Divyaa Unni

Divyaa Unni
Divyaa Unni
Born	Kochi, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actress; classical dance performer; teacher;
Years active	1987–2019
Children	3
Relatives	Vidhya Unni (sister); Meera Nandan (cousin); Remya Nambeesan (cousin);

Divyaa Unni is an Indian former actress and classical dancer of Indian origin who teaches various forms of dance such as Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattom. As an actress, she mainly appeared in Malayalam language films, in addition to few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films too.

Early life

Her mother Uma Devi, is a Sanskrit teacher and is the Head of Sanskrit Department; at Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Girinagar & was awarded the National Award for Teachers (India),^[1]^[2] in the year 2013 by the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee. She has a sister, Vidhya Unni, who has worked as a lead in couple of Malayalam movies. Divyaa completed her schooling in Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar.

The actress has two children in her first marriage.^{[citation needed]}

Dance career

Divyaa started her Bharatanatyam dance training at the age of three,^[3] thereafter she was trained in Kuchipudi, and Mohiniyattam. Subsequently, Divyaa Unni was crowned, in 1990 and 1991, ''Kalathilakom'' in Kerala School Kalolsavam statewide competitions. On India's premier Television Channel Doordarshan, she has presented a variety of Indian dance art-forms to such as Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, and Indian folk dance. She continues to perform at various Indian dance festivals^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] in India^[8] and international stages throughout North America, Europe and Persian Gulf countries.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2019	Aakasha Ganga 2	Maya / Daisy	Malayalam	Photo archive
2019	Thanka Bhasma Kuriyitta Thamburatti	Herself		Photo archive
2013	Musafir	Herself		Guest appearance
2010	Upadeshiyude Makan	Irin
2008	Magic Lamp	Viji		Delayed release
2006	Illalu Priyuralu	Divya	Telugu	Delayed release
2001	Aandan Adimai	Gayathri	Tamil
	Oru Apoorva Pranayakatha	Meenakshi	Malayalam
	Nakshathragal Parayathirunnathu	Shivaranjini	Malayalam
	Vedham	Anitha Sanjay	Tamil
	Jameendar		Malayalam
	Baanallu Neene Bhuviyallu Neene	Lalitha / Anita	Kannada
2000	Palayathu Amman	Savithri	Tamil
	Sabhash	Shanthi
	Kannan Varuvaan	Parvathi
	Mark Antony	Nimmi	Malayalam
1999	Niram	Herself		Guest appearance
	Aakasha Ganga	Maya / Daisy
	Aayiram Meni	Mallika
	Usthad	Padmaja / Pappa
	Friends	Uma
1998	Sooryaputhran	Maya
	The Truth	Nimmi
	Ayushman Bhava	Sumangala
	Oru Maravathoor Kanavu	Annie
	Pranayavarnangal	Maya
1997	Varnapakittu	Nancy
	Churam	Maya
	Katha Nayagan	Gopika
	Karunyam	Indu
	Nee Varuvolam	Revathi
	Shibiram	Minikutty
1996	Kalyana Sowgandhikam	Athira		Debut as Lead actress
1993	Sowbhagyam	Indhu's Sister		Child artist
1993	O' Faby	Child artist
1991	Pookkalam Varavayi	School girl
1987	Neeyethra Dhanya	Young Shyamala

Television

Serials

Neeyum Njanum (Zee Keralam)
Iniyonnu Vishramikkate (DD Malayalam)
Shankupushpam (Asianet)
Kunjikkoonan (DD Malayalam)
Manassu (Surya TV)

Telefilm

Pranayam (Surya TV)

TV shows as Host

American Jalakam (Asianet)
Asianet Film Awards (Asianet)
America Today (Kairali TV)
Pravaham
Poomottukal (DD Malayalam)

TV shows as Judge

Comedy Stars Season 3 (Asianet)
Top singer season 2 (Flowers TV)
Oru Chiri Iru chiri Bumper Chiri (Mazhavil Manorama)
Star Magic (Flowers tv)

References

^ "National award for Sanskrit teacher Ms. Umadevi K. Ms. Umadevi K. Sanskrit teacher bagged the national Award for Best Teacher 2013 instituted by MHRD, New Delhi. She was invited to attend the award ceremony at New Delhi on Teachers Day". bhavans.info/news/show_other_news.asp?nid=774&kid=32. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ "List of teachers who were awarded National Award on Teachers Day 2014 | Curriculum Magazine". www.curriculum-magazine.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ "Reinventing the Panchakanya Women Through Bharatanatyam". Brown Girl Magazine. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ M, Athira (9 November 2017). "Artistic endeavours". The Hindu.
^ "A lifelong passion for dance". 9 November 2017.
^ "Divya Unni back on stage with mesmerizing dance steps - Video".
^ Nampoothiri, Hareesh N. (16 November 2017). "Review: Young dancers take the stage at Soorya's 'Parampara' festival". The Hindu.
^ "Review - The flavors of a festival - Padma Jayaraj". narthaki.com.

External links

[:0-1] "National award for Sanskrit teacher Ms. Umadevi K. Ms. Umadevi K. Sanskrit teacher bagged the national Award for Best Teacher 2013 instituted by MHRD, New Delhi. She was invited to attend the award ceremony at New Delhi on Teachers Day". bhavans.info/news/show_other_news.asp?nid=774&kid=32. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[2] "List of teachers who were awarded National Award on Teachers Day 2014 | Curriculum Magazine". www.curriculum-magazine.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

[3] "Reinventing the Panchakanya Women Through Bharatanatyam". Brown Girl Magazine. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

[4] M, Athira (9 November 2017). "Artistic endeavours". The Hindu.

[5] "A lifelong passion for dance". 9 November 2017.

[6] "Divya Unni back on stage with mesmerizing dance steps - Video".

[7] Nampoothiri, Hareesh N. (16 November 2017). "Review: Young dancers take the stage at Soorya's 'Parampara' festival". The Hindu.

[8] "Review - The flavors of a festival - Padma Jayaraj". narthaki.com.

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