Anu Vardhan is an Indian

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

and

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Career

A graduate of visual communications from

Loyola College, Chennai Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits. It is an auto ...

is a recipient of State Award for Best Costume Design and number of other awards. Anu Vardhan's first involvement in the film industry was through her family friend

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's '' The Terrorist'' (1997). She worked on costume designing, scripting dialogues, and also appeared in the film as a friend of the film's lead character played by

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. She then worked with Sivan again in ''

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'' (2001), as the Principal Costume designer. After extensive research on the historical period, Vardhan helped prepare 3rd century period costumes for the lead actors

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and

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. Vardhan has worked extensively with actor

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, collaborating with him on his projects with Vishnuvardhan and Siva. In 2016, Vardhan worked on ''

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'' (2016), she styled

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in two different looks - as a gangster wearing high-end suits and as a labourer in the 1980s. This film won her much appreciation and won her numerous awards The success of the film prompted director

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to sign her for his next film with

, '' Kaala'' (2018). In the film, Anu was tasked to primarily dress the actor in kurtas and lungis, with a black theme. Anu has also regularly used handloom products in her work, notably designing silk-cotton saris for

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for her role in ''

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'' (2019). The popularity of the style prompted a demand for a similar products. She continued to design costumes with similar materials for Nayanthara in ''

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'' (2019) and '' Darbar'' (2020).

Personal life

Anu Vardhan is the granddaughter of Veteran Tamil actor

N. S. Krishnan Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan, popularly known as Kalaivanar () and also as NSK, was an Indian actor-comedian, theatre artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry – in the 1940s and 1950s. He is conside ...

. Her husband Vishnuvardhan is a film director. The pair had met at Loyola College and had also worked on

's '' The Terrorist'' (1997) together.

Notable filmography

As actress

As costume designer

*'' The Terrorist'' (1997) *''

'' (2001) *''

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'' (2005) *''

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'' (2007) *''

Sarvam ''Sarvam'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film co-written and directed by Vishnuvardhan. It stars Arya and Trisha, while J. D. Chakravarthy, Prathap Pothan, and Indrajith play prominent supporting roles. The film, wh ...

'' (2009) *''

Panjaa ''Panjaa'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Vishnuvardhan and produced by Arka Media Works and Sanghamitra Art Productions. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Sarah-Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Jackie Shroff, Adivi Sesh an ...

'' (2011) *''

Sri Rama Rajyam ''Sri Rama Rajyam'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by Bapu who co-wrote the film with Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, and produced by Yalamanchali Saibabu. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayanthara, Akkine ...

'' (2011) *''

Arrambam ''Arrambam'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. Produced by A. Raghuram and co-written by Subha, the film stars Ajith Kumar, Arya, Nayanthara and Taapsee Pannu, with Kishore, Rana Daggubati, ...

'' (2013) *'' Veeram'' (2014) *''

Vedalam ''Vedalam'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Siva. It stars Ajith Kumar, Lakshmi Menon and Shruti Hassan while Ashwin Kakumanu, Rahul Dev, Thambi Ramaiah, Kabir Duhan Singh, and Soori play supporting rol ...

'' (2015) *''

'' (2016) *''

Kaashmora ''Kaashmora'' ( Deadly spirit) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language horror masala film written and directed by Gokul. It features Karthi in dual roles for the second time after ''Siruthai'' as the protagonist and antagonist respectively alongs ...

'' (2016) *''

Vivegam ''Vivegam'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Siva. The movie features Ajith Kumar as primary lead, with Vivek Oberoi (in his Tamil debut), Kajal Aggarwal, and Akshara Haasan playing the supporti ...

'' (2017) *'' Kaala'' (2018) *''

'' (2019) *''

'' (2019) *'' Darbar'' (2020) *''

Pattas ''Pattas'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language martial arts film written and directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. It stars Dhanush in dual role with Sneha, Mehreen Pirzada, and Naveen Chandra while Nassar, ...

'' (2020) *''

Valimai ''Valimai'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by H. Vinoth, and produced by Boney Kapoor under Bayview Projects LLP in collaboration with Zee Studios, as co-producer and distributor. The film stars A ...

'' (2022) *''

Thunivu ''Thunivu'' () is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action heist film written and directed by H. Vinoth, and produced by Boney Kapoor. It stars Ajith Kumar in lead role with Manju Warrier, Samuthirakani, John Kokken, Mamathi Chari, Ajay, Veera, ...

'' (2023)

As producer

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