Navya: Back in her niche

The Cassandras and prophets of doom have ended up with egg on their faces. For, belying their dire predictions, Navya Nair has bounced back in style.



No doubt, the "Nandanam" girl did pass through a lean patch in the interim. But the spirited girl that she is, Navya has shaken off the career blues and is beavering away on the reel now!.

The talented heroine is just back from shooting for the much-hyped Tamil film "Amritham" in Mysore. The movie in which Ms Nair is playing a science student who falls in love with a lowcaste boy, is expected to do wonders for her career.

Well, she has no time to rest on her laurels. In a short while, shooting for her forthcoming flick with Dilip, "Paandippada" will commence in Tamil Nadu.

In the meantime, she is looking forward to the release of her next film "Sarkar Dada" co-starring Jayaram in the lead role.

So busy is Navya these days that she has declined a few offers from Telugu cinema, including one from Krishnavamshi.

Meanwhile, Navya is preparing for her exams in real life. She is a second-year BA (Literature) student. The girl is at her wit's end, for she does not know how to find time to study for the exams. The reason : she will be busy shooting from March third week till April end. And her exams begin on April 28.

All in all, the Balamani of "Nandanam" -- that is the film which catapulted Navya to the pinnacle of fame -- is a busy actress, snapping out of the mid-career slump that beset her.

There is no denying that Navya deserves to be back at the top. She has much more to contribute to the enrichment of Malayalam cinema, which does not boast of many talented actresses save Meera Jasmine and Kavya Madhavan