Revathi

Revathi

Born	Asha Kutty (1966-07-08) 8 July 1966 ^[1] Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress, director, social worker
Years active	1983 – present
Spouse(s)	Suresh Chandra Menon (m.1986–2002) (Divorced in 2013)^[2]^[3]
Children	Mahee (adopted daughter in 2012)
Awards	National Film Awards (3), Filmfare Awards South (6)
Website	revathy.com

Asha Kutty, known by stage name Revathi, is an Indian film actress and film director, who predominantly appears in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu films.^[4]

She has won several accolades, including three National Film Awards in three different categories, and six Filmfare Awards South.^[5] Revathi is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer, having studied since the age of seven and performed her arangetram in Chennai in 1979.^[6]

Apart from films, Revathi has been involved in a variety of social organisations, the most notable being the Banyan, Ability foundation, Tanker foundation and Vidyasagar, and has also served as a member of several film festivals including the Chennai International Film Festival and the International Film Festival of India.^[7]

Early life

Revathi was born in Kochi to Kelunni Nair, a major in the Indian Army who hails from Kallikkad, Palakkad,^[8]^[9] and Lalitha Kelunni. She has a younger sister Bindu. Malayalam actress Geetha Vijayan is her cousin.^[10]

Personal life

Ms. Revathi pledging to be an Organ Donor

Revathi married cinematographer and director Suresh Chandra Menon in 1986. The couple don't have any children. However following differences between them, they started living separately from 2002 and were granted divorce on 23 April 2013^[11] by Chennai Additional Family Court.^[12] Revathi said in an interview that they would remain good friends even after the divorce. On July 8, 2014, she publicly announced that she had adopted a daughter, Mahee in 2012.

Filmography

As an actor

In order of languages in which she acted the most to least number of films.

Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1983	Mann Vasanai	Muthupechi	Filmfare Special Award – South
1984	Ponnu Pudichirukku
1984	Kai Kodukkum Kai	Seetha
1984	Pudhumai Penn	Seetha
1984	Vaidhegi Kaathirunthaal	Vaidhegi
1984	Unnai Naan Santhithen
1985	Pournami Alaigal	Deepa
1985	Oru Kaidhiyin Diary	Sharada
1985	Kanni Rasi	Dhanalakshmi
1985	Selvi	Selvi
1985	Udhaya Geetham	Shanthi
1985	Pagal Nilavu	Jyothi
1985	Aagaya Thamaraigal	Shenbagam
1985	Kunguma Chimizh	Rukmani
1985	Prema Paasam
1985	Thiramai	Bhanu
1985	Aan Paavam	Revathi
1986	December Pookal	Poornima aka Annam
1986	Marumagal	Radha
1986	Maragatha Veenai	Kokila
1986	Revathy
1986	Mouna Ragam	Divya
1986	Lakshmi Vanthachu	Lakshmi
1986	Punnagai Mannan	Malini
1987	Lankeswaran	Seetha
1987	Gramathu Minnal	Valli Mayilu
1989	Uthama Purushan	Lakshmi
1990	Idhaya Thamarai	Manju
1990	Arangetra Velai	Asha
1990	Kizhakku Vaasal	Thaayamma	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil
1990	Anjali	Chitra
1990	Sathriyan	Jaya	Guest Appearance
1990	Raja Kaiya Vacha	Radha	Guest Appearance
1991	Ayul Kaithi	Nithya
1992	Chinna Pasanga Naanga	Marikolunthu
1992	Deiva Vaakku	Hamsaveni
1992	Thevar Magan	Panchavarnam	National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil
1993	Marupadiyum	Thulasi	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
1993	Pudhiya Mugam	Anjali
1994	Paasamalargal	Asha
1994	Magalir Mattum	Sathya
1994	Priyanka	Priyanka	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
1994	En Aasai Machan	Thayamma
1994	Chinna Pullai
1995	Avatharam	Ponnamma
1995	Thamizhachi		Guest appearance
1995	Gandhi Pirantha Mann	Lakshmi
1995	Thotta Chinungi	Bhuvana
1996	Meendum Savithri	Manju
1996	Subash	Savithri
1997	Iruvar	Maragatham
1998	Thalaimurai	Naachchiyaa	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actress
1998	Rathna
1999	Taj Mahal	Manoj's mother
2002	Red	Janaki
2002	Thamizhan	Jaya
2004	Vaanam Vasappadum
2005	Ponniyin Selvan	Ponni
2005	Kanda Naal Mudhal	Maragatham
2008	Thoondil	Dr. Jayanthi
2009	Vannathupoochi
2011	Osthe
2012	Konjam Koffee Konjam Kaadhal		Unreleased
2015	Inji Iduppazhagi	Herself	Cameo appearance
2016	Amma Kanakku		Filming
2016	Azhiyatha Kolangal		Filming

