Revathy (born 27 September 1989), known by her stage name Sandhya, is an Indian film actress who acts primarily in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her debut as an actress in the 2004 Tamil film Kaadhal (2004), her performance in which earned her a Filmfare Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
She is born as Revathy to a Chennai settled Malayali family. Her father Ajith is an employee of IOB and her mother Maya is a beautician. She has an elder brother, Rahul. She did her primary education at Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School, Chennai. She did her schooling till Class 9
She married a Chennai-based IT professional, Venkat Chandrasekharan, on 6 December 2015. The ceremony was held at Guruvayur Temple because of the floods in Chennai
Now as the couple have done decided to come back Chennai, Sandhya brings forth a heart-touching statement saying, “We had decided to have our wedding and reception, both in a grand manner.But now with the Chennai and people in flood affected areas suffering from the natural disaster, we have decided to donate the money saved by me on wedding towards the Chennai Flood relief fund”.
Sandhya may refer to:
Sandhya is a 1969 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Dr. Vasan and produced by T Komala. The film stars Sathyan, Sharada, Jayabharathi and Adoor Bhasi in lead roles. The film had musical score by MS Baburaj.
The music was composed by MS Baburaj and lyrics was written by Vayalar Ramavarma.
Kadhal (English: Love) is a 2004 Tamil romantic drama film based on a true story, directed by Balaji Sakthivel, starring Bharath and Sandhya in her feature film debut. It was produced by S. Shankar and featured music composed by Joshua Sridhar. The film opened to critical acclaim and was a high commercial success. Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu as Premisthe. It was also remade in Kannada as Cheluvina Chittara in 2007, Bengali as Chirodini Tumi Je Amar in 2008 and in Punjabi as Ramta Jogi in 2015.
Murugan (Bharath) is a diligent scooter mechanic in Madurai and life goes on smoothly for the young man until a rich student Aishwarya (Sandhya) sets eyes on him. The infatuation reaches a dangerous level when she coaxes Murugan to take her from the constraint of her family, who have other plans about her future. The naïve Murugan hesitantly yields to her charm and the two run away to Chennai. Murugan's friend Stephen (Sukumar) helps them in their hour of crisis and the lovers unite in marriage. But Sandhya's family dotes on her and is not going to give up so easily. The family tracks down the couple and eventually separates them after knowing that Murugan is a low caste. Aishwarya agrees to marry another man to save Murugan's life after he is being beaten by her father. While she believes this decision is best and moves on with her life, she one day (while on the road with her husband and daughter) runs into Murugan who has suffered permanent brain damage. Knowing that she made a mistake and not knowing how to undo the sins of her father, the movie ends with Aishwarya and her husband deciding to take care of Murugan.