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Madhavi may refer to:
- Madhavi (Silappatikaram), a character in the ancient Tamil epic Cilapathikaram
- Madhavi (actress), South Indian film actress
- Madhavi (play), a 1982 play by Bhisham Sahni
- Madhavi (TV series), a Tamil soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 2009 to 2011
- Madhavi (1969 film), a 1969 Bollywood film
Madhavi is an Indian film actress known for her works in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya and Bengali cinema. In a career spanning seventeen years, she has acted in three hundred films.
Madhavi is an important character in the Silappatikaram, one of the epics in Tamil literature. Silapathikaram is the first Kappiyam (epic) among the five in Tamil literature. It belongs to the Sangam Period. Madhavi was a dancer by profession, at a time when such women were considered of low status : near-prostitutes who were little more than the playthings of rich and sensual men with ample means to indulge the universal human appetite for sex. Madhavi, however, was different - not one of the dancing girls who sold themselves to supplement their meagre earnings : even though she born into the dancing-girl caste Parathiyar, she practiced chastity. She lived with Kovalan happily for some time. During that period, Madhavi's mother stole all the wealth of Kannagi the wife of Kovalan by using Kovalan's ring Kannaiyali without the knowledge of Madhavi and Kovalan. After 3 years, Kovalan learned the truth about the mother's crime through the song kaveri kanal vary, during the festival of the god Indra. He grew angry with Madhavi and again returned to Kannagi. After Kovalan left her, Madhavi came to know of her mother's theft and showed her moral worth by returning all the wealth of Kovalan to his father and renouncing the world to become a Buddhist nun.
Manimegalai, the daughter of Madhavi and Kovalan, who is the main character of another epic called " Manimegalai", written by Seethalai Sattanar, born to them in this period of love in between them at Kaveripoompatinam.
Madhavi is a Hindi play written by Bhisham Sahni. This play recounts an ancient tale from the Mahabharata.
Madhavi is a 1969 Bollywood film starring Aruna Irani.
Madhavi is an Tamil soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 21 December 2009 to 11 November 2011 on Monday through Friday at 6:30PM IST for 482 episodes.
The show starred Sara, Seenu, Bhavana, Nalini, Subhalekha Sudhakar and Vandhana among others. It was produced by Home Media and writer, Screenplay and directed by V.Thiruselvam. It also aired in Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Vasantham TV.