Abhinay Vaddi

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Abhinay Vaddi
Born
Chennai, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Table tennis player
Years active2010–2022
Relatives Gemini Ganesan (grandfather)
Savitri (grandmother)
Rekha (aunt)

Abhinay Vaddi is an Indian actor who works in Tamil and Telugu-language films. He is also an accomplished athlete, and was a former national level table tennis player. He is currently one of the head coaches for the Canadian national team in the sport of table tennis.

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Career

Abhinay Vaddi made his film debut with the Telugu film Young India (2010) directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. [1] He was set to make his Tamil debut with Vilambaram , but the delay of the film meant that the biographical film Ramanujan , based on the mathematician, was his debut film in Tamil. [2] [3] [4] He was awarded the role after a series of auditions which had prominent actors from the Tamil film industry. [5] Akin to Ramanujan, Vaddi is also good at math. [6] Each scene was shot first in Tamil and then in English, with changes made between the versions due to the different theatrical audience. [7] A critic from TheIndian Express cited that "the highlight of the film is that it has a talented debutant playing Ramanujan to the hilt. You could see Ramanujan in Vaddi, literally, and his portrayal of the genius is nearly flawless". [8] Vaddi played a negative cameo role in Chennai 600028 II . [9] He also play the lead role in the unreleased film Michaelagiya Naan, which is a psychological thriller [10] and stars Vasundhara Kashyap and Malobika Banerjee. [11] and the unreleased Sugar starring Simran and Trisha. [12] He is paired opposite Simran in the film . [13]

Personal life

Abhinay Vaddi's grandfather is Gemini Ganesan and his grandmother is Savithri. [12] Abhinay was also a national level table tennis player and is a table tennis coach and trains state and national level professional athletes. [14] [15] [6]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
List of films and roles
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2010 Young India Abhi Telugu credited as Pradyumna
2014 Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan Tamil
English 		Bilingual film
2016 Chennai 600028 II GaneshanTamil
2019 Vilambaram Ashvin / Santhosh

Television

List of television shows
YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2021–2022 Bigg Boss (Tamil season 5) Contestant Vijay Television Evicted Day 77
2022 Bigg Boss Ultimate (Season 1) Disney+ Hotstar Evicted Day 21

Discography

List of Abhinay Vaddi playback singer credits
YearSongComposerLyricsCo-singer(s)Ref.
2017"Friendship Anthem"Praveen PDM, Rahul Mani Aadhav Kannadasan Premgi Amaren, MC Rude, Praveen PDM, Rahul Mani, Danny, Nikil Murugan [16]

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
20154th SIIMA AwardsBest Debut ActorRamanujanNominated[ citation needed ]
2015 9th Vijay Awards Best Debut Actor Nominated[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "Gemini Ganesan's grandson is new kid on the block". gulfnews.com.
  2. ↑ "Gemini Ganesan's grandson turns actor". The Times of India.
  3. ↑ Naig, Udhav (10 July 2014). "Unveiling a reclusive genius". The Hindu.
  4. ↑ "'I am ecstatic to portray Ramanujan on screen'". Rediff.
  5. ↑ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (3 April 2015). "The boy next door comes of age". The Hindu.
  6. 1 2 "Math whiz plays genius Ramanujan in biopic". The Times of India.
  7. ↑ "Gemini Ganesan's grandson as Ramanujan". The Times of India.
  8. ↑ "'Ramanujan': Inspiring biopic, but doesn't resonate (Tamil Movie Review)". 11 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Subhakeerthana, S. (20 April 2016). "Abhinay plays baddie in Chennai-28 sequel!". Deccan Chronicle.
  10. ↑ "From biopic to physiological thriller: Abhinay Vaddi". The Hindu. 14 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (11 July 2014). "Abhinay becomes Michael". The Hindu.
  12. 1 2 Subramanian, Anupama (18 July 2019). "Abhinay Vaddi ready to shoulder responsibility of family legacy". Deccan Chronicle.
  13. ↑ Suganth, M. "I play Simran's pair, but I've more scenes with Trisha". The Times of India.
  14. ↑ https://ca.linkedin.com/in/abhinay-vaddi-a88550256
  15. ↑ "Grandson of acting legends to play genius". www.telegraphindia.com.
  16. ↑ "Friendship Anthem (feat. Praveen Pdm, MC Rude, Rahul Mani & Yashmith) - Single by Premgi Amaren on Apple Music". 30 April 2017 – via music.apple.com.
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