Parvati Nair

Parvati Venugopal Nair (born 5 December 1992) is an Indian model and actress who works in the South Indian film industry.

Born into a Malayali family in Abu Dhabi, she trained as a software professional from Manipal Institute of Technology.

She started modelling at the age of 15.

Nair made her acting debut with the Malayalam film Poppins as a lead in the 5 segments directed by V. K. Prakash during her Christmas vacations in December 2012, before appearing in a number of critically acclaimed films across all four South Indian film industries, including Story Kathe (2014 ) and Yennai Arindhaal (2015).

Her performance as a young journalist in Story Kathe won her the Best Kannada Debut Actress Award at the South Indian International Movie Awards, while the role of a vengeful wife in Yennai Arindhaal won her praise from critics and received a Filmfare nomination.

After working in a jewellery commercial for director V. K. Prakash, she made her acting début in Prakash's anthology film Poppins (2012), and worked on the project alongside commitments for other Malayalam films.

She played further roles as a traditional bride in the horror film Yakshi – Faithfully Yours (2012) and in Shalil Kallur's drama film.

She subsequently began working on bigger budget films in the Malayalam film industry and signed on to portray Jayasurya's wife in the action anthology D Company (2013), as a part of the segment Gangs of Vadakkumnathan, which won positive reviews.

Nair made her debut in the Kannada film industry through Story Kathe (2013) which earned her recognition as the Best Debut Actress in Kannada films at the 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards.

Portraying a television journalist who tries to win patent rights for a medical student, her role was appreciated by critics and the film performed well at the box office.

In 2013 Nair appeared as a judge in the first modelling based Malayalam reality show Super Models on Amrita Television.

She also appeared in a music video, "Ariyathe Ninayathe" by Vineeth Sreenivasan and was included in Bangalore Times' "Most Desirable Women of 2013" list.

Nair moved on to work on two big-budget Tamil films during the course of 2014 and shot for Gautham Vasudev Menon's Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Kamal Haasan's Uttama Villain (2015).

Nair was cast alongside Ajith Kumar, Trisha and Anushka Shetty in Yennai Arindhaal after a successful screen test.

The actress stated it was "a dream-come-true" and to be cast in the project was "huge encouragement", and made reference to Menon's dignified portrayals of female characters.

Portraying Elizabeth, the vengeful wife of Arun Vijay's character, the film and her performance received praise from Silverscreen.com, who stated she displays "awesome ruthlessness" and "nails the part".

Nair also auditioned for Uttama Villain, directed by Ramesh Aravind, and portrayed the girlfriend of Kamal Haasan's son.

Featuring alongside an ensemble cast, her role was extended as the shoot progressed and Nair expressed her delight at working with Kamal Haasan, stating it was like "going to an acting school".

The film opened to positive reviews and marked the actress's most high-profile project at that time.

In 2015, she starred in the critical and commercial success Vascodigama, portraying an English lecturer.

Parvati was born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates into a Malayali family and has an elder brother named Shankar who worked as a selector for the ipl team “Kings11 Punjab” and presently is a director for JIO - heading cricket.

Her dad is a businessman based in Dubai and her mom is a professor.

She attended Our Own English High School in Abu Dhabi and went on to graduate in Computer Science and Engineering in from Manipal Institute of Technology in Manipal, Karnataka, India, hoping to work as a software engineer.

As a school student, she won a Guinness certificate for being part of the team that made the longest painting in the world.

She became a full-time model after she participated in "Miss Karnataka", won the title and went on to be an ambassador for Mysore Sandal Soap.

She won "Navy Queen Kerala", before appearing in numerous print and television commercials.

As a model, she has endorsed the brands Anchor, Asian Paints, Malabar Gold, Mazaa, Prestige, Reliance, ANA Airlines Japan ,AbuDhabi T10 Abudhabi, Renault cars ,Peps, GRT gold and diamonds,Vanish, ,Tata Diamonds etc and several other national and international brands.

she had also expressed interest in participating in the Femina Miss India pageant after winning the state-level title, but could not apply as a result of the competition's height eligibility.

While working as a model, she began appearing in short films, music videos and documentaries.

She was also in the most desirable women of 2015, 2016, and 2017 lists from Kochi.

She gave motivational talks at TEDx Bangalore and was invited to speak at a Rotary Club and various other venues.

She then appeared in the Kannada film, Vascodigama (2015), as a college lecturer alongside Kishore.

Nair also made her debut as a singer through the film, in a song which featured Kannada and English lyrics.

The film opened to positive reviews from critics and performed well at the box office.

Indiaglitz.com noting that she "suits the role precisely" and another reviewer stating she was "utilised well" in the film.

She played the lead in the first Tamil production of Eros International, the period film Enkitta Mothathe.

She later appeared James and Alice.

Her next release was the Tamil film Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga directed by R. Parthiepan with Shanthanu Bhagyaraj as male lead in which her performance stood out and was widely appreciated.

The road thriller Overtake was her next Malayalam film in which she performed stunts without a double.

The movie opened to good reviews at the Kerala box office and the concept was fresh to Malayalam cinema.