Viji Chandrasekhar
Born
vijayawada, India
Occupation(s)Actress, businesswoman
Years active1981–1995 and 2001–present
Spouse(s)Chandrasekhar
(m. 1995–present)
ChildrenSuraksha, Lovelyn
Sister Actress Saritha
WebsiteActorviji (Twitter)

Viji Chandrasekhar is an Indian actress. She has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She played the female lead role in Arohanam which had won several awards. She is known for her roles and she has also featured in television serials.[1] She played the main lead in Azhagi, a television serial.

Career

Viji's Elder Sister is actress Saritha, who was already a star[2] when Viji made her debut as the sister of Rajinikanth's character in the 1981 comedy film Thillu Mullu by K. Balachander.[3] Despite the film becoming a success, Viji chose to concentrate on her studies and refrained from acting until the 1990s.[2]

Besides performing supporting roles in films including K. Balachander's Paarthale Paravasam (2001) as the sister of Raghava Lawrence and in Mani Ratnam's Aaytha Ezhuthu (2004) as the sister of Krishna's character, she mainly worked in television serials. In over 20 years, she was part of over 35 serials.[2] In 2012, she played Nirmala, a vegetable vendor affected by bipolar disorder in Lakshmi Ramakrishnan's Aarohanam, and won critical acclaim for her performance.[3][4] A critic from Sify.com noted: "in an author backed role, Viji Chandrasekhar steals the show as she is the pivot around which the film revolves."[5]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1981Thillu MulluUmaTamil
1991KaliyugamTelugu
Thavarumane UdugoreKannada
1993Kizhakku CheemayileKaudariTamil
1994PriyankaKaminiTamil
1995IndiraShanmugam's secret concubineTamil
1996Devi IASDeviMalayalamDirected by G Thulasi
2001Parthale ParavasamArivuTamil
2002SamasthanamShankara's motherTamil
2004Aaytha EzhuthuAngammaTamil
JoreInspector IndraniTamil
2012AarohanamNirmalaTamil
2013Madha Yaanai KoottamSevanammaTamil
2014Nerungi Vaa MuthamidatheSeethaTamil
2015PathemariNarayanan's motherMalayalam
Thinkal Muthal Velli VareJayadevan's motherMalayalam
2016NayyapudaiTamil
VetrivelKayavarnamTamil
2017MuthuramalingamMokkiah Thevar's wifeTamil
2018Oru Nalla Naal Paathu SolrenYamaroshaTamil
Mr. ChandramouliACP DwaragaTamil
Kadaikutty SingamVanavan MadeviTamil
SeemathuraiMarudhu's motherTamil
2019NeerthiraiAbhiramiTamil
Kempegowda 2Kannada
2020Enakku Onnu TherinjaakanumTamil
2021AkhandaTelugu
Plan Panni PannanumSembiyan's motherTamil
2022Putham Pudhu Kaalai VidiyaadhaaRitaTamilOTT Amazon Prime release (directed by Richard Anthony)
MaruthaKaaliTamil
Etharkkum ThunindhavanJudgeTamil
Anel Meley Pani ThuliTamil
2023Kathar Basha Endra MuthuramalingamKaaliTamil
2024Captain MillerTamil
DNATamil
Untitled Mani Ram - Ramar MovieTamil
untitled Gopi Nainar MovieTamil

Television

YearSerialNetworkRole
1991Muppadu Kodi MugangalDoordarshan
Kandapurnam
1994Chinnaveshayam
1994BandhamSun TV
VazhapirandavargalDoordarshan
RevathiSun TV
1995VuyiroviyumDoordarshan
Krishnaswamy Association
1998Theekul VeiralJaya TV
JadhimalliRaj TV
Nunipullum Avasarakavargalum
1999Kudumbam OrukoilVijay TV
2000Kadavulukku Kobam Varuthu
2000PushpangaliSun TVPushpa
2001–2003AlaigalRadha
2002–2005AnnamalaiShanthi
2003–2005KolangalSeetha
2006PennKalavathi (Kala)
2011–2016AzhagiSundari
2013Amudha Oru AacharyakuriKalaignar TVGuest appearance
2019ChandrakumariSun TVChandra

Web series

YearTitleNetworkRole
2019Queen[6]MX PlayerV.K.Sasikala
2023Sengalam[7]Zee5

Reality shows

YearReality showNetwork
2016Uravai ThediPuthuyugam TV

Short films

YearShort filmDirector
2017SenthooramManjunath
The Unexpected VictimPromodh

References

  1. ↑ 'Aarohanam' was challenging, didn't do homework: Viji. Deccan Chronicle (26 October 2012). Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Rao, Subha J (23 May 2015). "I can never let KB down". The Hindu.
  3. 1 2 Viji hopes for a dream run in films. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ↑ I didn't do homework for 'Aarohanam': Viji Chandrasekhar. CNN-IBN (25 October 2012). Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Movie Review : Aarohanam. Sify.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Teaser of Queen web series released". newsminute.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "அரசியல் திரில்லராக உருவாகியுள்ள 'செங்களம்' இணையத் தொடர்! - மார்ச் 24 ஆம் தேதி ஜீ5 தளத்தில் வெளியாகிறது". cinemainbox.com (in Tamil). 19 March 2023.
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