ACTRESS MADHUMITHA / SWAPNA MADHURI BORN 1981 AUGUST 20

ACTRESS MADHUMITHA / SWAPNA MADHURI BORN 1981 AUGUST 20

Madhumitha (born Swapna Madhuri on 20 August 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.

Career[edit]

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 playing 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.

[1] 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,[1] Madhumitha received several offers from Tamil directors. She played leading roles in several Tamil films like Amudhey (2005), Englishkaran (2005) opposite Sathyaraj and Namitha. She was appreciated for her performance in Englishkaran. 


Review by India glitz.com quoted, "Madhumitha dominates the film. After her debut venture Kudaikul Mazhai, she has got a good scope to act, and she has used the opportunity well".[2] 

Her next release was, Naalai (2006), which, however, did not fetch her any recognition, despite being moderate successes.[1] 












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 a journalist. Since the film was released in many Western Tamil diasporal regions,

 she became widely noticed by the Tamil audience, winning accolades for her performance.[1]








 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. 

She was next seen in Yogi, opposite director-turned-actor Ameer Sultan, Madhumitha's role was unanimously praised with a reviewer from Rediff.com citing that "Madhumitha, taking on a role even experienced actresses might balk at and coming out trumps" Her performance as a young mother living in the Chennai slums, was critically praised,[3][4] winning her a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 3rd Vijay Awards. Solla Solla Inikkum, got released post marriage, which failed to achieve commercial success. Post her marriage, she played supporting roles in Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani and the Telugu films Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?, Maine Pyar Kiya and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy.

Personal life[edit]

Madhumitha married her longtime boyfriend, actor Shiva Balaji on 1 March 2009 at Kalinga Function Place in Hyderabad, Telangana.[5] 

Siva Balaji was her co-actor in her film Englishkaran. Their engagement was held on 21 August 2008 in Hyderabad.[6][7] They have two sons, Dhanvin and Gagan

Filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Sandade Sandadi		Telugu
2002	Rendu Gundela Chappudu		Telugu
2002	Manmadhudu	Swapna	Telugu
2002	Nuvve Nuvve	Anjali's Friend	Telugu
2003	Ammailu Abbailu	Ranjani	Telugu
2003	Dham		Telugu
2004	Puttintiki Ra Chelli		Telugu
2004	Kudaikul Mazhai	Madhumitha	Tamil
2005	Keelugurram		Telugu
2005	Amudhey	Nancy	Tamil
2005	Boyy Friend	Lekha	Malayalam
2005	Englishkaran	Sandhya	Tamil
2006	Naalai	Charu	Tamil
2007	Aanivaer	Sandhya	Tamil
2007	Naanu Neenu Jodi	Gowri	Kannada
2008	Arai En 305-il Kadavul	Mahishasuramardhini (Mahi)	Tamil
2009	Solla Solla Inikkum	Radhika	Tamil
2009	Yogi	Rajasulochana	Tamil	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011	Thoonga Nagaram		Tamil	Special appearance
2011	Kadhal Meipada	Aishwarya	Tamil
2012	Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?	Visalakshi	Telugu
2013	Biriyani	Varalakshmi	Tamil
2014	Maine Pyar Kiya	Malathi	Telugu
2015	Bhale Bhale Magadivoy	Gayathri	Telugu
2016	Buddhan Yesu Gandhi	Bharathi	Tamil	Filming

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
2014	Mannan Magal	Vishali	Jaya TV	Tamil
2014	Chinna Papa Periya Papa	Pappu	Sun TV	Tamil