Abhirami (actress, born 1983)

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Abhirami
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Abhirami in 2023
Born
Divya Gopikumar

July 1983 (age 41) [1]
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Alma mater
Occupations
Years active1995–2004
2014–present
Spouse
Rahul Pavanan
​
(m. 2009)​
Children1

Divya Gopikumar, professionally known as Abhirami (born July 1983) is an Indian actress and reality show judge. She has acted predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films and few credits in Telugu and Kannada films. [2] Abhirami went on to establish herself as an leading actress in the 2000s across the Malayalam and Tamil language industries.

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Abhirami went on to establish herself as a leading actress in the 2000s across the Malayalam and Tamil language industries after appearing in films such as Sradha (2000), Middle Class Madhavan (2001), Charlie Chaplin (2002), Raktha Kanneeru (2003) and Virumaandi (2004).

Early life and education

She was born as Divya Gopikumar [1] in July 1983, Gopikumar and Pushpa whom living in Kerala. Her mother tongue is Tamil. She attended Christ Nagar English High School and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, in Thiruvananthapuram and did predegree training from Mar Ivanios College, before graduating in programs for psychology and communications from the College of Wooster in Ohio. [3]

Her family migrated to the United States in 2004 when she got a job there. Her parents are yoga instructors in Ohio. [4]

Career

Abhirami made her debut in director Adoor Gopalakrishnan's film Kathapurushan . [5] While in college, Abhirami worked as a TV anchor for the program Top Ten which aired on the Asianet channel, [6] which according to Abhirami was "quite popular" and got her a film offer. [5] She also appeared in the 100-episode Malayalam serial Akshaya Pathram, directed by Sreekumaran Thampi. [5] She changed her screen name to Abhirami, the character name of the heroine of the film Gunaa , being "obsessed with the role and the name". [7]

She had a small role in the Malayalam film Pathram in 1999 and in the series Mercara directed by Jude Attipetty. Later she acted in the films Millennium Stars , Njangal Santhushtaranu , and Sradha before shifting to Tamil cinema. Her first Tamil film was Vaanavil (2000) opposite Arjun, which was a "big hit" [6] and was followed by Middle Class Madhavan (2001), as well as Dost (2001), Samudhiram (2001) and Samasthanam (2001) with R. Sarathkumar. A notable film in her career was Virumaandi (2004), in which she appeared as a Tamil village girl from Madurai opposite Kamal Haasan. [1] Besides Tamil and Malayalam, she has appeared in Telugu and Kannada films and was a notable Tollywood actress. [8] In 2003, she appeared opposite Upendra in the film Raktha Kanneeru [9] and opposite Shiva Rajkumar in Sri Ram . In 2004, she retired from the film industry and settled in the United States for her studies. She went on to work as the marketing director of an MNC there. [10]

She went on to host Rishimoolam, a talk show on the Tamil television channel Puthuyugam . [3] [11]

After a 10 year hiatus, she returned back to the film industry in 2014 and acted in multiple films as a supporting actress until 2021 when she got a role as one of lead actresses in the film Maara after 17 years. She also became a reality show judge through the show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs (2023). [12] She was cast in the supporting role in the action drama film Vettaiyan (2024) with Rajinikanth. [13] [14] Shen then appeared in the black comedy Jolly O Gymkhana (2024) as well as hyperlink thriller, Once Upon A Time in Madras (2024). [15] [16]

Personal life

Abhirami is married to Rahul Pavanan, grandson of writer Pavanan. [3] [10] [17] The couple have an adopted daughter named Kalki. [18]

Filmography

As actress

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of films and roles
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
1995 Kathapurushan Child Artist Malayalam
1999 Pathram Shilpa Mary Cherian
Njangal Santhushtaranu Geethu Sanjeevan
2000 Millennium Stars Radha
Sradha Swapna
Melevaryathe Malakhakkuttikal Devika Variyar (Devu)
Vaanavil Priya Tamil
2001 Megasandesam Kavitha Malayalam
Middle Class Madhavan AbhiramiTamil
Dosth Anamika
Samudhiram Lakshmi
Thank You Subba Rao Susi Telugu
2002 Charlie Chaplin Mythili RamakrishnanTamil
Karmegham Maheswari
Samasthanam Aisha
2003 Laali Haadu Sangeetha Kannada
Sri Ram Vasundhara
Charminar KeerthiTelugu
Raktha Kanneeru ChandraKannada
2004 Cheppave Chirugali RadhaTelugu
Virumaandi AnnalakshmiTamil
2014 Apothecary Dr. Nalini NambiarMalayalam [19]
2015 36 Vayadhinile SusanTamilSpecial appearance [20]
2016 Ithu Thaanda Police Arundhati VarmaMalayalam
Ore Mukham Prof.Latha
2017 Chowka Indira SharmaKannada
2018 Amar Akbar Anthony Amar's motherTeluguSpecial appearance
Ottakoru Kaamukan MeeraMalayalam
2019 Dasharatha KrutikaKannada
Aniyan Kunjum ThannalayathuBincyMalayalam
2020Marjara Oru Kallu Vacha NunaChithira
2021 Maara SelviTamil Amazon Prime film
Sulthan AnnalakshmiCameo Appearance
Kotigobba 3 IAS DurgaKannada
2022 Nitham Oru Vaanam Dr.KrishnaveniTamil
2023 Baba Black Sheep Eshwari
Are You Ok Baby? Vidhya [21]
Garudan SreedeviMalayalam [22]
2024 Maharaja Kokila Srilakshmi SelvamTamil [23]
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram ChayadeviTelugu
Bhale Unnade Gouri [24]
Vettaiyan Swetha DhakshinamoorthyTamil
Jolly O Gymkhana ChellammaTamil [25]
Once Upon A Time in Madras SavitriTamil [26]
2025 Eleven †TBATamil
Telugu		Filming [27]
Thug Life †TBATamilFilming [28]

As a dubbing artist

YearTitleFor whomLanguageDirectorRef.
2013 Vishwaroopam Pooja Kumar Tamil Kamal Haasan [29]
2015 Uttama Villain Ramesh Aravind
2018 Vishwaroopam 2 Kamal Haasan

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