Vishnupriya (actress)

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Vishnupriya
Born
Vishnupriya Ramchandran Pillai

NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
  • model
Years active2007- 2019
Spouse
Vinay Vijayan
(m. 2019)
[1]

Vishnupriya Ramchandran Pillai (born in Bahrain), known mononymously and better as Vishnupriya, is an Indian actress, dancer and model. She started off her career participating in the dance reality show Vodafone Thakadimi which was aired on Asianet. She made her acting debut in 2007 with Speed Track, playing a supporting character. Later, she played the lead character in Keralotsavam 2009 and got noticed for her character in Penpattanam (2010). Since then, she has played supporting roles in various films. She made her Tamil cinema debut in Naanga (2011). [2] She had performed for AMMA show in 2013. She has also participated in a reality show Star Challenge on Flowers TV. In 2019, she starred in a Tamil film, V1 with Ram Arun Castro. In a review of the film, one critic noted that "Arun Castro and Vishnu Priya adapt themselves well and shine in the given characters" while another stated that "Ram Arun and Vishnupriya are apt in their respective roles". [3] [4]

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Early life

Vishnupriya was born and brought up at Bahrain. [5] She had done her schooling from The Indian School, Bahrain and completed her BBA degree from The Birla Institute of Technology International Centre. She had participated in various competitions and won the Inter-school championship for Bharata Natyam during her school days.

Filmography

Acting
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2007 Speed Track Smitha Malayalam
Rathri Mazha Meera's friend
2009 Keralotsavam 2009 Ganga
2010 Penpattanam Raji
2011 Makaramanju Singer (cameo in song)
Naanga Devi Tamil
2012Crime StoryMeeraMalayalam
Naughty Professor Herself (cameo in song)
Pudhumugangal Thevai Tamil
Banking Hours 10 to 4 PoojaMalayalam
2013 Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath Thirumeni's daughter
Lisammayude Veedu Cameo in song
Police MammanAnjana
2014 God's Own Country Lekha
2016 Kadhantharam Sivani
2019Chila New Gen Naattu VisheshangalGayathri
V1 LunaTamil

Television

YearProgramChannelRoleNotes
2008Vodafone ThakadhimiAsianetContestant
SarigamaAsianetParticipant
2011Taste of KeralaAmrita TVCelebrity PresenterCookery show
2012Super Dancer JuniorAmrita TVCelebrity Judge
2013Sundari Neeyum Sundaran NjanumAsianetDancerGrand finale
2014Aarppo EerroKairali TVJudgereplacing Shamna Kasim
2015Star ChallengeFlowers TVParticipant
2015Smart ShowFlowers TVContestant
2015 Asianet Comedy Awards AsianetHerself
2015 Onnum Onnum Moonu Mazhavil ManoramaGuest
2017Suvarna HariharamMazhavil ManoramaDancer
2018-2019Dance Kerala DanceZee KeralamMentor
2019Ayyappa SaranamAmrita TV Goddess Parvathi TV Serial [6]
2019Kerala Dance LeagueAmrita TVTeam Captain [7]

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References

  1. "Actress Vishnupriya Pillai ties the knot with Vinay Vijayan". The Times of India. 21 June 2019.
  2. "Vishnupriya's double dhamaka".
  3. Subramanian, Anupama (28 December 2019). "V1 review: Enjoyable in parts". Deccan Chronicle.
  4. Menon, Thinkal (27 December 2019). "V1 Murder Case Movie Review : Starts off promisingly, but fails to hold the attention". The Times of India.
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  6. "Here's why actress Vishnupriya Pillai signed 'Ayyappasaranam'". The Times of India. 26 January 2019.
  7. "Kerala Dance League: Mentors Anish Rehman and Vishnupriya stun the audience with a romantic performance". The Times of India. 22 May 2019.