Vindhya is an Indian politician and actress who appeared in Tamil language films. She currently serves as deputy propaganda secretary in

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

. She appeared in notable productions including ''

Sangamam ''Sangamam'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language musical romance dance film co written and directed by Suresh Krissna and produced by V. Natarajan of Pyramid Films. The film stars Rahman and newcomer Vindhya with Manivannan, Vijayakumar, Radha ...

'' (1999), alongside Rahman.

Early life and career

Vindhya was born on 12 August 1980. She made her debut in ''

'' alongside Rahman, though the film won positive reviews, it performed below average at the box office. Towards the latter end of her career, she appeared in low-budget films. ''Vayasu Pasanga'' is one of her box office hits. Vindhya married Gopalakrishnan, actress

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's brother, in an arranged marriage on 16 February 2008 at the

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. She filed for a divorce in 2012.

Political career

In April 2006, Vindhya joined the

AIADMK The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory) ...

in the presence of Then Party General Secretary Jayalalithaa and campaigned for

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Tamil Nadu assembly election. Vindhya campaigned against the DMK party during the

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state assembly elections, 2014 loksabha election and was instrumental in the defeat of that party. She was the staunch loyalist of Former

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and AIADMK Supremo

J. Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December 2 ...

. Vindhya used to present the basketful of

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es from her

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garden to Jayalalithaa during her yearly

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visit to later's poes garden residence from 2012 to 2016. Jayalalithaa used to praise Vindhya for those delicious mangoes. Even after Jayalalithaa's death, She continued offering the mango baskets at Jayalalithaa's memorial and distributed it to the locals at Marina Beach. After Jayalalithaa's demise in 2016, Vindhya stayed away from active politics. On 20 February 2018, Vindhya again came to prominence when she wrote a letter to then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

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on his completion of 1 year in office. Ahead of 2019 loksabha election, She made a comeback as a star campaigner of the party. In July 2020, She was appointed as the deputy propaganda secretary of AIADMK Party. She campaigned for the party in 2021 Assembly Election.

Filmography

References

External links

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