Vasundhara Kashyap
Vasundhara Kashyap | |
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Born |
Vasundhara Chitralekha New Delhi, India |
Other names |
Adhisaya[1][2] Vasundhra Chiyertra |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 2006–present |
Vasundhara Kashyap is an Indian film actress and model. She first appeared in the 2006 Tamil film, Vattaram and later starred in films including Kaalaipani, Jeyamkondaan and Peraanmai. She took part in the Miss Chennai contest and was crowned Miss. Creativity, following which she took up modelling. She changed her name to Vasundhara Kashyap while filming Thenmerku Paruvakaartru.[3][4]
Career
Vasundhara took part at the Viba Miss Chennai and won the 'Miss Creativity' title. Director Saran subsequently signed her for a pivotal role in his film Vattaram, which did not fare well at the box office. She received critical acclaim for her performances as Samvedhna in Rajesh Selva's Kaalai Pani and Poongodhi in Kannan's Jayamkondaan. This was further cemented by her portrayal of the plucky Kalpana in Peraanmai, following which she performed the role of Pechi in the national award winning film Thenmerku Paruvakaatru.
The more notable release which got her critical appreciation was Samuthirakani's Poraali which was also released in Telugu as Sangarshana. She did her first Telugu movie Telugu cinema with M. S. Raju's Tuneega TUneega starring Sumanth Ashwin following which she returned to Tamil. She now has two films lined up for release, Sonna Puriyathu and Chithiraiyil Nila Choru directed by Krishnan Jayaran and R Sunderrajan respectively.
Other
She is currently doing her BA literature. She is also an artist who paints.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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2006 | Vattaram | Veena | Tamil | Creditted as Adhisaya |
2007 | Unnale Unnale | Tamil | Cameo appearance | |
2008 | Kaalaipani | Samvedhna | Tamil | Credited as Adhisaya |
Jayamkondaan | Poongodhai | Tamil | ||
2009 | Peranmai | Kalpana | Tamil | |
2010 | Thenmerku Paruvakaatru | Pechi | Tamil | |
2011 | Poraali | Maari | Tamil | Edison Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress |
2012 | Tuneega Tuneega | Neetu | Telugu | |
2013 | Sonna Puriyathu | Anjali | Tamil | |
Chithirayil Nilachoru | Tamil |
References
- ↑ "Vasundhara in Mani Ratnam's film?". IndiaGlitz. 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ↑ "Close shave for actress". IndiaGlitz. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ↑
- ↑ VIJAYAKUMAR, SINDHU (2009-11-03). "Vasundhara is in no hurry". The Times Of India. TNN. Retrieved 2013-07-25.