MALAVIKA - The hottest South Indian actress

 
 
 
Birth name Shweta Konnur
Born July 19, 1979 (1979-07-19) (age 29),Bangalore, India
Years active 1999 - present

Malavika was born as Shweta Konnur in Bangalore, India on July 19, 1979. She has been a Fair & Lovely cream model girl in the North as well as a successful actress.Malavika shot to fame at the age of 19, with her debut in the Tamil movie Unnai Thedi with Ajith directed by Sundar.C, the film went on to be a major blockbuster and started her career, it was released in 1999. Another hit followed in the multi-starrer Anandha Poongatre co-starring with Ajith, Karthik and Meena, she let show of her acting skills in the film Rojavanam which established her as an actress and left her with three hits from three films.

But her fame was short lived from the film Pooporika Varukirom which in its cast, even included Sivaji Ganesan but was still a flop. Her films from 2001 to 2003 were all duds at the box-office, the only exception was Seenu. She wandered into Tollywood with Priya Nestama but returned with Surya in Perazhagan in a song. In 2004, she had the opportunity to star alongside Kamal Haasan in Vasool Raja MBBS but later in that year she ventured in to Bollywood again and acted in C U at 9.

Since then her career has gone up with performances in Chandramukhi alongside Rajinikanth, Jyothika, Prabhu and Nayantara. She also appeared in an item-number for the hit song Vazha Meenukum in Chithiram Pesuthadi. She was applauded for the role she had in Thiruttu Payale where she played a lady in Jeevan's hands. She is acting in Vijaykanth's Sabari, S.J. Suryah's Vyapari and Thirumagan and also with the newcomers in Vedakozhi and Katttuviriyan. Malavika is happy with all the offers she has in hand and she seems to be very busy. Her forthcoming film Vyapari is being directed by Sakthi Chiambaram. This movie stars SJ Suryah, Tamanna, Namitha and Malavika. Music for the movie is scored by Deva. It is set to release in late 2007. Thirumagan, another project is being directed by Ratnakumar. The film stars S.J. Suryah, Meera Jasmine and Malavika is playing a village girl role in the movie. This film is expected to be released for this Diwali.

She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.