Chandini Tamilarasan is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films. She made her debut in the lead role in

K. Bhagyaraj Krishnasaamy Bhagyaraj (born 7 January 1953) is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter, music director, producer and politician active mainly in Tamil films. He has also written and directed Hindi and Telugu films and TV serials. As an actor ...

's ''

Siddhu +2 ''Siddhu +2'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj, starring his son Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj and newcomer Chandini Tamilarasan in lead roles. The film released on 10 December 2010 and performed averagely ...

'' (2010), before signing to play role in ''

Naan Rajavaga Pogiren ''Naan Rajavaga Pogiren'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Prithvi Rajkumar. The film stars Nakul, Chandini Tamilarasan, and newcomer Avani Modi. Plot Jeeva is a Tamil-speaking young man living with his ...

'' (2013).

Early and personal life

Chandini was born to Tamilarasan and Padmanjali. She is half Tamil (from her father's side) and half Telugu (from her mother's side). She married choreographer Nandha on 12 December 2018.

Career

She was among the contestants for the

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2007 pageant, aged 17, but did not finish in the top three. Post that in 2009, she appeared in a reality show on a Tamil channel and it was then that she got a call from

's office asking her to come for a screen test for his new venture. She subsequently impressed and was signed to appear in ''

'' which starred Bhagyaraj's son, Shanthnoo, alongside her. The film after a delay released in December 2010 but performed poorly at the box office, winning average reviews. In mid-2010, she signed on and worked in a film titled ''Padithurai'' featuring newcomers while the producer of the film was leading Tamil actor

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. The film did not get a theatrical release. Although she received more offers, she declined all of them and returned to college to finish her education. She completed her degree in 2014. She was seen in Prithvi Rajkumar's ''

'' in 2013 alongside

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and Avani Modi, and the film has dialogues written by

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. Later that year she made her Telugu debut in the action-drama ''

Kaalicharan ''Kaalicharan'' is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language political drama film that stars Chaitanya Krishna, Chandini Tamilarasan and Pankaj Kesari. The film marks the Telugu debut of Tamilarasan and Kesari. The film was dubbed into Tamil as ''Por Kuthi ...

'', which is set in the 1980s, and based on true incidents revolving around the life of late MLA Erra Satyam. Her next two films, ''Lovers'' and ''Kiraak'', released one week apart from another in August 2014. Upcoming films of Chandini include the

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production ''

Vil Ambu ''Vil Ambu'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Ramesh Subramaniam and presented by Suseenthiran. The film stars Sri, Harish Kalyan, Srushti Dange, Chandini Tamilarasan, and Samskruthy Shenoy, whil ...

'' directed by Ramesh Subramaniam, which will see her playing a slum dweller and Anjana Ali Khan's '' Palaandu Vaazhga'', in which she plays an IT professional. Besides, she is working on two untitled Telugu projects, a horror-comedy and a romantic-drama, which will be actor Naresh's son, Naveen's debut film. In 2020, she was cast in ''

Rettai Roja ''Rettai Roja'' ( Twin Rose) is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera airing on Zee Tamil and also digitally available on ZEE5. It premiered on 12 August 2019. The show initially starred Shivani Narayanan, but she was later replaced by Chandini ...

'' replacing the female lead

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Filmography

Film

Television

*2020 - ''Thalampoo'' - Vijay TV - Female lead *2020 - 2022 - ''Rettai Roja'' - Zee Tamil - Female lead - dual role

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamilarasan, Chandini Indian film actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Living people Actresses from Chennai Ethiraj College for Women alumni 21st-century Indian actresses 1992 births Actresses in Telugu cinema