Vaishnavi Aravind

For other people named Vaishnavi, see Vaishnavi (disambiguation).

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

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

Family

Vaishnavi's mother Yagnna Prabha is the elder daughter of Sowcar Janaki. In 1996, she married cinematographer Aravind Kamalanathan who worked in her debut film, after which she stopped acting. They have two daughters, Aditi and Meghna. ^[1]

Filmography

Vaishnavi started her film career with Thalaivanukkor Thalaivi in 1987. ^[1] She has also done 100 shows of a drama, called "Lakshmi Kalyana Vaibhovame"' in 1993, touring US, Thailand, Sri Lanka, London and Paris.

Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Thalaivanukkor Thalaivi	Clara
1988	Kadarkarai Thaagam	Sudha
	Nethiyadi	Vanam
1989	En Thangai	Seetha
1990	Sandhana Kaatru	Shanthi
	Pulan Visaranai	Vasantha Gopalan's wife
	Oru Veedu Iru Vasal	Yamuna
	60 Naal 60 Nimidam	Priya
	Salem Vishnu	Raji
	Puthu Paatu	Special appearance
	Pengal Veettin Kanngal	Ragini
1991	Vaa Arugil Vaa	Lakshmi Ramu's first wife
	Dharma Durai	Vaibhavi
	Mangalyam Thandhunane	Saradha
	Idhaya Vaasal	Indu	Guest appearance
	Maanagara Kaaval	Seetha
1992	Deiva Kuzhanthai	Laxmi
	Annamalai	Kamala
	Roja	Shenbagam
	Thalaivasal	Ananthi
	Chembaruthi	Lakshmi
1993	Uthama Raasa	Mangai
1994	Nattamai	Rasathi
	Jai Hind	Susila
	Chinna Muthu	Sevanth
	Veettai Paaru Naattai Paaru	Gouri
	Veeramani	Shanthi
1995	Aanazhagan	Doctor
	Kolangal	Archana
	Muthu Kaalai	Maheshwari
1996	Mahaprabhu	Uma
	Manikkam	Pavunnu

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
	Sangursh		TV Serial
	Oorarinda Rahasiyam
	Kottaipurathu Veedu
	Arthamulla Uruvugal
	Aadhiparasakthi

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Mrugaya	Radhamani
1992	Makkal Mahatmyam	Radhika
	Aham	Vimala
	Soorya Manasam	Young Mariya
	Ayalathe Adheham	Radhika
1995	Maanthrikam	Shakeela

Kannada

• 1992 – Aathma Bandhana

Telugu

• 1988 – Prema as Lizzy
• 1991 – Attintlo Adde Mogudu as Sharada
• 1992 - Chamanti
• 1993 – Ayyappa Karuna
• 1993 – Paruvu Prathista as Sita
• 1995 – Subha Sankalpam as Rakkamma

Hindi

• 1992 – Roja
• 1995 – Ravan Raaj: A True Story as Dharma

Voice Artist

Year	Film	Actress	Notes
1991	Nee Pathi Naan Pathi	Gautami	[1]
1993	Thiruda Thiruda	Anu Aggarwal	[1]
2022	Rocketry: The Nambi Effect	Simran	[1]

Awards

• She won Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress - Subha Sankalpam (1995) ^[2]

References

1. ""என் அழுகாச்சி நடிப்பைப் பார்த்தா எனக்கே சிரிப்பா இருக்கு!" - நடிகை வைஷ்ணவி ஷேரிங்ஸ்". 9 July 2022. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)](PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh . Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

External links

• Vaishnavi Aravind at IMDb