Bhavani Sre is an Indian actress, director and playback singer who predominantly works in

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films. She is known for her performances in ''

Paava Kadhaigal ''Paava Kadhaigal'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language anthology drama film consisting of four short films directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Vetrimaaran and Vignesh Shivan. Through four unique stories, the film explores how prid ...

'', '' Ka Pae Ranasingam'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Bhavani Sre is the daughter of G. Venkatesh and playback singer A. R. Reihana. She has an elder brother named

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 ...

, who is a music composer, playback singer, actor, and producer.

Career

Bhavani Sre, after finishing her studies in visual communication, was interested in filmmaking and directing. So she worked as an assistant director in two films, ''

Idhu Enna Maayam ''Idhu Enna Maayam'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by R. Sarathkumar, Raadhika and Listin Stephen under the production banner of Magic Frames. The film stars Vikram Pr ...

'' under director

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and '' Sila Samayangalil'' under director

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. She also directed a few independent short films. Later, she developed an interest in acting and modeling. She made her debut as an actress through the 2019

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webseries ''

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'', which was released on

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. In 2020, she acted in

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's Tamil film '' Ka Pae Ranasingam'', which was her Tamil debut as an actress. She sang three songs in the 2020 Tamil

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Putham Pudhu Kaalai ''Putham Pudhu Kaalai'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language anthology film, consisting of five short film segments, directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Suhasini Maniratnam, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj. The film features an ense ...

''. She has acted in

Sudha Kongara Sudha Kongara Prasad is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. She made her directorial debut with the Telugu film ''Andhra Andagadu'' in 2008, and later directed the Tamil film '' ''Drohi'. In 2016, ...

's segment Thangam in the Tamil anthology film ''

'', which was released on

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. In 2023, Bhavani Sre was cast in

Vetrimaaran Vetrimaaran is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer, who works in the Tamil film industry. As of 2021, he has won five National Film Awards, eight Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, two Filmfare South Awards and the Amnesty Inter ...

's film ''

'', it was her first film as a lead actress. In 2020, she acted in ''

Meesaya Murukku ''Meesaya Murukku'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi in his directorial debut and stars as the lead along with newcomer Aathmika as the female lead, while Vivek, RJ ...

'' fame actor Ananth Ram's directorial debut film, ''Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu''. The film remains unreleased.

Filmography

Films

* ''All films are in

, unless otherwise noted.''

As singer

Web series

Music videos

References

External links

* {{Authority control Indian film actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Tamil actresses Singers from Tamil Nadu Indian women playback singers Tamil singers Tamil-language singers 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)