Nandini Ramanna, better known by her stage name Bhavana , is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry.

[3][4] Bhavana trained to be a classical dancer and initially had no intention of acting; "films just happened by chance."

She was cast as heroine in Kodlu' Ramakrishna's romance-drama Nee Mudida Mallige[5] and in Seetharam Karanth's musical hit Chandramukhi Pranasakhi starring Ramesh Aravind, and Prema.

Director Dinesh Babu offered her a leading role opposite Ramesh Aravind, in Deepavali, also starring Vishnuvardhan.

[17] Bhavana moved to Mumbai for a few years and even did a Bollywood film, Family, that was headlined by Amitabh Bachchan.