Actor · Telugu cinema
Nandita Swetha
Nandita Swetha movies: 11 Telugu films on file, 2016–2024. Earliest on file: Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada (2016). Latest release: OMG: O Manchi Ghost (21 June 2024).
- Films on file
- 11 (11 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2016–2024
- Born
- 30 April 1989 · April birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Mangalavaaram, 7, Srinivasa Kalyanam
- Record
- Q14829512 on Wikidata
Nandita Swetha (born Swetha, 30 April 1990) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Tamil and Telugu films. After a first role in the Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha (2008), she made her Tamil debut in Pa. Ranjith’s comedy Attakathi (2012) and her Telugu debut in the horror comedy Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada (2016). She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu.
Early life
Swetha was born in Bangalore, where her father is a businessman and her mother a homemaker. She has two younger brothers and studied at Christ University. While still at school she worked as a VJ on the channel Udaya Music.
Kannada debut and a screen name
Her acting career began with Nanda Loves Nanditha in 2008. Her character in that film was called Nandita, and she later took the name as part of her screen name.
Tamil films
Her first Tamil film, Attakathi (2012), earned her appreciation. She went on to play an athlete in Durai Senthilkumar’s Ethir Neechal (2013) and a Chennai girl, Kumudha, alongside Vijay Sethupathi in the comedy Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013). Her 2014 releases were Mundaasupatti, Nalanum Nandhiniyum and Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani, followed by Uppu Karuvaadu and Puli in 2015, Anjala in 2016, and Ulkuthu, Kaathiruppor Pattiyal and Asuravadham over the next two years.
Telugu films
She entered Telugu cinema with Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada in 2016, and in 2018 appeared in the Telugu films Srinivasa Kalyanam and Bluff Master. In 2019 she took roles in the horror comedies Prema Katha Chitram 2, Devi 2 and Abhinetri 2, and in the thrillers 7 and Kalki. Her 2020 film Taana was considered below average by critics.
Other work
She has also made a guest appearance in Kalakalappu 2 (2018) and a special appearance in the Sun TV serial Abhiyum Naanum in 2021.
Career on file
Nandita Swetha appears in 11 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2016 to 2024. The earliest of them is Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada (2016), and the most recent release is OMG: O Manchi Ghost (2024). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Mangalavaaram (2023), 7 (2019) and Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018). Other recent releases on file are Raghava Reddy (2024), Hidimba (2023) and జెట్టి (2022).
Shakalaka Shankar is the most frequent co-star, sharing two films with Nandita Swetha. Across these films the credits on file name 10 different directors, 9 music directors and 24 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 6 of them; they average 133 minutes, and the longest is Mangalavaaram at 143 minutes. Six of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (4) and 2020s (7).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.