Sanghavi (born Kavya Ramesh) is an Indian actress and a model known for her work predominantly in

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and

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language films. She was one of the leading actresses in

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for a decade from 1993 to 2004. In her career spanning 15 years, she starred in over 80 feature films - 38 in

, 35 films in

, six in

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, two in

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and one film in

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Early life

Sangavi was born in

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude o ...

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. Her father is Dr. D. A. Ramesh, an ENT Professor in Mysore Medical College, and her mother is Mrs. Ranjana. She did her schooling at

Marimallappa High School Marimallappa's High School, Mysore, India, was founded by Sri Gurikar Marimallappa (1818–1871) as a domestic school, the founding of which was backed by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X. The school later became a part of Marimallappa's Educat ...

. She is the granddaughter of Kannada film actress

Aarathi Aarathi (born 1954) is an Indian actress who mainly acted in Kannada films during the 1970s and 1980s. She has won the Filmfare awards South and the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress four times each. After her retirement from films ...

's elder sister. In 1993, she made her debut with the

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''.

Personal life

Sangavi married IT Professional Venkatesh on 3 February 2016 at Taj Vivanta, Bengaluru. The couple had a baby girl in January 2020.

Accident

Sangavi suffered an accident in 2005 when she was travelling from Mysore to Chennai: she had a minor injury to her nose and her father, who was an ENT professor in the Mysore Medical College, performed the surgery.

Filmography

Television

* 2008-2009: '' Gokulathil Seethai'' * 2013: '' Savitri'' * 2014: ''Kalabhairava'' * Judged a show for Maa TV called ''Rangam'' * 2017: ''

Thai Veedu ''Thai Veedu'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Thyagarajan, starring Rajinikanth and Anita Raj. The film, released on 14 April 1983, was simultaneously in Hindi as '' Jeet Hamaari'' with Rajinikanth returning. Plot R ...

'' *2019: ''Jabardasth''

Awards

* Best supporting Actress for the film ''Porkkaallam''

References

External links

* * {{authority control Indian television actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Indian film actresses Living people Kannada people Actresses from Mysore Actresses in Hindi cinema 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Tamil television Year of birth missing (living people)