Nandita Swetha

Nandita Swetha
Nandita Swetha
Born	Swetha; 30 April 1990 (age 35); Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Christ University
Occupations	Actress; Dancer; Model; Media Personality;
Years active	2008 - Present
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Swetha (born 30 April 1990), professionally known as Nandita Swetha, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Swetha also starred in the 2008 Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha. Later she made her acting debut in Tamil with the 2012 comedy film Attakathi. She made her Telugu debut in the 2016 horror comedy film Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada.

Career

Swetha began her career as an VJ in Udaya Music while studying in school. She began her acting career in the 2008 Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha. Her character in the film was named Nandita, which she later adopted as her screen name.^[1] In 2012 her first Tamil film was Attakathi directed by Pa. Ranjith.^[2] Her performances were appreciated.^[3] She went on to star as an athlete in Ethir Neechal (2013) directed by Durai Senthilkumar.^[4] She appeared in the comedy Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013) as chennai girl Kumudha with Vijay Sethupathi.

In 2014, her films Mundaasupatti, Nalanum Nandhiniyum and Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani were released. In 2015, Uppu Karuvaadu and Puli were released. In 2016 Anjala, Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada were her releases. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu. In December 2017 her film Ulkuthu released. In Kalakalappu 2 (2018), she appears as Guest appearance. Her next release was Kaathiruppor Pattiyal (2018) and Asuravadham (2018).^[5]^[6] And two Telugu movies, Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018) and Bluff Master (2018). In 2019, she starred in horror comedies with Prema Katha Chitram 2, Devi 2, Abhinetri 2 followed by thrillers 7 and Kalki. In 2020, she also appeared in Taana was an below average critics.^[7]

Personal life

She was born as Swetha^[8] on 30 April 1990^[9] in Bangalore, Karnataka,^[10] where her father is a businessman and her mother a homemaker. She has two younger brothers.^[1] She attended Christ University.^[11]

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes
2008	Nanda Loves Nanditha	Nanditha	Kannada	Kannada debut
2012	Attakathi	Poornima	Tamil	Tamil debut
2013	Ethir Neechal	Valli
2013	Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara	Kumudha
2014	Mundaasupatti	Kalaivani
	Nalanum Nandhiniyum	Nandhini
	Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani	Nandini
2015	Idam Porul Yaeval	Neetha		Unreleased
	Puli	Pushparadhai		Special appearance
	Uppu Karuvaadu	Poonguzhali
2016	Anjala	Uthara
2016	Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada	Amala / Parvathi	Telugu	Telugu debut
2017	Ulkuthu	Kadalarasi	Tamil
2018	Kalakalappu 2	Nanditha		Guest appearance
	Kaathiruppor Pattiyal	Megala
	Asuravadham	Maha
	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Paddu	Telugu
	Bluff Master	Avani
2019	Prema Katha Chitram 2	Nandu
	Devi 2	Sara	Tamil	Bilingual film
	Abhinetri 2	Sara	Telugu
	7	Ramya	Telugu Tamil
	Kalki	Asima Khan	Telugu
2020	Taana	Nivetha	Tamil
2021	Eeswaran	Vasuki
	Kabadadaari	Swathi
	Kapatadhaari	Swathi	Telugu
	Akshara	Akshara	Telugu
	Nenjam Marappathillai	Shwetha Ramsay	Tamil
	IPC 376	Yazhini
	MGR Magan	Herself		Special appearance
2022	Jetty	Meenakshi	Telugu
2023	Hidimba	Aadhya	Telugu
	Raththam	Madhumitha / Madhu	Tamil
	Raa Raa Penimiti		Telugu
	Mangalavaaram	SI Maaya
2024	Raghava Reddy			^[12]
	Ranam Aram Thavarel	Kalki	Tamil
	OMG: O Manchi Ghost	Keerthi	Telugu

