Venu and Azhakiya Ravanan (1996), directed by Kamal.

She was offered the female lead in Chandranudikkunna Dikhil, also starring Dileep, in 1999.

Kavya is a trained dancer who has won many awards and accolades at LP school level.

After the success of Chandranudikkunna Dikhil, Kavya Madhavan and Dileep became a popular pairing in Malayalam cinema, and they worked together in 18 movies. Some of their movies are Thenkasipattanam (2000), Darling Darling (2000), Meesa Madhavan (2002) which was one of biggest grosser of the year and was directed by Lal Jose, Mizhi Randilum (2003) in which she played a double role, Sadanandante Samayam (2003), Thilakkam (2003) directed by Jayaraj, Runway (2004) directed by Joshiy, Kochi Rajavu (2005), Lion (2006) again directed by Joshiy, Chakkara Muthu (2006), Inspector Garud (2007), Paappi Appacha (2010), Vellaripravinte Changathi (2011) and Pinneyum (2016). Most of their movies were in the romantic comedy genre.

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