| Birth Name: | Kavya Ramesh |
| Birth Place: | Mysore, India |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1993–2019 |
| Spouse: | Venkatesh (m. 2016) |
| Children: | 1 |
Sanghavi (born Kavya Ramesh) is an Indian former actress and a model known for her work predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films.[1] She was one of the leading actresses in South Indian cinema from 1993 to 2004. In a career spanning 15 years, she has starred in over eighty feature films—38 in Telugu, 35 films in Tamil, eight in Kannada, two in Malayalam and one film in Hindi.[1] [2]
Sanghavi was born in Mysore, Karnataka. Her father Dr. D. A. Ramesh was an ENT Professor at Mysore Medical College and her mother Ranjana is Kannada film actress Aarathi's elder sister's daughter.[3] Sanghavi studied at Marimallappa High School. In 1993, she made her debut with the Tamil film Amaravathi opposite Ajith Kumar.[1] [2]
Sanghavi is an avid dancer and a badminton player. She married Venkatesh, an IT professional, on 3 February 2016 at the Taj Vivanta, Bengaluru.[4] [3] The couple have a daughter named Chanvi who was born in January 2020.
Sanghavi injured her nose in an accident in 2005 while travelling from Mysore to Chennai. Her father, an ENT professor at the Mysore Medical College, performed corrective surgery. Sanghavi finally returned to the silver screen in 2019 with Kolanji, a film written by Naveen.
| Year | Film | Role | Language | class=unsortable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Kokkoro Ko | Telugu | |||
| Amaravathi | Amaravathi (Angelin) | ||||
| 1994 | Rasigan | Anitha Raghavan | |||
| Rayara Maga | |||||
| Love 94 | |||||
| Nattamai | Kanmani | Tamil | |||
| Galileo | |||||
| 1995 | Kattumarakaran | Tamil | |||
| Muthukulikka Vaariyala | Sundari | ||||
| Lucky Man | Gopi's lover | ||||
| Taj Mahal | |||||
| Ooriki Monagadu | |||||
| Anbu Magan | Tamil | ||||
| Vishnu | Radha | ||||
| Sindhu Bath | Kannatha | ||||
| Mannukku Mariyadhai | Bhavani | ||||
| Kolangal | Sangeetha | ||||
| 1996 | Coimbatore Mappillai | Sumithra | |||
| Tata Manavadu | Swati | Telugu | |||
| Oho Naa Pellanta Telugu | Suba | ||||
| Pudhu Nilavu | Tamil | ||||
| Anthimanthaarai | |||||
| Veettukulle Thiruvizha | Abhirami | ||||
| Nayudu Gari Kutumbam[5] | Keerthi | Telugu | |||
| Sarada Bullodu | Yamini | ||||
| 1997 | Priyamaina Srivaru | ||||
| Mannava | Kavitha | Tamil | |||
| Dhinamum Ennai Gavani | Raji | ||||
| Abbai Gari Pelli | Telugu | ||||
| Pattukondi Choodam | |||||
| Sindhooram | Baby | ||||
| Aahaa Enna Porutham | Sinthamani | Tamil | |||
| Porkkaalam | Muthamma | ||||
| 1998 | Ulavuthurai | Sangeetha | |||
| Sher-E-Hindustan | Naina | ||||
| Suryavamsam | Madhavi | Telugu | |||
| Subbaraju Gari Kutumbam | |||||
| Ini Ellam Sugame | Nandhini | Tamil | |||
| Bhagavath Singh | Sarojini | ||||
| All Rounder | Ramya | Telugu | |||
| Sivayya | Sirisha | ||||
| Nilaave Vaa | Filomina | Tamil | |||
| Ellame En Pondattithaan | Geetha | ||||
| Zulm-O-Sitam | Hindi | Special appearance | |||
| Aahaa..! | Janaki | Telugu | |||
| Kodukulu | |||||
| Swarnamukhi | |||||
| 1999 | Samarasimha Reddy | Neelaveni | |||
| Manikyam | |||||
| Seetharama Raju | Gowri | ||||
| Holi | Seena | Malayalam | |||
| Pilla Nachindi | Preethi | Telugu | |||
| Preyasi Rave | Soni Maganti | ||||
| 2000 | Ravanna | ||||
| Goppinti Alludu | Jalandhara | ||||
| Okkadu Chalu | |||||
| Pelli Sambandham | |||||
| 2001 | Mrugaraju | Sivangi | |||
| Diggajaru | Parvathi | Kannada | |||
| Rishi | Nandhini | Tamil | |||
| Thaali Kaatha Kaaliamman | Ramya | ||||
| Orey Thammudu | Devi | Telugu | |||
| Chiranjeevulu | Kaveri | ||||
| Evadra Rowdy | Sathya | ||||
| Raja Rajeshwari | Meenakshi | Tamil | |||
| 2002 | Dheera | Kannada | |||
| Neethone Vuntanu | Divya | Telugu | |||
| Lagna Patrika | Vaishnavi | ||||
| Vyjayanthi | |||||
| Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo | Sindhu | ||||
| Varushamellam Vasantham | Tamil | ||||
| Panchathantiram | Chamundi | ||||
| Baba | Lakshmi | ||||
| Hattoora Oedya | Kannada | ||||
| Sandade Sandadi | Priya | Telugu | |||
| 2003 | Galatta Ganapathy | Nandhini | Tamil | ||
| Shambu | Telugu | Special appearance | |||
| 2004 | Andhrawala | Shankar's wife | |||
| Guri | Saira Bhanu | ||||
| Sullan | Lakshmi Mani | Tamil | Special appearance [6] | ||
| En Purushan Ethir Veetu Ponnu | Rekha | ||||
| 2005 | Iyer IPS | Nasreen | |||
| Okkade Kanni Iddaru | Dr. Madhumathi | Telugu | |||
| Aanai | Meena Jayaram | Tamil | |||
| 2006 | Nidhi | Guardian | Kannada | ||
| 2007 | Anatharu | Parvathi | |||
| 2008 | Indra | ||||
| 2019 | Kolanji | Appasamy's wife | Tamil | [7] | |
