The film 'Love' was released in the year 1991. Although all its songs became famous. But the most liked song was, 'Saathiya, Ye Tune Kya Kiya'. Revathi was seen with Salman Khan in this. The same actress who also worked with Salman Khan in 'Tiger 3'. She appeared in place of Girish Karnad. Apart from this, she has worked in many other films and has also garnered praise. She has received not one but three National Awards. Today in 'Monday Motivation' we are going to tell you about her. Revathi's real name is Asha Kelunni. She has not only acted. But she has also tried her hand at direction and made amazing films. She is very popular in the South. Apart from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, she is also famous for her work in Kannada cinema. She has been a famous actress of the South Industry. She has won 6 Filmfares along with three National Awards. Not only this, the actress was also awarded the Kerala State Film Award for her good work in 'Bhoothakaalam', which is releasing in the year 2022. Revaki is also a trade Bharatnatyam dancer. She took training for it at the age of seven.
Revathi's first film became a superhit
Revathi was born in Kochi. Her father Malank Kelunni Nair was a Major in the Indian Army. Her mother's name was Lalitha, who belonged to a Tamil family from Palakkad. She participated in a fashion show during her school days. During that time, one of her photos was selected for the cover page of a famous Tamil magazine. When this photo was published and director Bharathiraja saw it, he cast her in the film 'Mann Vasanai' (1983). The film was a hit and it also won the Filmfare Award-South. In the same year, the actress worked in the Malayalam film 'Kattathe Kilikkudu'. This film was also a box office hit. And it was one of the biggest hits of that year. In 1984, she also entered the Telugu industry. She worked there too. She also worked with Rajinikanth.
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Revathi worked with Mani Ratnam and Priyadarshan
Revathi got her biggest break from Mani Ratnam's film 'Moun Ragam', which was released in 1986. After this, Revathi did many back-to-back films. She also surprised everyone by acting in Priyadarshan's Malayalam film Kilukkam (1991). After working for 7-8 years in the South Industry, she entered Bollywood in 1991 with Suresh Krishna's film Love. But she got the National Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for the Tamil film 'Thevar Magan' released in 1992. She also won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Award for Thalaimurai in 1998.
After divorce, Revathi gave birth to a daughter through IVF
Revathi married cinematographer and director Suresh Chandan Menon in 1986. She did not have any children from him. There was a lot of discord between the two in between, so both started living separately in 2002. Then both got divorced on 23 April 2013. After this, in 2018, she revealed that she had given birth to a daughter through IVF. And she was 5 years old at that time. In an interview given to a monthly parenting magazine, she told that she opted for IVF because she had tried adoption but she did not get a chance to adopt a newborn. That is why she decided on IVF. For this, she took the help of a sperm donor. When she gave birth to a daughter, she felt that she had received a gift from heaven.
Revathi is also a director and voice over artist
Revathi has directed many films from 2002 to 2022. This includes 'Mitra, My Friend', which won the National Award for Best Feature Film. It was an English movie. Apart from this, she has directed 'Phir Milenge' in 2004, Malayalam film 'Kerala Cafe' in 2009, 'Mumbai Cutting' in 2010 and 'Salaam Vanki' in 2022. Apart from this, she has worked as a voice over artist for films of different South industries. A film was released in 2020, for which it was dubbed in Sanskrit language. She has also worked as a playback singer for a Tamil film Margazhi Thingal. She has also worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi TV shows.