Malayalam

Year	Film	Character	Co-stars
1983	Kattathe Kilikoodu	Asha Thampi	MOHANLAL, BHARAT GOPI
1985	Ente Kaanakkuyil	Anuradha	RAHMAN, MAMMOOTTY
1987	Aankiliyude Tharattu	Sunitha Menon	MAMMOOTTY,RAHMAN
1988	Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal	Lakshmi/Kakkothi/Vavachi	AMBIKA, M.S.TRIPUNITURA
1988	Puravrutham	Devi	OMPURI
1988	Moonnam Mura	Mini Johnson	MOHANLAL
1989	Varavelpu	Rama	MOHANLAL
1989	Najangalude Kochu Doctor	Mini	BALACHANDRAMENON
1990	Ottayadipathakal	Sathi	MADHU, SRINATH
1991	Kilukkam	Nandini	MOHANLAL
1992	Advaitham	Lakshmi Menon	MOHANLAL
1993	Devasuram	Bhanumathi	MOHANLAL
1993	Maya Mayuram	Nanda	MOHANLAL
1994	Padheyam	Radha	MAMMOOTTY, CHIPPI
1995	Agni Devan	Sudarshana	MOHANLAL
1997	Mangamma	Mangamma	NEDUMUDI VENU
2001	Raavanaprabhu	Bhanumathi	MOHANLAL
2002	Nandanam	Thankam	PRITHVIRAJ, NAVYA NAIR
2002	Kaiyethum Doorath	Dr. Omana Babunath	FAHAD FAZIL, NIKITA
2002	Krishna Pakshakkilikal	Mary	PRADEEP
2003	Gramaphone	Sara	DILEEP, MEERA JASMINE
2003	Mizhi Randilum	Sridevi	DILEEP, KAVYA MADHAVAN
2005	Anandabhadram	Gayathri	PRITHVIRAJ, KAVYA MADHAVAN
2009	Nammal Thammil	Lakshmi	PRITHVIRAJ, GITU MOHANDAS
2010	Paattinte Palazhy	Raziya	MEERA JASMINE
2010	Penpattanam	Girija	KAILASH
2011	Indian Rupee	Dr. Sheela Koshy	PRITHVIRAJ, RIMA
2012	Father's Day	Seethalekshmy	SHEHIN, INDU TAMBI
2012	Molly Aunty Rocks!	Molly Mamen	PRITHVIRAJ

Hindi

Year	Film	Role
1991	Love	Maggie Pinto
1992	Raat	Manisha Sharma (Mini)
1992	Muskurahat	Nandini
1994	Tarpan	Sumitra
2004	Phir Milenge	Dr. Raisingh
2005	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...	Sandhya Sinha
2007	Nishabd	Amrita
2014	2 States	Radha Swaminathan
2015	Margarita, With a Straw	Aai

Telugu

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1984	Manasa Veena	Veena
1984	Seetamma Pelli	Seethamma
1988	Rao Gari Illu	Chanti
1989	Prema	Maggie
1989	Lankeshwarudu	Swapna
1991	Mrigathrushna
1992	Ankuram	Sindhura	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
1993	Gaayam	Anitha
1998	Ganesh	Rangamma
2002	Eeshwar	Sujatha
2010	Gaayam 2	Anitha
2014	Anukshanam	Shailaja
2015	Loafer
2015	Brahmotsavam		Filming

Kannada

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Idu Saadhya	Indu
1998	Nishyabda	Dr. Vinitha

As director

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2002	Mitr, My Friend	English	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English
2004	Phir Milenge	Hindi
2009	Kerala Cafe	Malayalam	"Makal" segment
2010	Mumbai Cutting	Hindi	"Parcel" segment
2011	Red Building Where the Sun Sets	English	Short film National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare

