Popular Malayalam film actress Kavya Madhavan has filed petitions with the Ernakulam Family court for divorce and domestic violence, on Saturday. The actress who got married to Nishal Chandra, a Kuwait based banker, a year ago has decided to end her relationship following differences with her husband and his family.

Kavya who was originally planning to quit movies with her marriage, later returned to her parents and appeared in media with her sad stories. The actress has also filed a suit in the Ernakulam First Class Magistrate Court against her husband and in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act for causing mental stress.

After her disastrous married life Kavya recently returned to silver screen with the movie 'Pappy Appacha', with her favourite screen pair Dileep, which was a runaway success. She still has got a couple of movies as heroine, which are under various stages of production.

Kavya who was born in Nileshwaram in Kasaragod district, entered the Malayalam film industry as a child artist with 'Pookkalam Varavayi' (1991). Later she became the numero uno heroine of Mollywood creating big hits mostly with Dileep in ‘Meesa Madhavan’, ‘Runway’ and ‘Lion’. She had also been the heroine to Mammootty, Mohanlal, Prithviraj and Jayaram in a few hit movies like 'Madambi’, 'Anandhabhadram' and 'Classmates'.