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Karthika Menon (born 6 June 1986), better known by her stage nameBhavana, is an Indian film actress, who works in South Indian film industry. She has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu language films, and has established herself as a bankable lead actress. Bhavana made her acting debut in the Malayalam film Nammal in 2002, for which she won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention. In a career spanning over a decade, she has appeared in over 75 films and has won two Kerala State Film Awards.

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Early life

Bhavana was born as Karthika Menon on 6 June 1986 in Thrissur district, Kerala, as the daughter of Pushpa and assistant cinematographer G. Balachandran. She has an elder brother, Jayadev.^[3][4] She studied at Holy Family Girls' High School, Chembukkavu, Thrissur.^{[citation needed]}

Bhavana has described herself as a restless person and someone who's 'hard to handle'. She grew up with a dream to become an actress.^[5] As a five-year-old, she used to imitate actress Amala's scenes from the Malayalam film Ente Sooryaputhrikku in front of the mirror and was even willing to jump from a building and break her arm, like Amala's character, did in the film.^[5]

Career

At age 16,^[5] she debuted in the Malayalam film Nammal taking the stage name Bhavana (Malayalam ഭാവന 'enlightenment, imagination') opposite newcomers Sidharth Bharathan, Jishnu and Renuka Menon. The film was a big success and she got several offers in Malayalam. She won many honors and a Kerala State Special Jury Award for the film. Bhavana was an 11th Standard student when she got her break in the film. .^[6]

In 2010, she starred in her first Kannada film alongside Puneeth Rajkumar, Jackie which was a blockbuster. Following the film's huge success, the film was dubbed into Telugu and Malayalam.^[7] Bhavana was said to star with Emraan Hashmi and Amitabh Bachchan in a Bollywood film.^[8] Her second Kannada film Vishnuvardhana with Sudeep opened to a big response.^[9] She appeared in the Malayalam films Ozhimuri and Trivandrum Lodge in 2012, and Honey Bee and Ezhamathe Varavu in 2013. She played Roshni Mathew, a single mother employed in an IT company, in Shyamaprasad's Ivide, a crime thriller based on the serial killing of IT techies in major US cities.^[10][11]

In 2016, she starred in a film with Benedic Doray. The clash discography torrent. Upcoming films of Bhavana include Swapnathekaal Sundaram and Adventures of Omanakuttan. Swapnathekaal Sundaram, touted to be an 'out-and-out family entertainer', will see her portraying a housewife and mother to a 9-year-old boy, while Adventures of Omanakuttan will feature her as Pallavi, a flamenco dancer.^[12]

Personal life

Bhavana got married to her long time boyfriend and Kannada film producer Naveen on 22 January 2018.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Kidnap and sexual assault

On 17 February 2017, she was allegedly kidnapped and molested by a gang while travelling from work. The incident happened at night when she was moving from Thrissur to Kochi in her car when a van hit from behind near Athani, Angamaly. A brawl ensued between her driver Martin and the three van passengers, after which they pulled him aside and forcefully entered her vehicle keeping her hostage. They drove for two-and-a-half hours in the city, during which they sexually assaulted her and took pictures and filmed. They dropped her near Kakkanad and ran away.^{[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][excessive citations]} Bhavana filed a case with the police. The FIR was registered with allegations of rape, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy, and breaches of relevant sections of the IT Act of India.^[29]

Filmography

Cameo Appearences and Special Appearences

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

• 2002 – Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention – Nammal
• 2005 – Second Best Actress – Daivanamathil

Filmfare Awards South

• 2006 – Best Actress – Chithiram Pesuthadi

Asianet Film Award

• 2002 – Best Supporting Actress Award – Nammal
• 2005 – Best Character Actress Award – Daivanamathil

Other awards

• 2002 – Mathrubhumi Award for Best New Actress – Nammal
• 2003 – Mathrubhumi Award for Most Entertaining Actress – Swapnakoodu, C.I.D. Moosa
• 2005 – Grihalakshmy Special Jury Award – Daivanamathil
• 2005 – Jersey Foundation Award for Best Actress – Daivanamathil
• 2005 – Kalakeralam Award for Best Actress – Daivanamathil
• 2006 – Sathyan Award for Best Tamil Actress

References

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27. ^'Safety is a big issue'. Deccan Chronicle. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
28. ^Sreekumar, Priya (19 February 2017). 'Tinsel town aghast at Bhavana's kidnapping'. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
29. ^'Malayalam actor raped in her Audi by ex-driver'. The Times of India. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
30. ^'Vishnuvardhana (2011)'. imdb.com. 8 December 2011.

External links

• Bhavana on IMDb