Nithya Das is an Indian actress who works prominently in

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along with

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and

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Career

Das was active in the

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during the early-

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. She started her career with the 2001 film '' Ee Parakkum Thalika'', directed by

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and starring

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. After this successful film, she acted with

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in ''Kanmashi''. Her other films in Malayalam include ''

Balettan ''Balettan'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by V. M. Vinu, written by T. A. Shahid, and produced by M. Mani. It stars Mohanlal in the title role, along with Devayani, Nedumudi Venu, Harisree Ashokan, Riyaz Kha ...

'', '' Choonda'', '' Hridayathil Sookshikkan'', '' Nagaram'', ''

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'' and '' Nariman''. She was selected from many applicants in a talent search program of the film industry. She acted in television serials in Surya TV,

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, Sun TV and Jaya TV. She makes a comeback to the Malayalam film industry after fourteen years through the movie ''Pallimani'' which will be released in 2022.

Personal life

Nithya Das married Arvind Singh Jamwal on 17 June 2007 in

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."Nithya Das marries sweetheart"
Filmibeat.com. 19 June 2007. Retrieved on 29 November 2015. Nithya met him in 2005 when she was traveling to Chennai on

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and Arvind was a member of the flight crew. The couple have a daughter Naina Jamwal born in 2008 and a son Naman Singh Jamwal born in 2018. They settled in

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then shifted to

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second ...

Filmography

Television

;Series ;Shows

Other works

She has acted in some

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like Vanitha magazine, Kudumbam Magazine, Aachi, Happy Kids magazine and

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including ''Abheeshta Varadayini'' and Chottanikkara Varalakshmi.

References

External links

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Nithya Das at MSI
{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Nithya Living people Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses Actresses from Kozhikode 21st-century Indian actresses Indian television actresses Actresses in Tamil television Actresses in Malayalam television Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Year of birth missing (living people)