Vaishnavi Aravind

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Vaishnavi Aravind
Born
India
Occupation(s)Actress, voice artist, theatre artist
Years active
  • 1987–1997
  • 2019–present
SpouseAravind Kamalanathan
Relatives Sowcar Janaki (Grandmother) [1]

Vaishnavi is an Indian actress, theatre actor and voice artist. [2] She was a prominent lead actress from 1988 to 1997 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. [3] She is the granddaughter of actress Sowcar Janaki. [1]

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Family

She is the granddaughter of famous film actress Sowcar Janaki. Vaishnavi's mother Yagnna Prabha is the elder daughter of Sowcar Janaki. She married in 1996 to cinematographer Aravind Kamalanathan who worked in her debut film, after which she stopped acting. She has two daughters, Aditi and Meghna. [3]

Filmography

Vaishnavi started her film career with the film Thalaivanukkor Thalaivi in 1987. [3] She has also done 100 shows of a drama, called "Lakshmi Kalyana Vaibhovame" in 1993, touring US, Thailand, Sri Lanka, London and Paris.

Tamil

YearFilmRoleNotes
1987Thalaivanukkor ThalaiviClara
1988 Kadarkarai Thaagam Sudha
1988NethiyadiVanam
1989 En Thangai Seetha
1990 Sandhana Kaatru Shanthi
1990 Pulan Visaranai Vasantha Gopalan's wife
1990 Oru Veedu Iru Vasal Yamuna
199060 Naal 60 NimidamPriya
1990 Salem Vishnu Raji
1990Puthu PaatuSpecial appearance
1990Pengal Veettin KanngalRagini
1991 Vaa Arugil Vaa Lakshmi Ramu's first wife
1991 Dharma Durai Vaibhavi
1991Mangalyam ThandhunaneSaradha
1991 Idhaya Vaasal InduGuest appearance
1991 Maanagara Kaaval Seetha
1992Deiva KuzhanthaiLaxmi
1992 Annamalai Annamalai's sister
1992 Roja Shenbagam
1992 Thalaivasal Ananthi
1992ChembaruthiLakshmi
1993 Uthama Raasa Mangai
1994 Nattamai Ponnambalam's wife
1994 Jai Hind Susila
1994Chinna MuthuSevanth
1994 Veettai Paaru Naattai Paaru Gouri
1994VeeramaniShanthi
1995 Aanazhagan Doctor
1995 Kolangal Archana
1995 Muthu Kaalai Maheshwari
1996 Mahaprabhu Uma
1996 Manikkam Pavunnu

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1992SangurshHindi TV Serial
Oorarinda RahasiyamTV Serial
Kottaipurathu VeeduTV Serial
Arthamulla UruvugalTV Serial
AadhiparasakthiTV Serial

Malayalam

YearFilmRoleNotes
1989 Mrugaya Radhamani
1992 Makkal Mahatmyam Radhika
1992 Aham Vimala
1992 Soorya Manasam Young Mariya
1992 Ayalathe Adheham Radhika
1995 Maanthrikam Shakeela

Kannada

Telugu

Hindi

Voice Artist

YearFilmActressNotes
1991 Nee Pathi Naan Pathi Gautami [3]
1993 Thiruda Thiruda Anu Aggarwal [3]
2022 Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Simran [3]

Awards

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