As dubbing artist

Television

Year	Program	Language	Notes
1990	Iravil Oru Pagal	Tamil	Doordarshan
1991	Penn	Tamil	Doordarshan
1994	Revathy	Tamil	Sun TV
1997	Doctors	Tamil	Sun TV
1999–2000	Nirangal	Tamil	Sun TV
1999	Chinna Chinna Aasai	Tamil	Sun TV Episode: 15 August 1947
2000	Boom Boom Shaka Laka	Tamil	Sun TV
2001	Kadhai Kadhaiyaam Karanamaam	Tamil	Vijay TV Episode: DNA
2002	Sindhanaigal	Tamil	Jaya TV
2003	Pudumai Penngal	Tamil	KTV
2011	Kanamarayathu	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama
2013	Malayalee House	Malayalam	Surya TV
2013-2014	Champions	Tamil	Champions Sun TV

Awards

Wins

National Film Awards

1992 – Best Supporting Actress for Thevar Magan
2002 – Best Feature Film in English for Mitr, My Friend
2011 – Best Non-feature Film on Family Welfare for Red Building Where the Sun Sets

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

1990 – Best Actress for Kizhakku Vasal
1998 – Special Prize for Best Actress for Thalaimurai

2nd South Indian International Movie Awards

2012 – Nominated – Best Actress for Molly Aunty Rocks!

Filmfare Awards South

1983 – Special Award for Man Vasanai
1988 – Best Malayalam Actress for Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal
1992 – Best Telugu Actress for Ankuram
1992 – Best Tamil Actress for Thevar Magan
1993 – Best Tamil Actress for Marupadiyum
1994 – Best Tamil Actress for Priyanka

Cinema Express Awards

1984 – Best Telugu Actress for Seethamma Pelli
1990 – Best Tamil Actress for Kizhakku Vasal
1991 – Best Malayalam Actress for Kilukkam
1991 – Best Tamil Actress for Thevar Magan
1994 – Special Best Tamil Actress for En Aasai Machan

Film Fans Associate Awards

1983 – Best Malayalam Actress for Kattathe Kilikkoodu
1984 – Best Tamil Actress for Pudhumai Penn
1984 – Best Telugu Actress for Manasa Veena
1986 – Special commendation
1990 – Best Tamil Actress for Anjali
1991 – Best Malayalam Actress for Kilukkam
1992 – Best Tamil Actress for Thevar Magan
1994 – Best Tamil Actress for Priyanka

The Mylapore Academy Berkley Drama Award

1989 – Best Actress in Television for Iravil Oru Pagal
1984 – Best Actress in Television for Penn

International Film Festival of India

2002 – Silver Peacock Jury Award for Mitr, My Friend

International Film Festival of Kerala

2009 – NETPAC Award for Best Malayalam Film for Kerala Cafe

Other awards

1993 – Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram: Kalaimamani
2007 – Karmaveer Puraskaar: CMS Media Citizen

Nominations

Screen Awards

2004 – Best Supporting Actress for Dhoop

Zee Cine Awards

2004 – Best Supporting Actress for Dhoop

References

↑ http://www.in.com/revathi/biography-345028.html
↑ "Court grants divorce to actor Revathi". The Times of India . 23 April 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
↑ Revathy, Suresh Chandra Menon granted divorce – Oneindia Entertainment
↑ "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
↑ "40th National Film Awards – 1993" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals – 1993. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
↑ Harsha Koda (www.jalakara.com). "www.revathy.com". www.revathy.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
↑ http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=28&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter=
↑ Harsha Koda (www.jalakara.com). "www.revathy.com". www.revathy.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ "ഏകാന്തചന്ദ്രിക ഇവിടെയുണ്ട് !". manoramaonline. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ Actress Revathi Divorced – Find what you like – tikkview
↑ Deccan Chronicle http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130423/entertainment-mollywood/article/revathi-suresh-granted-divorce

External links

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Official Website
Revathi at the Internet Movie Database

Awards for Revathi

National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

1984–2000	Rohini Hattangadi (1984) Vijaya Mehta (1985) Manjula Kanwar (1986) Surekha Sikri (1987) Uttara Baokar (1988) Manorama (1989) K. P. A. C. Lalitha (1990) Santha Devi (1991) Revathi (1992) Neena Gupta (1993) Surekha Sikri (1994) Aranmula Ponnamma (1995) Rajeshwari Sachdev (1996) Karisma Kapoor (1997) Suhasini Mulay (1998) Sudipta Chakraborty and Sohini Haldar (1999) K. P. A. C. Lalitha (2000)

