Abhinay Vaddi

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Abhinay Vaddi
Born
Chennai, India
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present
Relatives Gemini Ganesan (grandfather)
Savitri (grandmother)
Rekha (aunt)

Abhinay Vaddi is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil-language films.

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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 will play the lead role in Michaelagiya Naan, which is a psychological thriller [10] and stars Vasundhara Kashyap and Malobika Banerjee. [11] Vaddi also plays the Protagonist in 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 now is a High Performance Table Tennis Coach and trains State and National Level professional athletes in the sport of Table Tennis. He has avid interest in agriculture and farming and runs his own farm in Chennai following the new aspects of agriculture like Polyhouse Farming. [14] [6]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of films and roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Young IndiaAbhi Telugu film
2014 Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan Bilingual film (English, Tamil)
2016 Chennai 600028 II Ganeshan
2019 Vilambaram Ashvin / Santhosh
TBAMichaelagiya NaanMichael
TBASugarTBA

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

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 ]

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