Niveda Thomas

Nivetha Thomas is an Indian actress who appears in films and television series in Malayalam and Tamil. She is well known for Veruthe Oru Bharya and won Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.

Film career

She started her career as a child actress with Uthara. After that, she got the role to act as Jayaram's daughter in Veruthe Oru Bharya, where her performance was well appreciated. She then signed a few Tamil and Malayalam films in which she mostly placed supporting roles. Among her Malayalam projects were Chaappa Kurish and Thattathin Marayathu, which according to Sify was "the biggest box-office hit in the history of Malayalam cinema". The 2011 Tamil film, Poraali directed by Samuthirakani, featured her as Tamizhselvi, a petrol bunk employee. She had previously collaborated with Samuthirakani in the drama series Arasi.

In 2013, she acted in Romans which was very successful and named a "Blockbuster" by Sify.com. In the Tamil contemporary fantasy comedy Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham she played the female lead role of Jaishree, an aspiring singer. In Jilla she played the role of Mahalakshmi, who is very attached to her father (Mohanlal) and two brothers, played by Vijay and Mahath. About her role she stated that it was not "just another sister role" but that of "a strongwilled girl who influences her brother in a positive way". She has signed her first Telugu film titled Juliet - Lover of Idiot directed by Ajay Vodhirala. She has been signed to portray Kamal Haasan's eldest daughter in the Tamil remake of Drishyam, titled Papanasam.

Personal life

Nivetha was born to Malayali parents in Cherupuzha (Kannur) and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She currently lives in Chennai and is completing her education in Architecture in SRM University. She has won gold medals in Badminton in school tournaments.

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