Madhavi is a famous South Indian film actress. She played the heroine role for 17 years in five languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. So far she acted in more than 300 films. She was very famous among Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi film fields.

Madhavi was born in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her parents are Sasirekha and Govinda Swamy. She grew up with a brother and sister. She learnt classical dance, Bharat Natyam from Uma Maheshwari and folk dances from Mr. Bhatt from an early age and gave more than a thousand dance performances. She attended Stanley Girls High School in Hyderabad.

In 1996, her spiritual teacher 'Swami Rama' arranged her marriage to one of his disciples, a businessman (pharmaceuticals) named Ralph Sharma, who is half-Indian and half-German. She married him a couple of weeks after meeting him. They have three daughters and live in New Jersey.

Kannada:

1992 Jeevana Chaitra
1993 Aakasmika
1995 Odahuttidavaru

Malayalam filmography

1993 Akashadoothu
Winner, Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress
1994 Sudhinam
1996 Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan

Tamil filmography

1980 Pudhiya Thoranangal
1980 Veera Pen
1981 Pancha Kalyani