Divya Padmini
{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
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| name = Divya Padmini
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| occupation = Actress
| other_names = Divya Vishwanath
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| spouse = Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval
| children = Varadhakshina{{Cite web |url=https://theprimetime.in/actress-divya-vishwanath-blessed-with-a-baby-girl/ |title=Actress Divya Vishwanath blessed with a baby girl |date=22 April 2020}}
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|years_active= 2006-2018,2022
| birth_place = Kattappana, Idukki, Kerala, India
| citizenship = Indian
}}
Divya Vishwanath, also known as Divya Padmini, is an actress in Malayalam and Tamil television series. She made her television debut on Manapporuttam serial alongside Prem Prakash.
Career
While Padmini was studying at NSS College, Changanacherry, she was selected by her teachers to play the central character in a telefilm titled Anakha, which was to be produced by the college's newly formed theatre club.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/People-advise-me-not-to-be-so-sweet-says-Divya/articleshow/28584252.cms |title=People advise me not to be so sweet: says Divya |work=The Times of India |date=28 January 2014 }} The telefilm was aired in Asianet on Valentine's Day in 2006. Director Biju Varkey, who has made films like Phantom, noticed her and invited her to act in a non-commercial film titled Chandranilekkulla Vazhi. She acted as a village girl from a {{lang|ml|pulluvan}} background in the film.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/People-advise-me-not-to-be-so-sweet-says-Divya/articleshow/28584252.cms |title=People advise me not to be so sweet: says Divya |work=The Times of India |date=28 January 2014 }} She was also part of the Malayalam film Indrajith.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/People-advise-me-not-to-be-so-sweet-says-Divya/articleshow/28584252.cms |title=People advise me not to be so sweet: says Divya |work=The Times of India |date=28 January 2014 }}
Padmini was spotted by director P. Vasu and got her Tamil film debut in the 2011 film Puli Vesham, for which she was asked to change her name to Divya Padmini, adding her mother's maiden name to her name.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/People-advise-me-not-to-be-so-sweet-says-Divya/articleshow/28584252.cms |title=People advise me not to be so sweet: says Divya |work=The Times of India |date=28 January 2014 }} Since then she was seen in few more Tamil films, like the Ilaiyaraaja musical Ayyan{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ayyan-review-tamil-14965173.html |title=Movie Review : Ayyan |website=Sify |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307044450/http://www.sify.com/movies/ayyan-review-tamil-14965173.html |archive-date=7 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/reviews/article455981.ece?pageToolsFontSize=100%25 |title=Ayyan |access-date=28 December 2013 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203839/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/reviews/article455981.ece?pageToolsFontSize=100%25 |url-status=dead}} and Vilayada Vaa a film that focussed on carrom.{{cite news |title=A film on the game of carom |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/kollywood/film-game-carom-021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723171528/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/kollywood/film-game-carom-021 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 July 2012 |access-date=14 February 2012 |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |date=1 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-27/news-interviews/29478560_1_carrom-film-aishwarya |title=Vilaiyaada Vaa: A film on carrom |website=The Times of India |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106230751/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-27/news-interviews/29478560_1_carrom-film-aishwarya |archive-date=6 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}
In 2007, she acted in her first serial Manapporutham. She was also part of a few other serials like Ammathottil and Sthreedhanam. She also acted in Tamil serials. She made her Tamil debut in Sun TV's serial Pillai Nila and she also acted in Kayitham, in which she plays a school teacher called Parvathy, produced by Samuthirakani.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/People-advise-me-not-to-be-so-sweet-says-Divya/articleshow/28584252.cms |title=People advise me not to be so sweet: says Divya |work=The Times of India |date=28 January 2014 }}
Personal life
Padmini is from Kattappana in Idukki district. She is married to Ratish, an art director, and has settled in Mumbai.{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news-and-interviews/People-advise-me-not-to-be-so-sweet-says-Divya/articleshow/28053487.cms |title=People advise me not to be so sweet: Says Divya |website=The Times of India|date=28 December 2013 }}
Filmography
Television
Awards
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| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Ceremony ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Serial ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Result |
|---|
| rowspan="1"|2012
| Best Jodi |Pillai Nila | Hema |{{Nom}} |
| rowspan="3"|2013
|rowspan="7"| Asianet Television Awards |Most Popular Actress |Divya |{{Nom}} |
| Best Actress
|Divya |{{Won}} |
| Best New Face
|Divya |{{Nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|2014
|Most Popular Actress |Divya |{{Won}} |
| Best Actress
|Divya |{{Nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|2015
|Best Pair |Divya |{{Won}} |
| Best Actress
|Divya |{{Nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=5107267|name=Divya Padmini}}
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Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema
Category:21st-century Indian actresses
Category:Actresses in Malayalam television
Category:Actresses in Tamil television
Category:Indian television actresses
Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Category:People from Idukki district