

Her father Shivashankar Siddalingappa, a Bangalorean, worked as a depot manager at Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. Kausalya was born in Bangalore, Karnataka state. Kausalya returned to the Tamil industry after 6 years with the action film, Poojai (2014). Films such as Thiagarajan's Police which starred her alongside Prashanth, Manadhil with Karthik, Vendumadi Nee Enakku and Rosappoo Chinna Rosappoo with Sathyaraj, were readied but then stalled in quick succession.

In 2004, she attempted to make a comeback as a lead actress but unfortunately several of her projects became delayed.

By the mid-2000s, she turned character artiste and went on to portray supporting roles in films such as Thirumalai (2003) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008) and ventured into television with the series Manaivi which aired 436 episodes on Sun TV. She mostly acted in saree-clad and conservative roles. She had starred in over 30 films in Tamil and Malayalam, while securing a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for her performance in Pooveli. She went on to appear in many Malayalam films including Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu (1998), The following year, she appeared in her first Tamil film Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga (1997) with Murali and went on to star in several successful films in Tamil like Nerukku Ner (1997), Priyamudan (1998), Sollamale (1998), Pooveli (1998), Vaanathaippola (2000) and Kutty (2001). Nandini was pursuing a modelling career, before she debuted in the 1996 Malayalam film April 19 by Balachandra Menon. After starting her career as a lead heroine, she has since gone on to portray supporting roles. She is known as Nandini in Malayalam film Industry. Nandini (born Kavitha 30 December 1979), commonly known as Kausalya, is an Indian actress and model, who has starred mainly in South Indian cinema.
