Actress Madhumitha Biography

Birth Name: Swapna Madhuri
Actress
Born: August 20, 1981 (age 32), Chennai,  India
Spouse: Siva Balaji (m. 2009)
Years active 2002–present
Upcoming movie: Biriyani

Madhumitha (born Swapna Madhuri on August 20, 1981) is an Indian actress, who has appeared in films in various South Indian industries, frequently in Tamil and Telugu films. She has appeared in Puttintiki Ra Chelli, Kudaikul Mazhai, Aanivaer and Arai En 305-il Kadavul.

Madhumitha started her acting career under her birth name Swapna Madhuri with the 2002 Telugu film Sandade Sandadi (2002) doing a pivotal supporting role. She continued essaying supporting roles in a couple of Telugu films like Manmadhudu (2002) along with Akkineni Nagarjuna and Sonali Bendre, Ammailu Abbailu (2003) and Puttintiki Ra Chelli (2004) sharing screen space with Arjun and Meena, with the latter in particular becoming a high commercial success, running for 275 days in theatres. She then got introduced to the Tamil film industry by R. Parthiban in his film Kudaikul Mazhai (2004), enacting the lead female role and changing her screen name to Madhumitha, named after her character in the film.
Though the film wasn't a major success,

 Madhumitha received several offers from Tamil directors. She played leading roles in several Tamil films like Amudhey (2005), Englishkaran (2005) opposite Sathyaraj and Namitha and Naalai (2006), which, however, did not fetch her any recognition, despite being moderate successes. She then appeared in the 2007 Tamil independent film Aanivaer, a film about the Sri Lankan Civil War, in which she enacted the role of doctor. Since the film was released in many Western Tamil diasporal regions, she became widely noticed by the Tamil audience, winning accolades for her performance. In 2008, she appeared in the Tamil comedy film Arai En 305-il Kadavul, directed by Simbudevan, acting along with comedy actors Santhanam and Ganja Karuppu, essaying the role of a sex worker, which fetched her much critical acclaim. She was next seen in Yogi, opposite director-turned-actor Ameer Sultan, and Solla Solla Inikkum, both which failed to achieve commercial success. Her performance in the former as a young mother living in the Chennai slums, was critically praised, winning her a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 3rd Vijay Awards.

Personal life

Madhumitha married her longtime boyfriend, actor Shiva Balaji on 1 March 2009 at Kalinga Function Place in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Shiva Balaji was her co-actor in her film Englishkaran, eventually marrying him, after romancing for 3 three years. The engagement was held on 21 August 2008 in Hyderabad.

Filmography

Year --- Film --- Role --- Language --- Notes
2002   --- Sandade Sandadi   --- Telugu
Rendu Gundela Chappudu   --- Telugu
Manmadhudu   --- Swapna   --- Telugu
Nuvve Nuvve   --- Anjali's Friend   --- Telugu
2003   ---  Ammailu Abbailu   --- Ranjani   --- Telugu
Dham   --- Telugu
2004   ---    Puttintiki Ra Chelli   --- Telugu
Kudaikul Mazhai Madhumitha Tamil
2005   ---    Keelugurram --- Telugu
Amudhey --- Nancy --- Tamil
Boyy Friend --- Malayalam
Englishkaran --- Sandhya --- Tamil
2006 --- Naalai Charu --- Tamil
2007 --- Aanivaer --- Sandhya --- Tamil
Naanu Neenu Jodi --- Gowri --- Kannada
2008 --- Arai En 305-il Kadavul --- Mahishasuramardhini (Mahi) --- Tamil
2009 --- Solla Solla Inikkum --- Radhika ---Tamil
Yogi Rajasulochana --- Tamil --- Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011 --- Thoonga Nagaram --- Tamil --- Special appearance
Kadhal Meipada --- Aishwarya --- Tamil
2012 --- Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? --- Visalakshi --- Telugu
2013   ---    Biriyani --- Kundhavi --- Tamil --- Filming
Rudhramadevi --- Tamil