Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi

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Udhayanidhi Stalin
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Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi
Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi at Award Function.jpg
Kiruthiga in 2017
Spouse of the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 September 2024
Children2
RelativesSee Karunanidhi family
Alma mater Loyola College, Chennai [1]
Occupation Film director, Film producer, Magazine editor of Inbox 1305 and Executive of Red Giant Movies

Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi (born 3 July 1978) is an Indian film director, film producer and the wife of the deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu Udhayanidhi Stalin. [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Kiruthiga started her career with the directorial debut Vanakkam Chennai . [5] [6] [7] The movie produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, starred Shiva and Priya Anand. In February 2017, she directed a music video "Sadhayai Meeri" [8] composed by Santhosh Narayanan which portrays the pains of transgender people. She later directed Kaali (2018). [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Personal life

Kiruthiga married Udhayanidhi Stalin in 2002 and the couple have a son named Inbanithi who was born in 2004 and a daughter named Tanmaya was born in 2006. [14] Their son Inban has signed for NEROCA FC football club which plays in the I-League. [15] [16]

Filmography

YearFilmNotes
2013 Vanakkam Chennai Directorial Debut
2018 Kaali
2022 Paper Rocket Zee5 web series
TBA Kadhalikka Neramillai †Announced [17]

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