Ashvin Raja is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He is the son of film producer Late V. Swaminathan of

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Personal life

Ashvin Raja is the son of producer Swaminathan, who owns the production house,

. He had also done cameos in some of the movies produced by him. V. Swaminathan died on 10 August 2020 due to

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. He had been undergoing treatment in a private hospital in

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after testing positive for Coronavirus. He became the first person from Tamil film industry to have died of COVID-19. Ashwin, married his girlfriend Vidyashree on 24 June 2020. She is a practising doctor.

Career

Ashvin made his film debut portraying the student Paalpandi in

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's comedy film ''

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'' (2010). His performance in

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's '' Kumki'' (2012) as an elephant herder alongside

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and

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was also well received by film critics, and had allotted sixty six days to the film for the shoot. The success of ''Kumki'' led to him being referred to "Kumki Ashwin" henceforth. In 2013, he was seen in smaller roles notably featuring in ''

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'' and ''

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'' alongside Dhanush. He acted in horror movie like ''Maharani Kottai'' (2015) and comedy ''

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'' (2016). He shared in an interview that he wouldn't hesitate to do a negative role. In 2019, he was seen in

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's ''

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'' and Harish Kalyan starrer ''

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''.

Filmography

References

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