Navya Nair (Dhanya Nair), the refreshing entrant has already bagged a special place in the heart of the Malayalam Film industry. This girl seems to have great belief in numerology as she has changed her name to Navya instead of Dhanya hoping for a better luck. Trained in dance, Navya Nair has been a hyper active teenager, whooping up at youth festivals and stage shows. She has won the honour of Kala Thilakam in the youth festival of Aleppey district, Kerala for her exceptional talent.

With her first movie ‘Ishtam’, opposite Dileep she attained admiration by winning the hearts of the Malayalees. Her second film Ranjit's Nandanam opposite Pritviraj established herself as one of the most promising of the new-generation actresses.

Daughter of Mr. Rajan, working with the Telecom Subdivision 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 film industry.

Now with eight rollicking hits like Nandanam, Mazhathullikilukam, Kunjikoonan, Kalyanaraman, Chathikkatha Chandu etc She is also showing that she knows the physics of success very well. She stepped to Tamil film through 'Azhagiya Theeyee' which made a good impact in the minds of Tamil audience also. The local media is already projecting her as the next number one heroine.

Date of birth : 1983
Awards : Kerala State film award for Best actress 2002 (Nandanam), 2005 (Saira, Kanne Madanghuka)

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