Malavika Krishnadas

In this Indian name, the name Krishnadas is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Malavika.

Malavika Krishnadas is an Indian actress, television presenter and classical dancer. After becoming the second runner-up in the 2018 Malayalam talent-hunt reality show Nayika Nayakan, she played the lead role in the television serial Indulekha from 2020 to 2021.^[4][5]

Malavika Krishnadas
Born	1998 or 1999 (age 25–26)[1] Ottapalam, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Sacred Heart College, Thevara[2]
Occupations	Actress host classical dancer YouTuber
Years active	2010–present
Spouse	Thejus Jyothi ​ (m. 2023)​
YouTube information
Channel	Malavika Krishnadas
Years active	2017–present
Genre(s)	Lifestyle, Motivation, Vlogs
Subscribers	1.59M[3]
Views	715,701,494[3]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2021
Last updated: 24 February 2024

Early life

Malavika was born in Ottapalam to Usha, a housewife, and Krishnadas, a businessman. She was brought up in Pattambi. She started learning classical dance at the age of three.^[6]

Malavika did her schooling at Carmel CMI School, Shornur, and at T R K Higher Secondary School, Vaniyamkulam, Palakkad.^[7] She then trained in Bharatanatyam under Vannadil Pudiyaveettil Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan. Later she pursued her bachelor's degree in Business from Sacred Heart College, Kochi.^[8]

Career

Malavika started her career through the television dance reality show Super Dancer Junior 2 on Amrita TV. She was one of the finalists and became the runner-up of the show. She lost her father when in Grade VII during her first gulf dance show.^[9] Then she went on to be part of Munch Dance Dance telecasted on Asianet.^[10] She was a regular participant on dance competitions in Kerala State Kalotsav and won the first prize at state level in Bharatanatyam when she was in Class X.

She returned to mini-screen as a contestant on Nayika Nayakan (2018), a talent-hunt reality show telecasted on Mazhavil Manorama.^[11][12] The show was a breakthrough in her career as she became the second runner-up and also bagged the best dancer title.^[13][14] She made her movie debut in the same year through Thattumpurath Achuthan directed by Lal Jose. She then became part of a web series Life jor^[15] and a musical album Mizhi randilum.^[16]

She started her career as a television host through D5 Junior on Mazhavil Manorama as she replaced her Nayika Nayakan co-contestant Vincy Aloshious to anchor the show.^[17] She then went on to anchor Funny Nights on Zee Keralam along with Suraj Venjaramood.^[18][19] Her debut serial was Amme Mahamaye on Surya TV in 2016. She played the female lead in television serial Indulekha on Surya TV.^[20]

Personal life

Malavika married her Nayika Nayakan co-contestant Thejus Jyothi in 2023. ^[21]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes	Ref.
2018	Thattumpurath Achuthan	Shruthi	Lal Jose		[22]

Television

Year	Show	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2011	Super Dancer Junior 2	Contestant	Amrita TV	Runner-up	[23]
2012	Munch Dance Dance	Contestant	Asianet	Runner-up	[24]
2016	Amme Mahamaye	Kurup's daughter	Surya TV		[25]
2018	Nayika Nayakan	Contestant	Mazhavil Manorama	Second runner-up	[26]
2019	D5 Junior	Host		Replacing Vincy Aloshious	[27]
2020–2021	Indulekha	Indulekha Ramanadha Menon	Surya TV		[28]
	Funny Nights	Host	Zee Keralam	Co-host with Suraj Venjaramood	[29]
2022–2023	Star Comedy Magic	Contestant	Flowers TV
	Dancing Stars	Contestant	Asianet		[30]

Special appearances

Year	Show	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2018	Thakarppan Comedy	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama	Finalists of Nayika Nayakan	[31]
2019	Onnum Onnum Moonu	Guest		Promoting Thattumpurath Achuthan	[32]
2020	Swantham Sujatha	Indulekha	Surya TV	Cameo in promo
	Jingle Bells with Minnum Tharangal	Guest			[33]
2021	Anchinodu Inchodinchu	Indulekha		Cameo in promo
2022	My G Flowers Oru Kodi	Contestant	Flowers TV		[34]
	Orukodi Malsararthikalude Samsthana Sammelanam	Guest
	Social Media Awards	Guest
2024	Star Singer (Season 9)	Dancer	Asianet

Webseries

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Life Jor	Various roles		[35]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Label	Ref.
2019	Mizhi Randilum	K. S. Harisankar, Anne Amie	OLDream Pictures	[36]