Meenakshi Govindarajan

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Meenakshi Govindarajan
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OccupationActress
Years active2019–present

Meenakshi Govindarajan is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil language films. After making her film debut in the Tamil film Kennedy Club (2019), she has been in films including Velan (2021), Veerapandiyapuram (2022) [1] and Cobra (2022)

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Career

Meenakshi completed her schooling from Seventh Day Adventist Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madurai, before completing a visual communications degree from Women's Christian College, Chennai. She first appeared as an actress on Star Vijay's Saravanan Meenatchi , before partaking on the network's Villa To Village and Run Baby Run shows.

Meenakshi made her film debut through Suseenthiran's Kennedy Club (2019), where she portrayed a kabaddi player coached by the characters portrayed by Bharathiraja and Sasikumar. She later appeared in the family drama Velan (2021), and described her work in the film as a "memorable experience". [2] [3] [4]

In 2022, Meenakshi was seen in Suseenthiran's action drama Veerapandiyapuram opposite Jai. [5]

Filmography

Key
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Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2019 Kennedy Club Meenakshi
2021 Velan Ananya
2022 Veerapandiyapuram Venba
Cobra Judith Samson
2024Demonty Colony 2TBAFilming
2024Kadhale KadhaleTBAFilming

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
2017 Saravanan Meenatchi Season 3 Thanga Meenatchi / Thangam
2018 Villa To Village ContestantReality show

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References

  1. "Velan Movie Review: Velan is a not-bad entertainer". The Times of India .
  2. "Working in Velan was a memorable experience for me: Meenakshi Govindarajan". The Times of India .
  3. "Velan speaks about family values: Meenakshi". 30 December 2021.
  4. "Male and female actors find equally pivotal characters in family dramas: Meenakshi". The Times of India .
  5. "Veerapandiyapuram Movie Review: An uninventive, dull revenge drama". Cinema Express .