Myna Nandhini

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Myna Nandhini
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Born
Nandhini Rajendran

(1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 32)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesMynaa
Occupations
Years active2009–present
Notable work Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3)
Kanchana 3
Spouse
Karthikeyan
​
​
(m. 2017;died 2017)​
[1]
Yogeswaram
​
(m. 2019)​
[2]
Relatives Dinesh Kanagaratnam (cousin)

Myna Nandhini (born 21 May 1991) [3] is an Indian actress and television personality who is best known as Myna Revathi in Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) , Alabarai Myna in Chinna Thambi and for her major breakthrough role Mynavathi in Aranmanai 3 (2021). [4] She is also the winner of the cooking show Kitchen Super Star (season 3) which aired on Star Vijay in 2015. In 2022, she participated in Bigg Boss 6 as a contestant and became the 3rd runner-up. [5]

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She is best known for her roles in films such as Vamsam (2010), Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013), Romeo Juliet (2015), Kanchana 3 (2019), Namma Veettu Pillai (2019), Petromax (2019), Aranmanai 3 (2021) and Vikram (2022).

Early life

Born as Nandhini Rajendran to her parents Rajendran and Rani on 21 May 1991 in a remote town in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Nandhini went on to study at Meenakshi Matriculation School, Madurai and Ambiga College of Arts and Science, Anna Nagar where she completed her Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree. However after completing her degree she decided to act in few television drama's as a "Time killer".

Career

Nandhini debuted her career as an actress in the film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu as a un credited role in the film. She later made her television debut with the comedy reality show Kalakka Povathu Yaaru where she participated as a contestant. In 2010, she was approached by director Pandiraj who offered her a role in his film Vamsam she later agreed to the offer and played the supporting role of Sarasu. [6] She later also appeared in films such as Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013), Vellaikaara Durai (2014) and Romeo Juliet . In 2016, she made her debut as an actress in television by appearing in the soap opera Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) playing the role of a friend to female protagonist, her role in the drama was highly credited and praised. Her name in that role "Myna" got popular afterwards. [7] [8] She also appeared in television shows such as Amudha Oru Aacharyakuri , Pandian Stores , Aranmanai Kili and Chinna Thambi . In 2022, actor Kamal Haasan approached Nandhini offering her a crucial role in his action film Vikram she later accepted the offer and starred opposing actor Vijay Sethupathi in the film. [9] Later that year she also appeared in the film Sardar appearing as a cameo role as a drama artist in the film.

She also played a crucial role in the 2021 web series November Story alongside actors Tamannaah, G. M. Kumar and Pasupathy. The web series also marked Nandhini's debut web series.

Personal life

In 2017, Nandhini married her long time boyfriend Karthikeyan (Karthick) in January. However 6 months into their marriage Karthick committed suicide after a misunderstanding among the couple. In 2019 she re married this time to television actor and comedian Yogeswaran, in 2020 the couple was blessed with a child. [10] [11] [12] [13] She is also the cousin of Sri lankan singer and songwriter Dinesh Kanagaratnam. [14]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu -
2010 Vamsam Saraswathy
2011 Minsaram Jaya's friend
2011 Veppam
2013 Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga Sindru's wife
2014 Vellaikaara Durai Pandi's wife
2015 Romeo Juliet Divya Shree
2019 Kanchana 3 Durga
Namma Veettu Pillai Kottravai
Petromax Shailaja
2020Oru Madhiri IrukkuKarthikaShort film
2021 Aranmanai 3 Myna Vathi (Myna)
2022 Vikram Sumithra [15]
Viruman Muthukutty's wife [16] [17]
Sardar Valli
2023PartnerSengamalam

Television Shows

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Samayal MandhiramHost
2015 Kalakka Povadhu Yaaru Season 5 Judge
2015 Kitchen Super Star (season 3) ContestantWinner
2016 Mr & Mrs Khiladis Contestant
2016Naduvula Konjan Disturb PannuvomParticipant
2016 - 2017 Dance Jodi Dance Season 1Participant4th Runner-up
2018 Comedy Khiladis Judge
2019 Mr and Mrs Chinnathirai 1Host
2019-2020 Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? Champions 2Judge
2022 Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? Champions 3Judge
2021 Mr and Mrs Chinnathirai 3Contestant along with Yogeshwaran1st Runner-up
2022 Super Singer Junior HostReplaced by Priyanka Deshpande
2022 Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya ContestantWinner
2022Anda Ka KasamContestantWinner
2022–2023 Bigg Boss Tamil Season 6 Contestant3rd Runner-up [18] [19]
2023Bigg Boss KondattamHerself

Television Serials

YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2012 Azhagi RanjiniSun TV
2012-2013 Amudha Oru Aacharyakuri PreethaKalaignar TV
2013 Maruthani Episode 202Sun TV
2013 - 2016 Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) Revathi (Myna)Vijay Television
2014 - 2015 Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai Shruti JaiReplaced by Rhema Ashok
2016 - 2017 Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) Madonna
2017Neeli
2017-2019 Chinna Thambi Alabarai MynaEpisode Appearance 355- 370
2018-2020 Aranmanai Kili Vijaya
2019 Pandian Stores PadmaCameo Appearance [20]
2020-2021VelaikkaranMadurai Meena

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 November Story Chithra

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