Nandita Swetha

Swetha (born 30 April 1990), professionally known as Nandita Swetha, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Swetha also starred in the 2008 Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha. Later she made her acting debut in Tamil with the 2012 comedy film Attakathi. She made her Telugu debut in the 2016 horror comedy film Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada.

Nandita Swetha
Born	Swetha (1990-04-30) 30 April 1990 (age 34) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Christ University
Occupations	Actress Dancer Model Media Personality
Years active	2008 - Present

Career

Swetha began her career as an VJ in Udaya Music while studying in school. She began her acting career in the 2008 Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha. Her character in the film was named Nandita, which she later adopted as her screen name.^[1] In 2012 her first Tamil film was Attakathi directed by Pa. Ranjith.^[2] Her performances were appreciated.^[3] She went on to star as an athlete in Ethir Neechal (2013) directed by Durai Senthilkumar.^[4] She appeared in the comedy Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013) as chennai girl Kumudha with Vijay Sethupathi.

In 2014, her films Mundaasupatti, Nalanum Nandhiniyum and Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani were released. In 2015, Uppu Karuvaadu and Puli were released. In 2016 Anjala, Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada were her releases. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu. In December 2017 her film Ulkuthu released. In Kalakalappu 2 (2018), she appears as Guest appearance. Her next release was Kaathiruppor Pattiyal (2018) and Asuravadham (2018).^[5][6] And two Telugu movies, Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018) and Bluff Master (2018). In 2019, she starred in horror comedies with Prema Katha Chitram 2, Devi 2, Abhinetri 2 followed by thrillers 7 and Kalki. In 2020, she also appeared in Taana was an below average critics.^[7]

Personal life

She was born as Swetha^[8] on 30 April 1990^[9] in Bangalore, Karnataka,^[10] where her father is a businessman and her mother a homemaker. She has two younger brothers.^[1] She attended Christ University.^[11]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes
2008	Nanda Loves Nanditha	Nanditha	Kannada	Kannada debut
2012	Attakathi	Poornima	Tamil	Tamil debut
2013	Ethir Neechal	Valli
	Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara	Kumudha
2014	Mundaasupatti	Kalaivani
	Nalanum Nandhiniyum	Nandhini
	Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani	Nandini
2015	Puli	Pushparadhai		Special appearance
	Uppu Karuvaadu	Poonguzhali
	Idam Porul Yaeval	Neetha		Unreleased
2016	Anjala	Uthara
	Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada	Amala / Parvathi	Telugu	Telugu debut
2017	Ulkuthu	Kadalarasi	Tamil
2018	Kalakalappu 2	Nanditha		Guest appearance
	Kaathiruppor Pattiyal	Megala
	Asuravadham	Maha
	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Paddu	Telugu
	Bluff Master	Avani
2019	Prema Katha Chitram 2	Nandu
	Devi 2	Sara	Tamil
	Abhinetri 2		Telugu
	7	Ramya	Telugu Tamil	Bilingual film
	Kalki	Asima Khan	Telugu
2020	Taana	Nivetha	Tamil
2021	Eeswaran	Vasuki
	Kabadadaari	Swathi
	Kapatadhaari	Swathi	Telugu
	Akshara	Akshara
	Nenjam Marappathillai	Shwetha Ramsay	Tamil
	IPC 376	Yazhini
	MGR Magan	Herself		Special appearance
2022	Jetty	Meenakshi	Telugu
2023	Hidimba	Aadhya
	Raththam	Madhumitha / Madhu	Tamil
	Raa Raa Penimiti		Telugu
	Mangalavaaram	SI Maaya
2024	Raghava Reddy			[12]
	Ranam Aram Thavarel	Kalki	Tamil
	OMG: O Manchi Ghost	Keerthi	Telugu

Other works

Singing

Year	Song	Language
2020	"Mansara Sollu"	Tamil

Television

2021 - Abhiyum Naanum - Sun TV - special appearance

Dubbing artist

Year	Film	Dubbed for	Notes
2019	Dabangg 3	Sonakshi Sinha	For Kannada, Tamil and Telugu versions[13]

Awards

Year	Film	Awards	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	Attakathi	Jaya TV Movie Awards	Best Debut Actress	Won	[14]
2013	Ethir Neechal	3rd SIIMA Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won	[15]
		61st Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress - Tamil	Nominated	[citation needed]
2014	Mundaasupatti	Edison Awards	Edison Award for Best Retro Actress	Won	[citation needed]
2016	Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress - Telugu	Won	[16]