Viji Chandrasekhar

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Viji Chandrasekhar
Born
Occupation Actress
Years active1981–1995 and 2001–present
Spouse(s)Chandrasekhar
(m. 1995)
Children2
Family Saritha (sister)

Viji Chandrasekhar is an Indian actress. She has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She played the female lead role in Arohanam which had won several awards. She is known for her roles and she has also featured in television serials. [1] She played the main lead in Azhagi , a television serial.[ citation needed ]

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Career

Viji's Elder Sister is actress Saritha, who was already a star [2] when Viji made her debut as the sister of Rajinikanth's character in the 1981 comedy film Thillu Mullu by K. Balachander. [3] Despite the film becoming a success, Viji chose to concentrate on her studies and refrained from acting until the 1990s. [2]

Besides performing supporting roles in films including K. Balachander's Paarthale Paravasam (2001) as the sister of Raghava Lawrence and in Mani Ratnam's Aaytha Ezhuthu (2004) as the sister of Krishna's character, she mainly worked in television serials. In over 20 years, she was part of over 35 serials. [2] In 2012, she played Nirmala, a vegetable vendor affected by bipolar disorder in Lakshmi Ramakrishnan's Aarohanam , and won critical acclaim for her performance. [3] [4] A critic from Sify.com noted: "in an author backed role, Viji Chandrasekhar steals the show as she is the pivot around which the film revolves." [5]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1981 Thillu Mullu UmaTamil
1991KaliyugamTelugu
Thavarumane Udugore Kannada
1993 Kizhakku Cheemayile KaudariTamil
1994 Priyanka KaminiTamil
1995 Indira Shanmugam's secret concubineTamil
1996Devi IASDeviMalayalamDirected by G Thulasi
2001 Parthale Paravasam ArivuTamil
2002 Samasthanam Shankara's motherTamil
2004 Aaytha Ezhuthu AngammaTamil
Jore Inspector IndraniTamil
2012 Aarohanam NirmalaTamil
2013 Madha Yaanai Koottam SevanammaTamil
2014 Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe SeethaTamil
2015 Pathemari Narayanan's motherMalayalam
Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare Jayadevan's motherMalayalam
2016 Nayyapudai Tamil
Vetrivel KayavarnamTamil
2017 Muthuramalingam Mokkiah Thevar's wifeTamil
2018 Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren YamaroshaTamil
Mr. Chandramouli ACP DwaragaTamil
Kadaikutty Singam Vanavan MadeviTamil
Seemathurai Marudhu's motherTamil
2019 Neerthirai AbhiramiTamil
Kempegowda 2 Kannada
2020Enakku Onnu TherinjaakanumTamil
2021 Akhanda Telugu
Plan Panni Pannanum Sembiyan's motherTamil
2022 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa RitaTamilOTT Amazon Prime release (directed by Richard Anthony)
Marutha KaaliTamil
Etharkkum Thunindhavan JudgeTamil
Anel Meley Pani Thuli Tamil
2023 Kathar Basha Endra Muthuramalingam KaaliTamil
2024 Captain Miller PechaiammaTamil
DNATamil
Untitled Mani Ram - Ramar MovieTamil
untitled Gopi Nainar MovieTamil
DieselTamil
Untitled Amma Rajshekhar FilmTelugu
Untitled Vishnu Vijayan FilmTamil

Television

YearSerialNetworkRole
1991Muppadu Kodi Mugangal Doordarshan
Kandapurnam
1994Chinnaveshayam
1994Bandham Sun TV
Vazhapirandavargal Doordarshan
Revathi Sun TV
1995Vuyiroviyum Doordarshan
Krishnaswamy Association
1998Theekul Veiral Jaya TV
Jadhimalli Raj TV
Nunipullum Avasarakavargalum
1999Kudumbam Orukoil Vijay TV
2000Kadavulukku Kobam Varuthu
2000Pushpangali Sun TV Pushpa
2001–2003 Alaigal Radha
2002–2005 Annamalai Shanthi
2003–2005 Kolangal Seetha
2006 Penn Kalavathi (Kala)
2011–2016 Azhagi Sundari
2013 Amudha Oru Aacharyakuri Kalaignar TV Guest appearance
2019 Chandrakumari Sun TV Chandra

Web series

YearTitleNetworkRole
2019 Queen [6] MX Player V.K.Sasikala
2023 Sengalam [7] Zee5

Reality shows

YearReality showNetwork
2016 Uravai Thedi Puthuyugam TV

Short Films

YearShort filmDirector
2017SenthooramManjunath
The Unexpected VictimPromodh

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References

  1. 'Aarohanam' was challenging, didn't do homework: Viji. Deccan Chronicle (26 October 2012). Retrieved 21 November 2013.
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  3. 1 2 Viji hopes for a dream run in films. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
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