Navya Nair

Dhanya Nair (born 1985) better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is a Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada actress. She has won the honour of Kalathilakam in the Alappuzha District Schools Youth Festival.
She comes from a village Mudhukulam, in Alleppey District. She was school topper in her tenth standard, scoring 92 per cent. She got her first offer for the film 'Ishtam' when she was in Tenth Standard. She chose second group and did her +2. Then she got another offer for her second film and she didn't fare well in the +2 exam. She then graduated with a BA in English.[4] She is a good classical dancer and that helped her a lot in many roles. She has won the honour of Kala Thilakam in the youth festival of Alleppey district. Daughter of Mr. Raju, working with the Telecom and mother Veena, a teacher with the M.S.M High Secondary school, Navya was a 12th student at M.S.M High secondary school when she entered the film industry. Her ex-boyfriend is Rahul.V.Nair,who worked as a Relationship Manager in Cresent Productions. Since their break up he is working as a TSOfficer in HCL Technologies,Chennai.It is said that he ditched her and is now having an affair with Kavya Madhavan.Investigative director K.Madhu is her uncle.

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards:
2005 - Best Actress, Kanne Madanguka, Saira
2002 - Best Actress, Nandanam