Amritha Aiyer

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Amritha Aiyer
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Amritha in 2024
Born (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Amritha Aiyer (born 14 May 1994) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil and Telugu language films. Starting her career in Malayalam film industry with Padmavyooham (2012) in an uncredited role to supporting role in Tamil film industry with Tenaliraman (2014), she made her Lead female role debut with the Tamil film Padaiveeran in 2018 and has since starred in the Tamil films Bigil (2019) and Lift (2021) and Telugu films Red (2021), and Hanu Man (2024). [1]

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Her 2024, Telugu film, Hanu-Man , broke several box-office records for a Telugu film. The film has grossed over ₹350 crore (US$42 million), [2] emerging as the Second highest-grossing Telugu film of 2024, highest-grossing Indian film of 2024, and the eighth highest-grossing Telugu film worldwide. [3]

Early life

Aiyer was born into a Tamil speaking family on 14 May 1994 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka. [4]

Career

She made her debut as lead actress in Padaiveeran (2018) opposite Vijay Yesudas, where she played the role of Malar. In response to her role, a reviewer of the film from The Hindu stated that "Amritha fits in her role aptly". [5] She later played a lead role opposite Vijay Antony in Kaali (2018). [6] In 2019, she was to make her Kannada debut with Gramayana starring Vinay Rajkumar, [7] but the project was stalled after the producer got COVID. [8] She played the role of Thendral, the Tamil Nadu football team captain, in Atlee's Bigil (2019), alongside Vijay. [2]

In 2021, Aiyer made her Telugu debut in Red , opposite Ram Pothineni, and directed by Kishore Tirumala. [9] Her second release was Vanakkam Da Mappilei opposite G. V. Prakash Kumar, a film released directly via Sun NXT,. [10] Her third release was Lift , the film opt for the theatrical release and directly released via Disney+ Hotstar. [11]

Her only release in 2022, was a Tamil film Coffee with Kadhal opposite Jai. [12]

Aiyer then shot for Telugu film Hanu-Man opposite Teja Sajja. [13] [14] and an untitled Tamil-Telugu bilingual film, opposite Teejay Arunachalam. [15] The film Hanu-Man premiered on January 12, 2024. [16]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Amritha Aiyer films and roles
YearTitleRole(s)Language(s)NotesRef.
2012 Padmavyooham Unknown Malayalam Uncredited [17]
2014 Tenaliraman Maadhulai's friend Tamil credited as Amritha [18]
Arima Nambi Mall food court customer Tamil Uncredited [19]
Lingaa VillagerTamilcredited as Amritha[ citation needed ]
2015 Yatchan Kumaran Tours & Travels workerTamilcredited as Amritha [20]
2016 Pokkiri Raja JoshnaTamilcredited as Amritha [18]
Theri Mithra's friendTamilUncredited [18]
2018 Padaiveeran MalarTamilDebut as lead actress [21]
Kaali ThenmozhiTamil [22]
2019 Bigil ThendralTamil [23]
2021 Red Gayathri Telugu [24]
30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela Akshara / AmmayigaruTelugu [25]
Vanakkam Da Mappilei ThulasiTamil [26]
Lift HariniTamil [27]
Arjuna Phalguna SravaniTelugu [28]
2022 Coffee with Kaadhal Abinaya "Abi"Tamil [29]
2024 Hanu-Man MeenakshiTelugu [30]
2025Bachchala Malli†TBATeluguFilming [31]

Short films

List of Amritha Aiyer short film credits
YearTitleRoleRef.
2017Highway KaadhaliSneha [32]
2021Buffoon KadhalHerself [33]

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