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Nadhiya is a Actor Indian born on 24 october 1966 at Mumbai (Inde)

Nadhiya

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Birth name Zareena
Nationality Inde
Birth 24 october 1966 (58 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Zareena known by her stage name Nadhiya is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has also acted in a few Telugu films. She made her debut in a Malayalam movie named Nokketha Doorathu Kannum Nattu, alongside Mohanlal and Padmini in 1984. This movie was re-made in Tamil as Poove Poochudava in 1985 with Padmini and marked her debut in Tamil. She has acted alongside most of the leading artists in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. Her last movie was Rajathi Raja with Rajinikanth released in 1989. After her marriage in 1988, she settled in United States with her husband Shirish Godbole and daughters.

She made her comeback in Tamil with the 2004 blockbuster hit M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi, which also won her critical acclaim for her performance as Jayam Ravi's mother. In 2008, she signed on as the brand ambassador for Arokya Milk and Thangamayil Jewellery. Nadhiya hosts a popular television show called Jackpot, replacing actress Khushboo on Jaya TV. In 2013, she received critical acclaim for both the roles she played, one as actor Prabhas's mother in Tollywood 'Mirchi' and in Attarintiki Daredi as the lead role Pawan Kalyan's aunt.

Biography

Nadhiya was born to Malayali parents at Pali Hill, Mumbai. Her father N. K. Moidu, is a Muslim and her mother Lalitha is a Hindu. Her father is from Thalassery and mother is from Tiruvalla. She has a younger sister, Haseena who is settled in Doha. She had her primary education from Jehangir Bur Jorji Vachha Parsi Girls High School, Mumbai and her pre university degree from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art. She couldn't continue her college studies after that as she became busy with movies by then. Later she did associated degree in Media Management and B.A. in Communication Arts - Radio & Television, when she was in United States.

She got married to Shirish Godbole, an investment banker from Maharashtra in 1988. The couple has two daughters, Sanam (b.1996) and Jana (b.2001). After her marriage, she settled in United States with her husband and daughters. Later they shifted to London, United Kingdom. Currently she stays in Mumbai with her family.

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Senthil
Senthil
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Ilaiyaraaja
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A. M. Fazil
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Thilakan
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Nadhiya (37 films)

