| 1. Bhavana entered acting in 1996 with the film Maribale. |
| 2. Kodlu Ramakrishna coined Nandini's screen name Bhavana. |
| 3. She is skilled in Bharatanatyam. |
| 4. In 2002, she did an item dance in Ninagagi. |
| 5. She clinched multiple Karnataka State Film Awards for Best Actress. |
| 6. She starred in the 2006 Bollywood film Family with Amitabh Bachchan. |
| 7. Rediff acknowledged her as a Top Kannada Actress in 2010. |
| 8. In 2010, she hosted the reality show Godrej Game Aadi, Life Change Maadi Season 2. |
| 9. In 2012, she campaigned for Jayaprakash Hegde (Congress) in the Udupi by-election. |
| 10. She also campaigned for Congress candidates in various Karnataka cities. |
| 11. She directs HomeTown Productions, a production house organizing music & dance shows. |
| 12. She has worked in Tulu, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. |
| 13. In 2016, she judged Dance Karnataka Dance but was asked to leave by the show's director for not giving appropriate comments. |
| 14. She received three Karnataka State Film Awards. |
| 15. Her film Shanti entered the Guinness Book of Records for having the 'fewest actors in a narrative film', as she was the only actor in it. |
| 16. She acted in Kavitha Lankesh's Deveeri, which received the Aravindan Puraskar award. |
| 17. She also acted in Kavita Lankesh's second film, Alemaari, which was made for the National Film Development Corporation. |
| 18. She moved to Mumbai for a few years and acted in the Bollywood film Family. |
| 19. She shared screenspace with Mohanlal in the 2011 film Oru Marubhoomikkadha. |
