Bhavana (Malayalam: ഭാവന) 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.
This Thrissur girl, whose real
name is Karthika, is the daughter of Asst. Cinematographer, G.Balachandran
Menon and Pushpa. She has one brother named Jayaddev currently living in
Vancouver, Canada...
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 has acted with
almost all actors of Malayalam including Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi,
Dileep, Jayaram, Prithviraj, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya etc. Then in 2003, she
became the part of big 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.
She appeared in an Item Number in
the film Runway in 2004. Her career was not a successful one in 2004. She got
the State Awardfor Best Character Actress for Daivanamathil in 2006. In 2006
she acted only two films. Chinthamani Kolacase, Chess were the films and were
successes. Her latest movie Chotta Mumbai is an average hit with top Malayalam
Superstar Mohanlal.
Though she got several Tamil
films she refused them due to tight schedules. Her first Tamil film originally
offered was Koodal Nagar opposite Bharath but shelved due to some technical
difficulties, but completed and released recently in April 2007. Her first
released Tamil film Chithiram Pesuthadi was a huge success. After that she did
many tamil films.
Her latest movie Jeyam Kondaan
opposite Vinay got generally positive reviews and she was praised for her prim
and proper potrayal of a small town girl. Bhavana depicted a complete new style
and look specially in the songs and was noted to have reduced a lot of weight
finally fitting in the profile of glamourous and beautiful Kollywood heroines.
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