Anandhi

Anandhi is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. After winning critical acclaim for her debut in the Telugu film Bus Stop (2012), she has won critical acclaim for her performances in Vetrimaaran's production Poriyaalan and Prabhu Solomon's Kayal, in which she played the titular character.

Career

She made her debut with the Telugu film Maruthi Dasari's coming of age story Bus Stop (2012), winning critical acclaim for her performance of Seema, a flirt. Featuring alongside an ensemble cast including Prince, Ram Khanna and fellow debut actress Sri Divya, the film opened in November 2012 to a positive critical and commercial response at the box office. A critic noted "she has magnetic looks and can be promising if planned her career properly", while another wrote she "totally rocks her character of a femme fatale with judgement issues and a good heart."^[1][2] Within two days of release of the film, she was offered the lead role opposite Varun Sandesh in his next venture Priyathama Neevachata Kushalama and began filming later in the year. The film released in March 2013 to negative reviews, though a critic claimed "the saving grace for the film is performance of the lead pair - Varun Sandesh and Hasika", adding that Hasika "looks traditional and has put up a decent show as well."^[3]

Rakshita was next seen in Vijay Maddala's next directorial venture Green Signal, where she appeared alongside newcomer Revanth, though the film garnered negative reviews.^[4] In early 2013, she had also signed on to appear in the Tamil film, Poriyaalan alongside Harish Kalyan, written by Manimaran. During production, the scope of the film became larger after it was announced that director Vetrimaaran had chosen to invest in the venture as a co-producer.^[5] She won positive reviews for her performance, and the film had a moderate run commercially. The actress then went on to sign another Tamil project, Prabhu Solomon's directorial venture Kayal, in which she plays the title role. The director decided to rechristen her as Anandhi from Rakshita for the film, and she was selected after auditioning twice before impressing Solomon.^[6]

She will be seen in A. Sarkunam's Chandi Veeran with Atharvaa, produced by Bala,^[7] Trisha Illana Nayantara with G.V. Prakash Kumar ^[8] and Vetrimaaran's Visaranai with Attakathi Dinesh.^[9]

Filmography

References

External links

• Anandhi Photos at Veethi