Arthana Binu (born 22 February 1995) is an Indian actress who works in

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, and

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film industries. Coming from

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, she made her debut in the 2016 Telugu film ''

Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu ''Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu'' is a 2016 Indian Telugu romantic comedy film written and directed by Gavireddy Srinivas Reddy. Produced by S Sailendra Babu, Sridhar Reddy, Harish Duggishetti . It features Raj Tarun and Arthana in the lead ...

''. She is known for films such as ''

Mudhugauv ''Mudhugauv'' () is a 2016 Malayalam caper-comedy film written and directed by Vipin Das in his directional debut. It is produced by Vijay Babu and Sandra Thomas under the banner, Friday Film House. It marks the acting debut of Gokul Suresh, son ...

'' (2016), '' Thondan'' (2017), ''

Semma ''Semma'' ( Awesome) is a 2018 Indian Tamil language comedy-drama film directed by Vallikanth and written by Pandiraj. The film stars G. V. Prakash Kumar and Arthana Binu, while Yogi Babu and Mansoor Ali Khan, among others, play supporting ...

'' (2018) and ''

Kadaikutty Singam ''Kadaikutty Singam'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Pandiraj and produced by Suriya on his studio 2D Entertainment. The film features an ensemble cast of Karthi, Sayyeshaa, Sathyaraj, Soori, Vi ...

'' (2018). She is the daughter of actor Vijayakumar, who was active since the early 1990s.

Early life

Arthana completed her schooling at

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. She started anchoring in TV Channels in Malayalam at her 11th grade of schooling. After completing her school life, she joined Bachelor of Journalism, Mass Communication and Video Production at Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram. Even before she graduated, Arthana began her career as a model. Her profile increased by anchoring ''Smart Show'', an entertainment and popular

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organized by

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and broadcast by

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. She also did the promotions for

Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran ''Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran'' () is an Indian Malayalam-language game show. It is an adaptation of the British Sony Pictures Television game show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' and its Hindi version ''Kaun Banega Crorepati''. The show ...

with actor

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...

Career

In 2015, she made her first camera presence through the game show Smart show on

as a co-host to

. Arthana made her acting debut in 2016 when she was in her second year of college, in the

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film ''

'' (2016) along with

Raj Tarun Raj Tarun (born 11 May 1992) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu language, Telugu films. Tarun debuted with the 2013 film ''Uyyala Jampala'' for which won South Indian International Movie Awards, SIIMA Award for SIIMA Award for Best Male Deb ...

, directed by Srinivas Gavireddy. In the same year she made her Malayalam debut along with

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in ''

'' (2016), a

caper-comedy film. Then she entered into

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by '' Thondan'' (2017) directed by

Samuthirakani Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who predominantly works in Tamil films and Telugu films besides appearing in a number of Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K Balachander. He won the N ...

, along with

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and

Sunaina Sunaina is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Tamil movies as well as few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her film debut with Telugu film ''Kumar Vs Kumari'' (2005) and her Tamil debut ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2 ...

. Continued by ''

'' (2018) which she had signed before Thondan, with

G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian composer, actor, producer and singer known for his work in Tamil films and a few Telugu films as well. His first film was S Pictures' ''Veyil'' (2006) and he became popular in Tamil cinema by the early 2010s. He ...

under director

Pandiraj Pandiraj (பாண்டிராஜ் in Tamil) is an Indian film director and producer, writer who works in Tamil cinema. His debut film, ''Pasanga'' (2009), was commercially successful and won several awards, including the National Film Aw ...

's Production, got released on 25 May 2018 and Arthana got positive reviews for her performance. After watching the movie director Pandiraj castes her in his next directorial venture with

Karthi Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), better known by his stage name Karthi, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, a SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. ...

in the Tamil family drama film ''

'' (2018). Currently she is doing as female lead in ''

Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 ''Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language sports action film directed by Selva Sekaran. A sequel to ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009), the film is written by the original's director Suseenthiran and features Vikranth and Arth ...

'' Tamil action sports drama film directed by ''Selva Sekaran'' and written by director

Suseenthiran Suseenthiran is an Indian film director and screenwriter in Tamil cinema. He rose to fame with his directorial debut ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009). Career Suseenthiran, who originally hails from a small village called Amarapoondi in Palan ...

, a sequel to successful 2009 film ''

Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film written and directed by newcomer Susindran, starring debutant Vishnu Vishal, Kishore, and Saranya Mohan along with numerous other newcomers. The music was composed by ...

''.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Binu, Arthana Living people Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram Indian film actresses Female models from Kerala Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema 1997 births