Other works

Singing

Year	Song	Language
2020	"Mansara Sollu"	Tamil

Television

2021 - Abhiyum Naanum - Sun TV - special appearance

Dubbing artist

Year	Film	Dubbed for	Notes
2019	Dabangg 3	Sonakshi Sinha	For Kannada, Tamil and Telugu versions^[13]

Awards

Year	Film	Awards	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	Attakathi	Jaya TV Movie Awards	Best Debut Actress	Won	^[14]
2013	Ethir Neechal	3rd SIIMA Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won	^[15]
2013	Ethir Neechal	61st Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress - Tamil	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}
2014	Mundaasupatti	Edison Awards	Edison Award for Best Retro Actress	Won	^{[citation needed]}
2016	Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress - Telugu	Won	^[16]

References

^ ^a ^b "I protested till my folks gave in: Nandita". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
^ "Karthi all praise for 'Attakathi'". IndiaGlitz. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
^ "Attakathi team celebrates". Sify. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
^ Jeshi, K. (4 October 2012). "A good start". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
^ "'Kathiruppor Pattiyal' movie review: A comedy that works in parts- The New Indian Express".
^ "Asuravadham press meet gallery". silverscreen.in. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.^{[dead link]}
^ "Taana review: Below-average". sify.com. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020.
^ "I Will be Playing a Comedian". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
^ "Nandita Swetha Birthday Special!". The Times of India. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Playing Innocent: The Nandita Sweta Interview". Silverscreen.in. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
^ "Nanditha Shwetha Interview" – via YouTube.
^ "Siva Kantamaneni: Raghava Reddy has ingredients for all sections". Telugu Times - USA NRI Telugu News Telugu News Papers In USA. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "Nandita Swetha dubs for Sonakshi in 'Dabangg 3'". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Nandita Swetha, best Debut actress 2012". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
^ "Nandita signs her next with Kaali and Ramdoss". Deccan Chronicle. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
^ "Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Nandita Swetha". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

External links

Nandita Swetha at IMDb

[dc-1] "I protested till my folks gave in: Nandita". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.

[2] "Karthi all praise for 'Attakathi'". IndiaGlitz. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

[3] "Attakathi team celebrates". Sify. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

[4] Jeshi, K. (4 October 2012). "A good start". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

[5] "'Kathiruppor Pattiyal' movie review: A comedy that works in parts- The New Indian Express".

[6] "Asuravadham press meet gallery". silverscreen.in. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.^{[dead link]}

[7] "Taana review: Below-average". sify.com. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020.

[8] "I Will be Playing a Comedian". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.

[9] "Nandita Swetha Birthday Special!". The Times of India. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[10] "Playing Innocent: The Nandita Sweta Interview". Silverscreen.in. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.

[11] "Nanditha Shwetha Interview" – via YouTube.

[12] "Siva Kantamaneni: Raghava Reddy has ingredients for all sections". Telugu Times - USA NRI Telugu News Telugu News Papers In USA. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

[13] "Nandita Swetha dubs for Sonakshi in 'Dabangg 3'". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[14] "Nandita Swetha, best Debut actress 2012". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

[dc2-15] "Nandita signs her next with Kaali and Ramdoss". Deccan Chronicle. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

[Shajini_S_R_|_Updated:_Jun_18,_2017,_12.51_AM_IST-16] "Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Nandita Swetha". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Supporting Actress
2002–2018	Sangeetha (2002) Jayasudha (2003) Keerthi Reddy (2004) Neha Oberoi (2005) Sandhya (2006) Sonia Deepti (2007) Jayasudha (2008) Ramya Krishna (2009) Abhinaya (2010) Annie (2011) Amala (2012) Lakshmi Manchu (2013) Lakshmi Manchu (2014) Ramya Krishna (2015) Nandita Swetha (2016) Ramya Krishna (2017) Anasuya Bharadwaj (2018)
2020–present	Tabu (2020–2021) Nandita Das (2022) Rupa Lakshmi (2023)

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Born	Swetha (1990-04-30) 30 April 1990 (age 35) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Christ University
Occupations	Actress Dancer Model Media Personality
Years active	2008 - Present