Pasupuleti Maadhavi Latha is an Indian actress and politician who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her debut as a female lead in the 2008 film Nachavule. The film was commercially successful and won three Nandi Awards. She later starred in films like Snehituda (2009), Aravind 2 (2013), and Aambala (2015).In 2018, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and contested from Guntur West constituency in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Early life

Madhavi Latha was born in a Telugu family in Hubli, Karnataka. Her parents are originally from Coastal Andhra. She obtained her degree from Gulbarga University, Karnataka and completed post-graduation from Mysore University.

Film career

Maadhavi made her feature film debut with the Telugu romantic film ''Nachavule'' (2008), with a critic describing that she was promising in her role. Her next films ''Shh...'' and ''Snehituda...'' opposite Nani, opened to negative reviews and box office collections. She subsequently spent a year in the United Kingdom, pursuing a Masters qualification in Fashion Designing at Coventry University, before relocating back to Hyderabad to restart a career in films. She made a comeback and worked on films including ''Aravind 2'' (2013) as well as on the unreleased ''Choodalani Cheppalani'' alongside Taraka Ratna, where she played a deaf and mute girl.Her first release in 2015 was her debut Tamil film, Sundar C's multi-starrer ''Aambala''. Madhavi has first acted in Mahesh Babu's ''Athidi'' in a role of heroine's friend.

Political career

In 2018, Latha joined Bharatiya Janata Party. She contested from Guntur West constituency in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and lost, finishing at fourth place.

Personal life

In an interview with TNR, Maadhavi discussed in length her personal life and problems and struggles in her career. She also mentioned that her co-star wanted to date her during the making of her debut movie, but she declined. Her first director tried casting couch with her, and when she declined, she alleges he tried to ruin her career and could be the reason for her not getting many offers. She confessed that a person is harassing her and her family for over 10 years and she is suffering because of this..she was unmarried