Viji Chandrasekhar

Viji Chandrasekhar
Born	Chennai, India
Occupation	Actress, businesswoman
Years active	1981–1995 2001–present
Spouse(s)	Capt. E. Chandrasekhar (m. 1995–present)
Children	Dr. Suraksha
Website	Actorviji (Twitter)

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Viji Chandrasekhar is an Indian film and Tamil television actress. She has appeared in several Tamil, Malyalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She debuted in Thillu Mullu alongside Rajnikanth. She even played the female lead role in Arohanam which had won several awards. She is known for her prominent roles and she has also featured in television serials. She played the main lead in Azhagi, a television serial that went on for five years and also hosted a show in Puthuyugam TV. She is currently doing Tamil films.

Career

Viji's sister is actress Saritha, who was already a star when Viji made her debut as the sister of Rajinikanth's character in the 1981 comedy film Thillu Mullu by K. Balachander. Despite the film becoming a success, Viji chose to concentrate on her studies and refrained from acting until the 1990s.Besides performing supporting roles in films including K. Balachander's Paarthale Paravasam (2001) as the sister of Raghava Lawrence and in Mani Ratnam's Aaytha Ezhuthu (2004) as the sister of Krishna's character, she mainly worked in television serials. In over 20 years, she was part of over 35 serials. In 2012, she played Nirmala, a vegetable vendor affected by bipolar disorder in Lakshmi Ramakrishnan's Aarohanam, and won critical acclaim for her performance. A critic from Sify.com noted: "in an author backed role, Viji Chandrasekhar steals the show as she is the pivot around which the film revolves."

Personal life

Viji is the younger sister of Saritha. She is married to a Pilot, Capt. E. Chandrasekhar in 1992. They have two daughters Dr.Suraksha and Lovelyn. Her first daughter, Suraksha studied medicine in Ras Al Khaimah medical and health sciences university, UAE and is currently doing her MD in America and her second daughter, Lovelyn, is currently pursuing her Masters in Counseling Psychology in Madras University, Chennai. Lovelyn is set to make her debut in Lakshmy Ramakrishnan next directorial venture, House Owner.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Language	Notes
1981	Thillu Mullu	K. Balachandar	Tamil
1991	Kaliyugam	Relangi Malik	Telugu
	Thavarumane Udugore	B. Subba Rao	Kannada
1992	Devi IAS	Idichichakaplamoode Thulasi	Malayalam
1993	Kizhakku Cheemayile	Bharathiraja	Tamil
1994	Priyanka	Neelakanta	Tamil
1995	Indira	Suhasini Maniratnam	Tamil
2001	Parthale Paravasam	K. Balachandar	Tamil
2002	Samasthanam	Raj Kapoor	Tamil
2004	Aaytha Ezhuthu	Mani Ratnam	Tamil
	Jore	Selva	Tamil
2012	Aarohanam	Lakshmy Ramakrishnan	Tamil
2013	Madha Yaanai Koottam	Vikram Sugumaran	Tamil
2014	Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe	Lakshmy Ramakrishnan	Tamil
2015	Pathemari	Salim Ahamed	Malayalam
	Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare	Kannan Thamarakkulam	Malayalam
2016	Nayyapudai	Vijaya Kiran	Tamil
	Vetrivel	Vasantha Mani	Tamil
2017	Muthuramalingam	Rajadurai	Tamil
2018	Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren	Arumugakumar	Tamil
Mr. Chandramouli	Thiru	Tamil
Kadaikutty Singam	Pandiraj	Tamil
Seemathurai	Santhosh Thygarajan	Tamil
2019	Neerthirai	PS Dharan	Tamil
Kempegowda 2	Shankar Gowda	Kannada
Untitled Telugu project	Srinivasa Reddy	Telugu	Filming
2020	Untitled tamil project	Badri Venkatesh	Tamil
	Ennakku oru unmai therinjakanum	Saravanan	Tamil
	Maratha	Krishna	Tamil	Filming
	Poda Mundam	Maniram	Tamil

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