Ashwini Aanandita | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 July 1996 Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Ashwini S |
| Alma mater | Dreamzone School Of Creative Studies, Banaswadi |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2013 – present |
| Notable work | Namma Veetu Ponnu Thangamagal |
Ashwini Aanandita (born 25 July 1996) is a model, South Indian television actress and dancer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Kannada television shows. She got her major breakthrough in the reality show Halli Hyda Pyateg Banda Season 2 aired on Star Suvarna as she became the finalist. [1] She is best known as Meenakshi Karthik in Namma Veetu Ponnu and as Hasini in Thangamagal both being telecast in Star Vijay. [2]
Ashwini was born on 25 July 1996 in Bangalore, Karnataka. Her mother tongue is Kannada. She did her schooling in Vagdevi Vilas School, Bangalore and later completed her graduation in Dreamzone School Of Creative Studies, Banaswadi, Bangalore. [3]
In 2013, Ashwini started her career as a model and in 2014 she was featured in the reality show Pyate Hudgir Halli Life Season 3 [4] aired on Star Suvarna and again the next year in 2015 she participated in Halli Hyda Pyateg Banda Season 2 where she received attention as she became one of the finalists. [1]
In 2021, she participated in Dance Jodi Dance Season 1 a dance competition reality television show broadcast on Zee Tamil along with a celebrity partner Mathan Pandian. [1] The same year she appeared as a female protagonist named Meenakshi Karthik, in the soap-opera Namma Veetu Ponnu broadcast in Star Vijay, and her role in the drama was highly praised. Namma Veetu Ponnu was last aired on 25 March 2023 [5] and after that she made a cameo appearance in Kaatrukkenna Veli as Shivani, the male lead character's one-sided lover. [6]
In 2024, she again was cast as the lead female protagonist in the soap opera Thangamagal in Star Vijay for the role of Hasini, a quintessential "daddy's girl" is forced to take the role of a household maid in the village. [2] She was also seen in the streaming television series Uppu Puli Kaaram , an official remake of the South Korean series My Father Is Strange . [7]
| Year | Show | Role | Language | Channel | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Pyate Hudgir Halli Life Season 3 | Contestant | Kannada | Star Suvarna | [4] | |
| 2015 | Halli Hyda Pyateg Banda Season 2 | 3rd runner-up | [1] | |||
| 2015 | Athirshta Lakshmi | Tamil | Zee Tamil | [ citation needed ] | ||
| 2016-2017 | Dance Jodi Dance Season 1 | along with Celebrity partner Madhan Pandian | ||||
| 2022 | Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya | Star Vijay | Episode 16 | |||
| Villathi Villain Naanga Vera Maari | ||||||
| 2023 | Anda Ka Kasam | Episode 23 | ||||
| Start Music season 4 | Episode 20 | |||||
| 2024 | Start Music season 5 | Episode 2; to promote Uppu Puli Kaaram | ||||
| Cooku with Comali season 5 | Guest | Episode 18; to promote Uppu Puli Kaaram | ||||
| Pandigai Palagaram Are U Ready | Guest | |||||
| Tik Tik Tik | Contestant | |||||
| Company | Contestant |
| Year | Show | Role | Language | Channel | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2023 | Namma Veetu Ponnu | Meenakshi Karthik | Tamil | Star Vijay | [1] | |
| 2023 | Bharathi Kannamma | Herself | Cameo appearance | |||
| Kaatrukkenna Veli | Shivani | Special appearance | ||||
| 2024–present | Thangamagal | Hasini alias Anjali | [8] [9] |
| Year | Title | Role | Platform | Language | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ponmagal Vandaal - Cover Version | Lead Dancer | YouTube | Tamil | Released by Star Music | [10] |
| 2023 | Vaadi Vaadi | Lead cast | Music Video co-starring Arun Karthi | [11] | ||
| 2024 | Uppu Puli Kaaram | Keerthi | Disney+ Hotstar | Web-series | [7] | |
 | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources .(November 2024) |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8th Annual Vijay Television Awards | Best Daughter-in-law | Namma Veetu Ponnu | Nominated | |
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