Nivetha Thomas


Nivetha Thomas is an Indian film actress who appears in predominantly Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil-language films. She is best known for Ninnu Kori, Gentleman and Darbar.
Thomas made her debut with the 2008 Malayalam film Veruthe Oru Bharya, for which she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. In the same year she made her Tamil debut with Kuruvi. She has since starred in more than a dozen movies, making her Telugu debut in 2016 with Gentleman.

Early life and career as a child actress

Thomas was born 2 November 1995 and started her career as a child actress, acting in the popular Sun TV serial My Dear Bootham. After that, she played the role of Jayaram's daughter in Veruthe Oru Bharya, where her performance was well appreciated. She then signed a few Tamil and Malayalam films in which she mostly played supporting roles. Among her Malayalam projects were Chaappa Kurish and Thattathin Marayathu, the latter of which according to Sify was going to be "the biggest box-office hit in the history of Malayalam cinema". The 2011 Tamil film Poraali directed by Samuthirakani, featured her as Tamizhselvi, a petrol bunk employee. She had previously collaborated with Samuthirakani in the drama series Arasi.
In 2013, she acted in Romans which was very successful and named a "blockbuster" by Sify.com. In the Tamil contemporary fantasy comedy Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham she played the female lead role of Jaishree, an aspiring singer. In Jilla she played the role of Mahalakshmi, who is very attached to her father and two brothers, played by Vijay and Mahath. About her role, she stated that it was not "just another sister role" but that of "a strong willed girl who influences her brother in a positive way". She signed her first Telugu film,Juliet Lover of Idiot directed by Ajay Vodhirala. She acted as Kamal Haasan's eldest daughter in the Tamil remake of Drishyam, titled Papanasam, and her performance earned praise from viewers.

2016: Telugu debut

In 2016, she debuted in Telugu cinema in the action-thriller Gentleman opposite Nani which opened to rave reviews and was critically applauded for her performance both by critics and audience alike and garnered her several awards including South Indian International Movie Awards – Best Female Debutante and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Nomination at 64th Filmfare Awards South Later on, she acquired popularity among Telugu cinema.

2017-18: ''Ninnu Kori'' and beyond

Her first release in 2017 was another Telugu film, opposite Nani again, the romantic entertainer Ninnu Kori which opened to positive reviews and highly praised her performance as "pallavi" which eventually landed her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Nomination at 65th Filmfare Awards South. Her next release was Jai Lava Kusa opposite Jr. NTR was one of the top grossing movies in 2017 at boxoffice. Her last release was Juliet Lover of Idiot opposite Naveen Chandra which was her initial debut film in Telugu but was delayed and released later went to become commercial failure at boxoffice. Thomas took a break in early 2018 to concentrate on her university studies.

2019: Comeback

Thomas first release was an action thriller 118 opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram which opened to positive reviews and critics extremely praised Nivetha's outstanding performance in a brief yet impressive role. Her second release was black comedy Brochevarevarura opposite Sree Vishnu was opened to positive reviews and got widespread acclaim for her portrayal of "mitra" an underperformer student in academics who aspires to become a classical dancer, Later the film was a hit at box office. In 2020 Thomas starred in Rajini Kanth's Darbar in which she plays the daughter of Rajini Kanth. As of May 2020, Thomas has several projects under various stages of production, she would star opposite Nikhil Siddharth in an upcoming romanctic drama titled Swaasa. she is all set to reunite with Nani for third time in an Action Thriller V which also stars Sudheer Babu and Aditi Rao Hydari in lead roles, In 2020, she signed a Telugu cop drama, a remake of the Korean movie Midnight Runners along with Regina Cassandra.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorLanguageNotes
2008Veruthe Oru BharyaAnjana SugunanAkku AkbarMalayalamKerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist
2008KuruviVetrivel's sisterDharaniTamilChild artist
2009Madhya VenalManikuttyMadhu KaithapramMalayalamChild artist
2011PranayamYoung GraceBlessyMalayalamMalayalam debut
2011Chaappa KurishNafizaSameer ThahirMalayalam
2011PoraaliTamizhselviSamuthirakaniTamilTamil debut
2012Thattathin MarayathuFatimaVineeth SreenivasanMalayalam
2013RomansEleenaBoban SamuelMalayalam
2013Naveena Saraswathi SabathamJeyasriK. ChandruTamil
2014JillaMahalakshmiR. T. NeasonTamil
2014Money RatnamPia MammenSanthosh NairMalayalam
2015PapanasamSelvi SuyambulingamJeethu JosephTamil
2016GentlemanCatherineMohan Krishna IndragantiTeluguTelugu Debut
2017Ninnu KoriPallaviShiva NirvanaTelugu
2017Jai Lava KusaSimranK.S. RavindraTelugu
2017Juliet Lover of IdiotJulieAjay VodhiralaTelugu
2019118AadhyaK. V. GuhanTelugu
2019BrochevarevaruraMithraVivek AthreyaTelugu
2020DarbarVallikannuAR MurugadossTamil
2020VMohan Krishna IndragantiTeluguFilming
2020Vakeel SaabSanjeevaniVenu SriramTeluguFilming
2020SwaasaKishen KattaTeluguFilming
2020Untitled Sudheer Varma film Sudheer VarmaTeluguFilming
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TV shows

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2008Kerala State Film AwardsKerala State Film Award for Best Child ArtistVeruthe Oru Bharya
2017SIIMA AwardsBest Debut ActressGentleman
2017TSR – TV9 National Film AwardsBest Debut HeroineGentleman
2017Filmfare Awards SouthFilmfare Award for Best Actress – TeluguGentleman
2017Zee Telugu Golden AwardsEntertainer Of The Year – FemaleNinnu Kori
Jai Lava Kusa
2018Apsara AwardsPerformer of the YearNinnu Kori
Jai Lava Kusa
2018Filmfare Awards SouthFilmfare Award for Best Actress – TeluguNinnu Kori