Abhinay Vaddi is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil-language films.

Career

Abhinay Vaddi made his film debut with the Telugu film ''Young India'' (2010) directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

. He was set to make his Tamil debut with ''

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'', but the delay of the film meant that the biographical film '' Ramanujan'', based on the mathematician, was his debut film in Tamil. He was awarded the role after a series of auditions which had prominent actors from the Tamil film industry. Akin to Ramanujan, Vaddi is also good at math. Each scene was shot first in Tamil and then in English, with changes made between the versions due to the different theatrical audience. A critic from ''The'' ''Indian Express'' cited that "the highlight of the film is that it has a talented debutant playing Ramanujan to the hilt. You could see Ramanujan in Vaddi, literally, and his portrayal of the genius is nearly flawless". Vaddi played a negative cameo role in ''

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''. He will play the lead role in ''Michaelagiya Naan'', which is a psychological thriller and stars

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and Malobika Banerjee. Vaddi also plays the Protagonist in ''Sugar'' starring

Simran Simran (Gurmukhi: ਸਿਮਰਨ; hi, सिमरण, सिमरन ; from Sanskrit: , ''smaraṇa'', 'to remember, reminisce, recollect'), in spirituality, is a Sanskrit word referring to the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of ...

and

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. He is paired opposite Simran in the film .

Personal life

Abhinay Vaddi's grandfather is

Gemini Ganesan Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred to as the ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (King of Romance) for his romantic roles ...

and his grandmother is Nadigaiyar Thilagam (Mahanati) Savithri. Abhinay was also a National Level

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player and now is a High Performance Table Tennis Coach and trains State and National Level professional athletes in the sport of Table Tennis. He has avid interest in agriculture and farming and runs his own farm in Chennai following the new aspects of agriculture like Polyhouse Farming.

Filmography

*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaddi, Abhinay Living people Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors in Telugu cinema 21st-century Indian male actors Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) contestants Year of birth missing (living people)