2001–present	Ananya Khare (2001) Raakhee (2002) Sharmila Tagore (2003) Sheela (2004) Urvashi (2005) Konkona Sen Sharma (2006) Shefali Shah (2007) Kangana Ranaut (2008) Arundathi Nag (2009) Sukumari (2010) Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi (2011) Dolly Ahluwalia and Kalpana (2012) Amruta Subhash and Aida Elkashef (2013) Baljinder Kaur (2014)

Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress

1972–1989	Roja Ramani (1972) Nanditha Bose (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Lakshmi (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Sheela (1977) Jayabharathi (1978) Srividya (1979) Srividya (1980) Jalaja (1981) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1982) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986) (1987) Revathy (1988) Rekha (1989)

1990–2009	Shobana (1990) Amala Akkineni (1991) Geetha (1992) Madhavi (1993) (1994) Annie (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Manju Warrier (1997) Manju Warrier (1998) Manju Warrier (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000) Samyuktha Varma (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Geetu Mohandas (2004) Meera Jasmine (2005) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyamani (2008) Shweta Menon (2009)

2010–present	Mamta Mohandas (2010) Kavya Madhavan (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Manju Warrier (2014)

Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress

1972–1979	Jayalalithaa (1972) Jayalalithaa (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Sujatha (1975) Sujatha (1976) Sujatha (1977) Latha (1978) Shoba (1979)

1980–1999	Saritha (1980) Sridevi (1981) Poornima Jayaram (1982) Lakshmi (1983) Saritha (1984) Radha (1985) Radhika (1986) Unknown (1987) Unknown (1988) Unknown (1989) Radhika (1990) Gautami (1991) Revathi (1992) Revathi (1993) Revathi and Nagma (1994) Manisha Koirala (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena (1997) Kausalya (1998) Ramya Krishnan (1999)

2000–2019	Jyothika (2000) Laila (2001) Simran (2002) Laila (2003) Sandhya (2004) Asin (2005) Bhavana (2006) Priyamani (2007) Parvathy (2008) Pooja (2009) Anjali (2010) Anjali (2011) Samantha (2012) Nayantara (2013) Malavika Nair (2014)

Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress

1953-1980	Savitri (1953, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1970) Jayalalithaa (1972) Vanisri (1973, 1974, 1975) Jayasudha (1976, 1977) Talluri Rameshwari (1978) Sujatha (1979) Jyothi (1980)

1981-2000	Radhika (1981) Jayasudha (1982) Jaya Prada (1983) Suhasini (1984) Vijayashanti (1985) Lakshmi (1986) Revathi (1992) Vijayashanti (1993) Soundarya (1995) Tabu (1996) Vijayashanti (1997) Soundarya (1998, 1999) Richa Pallod (2000)

2001-2020	Bhumika Chawla (2001) Sadha (2002) Asin (2003) Trisha (2004, 2005) Genelia D'Souza (2006) Trisha (2007) Swathi Reddy (2008) Anushka Shetty (2009) Anushka Shetty (2010) Nayantara (2011) Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2012) Nithya Menen (2013) Shruti Haasan (2014)

Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress

1967–1980	K. R. Vijaya (1967) Padmini (1968) Sowcar Janaki (1969) K. R. Vijaya (1970) no award (1971) no award (1972) no award (1973) no award (1974) no award (1975) no award (1976) Latha (1977) Lakshmi (1978) Saritha (1979) Suhasini (1980)

1981–2000	Sridevi (1981) Saritha (1982) no award (1983) no award (1984) no award (1985) no award (1986) no award (1987) Saritha (1988) Raadhika (1989) Revathy (1990) Kushboo (1991) Sukanya (1992) Meena (1993) Rajashree (1994) Kushboo (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena & Devayani (1997) Roja (1998) Simran (1999) Devayani (2000)

2001–present	Sneha (2001) Meena (2002) Laila (2003) Jyothika (2004) Jyothika (2005) Priyamani (2006) Jyothika (2007) Sneha (2008)

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