Sridevi Vijaykumar

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Sridevi Vijaykumar
Sridevi Vijaykumar in saree.jpg
Sridevi Vijayakumar in 2013
Born
Sridevi Vijaykumar

Occupations
Years active1992 2017
2021 Present
Spouse
Rahul
(m. 2009)
ChildrenRupika (b.2016)
Parents
Relatives

Sridevi Vijaykumar is an Indian actress and television personality who works in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. [1] [2]

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Early life

Sridevi was born as the youngest daughter of Tamil actor Vijayakumar and Manjula, a popular South Indian actress. Sridevi has two elder sisters, Vanitha and Preetha, two half-sisters, Kavitha and Anitha, and an elder half-brother, Arun Vijay. [3]

Film career

She started off as a child artist in a Tamil movie Rickshaw Mama . Sridevi made her Tamil debut as heroine in the romantic film Kadhal Virus directed by Kathir, opposite Richard Rishi. She shifted to Telugu industry and became popular. She was critically acclaimed for her performance in AVM's Priyamana Thozhi co-starring Madhavan, Jyothika, Vineeth, Livingston and Manivannan, and was directed by Vikraman.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1992 Rickshaw Mama Bhuvana Tamil Child artist
Amma Vanthachu VimalaTamil
David Uncle DeviTamil
Deiva KuzhanthaiSreedevi ThiagarajanTamil
Sugamana Sumaigal BabuTamil
Aavarampoo Tamil
1997 Rukmini Sita Telugu
2002 Eeswar IndiraTelugu
Kadhal Virus GeethaTamil
2003 Priyamana Thozhi JulieTamilNominated Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
Thithikudhe Anuradha (Renu)TamilNominated Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Ninne Istapaddanu GeetanjaliTeluguNominated Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2004 Kanchana Ganga Urmila Kannada
2005 Nireekshana AnuTelugu
Devathaiyai Kanden UmaTamil
2006 Aadi Lakshmi SurekhaTelugu
2007 Preethigaagi MiliKannada
2008Pellikani PrasadSujatha GopalraoTelugu
2009ManjeeraBeenaTelugu
2011Cell PhoneTelugu
Veera SathyaTelugu
2016 Lakshmana SumanKannada
2024 Sundarakanda Telugu [4]

Television

YearProgrammeRoleLanguageNotes
2021-2022Comedy StarsJudgeTelugu Star Maa
2023Aadivaram Maa Parivaaram
Gunde jari gallyathindeE TV
Drama Juniors 4Zee TV
Start Music (TV series) Contestant Tamil Star Vijay
2024 Jodi Are you Ready Judge

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