Vani Bhojan

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Vani Bhojan
Vani Bhojan at Meeku Maathrame Cheptha pre release event.jpg
Vani Bhojan in 2019
Born (1988-10-28) 28 October 1988 (age 35)
Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Government Arts College, Ooty (B.A. English)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2010-present

Vani Bhojan (born 28 October 1988) is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. [1] She made her Telugu film debut with Meeku Maathrame Cheptha in 2019 and her Tamil film debut with Oh My Kadavule in 2020.

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Early life and family

Bhojan was born on 28 October 1988 in Ooty, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu to a Badaga family. [2] She did her Schooling in Boarding School, Ooty and Completed her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in Government Arts College, Stone House Hill, Ooty. Bhojan father is a wildlife photographer. Bhojan began her working career as an air hostess with Kingfisher Airlines and then IndiGo, while simultaneously studying for a degree in English Literature through a correspondence program. She then attempted to take on a managerial role at SpiceJet but was eventually not permitted to join as she had not completed her degree, and was subsequently left jobless. Bhojan then received an opportunity to work as a model in an advertisement for The Chennai Silks, which led to her receiving acting offers. [3] [4] [5]

Acting career

Her first appearance as an actress was in 2010, in a minor role in the Tamil horror film Orr Eravuu . [6] In 2012 she appeared in a supporting role in the Tamil film Adigaram 79. Later she debut in serial Vijay TV's Aaha and Jaya TV’s Maya . She played the lead role in these serial.

In 2013, she was cast in the Sun TV series Deivamagal in the leading role. [7] She played Sathya Priya opposite Krishna. [8] The success of this serial gained her several accolades including the Galatta Nakshatra Award, Sun Kudumbam Viruthukal and Tamil Nadu State Awards for Best Actress. [9] This serial's success helped her to act in Tamil and Telugu films. She was also seen in Lakshmi Vanthachu directed by Suresh Krissna and V. Sathasivam on Zee Tamil, [3] where she played three characters, Nandhini, Lakshmi and Jhansi. [10] [11]

In 2017, she was seen in the Telugu film Prema. [12] After having completed Deivamagal and Lakshmi Vanthachu , she appeared as a judge in Asathal Chutties on Sun TV [13] and Kings of Comedy Juniors 2 on Vijay TV along with Robo Shankar and Erode Mahesh. [14] In May 2018, Bhojan announced her debut in N4 and said it will be directed by Lokesh Kumar. [15] However, in the middle of 2019 citing date issues, she stepped out of the film. [16] Consequently, her first appearance in a lead role was in 2019, in the Telugu film Meeku Maathrame Cheptha along with Tharun Bhascker. [1] The film was a commercial success. [17] In 2020, she debuted in Tamil film Oh My Kadavule opposite to Ashok Selvan. [18] [19] which was a big success at the box office in 2020 and she Nominated Siima for Best Supporting Actress and Won JFW Awards for Best Supporting Actress 2021. [20] In the same year, she appeared as the lead in the Crime thriller film Lock Up along with Vaibhav Reddy, due to COVID-19 film released on Zee5 [21] and the Tamil web series Triples opposite to Jai released on Hotstar. [9]

In 2021, she again pair up with Vaibhav Reddy in the ZEE5 film Malaysia to Amnesia . In September, She acted in Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment, Which is released in Amazon Prime and she acted journalist in this movie. [22] [17] In 2022, Bhojan was confirmed film Mahaan with her role reported to be Vikram's love interest; however her scenes did not make the final cut. Film directed by Karthik Subbaraj. [23] Bhojan's next release was the crime thriller Web series Tamil Rockerz, she played a role Forensic officer. [24]

In the media

Bhojan was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women on Television at No. 1 [25] in 2017 and No. 3 in 2018 and 2019. She was also at No. 16 in The Times Most Desirable Women [26] in 2020. She is a Brand Ambassador for Zee Thirai.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of films and roles
YearTitleRole(s)NotesRef.
2010 Orr Eravuu DaisyCredited as Hevanthika [6]
2012Adigaram 79Pooja [27]
2017PremaPriyanka / Prema Telugu television film [12]
2019 Meeku Maathrame Cheptha Stephie Telugu film [28]
2020 Oh My Kadavule Meera [29]
Lock Up Meena [30]
2021 Malaysia to Amnesia Sujatha (Arukaani) [31]
Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum Narmadha Periyasamy [32]
2022 Miral Rama [33]
2023 Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku Uthra [34]
Love Dhivya [35]
Pagaivanuku Arulvai†MadhaviCompleted [36]
Casino †MayaCompleted [37]
Aaryan†TBAFilming [38]

Web series

YearTitleRole(s)NetworkNotesRef.
2020 Triples Meera Disney+ Hotstar [39] [40]
2022 Tamil Rockerz Sandhya Venugopal SonyLIV [41]
2023 Sengalam Suryakala Rajamanickam ZEE5 [42] [43]
2024 Chutney Sambar †TBA Disney+ Hotstar

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRef.
2012 Aaha Sruthi Star Vijay [44]
Maya Maya Jaya TV [ citation needed ]
2013– 2018 Deivamagal Sathya Priya "Sathya" Prakash Sun TV [45]
2015–2017 Lakshmi Vandhachu Nandhini / Lakshmi Vetrivel & Jhansi Zee Tamil [46]

Awards and nominations

Television

YearAwardCategorySerialResultRef.
2014 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Actress Deivamagal Nominated
DevathaigalWon
Best ActressNominated
Best Debut ActressNominated
2018 Best Actress Won [47]
Best Popular JodiWon [48]
Best JodiNominated
Vikatan Awards Best ActressWon

Films

YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef.
2021 SIIMA Awards Best Supporting Actress Oh My Kadavule Nominated [49]
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Best ActressWon

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