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Early life

She was born in the year 1988. Her father Ajith is an employee of IOB and her mother Maya is a beautician. She has an elder brother, Rahul. She attended Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School,

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until completing Class 9.

Career

Sandhya was studying when she starred in the

love story '' Kaadhal''. The role was offered to many known actresses, including

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and then Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, but the latter's father was reluctant to let her become an actress at the time. The team next picked

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who was in Class IX, when cinematographer Vijay Milton suggested her name to Balaji Sakthivel. She was initially considered to play the heroine in the film, but finally the role was later handed to Sandhya, after the director felt Saranya looked too young. After the success of the film '' Kaadhal,'' in 2004, she took up a Malayalam film titled ''

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'' which she played as the sister of actor

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. Then came the musical romance ''

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'' with Jeeva. She also acted in '' Koodal Nagar'' with Bharath. After the success of '' Cycle'', she shifted her focus to Malayalam cinema. She debuted as a playback singer for the film ''

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''. In 2010, she appeared in a role opposite Vishnuvardhan in the

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'' directed by P. Vasu. Some of them include, ''Soodhattam'' (2013), ''Puzhayum Kannadiyum'' (2014) and ''Veri:Thimiru 2'' (2015) and in Tamil. She has been a judge on a number of

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including Comedy Stars and Little Stars on

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. She make her small screen debut with TV show '' Kanmani'' (2020).

Personal life

Sandhya married Venkat Chandrasekhar, a

-based IT businessman, on 6 December 2015. The ceremony was held at

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. The couple have a daughter, born on 27 September 2016.

Filmography

Films

Television series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandhya Living people Indian film actresses Indian voice actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema 1988 births Filmfare Awards South winners Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners Actresses from Kochi Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Tamil television