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Karthika Menon (born 6 June 1986), better known by her stage name Bhavana, is an Indian actress and television personality. She has performed well in Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films.
She made her debut in the Malayalam film Nammal in 2002. She has acted in over 80 films in her career and has won two Kerala State Film Awards, including a special mention for Nammal.
Bhavana made her acting debut in the 2002 film Nammal, co-starring Siddharth, Renuka Menon and Jishnu Raghavan. The film was a blockbuster hit that year.
She received the Kerala State Film Jury Special Award for her performance in the film. Along these lines, she did some impactful films in quite a while like Chronic Bachelor co-starring Mammootty, Mukesh and Rambha, CID Moosa co-starring Dileep, Ashish Vidyarthi, Cochin Haneefa and Jagathy Sreekumar, Swapnakoodu co-starring Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Meera Jasmine and Kunchako Boban, Chathikkatha Chanthu co-starring Jayasurya, Vineeth and Navya Nair, Chanthupottu co-starring Dileep and Gopika, Naran co-starring Mohanlal and Madhu, Malayalam films like Nammal and Narish.
Indian actress
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| Name: | Kartika Menon |
| stage name: | Bawana |
| Date of Birth: | June 6, 1986 (38 years old) |
| place of birth: | Thrissur Peringavu, India |
| Country of Citizenship: | India |
| high: | 1.6 m |
| parents: | G. Balachandran Menon, Pushpa Menon |
| Brothers and sisters: | Jayadev Menon |
| Husband • Spouse: | Naveen (m. 2018) |
| Boyfriend and partner: | not applicable |
| Children: | not applicable |
| Profession: | Actress • Television personality |
| net worth: | $3 million |
Early life and education
Bhavana was born on 6 June 1986 in Thrissur, Kerala.
She was born to G. Balachandran Menon, a cinematographer and Pushpa Menon, a family producer. She also has a sibling named Jayadev Menon, who currently resides in Canada.
Bhavana studied at the Holy Family Girls High School in Chembukkavu, Thrissur. From childhood, she wanted to be an artiste. When she was just five years old, she used to imitate Malayalam artistes in front of the mirror.
Bhavana portrays himself as an angry person, a “difficult” person.
She dreamed of becoming an actress since she was a child. At the age of five, she used to imitate scenes from the Malayalam film Ente Sooryaputhrikku in front of a mirror and even jumped off a building and broke her arm, just like Amala Akkineni’s character in the film.
Profession
At the age of 16, Bhavana acted in the Malayalam film Nammal, alongside newcomers Sidharth Bharathan, Jishnu Raghavan and Renuka Menon. After the success of the film, she received offers for several Malayalam films.
Bhavana won many accolades for the film, including the Kerala State Special Jury Award. She was an understudy in grade 11 when she made her mark in the film.
In 2010, she acted in her first Kannada film Jackie opposite Puneeth Rajkumar which was a huge success. Due to the huge success of the film, it was adapted into Telugu and Malayalam.
Bhavana had acted in a Bollywood film with Emraan Hashmi and Amitabh Bachchan and she then made a strong start by acting in the Kannada film Vishnuvardhana with Sudeep.
In 2012, she acted in the Malayalam films Ozhimuri and Trivandrum Lodge, and in 2013, she acted in Honey Bee and Ezhamathe Varavu.
She played Roshni Mathew, a single mother working in an IT company in Shyamaprasad’s crime thriller Ivide, which is about serial murders of IT professionals in major cities in the U.S. In 2016, she acted in a film with Benedict Doray.
Personal life
Bhavana was grabbed and attacked by a group of people while she was returning from get off work on February 17, 2017. She was driving from Thrissur to Kochi in the evening when a truck hit her from behind near Athani, Angamaly.
Her driver, Martin, then got into a fight with three truck drivers, who pulled Martin aside and firmly entered her car, holding her captive.
They drove around the city for more than two hours, physically assaulting her and taking photos and videos. They dumped her near Kakkanad and fled. Bawana lodged a police complaint.
The FIR alleges assault, criminal intimidation, criminal fraud and violations of the Information Technology Act. Malayalam film actor Dileep was subsequently arrested in the case.
Bhavana married Kannada film producer Naveen on January 22, 2018. They have no children yet.
net worth
Bhavana’s estimated net worth is $3 million; however, there is no information about her current total assets.
Social Media
- Instagram: @bhavanaofficial
