Actress Malavika Avinash biography, career and life story

Malavika Avinash with her husband

Malavika Avinash Biography and Career

Malavika Avinash is an Indian spokesperson, actress, television personality and politician who is the current State spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party of Karnataka. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, films and family of Actress Malavika Avinash so read the article till the end.

She was born on 28 January 1976. She is known for her work in Kannada and Tamil films. She hosted Baduku Jataka Bandi, a television show that aired on Zee Kannada. She is a part of the ensemble cast in the highest grossing Kannada movie – K.G.F: Chapter 2.

Career

Malavika Avinash is a famous television and film celebrity and she worked in so many movies, this biography article is incomplete without talking about her films and shows. So here you will gain info about her films and projects.

Malavika’s stint as a child artist was followed by her entry into cinema as the heroine in award-winning Malayalam films for Lenin Rajendran and popular Kannada films. Television however, turned out to be the medium that adopted her. Her earlier television series were for Girish Karnad and Ashutosh Gowariker in Hindi, Ashok Naidu in Kannada and Dinesh Baboo in Malayalam.

Her performance in Mayamruga provided her iconic status among Kannada television viewers. Mayamruga’s success caught the eye of K. Balachander, who then chose to usher her into Tamil cinema world with Anni, where Malavika played the protagonist Anni.

Filmography of Malavika Avinash

Malavika’s Tamil films and Serials include Raji Or Raja Rajeshwari Role in “Raja Rajeshwari” Sun TV Serial 90’S Kids Favourite (Saregama India Ltd) Company Episodes Directors are Selva Kumar and Selva Pandi and K. Balachander’s Nilavai Pidippom where she portrayed a middle-class working woman, Pudhuyugam, Pralayam in “Comedy Colony” again under her mentor Balachander.

She played Madurai Thilaka in Arasi and Muththazhagi in Chellamey. She played key roles in Tamil films.

In 2017, she played a judge in Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s movie Bairavaa. She also starred in the current highest grossing Kannada film K.G.F: Chapter 1 as well as the highly acclaimed Tamil movie Kaithi, all 3 which have grossed more than 100 crores at the box office and the sequel of KGF, K.G.F: Chapter 2 which is India’s 3rd highest-grossing film of all time grossing more than 1000 crore at the box office.

Malavika participated in and won many international moot courts as a student, served as editor of her college journal, joined Madhyam, a development communications organization, served as assistant-editors of Madhyam journal, a legal column for the Times of India and UDAYAVANI for two years, her “Malavika Pakkam” column in Kumudam, a Tamil weekly, an Agony aunt column for Kumudam and more recently, ‘Malavika order’, a weekly column in Vijaya Karnataka. Malavika served as head of programming at Zee Kannada.

Malavika’s association with Bharatanatyam commenced at age five when her mother introduced it to her. She trained under M. R. Krishnamurthy of Kalakshetra, followed by advanced tutelage under Padmashri Leela Samson in Delhi.

Short biography of Malavika Avinash

Malavika Avinash was born on 28 January 1976 in a Tamil family to N. Ganesan. Her father was a banker and writer, and her mother, Savithri, a vocalist and dancer. She was initiated into classical arts under the tutelage of Padmashree Leela Samson in Bharatanatyam and Pandit Partho Das on the sitar. G. V. Iyer spotted her at a dance performance as Krishna and cast her as Krishna in his Krishnavataar. She then played a lead role as a princess in Prema Karanth’s Panorama children’s film Nakkala Rajakumari.

She completed her Bachelor of Law at Bangalore University and was awarded 3rd rank.  She married actor Avinash in 2001. They have a son named Gaalav.

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Random biography facts about Malavika Avinash

Malavika Avinash was a recipient of the CCERT (a unit of the Culture Ministry) scholarship for Bharatanatyam. She pursued dance along with her dancer sister, an alumnus of Kalakshetra, Ranjani Ganesan Ramesh.

As a duo they performed at cultural centres in India and abroad, including Hampi festival, Pattadakkal festival, Khujrajo festival, Chidambaram Natyanjali and Uttara Chidambaram. Together, they organise an annual dance festival called Arudhra at Bangalore.

Malavika Avinash entered politics campaigning for BJP leader Sushma Swaraj in Bellary. She is a member of the BJP’s Mahila Morcha. She joined Bharatiya Janata Party in September 2013 and was appointed one of its co-spokespersons in February 2014.

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