Sridevi Vijaykumar (born 29 October 1986) is an Indian actress. Starting off as a child artist in the 1992 Tamil film ''Rickshaw Mama'', she has appeared in

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Personal life

Sridevi was born on 29 October 1986 as the youngest daughter of Tamil actor Vijayakumar and

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, a popular South Indian actress. Sridevi has two elder sisters,

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Preetha Preetha is a television personality and film producer. She also hosted Cinema Karam Coffee on STAR Vijay and the popular cookery show Sunday Samayal on Sun TV. While still in college she received an offer for acting in an advertisement. After a ...

, two half-sisters, Kavitha and Anitha, and an elder half-brother,

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. She is married to Rahul and has a daughter.

Film career

She started off as a child artist in a Tamil movie ''

Rickshaw Mama ''Rickshaw Mama'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj, Gouthami and Khushbu. It was released on 15 January 1992, and completed a 100-day run. Plot Bhuvana, a lonely girl who is parent-less, ...

''. Sridevi made her Tamil debut as heroine in the romantic film ''

Kadhal Virus ''Kaadhal'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film based on a true story, directed by Balaji Sakthivel, starring Bharath (in his first film as a main lead actor) and Sandhya. It was produced by S. Shankar and featured music c ...

'' by

Kathir Kathir is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Early life Kathir was born in kalkarai, a small village in the Radhapuram Taluk of Tirunelveli District, state of Tamil Nadu, India. Kathir ...

. She shifted to Telugu industry and became popular. She was critically acclaimed for her performance in AVM's ''

Priyamana Thozhi ''Priyamaana Thozhi'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman and produced by AVM Productions. The film stars Madhavan, Jyothika and Sridevi Vijaykumar while Vineeth, Livingston and Manivannan playing othe ...

'' by

Vikraman Vikraman is an Indian film director primarily working in Tamil cinema. Career 1990–1994 He worked as an assistant to actor and director R. Parthiban in ''Puthiya Pathai'' (1989), which was the latter's debut film as a director and an actor. ...

Filmography

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Television

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