Actor · Telugu cinema
Madhumitha
Madhumitha movies: 10 Telugu films on file, 2002–2022. Earliest on file: Kalusukovalani (2002). Latest release: 10th Class Diaries (1 July 2022).
- Films on file
- 10 (10 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2002–2022
- Born
- 20 August 1984 · August birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Vinaya Vidheya Rama, Manmadhudu, 10th Class Diaries
- Record
- Q15695391 on Wikidata
Madhumitha (born Swapna Madhuri) is an Indian actress who works in Telugu and Tamil films. She began in supporting roles in Telugu films such as Manmadhudu (2002) and then found leading roles in Tamil cinema, where her performances in Englishkaran (2005), Aanivaer (2007) and Yogi (2009) were praised.
Telugu beginnings
Under her birth name, Swapna Madhuri, she started with a supporting role in Sandade Sandadi (2002), followed by Manmadhudu with Nagarjuna and Sonali Bendre, Ammayilu Abbayilu (2003) and Puttintiki Ra Chelli (2004), a major hit that ran for 275 days.
Tamil debut
R. Parthiban introduced her to Tamil cinema as the female lead of Kudaikul Mazhai (2004), and she took the screen name Madhumitha from her character in it. The film did not do well, but offers followed, including leads in Amudhae (2005) and Englishkaran, opposite Sathyaraj and Namitha, where IndiaGlitz felt she dominated the film.
Acclaimed roles
She played a journalist in the independent film Aanivaer, about the Sri Lankan civil war, which was widely seen across the Tamil diaspora and won her praise. After the comedy Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008), her role as a young mother in the Chennai slums in Yogi, opposite Ameer, was acclaimed and earned a Vijay Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Later work
After her marriage she took supporting roles in Venkat Prabhu’s Biriyani and the Telugu films Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?, Maine Pyar Kiya and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy.
Personal life
She married the actor Siva Balaji, her co-star in Englishkaran, on 1 March 2009; they have two sons.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Career on file
Madhumitha appears in 10 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2002 to 2022. The earliest of them is Kalusukovalani (2002), and the most recent release is 10th Class Diaries (2022). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Vinaya Vidheya Rama (2019), Manmadhudu (2002) and 10th Class Diaries (2022). Other recent releases on file are Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015), Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? (2012) and Keelu Gurram (2005).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing three films with Madhumitha, followed by Sonu Sood (2) and Chandra Mohan (2). Music on three of them is by Devi Sri Prasad, with Koti (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 10 different directors, 7 music directors and 40 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 8 of them; they average 141 minutes, and the longest is Sandade Sandadi at 149 minutes. By decade the list splits into 2000s (6), 2010s (3) and 2020s (1). 2002 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.