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Vinodhini Vaidyanathan is an Indian actress and writer who has mainly worked in Tamil cinema and theatre. She made her debut in A. R. Murugadoss's Engaeyum Eppothum portraying Ananya's sister.[1] She is best known for her performances in OK Kanmani (2015), Appa (2016), Aandavan Kattalai (2016), Ratsasan (2018), Comali (2019), Game Over (2019), Ponmagal Vandhal (2020) and Soorarai Pottru (2020).

Vinodhini Vaidyanathan
Vinodhini Vaidyanathan at a press meet in 2019
Born	(1981-08-24) August 24, 1981 (age 41) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Vinodhini
Occupation	Actress, writer
Years active	2011 - present (Films) 2003 - present (Theatre)
Parent	Vaidyanathan & Chandralekha

Career

Vinodhini made her first film appearance in Priyadarshan's Kanchivaram (2009), after being selected by the director to be a part of the film after he watched her during a performance with the Tamil theatre troupe, Koothu-P-Pattarai. The film won critical acclaim and recognition at the National Film Awards. In early 2010, director Saravanan had watched Vinodhini's solo performance titled Saami Aattam, in which Vinodhini played multiple characters in a 45-minute monologue, and was impressed enough to cast her in his first Tamil film, Engeyum Eppodhum (2011), produced by AR Murugadoss.[2] Her performance in the film as the character of Ananya's sister, was well received.

Since 2011, Vinodhini has appeared in several other films including the comedy Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013), the horror film Pisaasu (2014) and two collaborations with Mani Ratnam in Kadal (2013) and O Kadhal Kanmani (2015).[2] She also played a significant supporting role as the wife of a gangster in Karthik Subbaraj's Jigarthanda (2014) and in a leading role in Balu Mahendra's Thalaimuraigal (2013), where she played his daughter.[3]

By 2016, Vinodhini started to be recognized for her performances, going on to win Best Performance in a Comedy Role (Female) 2016 at the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards for her role in Aandavan Kattalai, as a junior lawyer.

Vinodhini is also a playwright and theatre director. Her theatre group, Theatre Zero has been actively staging plays since 2012, some of which are Petti Kathaigal,[4] the musical extravaganza "Aayirathoru Iravugal", which she wrote and directed for the prestigious Hindu Theatre Fest in 2016,[5] and Nagercoil Expressum Nadaga Companyum,.[6] which toured extensively in 2016–17. Her play, titled Grand Rehearsal,[7][8] was the first ever Tamil play to be staged at The Hindu Theatre Fest, which is primarily a festival for English plays from India and abroad. It was declared a laugh riot amid standing ovation from the audience.[9] Similarly, her play Aayirathoru Iravugal, "had the audience roaring with laughter", when it opened in 2016.[10] As of January 2020, Theatre Zero has partnered with stand-up comic Alexander Babu to bring back Vinodhini's play Nagercoil Expressum Nadaga Companyum in its new version and tour with it worldwide.

Vinodhini also writes professionally. Her short stories and articles have been published in Silverscreen.in,[11] The Madras Mag, The News Minute,[12] The Hindu (Tamil)[13] among others.

Personal life

Vinodhini completed her B.Sc. from Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai and went on to do her master's degree in Human Resources Management from XIME, Bangalore. She also holds a second master's degree in Psychology from University of Madras and a PG Diploma in Yoga Therapy from Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram.[2]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Kanchivaram	Subhatra
2011	Engaeyum Eppothum	Selvi
2013	Yamuna	Chandrika
	Kadal	Fisher woman
	Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam	Police Inspector
	Thalaimuraigal
2014	Jilla
	Jigarthanda	Soundar's wife
	Vanmam	Palraj's wife
	Pisaasu	Mahesh's mother
2015	Nannbenda	Ramya's colleague
	O Kadhal Kanmani	Saroja Vasudevan
	Sivappu	Malar
	Om Shanti Om	Kumar's mother
	Pasanga 2	Sailaja
2016	Azhagu Kutti Chellam	Anandhi
	Aranmanai 2	Sandhya
	Appa	Singaperumal's wife
	Aandavan Kattalai	Junior Lawyer	Won-- Vikadan Awards-Best Actress in comedy Role
2017	Aramm	Government Health Officer
	Sathya	Hema
	Velaikkaran	Sivaranjani
2018	Thaanaa Serndha Koottam	Mangaiyarkarasi
	Kaathadi	Anitha's mother
	Echcharikkai	Doctor
	Ratsasan	Kokila
2019	LKG	School Principal
	Boomerang	Doctor
	Devarattam	Pechi
	Game Over	Kalamma
	Kalavani 2	Manimekalai Rajendran
	Rakshasudu	Padma	Telugu film
	Comali	Bhanu, MLA Dharmarajan's wife
2020	Ponmagal Vandhal	Venba's neighbour
	Soorarai Pottru	Chitra Ramaswamy
	Naanga Romba Busy	Dr. Shantha
	Paava Kadhaigal	Sathaar's and Sahira's mother	Netflix anthology series; segment Thangam
2021	Eeswaran	Papathi
	Parole
	Calls	Deputy Director Shailaja
	MGR Magan	Judge
	Operation Jujupi
2022	Naai Sekar	Company Director
	Khiladi	Mahalakshmi	Telugu film
	Kaatteri	Chithra
	Trigger	Prabhakaran's sister-in-law
	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Vasuki
TBA	Parole	Advocate Gifty Maria

Television

• All television shows are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2003	Appa		Sun TV
2020	Chithi 2	Herself		Guest appearance[14]
2022	Anandha Raagam	Meenakshi		Extended cameo role[15]

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2022	Tamil Rockerz	Baanu	SonyLIV		[16][17]

References

External links

• Vinodhini at IMDb

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