K Mahashweta is a Malayalam child actress who gained recognition after she won the Best Child Actress Award at the 2020 Las Vegas Film Awards for her role in the Malayalam short film, “Grandma Toy.”
Wiki/Biography
K Mahashweta/Mahaswetha was born in 2010 (age 10; in 2020) in Angeripalayam, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. As of 2020, he is a student at MGV Global Academy ICSE School in Tirupur. From the age of 4, she loved watching movies, singing, and dancing, and therefore, developed an interest in acting.
Mahashweta with her sister after performing in a school play
Family
His father PU Krishnan is a film producer who has produced four of his short films. He also has a sister who is the same age as him. Apart from that, not much information is available about his family.
Father K Mahashweta PU Krishnan
Mahashweta with her sister
How Acting Happens
In an interview with The Times of Indian, Mahashweta revealed how she got into acting. He said,
When I was four years old, I used to watch movies on television and I would try to imitate the actors or actresses. I love watching movies in all languages and I would act out scenes from movies in front of my parents. They will appreciate my acting. I have a habit of saving money and I will not spend it on anything. One day I gave all my savings to my father and told him that I want to act in films. Seeing my passion and passion for acting, my father approached his director friend Sujith Das from Kerela, who gave me my first break in a short film, Aarodu Paruyum.”
Career
Mahashweta started her acting career with a Malayalam short film titled “Aarodu Paruyum” (Who Should I Tell), released in 2019. In the film, she played the role of a girl who longs for love and attention from her parents, who are busy with electronic devices such as mobile smartphones, thus, he cannot find someone to whom he can express his problems.
In 2020, she acted in another Malayalam short film, “Grandma Toy,” where she played the role of an orphan girl who helps the elderly in an old people’s home.
A still from the movie “To Whom Should I Tell” showing Mahashweta helping an old woman
So far till 2020, she has acted in four Malayalam short films. Out of the four films, he has won the international best child actor award for his role in two of them.
Awards/Honors
- Best Child Actor by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her role as “Miya” in Aarodu Paruyum’s Malayalam short film titled “Who Should I Tell.” (2019)
Mahashweta with the LAFA 2019 Best Child Actor award
- Best Child Actor at the 2020 Las Vegas Film Awards for his performance in the Malayalam short film titled “Grandma Toy.”
Mahashweta with the 2020 Las Vegas Best Child Actor Award
Favorite Things
Cast: Keerthi Suresh & Priyanka Chopra
Cast: Saravanan Sivakumar/Suriya
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
