Karthika Nair Actress – Profile and Biography
Karthika Nair malayalam actress profile and biography are given here. She is an upcoming actress in the South Indian film industry. Karthika made her debut in the 2009 in the Telugu film industry with the movie Josh. In this film, she had acted opposite to Naga Chaitanya. However, she rose to fame only when she acted opposite to Jiiva in the Tamil flick Ko. Interestingly, she is the daughter of the yesteryear actress Radha.
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Early Years
Karthika Nair was born into a filmy Malayali family on June 22, 1992. Her mother is herself a renowned actress of yesteryears. Her name is Radha. She has two siblings – a brother and a sister. Her sister has also made her mark in the show business as an actress. Her name is Thulsi Nair. Young Karthika Nair did her schooling in Podar International School in Mumbai. The actress is currently pursuing her degree course in Business studies at a college affiliated with the London School of Economics.
Early Years as an Actress in Film Industry
Karthika Nair forayed into the world of celluloid films at a tender age of 17 years. The actress' maiden launch in the movies took place in 2009 when she was given an offer to act in the Telugu flick Josh. In this maiden film, the young actress acted opposite to another young actor Naga Chaitanya who is the son of Telugu superstar Nagarjuna and yesteryear actress Amala. Her second movie was in Tamil. In this film titled Ko, the young Karthika was seen pairing opposite to actor Jiiva. This movie did well at the Box Office. Later, she made her entry into the Malayalam film industry with the movie Makaramanju, which is directed by noted filmmaker Lenin Rajeendran. In this flick, young actress acted alongside ace cinematographer and director Santhosh Sivan. Again, young Karthika went back to the Tamil movie industry when she got an offer from ace movie director Bharathiraja to act in his next film Annakodi.
Actress' Stint in Malayalam and Kannada Movie Industries
Karthika Nair initially had a memorable film Makaramanju with the cinematographer and director Santhosh Sivan in the Malayalam film industry. Later, the actress appeared in another Malayalam movie Kammath & Kammath. In this film, she donned the role of a village girl by the name Surekha. The actress Karthika expressed her desire to come back to the parent state and do more Malayalam movies in a recent interview on the eve of Vishu this year (2015). The interview was aired by a popular television channel during the Vishu festival. In her 6-year career in the South Indian movie industry, the gorgeous actress had acted in only one Kannada film. The name of that film is Brindavanam. In that movie, she enacted the role of Bhoomi to the extent possible.
Karthika's Stint in Tamil and Telugu Film Industries
After the initial success with Tamil films Ko and Annakodi, young Karthika Nair is emboldened to accept more movies in the Kollywood. More film directors started reposing faith in her ability to bring the audience to the theatres. That was why the two projects came in her way in 2015. The first one is titled as Vaa Deal and the second one is named as Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai. The shooting of the former is currently happening and the making of the latter is expected to pick up the stream sometime later in the year. In the Telugu film industry, young Karthika had appeared in the film Dammu, apart from her maiden film Josh. The film did not do well at the Box Office and hence her presence went unnoticed by the cine goers in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Another Telugu film in which she featured was Brother of Bommali. This film was released in the year 2014. This film also did not perform as well as expected at the Box Office.
Awards and Recognitions
In a short span of 6 years in the show business, young Karthika Nair has won numerous awards and recognitions. Despite this, the actress is still struggling to gain the foothold in the industry as her other films did not do as well as expected. Looking at the list of awards, one can easily find that the directors in the industry have not been able to tap the full potential in this upcoming actress. In any case, following is the list of awards earned by this talented Malayalam actress Karthika Nair.
- The actress has won the Santhosham Film Award for Best Debut Heroine for her performance in the Telugu movie Josh in 2009.
- In Mollywood, Karthika won Kerala State Film Critics Award for the Best Debut for her acting in the flick Makaramanju in 2011.
- In the same year, the actress had won the Vanitha Film Award for Best Debut in the movie Makaramanju.
- In the same year, Karthika Nair had won SIIMA Award for the Best Female Debut in the flick Makaramanju.
- In Kollywood, she had also won the Jaya Award for the Sensational Debut Heroine for her acting performance in Tamil flick Ko in 2011.
- The upcoming actress was even nominated for SIIMA Award for the Best Female Debut in Tamil film Ko in 2011.
Conclusion
Karthika Nair is an upcoming actress in the Southern film industry. She is primarily active in Tamil language films. In the short span of 6 years, the actress has also acted in Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She is the daughter of the famous yesteryear actress Radha. Young Karthika Nair has a sister who is also a movie actress. Her name is Thulasi Nair. Though the talented actress could make significant debut in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu film industries with highly successful movies, she could not sustain the same tempo in her latter films. It looks kike the so called ace directors in the Southern film industry have not been able to tap the full potential in Karthika Nair. The young actress was able to get awards for her clinically good performances in her debut films such as Ko, Josh and Makaramanju. Let us hope that the young Malayalam actress would be able to turn the table in her favour in the coming years.
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