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Nayanthara Chakravarthy

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Nayanthara Chakravarthy
Born (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 22)[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2005–2016
Parents
  • Maninath Chakravarthy
  • Bindu Maninath
AwardsSee Awards

Nayanthara Chakravarthy (born 20 April 2002), also known as Baby Nayanthara, is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Tamil-language Films, and has established herself as a lead child actress. Nayanthara made her acting debut in the Malayalam film Kilukkam Kilukilukkam in 2005, for which she won the “Sathyan Memorial Award” for the Best Child Artist in 2006.[2]

Early life and education

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Nayanthara, born on 20 April 2002 in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, is the daughter of Maninath Chakravarthy and Bindu Maninath. She has a younger brother, Ayaan Chakravarthy. She started her acting career at the age of 3.[3] She studied at Christ Nagar School, Thiruvananthapuram till class 2 after which, she moved to Kochi where she finished her schooling in The Choice School, Thrippunithura.

Career

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Nayanthara's notable works include Kilukkam Kilukilukkam, Swarnam, Loud Speaker, Trivandrum Lodge, Marupadi. She has appeared several commercials including The Chennai Silks, RMKV Silks and Silver Storm Parks.

Awards

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List of film awards received by Nayanthara Chakravarthy
Year Award Category Film
2006 Sathyan Memorial Award Best Child Artist Kilukkam Kilukilukkam
2008 Atlas - Film Critics Award Best Child Artist [4] Swarnam
2009 Mathrubhumi Amrita Award Best Child Artist
2009 Jaycee Foundation Award Best Child Artist Loudspeaker
2009 Jeevan Minnalai Award Best Child Artist
2015 IFA Awards (Dubai) Best Child Artist in 10 Years Various films

Filmography

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  • All films are in Malayalam, unless otherwise noted.
List of film credits
Year Title Role
2006 Kilukkam Kilukilukkam Tinku Mol
2006 Achanurangatha Veedu Nayana
2006 Chess Achu
2006 Notebook Student
2007 Athisayan Kingini
2007 Kanaka Simhasanam Ammukutty
2007 Inspector Garud Grand Daughter of Raghavan
2007 Aakasham Mayakutty
2007 Sooryan Sooryan's niece
2007 Kangaroo Josekutty's Niece
2008 Twenty:20 Antony Punnekkadan's Daughter
2008 Novel Thara
2008 Swarnam Ponnu
2008 Thirakkatha Baby Shalini
2008 Crazy Gopalan Babu John's Daughter
2009 Bhagavan Sreenath's Daughter
2009 Ee Pattanathil Bhootham Ammukutty
2009 Loudspeaker Angela
2011 Nadakame Ulakam Omanakuttan's Daughter
2011 Collector Avinash Varma's Daughter
2011 Naayika Anand's Adopted Daughter
2012 Trivandrum Lodge Amala
2012 Poppins Chakki
2013 Silence Arya
2014 Little Superman Serah
2015 Aval Vannathinu Shesham[citation needed] Devu
2016 Marupadi[5][6] Riya (Aby's daughter)

References

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  1. ^ "ഇനി ബേബി നയൻതാരയല്ല; നായികയാവാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി നയൻതാര ചക്രവർത്തി".
  2. ^ "Sathyan Memorial Awards announced". The Hindu. 25 November 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ "അഭിനയത്തിന് താല്‍ക്കാലിക വിട". Mangalam. 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Mohanlal, Sukumari adjudged best actors ". The Hindu. 10 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Rahman and Bhama to pair up". Indiaglitz. 10 October 2018.
  6. ^ "When justice is denied". The Hindu. 10 October 2018.