KAUSALYA

KAUSALYA – Film Actress

Kausalya (born Kavitha Shivashankar on 30 December 1979, Bangalore, India) also known as Nandini starred mainly in Tamil and Malayalam films. 

She was pursuing a modelling career, before she debuted in the 1996 Malayalam film April 19 by Balachandra Menon. The following year, she appeared in her first Tamil film Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga and went on to star in several successful films, including Nerukku Ner, Priyamudan, Pooveli and Vanathai Pola. 

She had starred in over 30 films in Tamil and Malayalam in lead roles, while securing a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in Pooveli. By the mid-2000s, she turned character artiste and went on to portray supporting roles in films such as Thirumalai and Santosh Subramaniam and ventured into television with the series Manaivi which aired 436 episodes on Sun TV.

Her movies include:

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1996	April 19		Malayalam
1997	Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga		Tamil
1997	Nerukku Ner	Akhila	Tamil
1998	Sollamale		Tamil
1998	Lelam	Gouri Parvathi	Malayalam
1998	Priyamudan	Priya	Tamil
1998	Jolly	Anitha	Tamil
1998	Pooveli	Mahalakshmi	Tamil	Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil)
1998	Unnudan		Tamil
1999	Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu	Priyadarshini	Malayalam
1999	Thachiledathu Chundan	Usha	Malayalam
1999	Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham		Tamil
1999	Panchadara Chilaka		Telugu
1999	Alludu Garu Vacharu		Telugu
2000	Vaanathaippola		Tamil
2000	Eazhaiyin Sirippil	Kausalya	Tamil
2000	Thai Porandhachu	Geetha	Tamil
2000	Raja Kaliamman	Meena	Tamil
2000	Sandhitha Velai	Agalya	Tamil
2000	James Pandu	Kausalya	Tamil
2000	Kuberan	Kavitha	Tamil
2000	Ilaiyavan		Tamil
2001	Manadhai Thirudivittai	Indhu	Tamil
2001	Kunguma Pottu Gounder	Saraswathi	Tamil
2001	Thaali Kaatha Kaliamman	Karpagam	Tamil
2001	Kutty	Rohini	Tamil
2001	Engalukkum Kaalam Varum	Lakshmi	Tamil
2002	Karumadikuttan	Nandinikutty	Malayalam
2002	Devan		Tamil
2001	Naranathu Thamburan		Malayalam
2002	Sundarapurushan	Sridevi	Malayalam
2003	Thirumalai		Tamil
2003	Shivam	Dr. Gayathri Bhadran	Malayalam
2003	Udayam	Ammu	Malayalam
2003	Re Swalpa Barteera	Kausalya	Kannada
2003	Gandhi Nagara		Kannada
2003	Badri		Kannada
2004	Manikyan		Malayalam
2004	Gowri		Telugu
2004	Vajram	Nanda Devarajan	Malayalam
2005	Mahanandi		Telugu
2007	Sooryan	Raji	Malayalam
2007	Viyyalavari Kayyalu		Telugu
2008	Santosh Subramaniam		Tamil
2009	I G Inspector General		Malayalam
2009	Ghauttham		Kannada