Sridevi Vijaykumar (born 29 October 1986) is an Indian actress. Starting off as a child artist in the 1992 Tamil film ''Rickshaw Mama'', she has appeared in
Tamil
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** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
,
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
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S ...
and
Kannada films
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directe ...
.
Personal life
Sridevi was born on 29 October 1986 as the youngest daughter of Tamil actor
Vijayakumar and
Manjula, a popular South Indian actress. Sridevi has two elder sisters,
Vanitha
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and
Preetha
Preetha is a television personality and film producer. She also hosted Cinema Karam Coffee on STAR Vijay and the popular cookery show Sunday Samayal on Sun TV. While still in college she received an offer for acting in an advertisement. After ...
, two half-sisters, Kavitha and Anitha, and an elder half-brother,
Arun Vijay
Arun Vijay (born 19 November 1977), formerly known as Arun Kumar, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He also starred in a few films in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
Born as Arun Kumar and being the only son of veteran actor ...
.
She is married to Rahul and has a daughter.
Film career
She started off as a child artist in a Tamil movie ''
Rickshaw Mama
''Rickshaw Mama'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj, Gouthami and Khushbu. It was released on 15 January 1992, and completed a 100-day run.
Plot
Bhuvana, a lonely girl who is parent-less, l ...
''. Sridevi made her Tamil debut as heroine in the romantic film ''
Kadhal Virus
''Kaadhal'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film based on a true story, directed by Balaji Sakthivel, starring Bharath (in his first film as a main lead actor) and Sandhya. It was produced by S. Shankar and featured music c ...
'' by
Kathir
Kathir is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Tamil cinema.
Early life
Kathir was born in kalkarai, a small village in the Radhapuram Taluk of Tirunelveli District, state of Tamil Nadu, India. Kathir ...
. She shifted to Telugu industry and became popular. She was critically acclaimed for her performance in AVM's ''
Priyamana Thozhi
''Priyamaana Thozhi'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman and produced by AVM Productions. The film stars Madhavan, Jyothika and Sridevi Vijaykumar while Vineeth, Livingston and Manivannan playing oth ...
'' by
Vikraman
Vikraman is an Indian film director primarily working in Tamil cinema.
Career 1990–1994
He worked as an assistant to actor and director R. Parthiban in ''Puthiya Pathai'' (1989), which was the latter's debut film as a director and an actor ...
.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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Living people
1986 births
Actresses from Tamil Nadu
Indian film actresses
Tamil actresses
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Indian child actresses
21st-century Indian women
20th-century Indian actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
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