Revathy

Revathy

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Revathy Profile

  • Name:
  • Revathy
  • Other Name:
  • Asha Kelunni Kutty,Revathi
  • Born:
  • July 8, 1966
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Kochi
  • Father:
  • Major Kelunni
  • Mother:
  • Lalitha Kelunni

Revathy Biography

 

Revathy is a successful south Indian actress and director. She has worked in numerous south Indian movies as leading actress during middle 80’s and early 90’s. She has done more than 100 films till now, but she is noted most for some handful movies for which she has given memorable performance. She is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer too, who has done many stage shows.

 

Though born as a Keralite in Kochi, she debuted film field through Tamil movie Mann Vasanai in 1983. When the director Bharathiraja was searching for a new face for his movie, she got the opportunity and the film became silver jubilee hit, thus cementing her in film industry as a successful actress. Same year, she debut Malayam through Kaattathe Kilikood. The movie Maunaragam opposite Mohan is one among the most commercial successful movies of 1980’s for which she is remembered most. Exactly the same year, 1986, the megahit ‘Punnagai Mannan’ was released where she played the role opposite Kamal Hassan. The songs pictured on her were noted too.  

 

Her lovely performance in Kamal’s Kaakkoti Kaavile Appooppanthaadikal (1988) gave her the first Filmfare awards. According to director Kamal, this movie is his most favourite. During 90’s her career showed a steady uptrend. Anjali and Kizhakku vaasal were memorable movies this year. She won Tamil Nadu state awards for Kizhakku Vaasal. Her career reached the peak when she acted in Priyadarshan’s Kilikkam (1991), opposite Mohan lal. She did this movie after her marriage and broke the myth that only unmarried heroines can sustain in the industry. Her comic role as a mad girl was well appreciated and this movie is considered as a classic of Malayalam movie. When this movie was remade to Hindi by Priyadarshan, she was given the same role, but the movie didn’t succeed. But her role in the Bollywood movie ‘Love’ opposite Salman Khan was successful and made her a familiar face in Bollywood too.

 

Her hit movies in Malayalam include Jnangalude Kochu Doctor opposite Balachandra Menon, Devasarum, Raavana Prabhu, Moonnam mura, Maya Mayooram, Kilukkam, Agnidevan, Varavelppu and Advaitham opposite Mohan Lal, Gramaphone, Nandanam, Indian rupee and Ananthabhadram. It’s to be noted that maximum of her hit movies were with Mohan Lal. Among her hit Tamil movies, Theevar magan won her best supporting actress National awards. She has directed two women oriented feature films till now – Mitra My friend  (English) for which Shobhana won National awards and Phil Milenge of Shilpa Shetty and Salman Khan – a movie telling the story of AIDS subject.

 

She married Suresh Menon in 1988, with whom he acted in movie Puthiya Mugham but got legally separated in 2002.       

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Updated: May 20, 2018

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