Malavika

Shweta Konnur Menon (born 19 July 1979), known by her stage name Malavika, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films and a few Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Personal life Malavika's birth name is Shweta Konnur. She was born to Aishwarya and Brigadier Jayvibhav Konnur in Bengaluru.

Career Malavika shot to fame at the age of 19, with her debut in the 1999 Tamil movie Unnai Thedi with Ajith Kumar directed by Sundar C. The film went on to become a major blockbuster. She again was cast alongside Ajith in the film Anandha Poongatre. She showed her acting skills in the film Rojavanam, which established her as an actress and left her with three hits from three films. However, the film Pooparika Varugirom flopped, although the cast included Sivaji Ganesan.

From 2000 to 2003 all her film did not perform well at the box office except Vetri Kodi Kattu and Seenu. After that her career took off as she returned with Suriya in Perazhagan in a song. In 2004, she starred alongside Kamal Haasan in Vasool Raja MBBS. She was cast in the film Chandramukhi (2005). Later in that year, she ventured into Bollywood again and acted in C U at 9. She gave her best performance in the Tamil film Thiruttu Payale in 2006. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru Indru Naalai. In 2007, she appeared in supporting roles such as Vyapari, Thirumagan, Sabari, Manikanda and Naan Avanillai. Since then, she has mostly seen in guest appearance roles in Kuruvi (2008), Aayudham Seivom (2008) and Aarupadai (2009).

Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes 1999 Unnai Thedi Malavika Tamil Debut film Anandha Poongatre Divya Rojavanam Sindhu Pooparika Varugirom Priya Chora Chittha Chora Lalitha Kannada 2000 Chala Bagundi Seetha Telugu Vetri Kodi Kattu Amudha Tamil Seenu Geetha 2001 Deevinchandi Swetha Telugu Subhakaryam Navvuthu Bathakalira Dr Sandhya Lovely Nivedha Mahadevan Tamil 2002 Priya Nestama Pooja Telugu Phantom Pailey Sathi Malayalam 2003 Darna Mana Hai Neha Hindi Neenandre Ishta Sneha Kannada 2004 Perazhagan Dream bride Tamil Guest appearance Vasool Raja MBBS Priya Apparao Driving School Mahalakshmi Telugu 2005 Ayya Chelladurai's ex-fiancée Tamil Chandramukhi Priya Naina Khemi Hindi C U at 9 Kim / Juliet 2006 Pasa Kiligal Priya Tamil Chithiram Pesuthadi Guest appearance Thiruttu Payale Roopini Kaivantha Kalai Guest appearance 2007 Vyapari Model Thirumagan Myna Sabari Doctoral student Manikanda Maya Kannadi Herself Guest appearance Naan Avanillai Rekha Vignesh Arputha Theevu Guest appearance; partially reshot version of Malayalam film Machakaaran Herself Guest appearance 2008 Singakutty Kattuviriyan DC Meena, Sathyalakshmi Dual roles Kuruvi Herself Guest appearances Aayudham Seivom 2009 Aarupadai 2026 Love Insurance Kompany Vaala Meen