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Actress

Srimanthudu, 2h38
Directed by Koratala Siva
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Films about slavery
Actors Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan, Rajendra Prasad, Jagapati Babu, Sukanya, Sampath Raj
Rating74% 3.7481753.7481753.7481753.7481753.748175
Harsha Vardhan is the sole heir of his father Ravikanth's business empire worth 250 billion. He takes up a course on rural development after he meets Charusheela at his friend Apparao's birthday party. She wants to use technology for the benefit of Devarakota, a remote village in Uttarandhra where she hails from. Friendship blossoms between them and they become attracted to each other in the course of time.
Bruce Lee - The Fighter, 2h31
Directed by Srinu Vaitla
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Ram Charan, Rakul Preet Singh, Kriti Kharbanda, Konidela Nagendra Babu, Brahmanandam, Arun Vijay
Roles Vasundhara (Jayaraj's 2nd wife)(official)
Rating55% 2.7538352.7538352.7538352.7538352.753835
Karthik and Kavya are the children of Rama Chandra Rao (Rao Ramesh). Rama Chandra Rao wants to make Karthik into a collector. Only problem is that Kavya wants to become a collector as well but Rama Chandra Rao cannot afford to pay for both of their studies. Because of this Karthik deliberately fails in his exams so that his sister can join Delhi Public School in order to become a collector. The only one aware of his sacrifice is his uncle (Tanikella Bharani).
Drushyam
Drushyam (2014)
, 2h30
Directed by Sripriya
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Daggubati Venkatesh, Meena, Nadhiya, Kruthika Jayakumar, Esther Anil, Naresh Vijaya
Roles I.G.Geetha Prabhakar
Rating82% 4.145034.145034.145034.145034.14503
Rambabu is a cable network operator who lives in Rajavaram, a village located in the Araku region, with his wife Jyothi and their daughters – Anju, a twelfth-grade student, and Anu, who is in secondary school. By virtue of his job, Rambabu spends a lot of time watching films in multiple languages. He does so with so much interest that he makes major life decisions by subconsciously taking on the behaviors of characters from these films.
Aagadu
Aagadu (2014)
, 2h43
Directed by Srinu Vaitla
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Mahesh Babu, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prakash Raj, Rajendra Prasad, Sonu Sood, Brahmanandam
Rating53% 2.65032.65032.65032.65032.6503
Shankar is an orphan raised by a sincere police officer Raja Rao. In an unexpected situation, Raja Rao's son Bharath kills a kid and Shankar takes the blame on him and is imprisoned while Raja Rao warns him not to meet him again. Years later Shankar is a CI who is referred as 'Encounter' Shankar because of his track record as an encounter specialist. He is posted to Bukkapatnam town in Tadipatri, Ananthapuram and is assigned the task of ending the illegal businesses of a dreaded local don Damodar whose dream project is to build a power plant. Using his clever mind, Shankar destroys all the three main businesses of Damodar by trapping the respective in-charges of those businesses. He brings a stay on the power project by bringing few vital witnesses. On a parallel note, Shankar loves a sweet shop owner named Saroja who reciprocates his love at a later point of time.
Anjaan
Anjaan (2014)
, 2h50
Directed by N. Linguswamy
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Martial arts films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Manoj Bajpayee, Vivek
Rating53% 2.652272.652272.652272.652272.65227
A handicapped Krishna (Suriya) arrives at Mumbai. He, along with a taxi driver (Soori) travel along Mumbai to look for his brother. He then meets a close friend of Raju and tells Krishna that Raju is Raju Bhai (Suriya). He then meets JK and he tells his experience with Raju Bhai and tells him that Raju could have killed him but spared JK. Krishna finally meets Karim Bhai (Joe Malloori) and he tells Krishna that Raju and Chandru (Vidyut Jamwal) were inseparable friends and were growing dons as they emerging in the underworld their enemies too grows. Then a new Commissioner plans to clean the city and kills a few people of Raju's gang. Raju then retaliates this by kidnapping the Commissioner's daughter Jeeva (Samantha) and keeps her as a hostage for a day and when Raju goes to leave her back she tells that she actually doesn't want to go and doesn't want to marry because she didn't love anyone. Both of them then develop love. Things go well until Raju and Chandru invoke the wrath of Imran Bhai (Manoj Bajpai) who is a bigger and more powerful don than them and Chandru keeps chanting what Imran says to him that Imran would 'shoot them like pigs'. Raju then gives Chandru a surprise by capturing Imran. Chandru becomes thrilled about it and gives Raju a surprise by getting him a new car. Raju then meets Jeeva inside. Chandru tells him that he had given Raju a surprise and tells him to stay away for seven days with Jeeva. Raju and Jeeva have a blast. When Raju comes back he sees Chandru murdered in a ghastly manner. A frustrated Raju goes in search of the killers is also shot by his own man, Amar. Krishna then becomes worried. At that very time Amar gets to know that Krishna was looking for him and tries to kill Krishna. Then it is revealed that Krishna is Raju. Raju then fights them and kills Amar. He then goes to find Jackie in a horse race. Jackie tells him to ask Johny. Raju then finds Johny in a shopping mall and Johny tells him that they along with Imran had plotted to kill Chandru when Raju was away. A disappointed Raju kills Johny. Raju then kills one more betrayer in a fight and shoots him. Then Imran's men kidnap Karim Bhai's daughter. When Raju gets there Karim tells him it wasn't his daughter, it was Jeeva. Raju finally battles them and at last kills Imran Bhai. Raju, after rescuing Jeeva, reunites with her and happily leave Mumbai.
Mirchi
Mirchi (2013)
, 2h40
Directed by Koratala Siva
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Prabhas, Sathyaraj, Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay, Nadhiya, Adithya Menon
Roles Latha, Jai's mother
Rating72% 3.646173.646173.646173.646173.64617
The movie begins with Jai(Prabhas) practicing guitar when a girl runs to him and asks him to save her from a gang of goons chasing her. Then Jay, without fighting, resolves the conflict. The girl introduces herself as Manasa (Richa Gangopadhyay). They slowly become friends. But one day she asks Jai to leave her and go as she cannot stand the separation from him if their relationship develops any further. He then goes back to India and changes the mind of Manasa's brother and when they give a vacation he goes with him to his village. There, where everyone are conservative in nature, he changes their nature and makes them more lovable.
Aaru Sundarimaarude Katha
Genres Drama
Actors Nadhiya, Lena, Raai Laxmi, Narain, Zarina Wahab, Shamna Kasim
Roles Rose Moothedan
Rating49% 2.4575752.4575752.4575752.4575752.457575
Aaru Sundarimarude Katha tells the story of six women whose destinies affect each other as they bond together for their respective families in the face of adversities which includes the murder of one among these.
Atharintiki Daaredi, 2h57
Directed by Trivikram Srinivas
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Pranitha Subhash, Boman Irani, Nadhiya, Kota Srinivasa Rao
Roles Sunanda Shekhar (née Raghunandan)
Rating72% 3.648393.648393.648393.648393.64839
Raghunandan is a rich, unhappy businessman based in Milan. He wishes to reconcile with his estranged daughter Sunanda whom he expelled because she married Rajasekhar against his wishes. His grandson Gautham Nanda promises Raghunandan that he will bring her back to their home on his 80th birthday. Sunanda has three daughters: Two of them are Prameela and Sashi. Gautham enters the house as Siddhu, a driver who was appointed by Rajasekhar after saving him from a heart attack. Gautham tries to woo Prameela but gives up when he learns that Prameela is in love with another man. Sashi hates Gautham and is suspicious of him and Paddu, his friend and a nurse who is appointed to take care of Rajasekhar.
English: An Autumn in London
Directed by Shyamaprasad
Genres Drama
Actors Jayasurya, Nivin Pauly, Remya Nambeesan, Nadhiya, Mukesh, Sona Nair
Roles Saraswathy
Rating58% 2.9085752.9085752.9085752.9085752.908575
The lives of four characters from diverse backgrounds whose passage to the U.K. and its aftermath are dealt with in the film. Jayasurya plays Shankaran, a Kathakali artiste-turned-waiter who is an illegal immigrant. Nivin Pauly dons the role of Sibin, an IT executive with a roving eye. Mukesh plays Joy, a middle-class corner store owner with an extended family in London and all its concomitant problems and advantages. Nadia Moidu plays Saraswathy, a Tamil Brahmin. Married to a doctor, she has been in the U.K, for more than 20 years. Remya Nambeesan plays Gauri, a young married woman from a rustic background who arrives in London.
Doubles
Doubles (2011)

Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about families
Actors Mammootty, Nadhiya, Taapsee Pannu, Suresh, Saiju Kurup, Suraj Venjaramoodu
Roles Gowri
Rating24% 1.2468951.2468951.2468951.2468951.246895
The film tells the story of fraternal twins Giri (Mammootty) and Gowri (Nadia Moidu), who lost their parents in an accident early in life. They grew up together in an orphanage, inseparable. And when they grew rich, they set up an accident rescue unit in Puducherry in memories of their parents. They have even learnt mountaineering to carry out rescue operations. Their team consists of characters played by Saiju Kurup, Anoop Chandran and Bijukkuttan, and good for nothing ambulance-chasing lawyer named Lawrence (Suraj Venjaramoodu).
Sevenes
Sevenes (2011)
, 2h30
Directed by Joshiy
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Kunchacko Boban, Nivin Pauly, Mithun Ramesh, Rejith Menon, Asif Ali, Aju Varghese
Roles Amala Vishwanath
Rating50% 2.5267352.5267352.5267352.5267352.526735
The film is about seven young men, passionate about football – sevens football to be precise – and how they inadvertently get involved in a crime. Sevens is a kind of football played in North malabar, especially in Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kannur. It is played by seven players on each side, instead of the traditional 11.
Makante Achan, 2h20
Directed by V. M. Vinu
Genres Drama
Actors Sreenivasan, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Suhasini Maniratnam, Salim Kumar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan
Rating58% 2.9047852.9047852.9047852.9047852.904785
Viswanathan (Sreenivasan) is a village officer. He wants to make his son Manu (Vineeth Sreenivasan), an engineer. But manu wants to become a singer. Viswanatahan sends him to a coaching centre principled by KC Francis (Thilakan). Manu often tells his mother (Suhasini) to allow him to go and participate in reality shows. But Viswanathan doesn't agree with it. When the exam result come, Manu fails. Viswanathan calls him a cheater and slaps him. Manu leaves his house. After two days Viswanathan finds out that Manu is working as a waiter in a hotel. Viswanathan's heart is broken and he becomes a drunkard. But Manu also participates in a reality show.
Pattalam
Pattalam (2009)

Genres Drama
Actors Nadhiya, Deepthi Nambiar, Irfan Mohamed, Rohini
Roles Daisy
Rating53% 2.678312.678312.678312.678312.67831
The film is about two groups of four adolescents in Holy Bells School, who are pitted against each other. Their encounters make up the first part. Daisy (Nadiya Moidu) is the correspondent of the school. A psychologist too, Daisy manages a mental asylum. She believes that students in her school can be disciplined only through love and no hard punishment will reform them. Thanks to her ‘innovative’ ways, these students get united and even helps the school win athletic championship. But a fateful incident on the farewell day snatches the life of a student (Balaji Balakrishnan) and it leaves an impact on others.
Sandai
Sandai (2008)

Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Sundar C., Nadhiya, Namitha, Ramya Raj, Mithun Tejasvi, Vivek
Roles Thangalakshmi
Rating58% 2.9398752.9398752.9398752.9398752.939875
Thangalakshmi (Nadhiya) is a rich business woman living in Bangkok who has planned to marry her daughter off Abhi (Ramya Raj) to another rich man's son. But she wishes to conduct the marriage in the place where she born.
Thaamirabharani, 2h34
Directed by Hari
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Vishal, Muktha, Aachi Manorama, Prabhu, Nadhiya, Rohini
Roles Sakunthaladevi Saravanaperumal
Rating60% 3.0002553.0002553.0002553.0002553.000255
The story is centred on Bharaniputran (a.k.a. Bharani). This loud, angry young man, who doesn’t mind letting his fist fly furiously, is totally in awe of his uncle Saravanaperumal. Bharani and his mother Pechchikani live with Saravanaperumal and his mother Thangapazham. The villagers just venerate this big family in a huge way.