Puviarasu Muthusamy or Puvi is a

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television actor, dancer and national level athlete. He debuted in the seventh season of

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in 2012 and starred in reality shows, films, short films and other television series. He is best known for playing the lead roles in serials ''EMI'' (2016), ''Lakshmi Vanthachu'' (2017), and ''

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'' (2017), ''Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari'' (2019), '' Oru Oorla Rendu Rajakumari''. Currently, he is playing the lead role in the serial ''Vidhya No.1''

Career

He debuted in the Tamil television dance reality show ''Maanada Mayilada'' season 7 in

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along with Anusha and hosted by Sanjeev and

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in 2012. They were 2nd runner up. In 2013 he participated in the

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dance show ''Style''. In the finale, he broke his leg in his 2nd performance and left the finale. After this, he started to act in a television serial ''Keladi Kanmani'' (2015) in Sun TV. Puvi had a supporting role in ''Thamarai'' (2016) serial along with

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. He appeared in other

serials such as ''EMI'' (2016), ''Vaani Rani'' (2016) and ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' (2016). He has acted in ''Aakki,'' along with Anu Hassan and Mahendran.

2017–present

In 2017, he appeared in ''Lakshmi Vanthachu'' (2017) alongside

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. He participated in the reality risky dance show '' Dancing Khilladies'' along with Preetha Suresh. The pair won the contest. The same year, he starred in his first leading role in

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serial ''

'' serial along with

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He participated in ''

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'' for Azhagiya Tamil Magal. He is participating in ''Dance Jodi Dance'' (season 2) along with Pavithra Datta. In between he left from ''Dance Jodi Dance'' (season 2) because of his leg fracture. Puvi replaced the role of Iniyan in ''Vidhya No.1'' He is voted has one of the most desirable men on Television 2018 by Times of India. He married Mohanapriya on 22 February 2021.

Television

Television series

Reality shows

Awards and nominations

References

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