Malavika

19 Jul, 1979 | Bangalore

Actress

Biography

Malavika was born as Shweta Konnur, is an Indian actress. She has been a Fair & Lovely cream model in the North as well as a successful actress. Malavika was born to Aishwarya and Brigadier Jayvibhav Konnur in Bangalore. Malavika shot to fame at the age of 19, with her debut in the Tamil movie Unnai Thedi with Ajith directed by Sundar. C. The film went on to become a major blockbuster, it was released in 1999. She showed her acting skills in the film Rojavanam, which established her as an actress and left her with three hits from three films. But her fame was short lived with the film Pooporika Varukirom. The cast even included Sivaji Ganesan, but it was still a flop. Her films from 2001 to 2003 were all duds at the box-office, the only exception was Seenu. She wandered into Tollywood with Priya Nestama but returned with Surya in Perazhagan in a song. In 2004, she had the opportunity to star alongside Kamal Haasan in Vasool Raja MBBS, but later in that year, she ventured into Bollywood again and acted in C U at 9. Since then her career has gone up with performances in Chandramukhi alongside Rajinikanth, Jyothika, Prabhu and Nayantara. She also appeared in an item-number for the hit song VaaLa Meenukum in Chithiram Pesuthadi. She was applauded for the role she had in Thiruttu Payale, where she played a lady in Jeevan's hands. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. Malavika married Sumesh in March 2007. The couple was blessed with a baby boy on November 26th, 2008, in Mumbai.