Abhirami Venkatachalam () (9 March 1991) is an Indian actress who works prominently in
Tamil
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film industry
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. She appeared in the first season of the spin-off version of ''
Bigg Boss Tamil
''Bigg Boss'' also known as ''BB'' is an Indian Tamil-language version of the reality TV program ''Bigg Boss''. The program follows the '' Big Brother'' format developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Over five years, Bigg Boss has rolled ou ...
'' 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
Anand Shankar
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's ''
NOTA
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'' (2018), portraying the love interest of the characters portrayed by senior actors
Nassar
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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
Bigg Boss Tamil
''Bigg Boss'' also known as ''BB'' is an Indian Tamil-language version of the reality TV program ''Bigg Boss''. The program follows the '' Big Brother'' format developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Over five years, Bigg Boss has rolled ou ...
. After auditioning for several films including ''
Kaatru Veliyidai
''Kaatru Veliyidai'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic war film, produced, written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Made under the Madras Talkies banner, it features music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography by Ravi Varman and editi ...
'' and ''
Vikram Vedha
''Vikram Vedha'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Pushkar–Gayathri and produced by S. Sashikanth under his banner YNOT Studios. The film stars R. Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Shraddha Sri ...
'', 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 ''
The Week
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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
Nandha
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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
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Indian film actresses
Living people
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Indian female models
21st-century Indian actresses
Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) contestants
1991 births