Abhirami Venkatachalam () (9 March 1991) is an Indian actress who works prominently in

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. She appeared in the first season of the spin-off version of ''

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'' called '' Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1)'' and emerged as the 5th runner up.

Acting career

Abhirami Iyer started her career as a model and won the Miss Tamil Nadu title. In 2016, she starred in the web series ''Ctrl Alt Delete''. The following year, she hosted the reality show '' Star Wars'' on Sun TV. Abhirami made her acting debut in

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's ''

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'' (2018), portraying the love interest of the characters portrayed by senior actors

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and Sathyaraj. She then appeared '' Kalavu'' and portrayed one of the leads in the film. That same year, she participated in the third season of the reality show

. After auditioning for several films including ''

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'' and ''

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'', she landed a role in ''

Nerkonda Paarvai ''Nerkonda Paarvai'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film directed by H. Vinoth. Produced by Boney Kapoor, it is a remake of the Hindi film ''Pink'' (2016). The film stars Ajith Kumar, Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami Venkatachalam ...

'' (2019). In a review of the film by ''

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'', the critic noted that "Abhirami is at her best when she shouts and cries in the courtroom". She starred in the web series ''Iru Dhruvam'' in 2019 with

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. She had also auditioned for the lead heroine in '' Dhruva Natchathiram'' before she was signed to portray a supporting role. She has also signed the Malaysian Tamil film titled ''Gajen'' and an untitled film with Aari Arjuna.

Filmography

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

Web series, Short Films & Music Video

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Venkatachalam, Abhirami Indian film actresses Living people Actresses in Tamil cinema Indian female models 21st-century Indian actresses Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) contestants 1991 births