Viji Chandrasekhar
Birth date2 December 1966 (age 59)
Birth placeVijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationActress
Years active1981–1995
2001–present
SpouseChandrasekhar (m. 1995)
FamilySaritha (sister)

Viji Chandrasekhar is an Indian actress who works in predominantly Tamil films and television. She played the female lead role in Arohanam which had won several awards.[1] She played the main lead in Azhagi, a television serial.[citation needed]

Career

Viji's elder sister is actress Saritha, who was already a star[2] when Viji made her debut as the sister of Rajinikanth's character in the 1981 comedy film Thillu Mullu by K. Balachander.[3] Despite the film becoming a success, Viji chose to concentrate on her studies and refrained from acting until the 1990s.[2]

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.[2] In 2012, she played Nirmala, a vegetable vendor affected by bipolar disorder in Lakshmi Ramakrishnan's Aarohanam, and won critical acclaim for her performance.[3][4] 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."[5]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1981Thillu MulluUmaTamil
1991KaliyugamTelugu
Thavarumane UdugoreKannada
1993Kizhakku CheemayileKaudariTamil
1994PriyankaKamini
1995IndiraShanmugam's secret concubine
1996Devi IASDeviMalayalam
2001Parthale ParavasamArivuTamil
2002SamasthanamShankara's mother
2004Aaytha EzhuthuAngamma
JoreInspector Indrani
2012AarohanamNirmala
2013Madha Yaanai KoottamSevanamma
2014Nerungi Vaa MuthamidatheSeetha
2015PathemariNarayanan's motherMalayalam
Thinkal Muthal Velli VareJayadevan's mother
2016NayyapudaiTamil
VetrivelKayavarnam
2017MuthuramalingamMokkiah Thevar's wife
2018Oru Nalla Naal Paathu SolrenYamarosha
Mr. ChandramouliACP Dwaraga
Kadaikutty SingamVanavan MadeviTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female)
SeemathuraiMarudhu's mother
2019NeerthiraiAbhirami
Kempegowda 2Kannada
2020Enakku Onnu TherinjaakanumTamil
2021AkhandaTelugu
Plan Panni PannanumSembiyan's motherTamil
2022Putham Pudhu Kaalai VidiyaadhaaRita
MaruthaKaali
Etharkkum ThunindhavanJudge
Anel Meley Pani Thuli
2023Kathar Basha Endra MuthuramalingamKaali
2024Captain MillerPechaiamma
2025ThalaTelugu
Niram Marum UlagilVijiTamil
MaamanPavunu
DNADivya's mother
PremistunnaaSaradhaTelugu
Akhanda 2: ThaandavamDharani
2026Kadhal Reset RepeatSiddharth's motherTamil[6]
TN 2026Madhavi's mother[7]
Telugu

References

  1. ^ 'Aarohanam' was challenging, didn't do homework: Viji. Deccan Chronicle (26 October 2012). Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. ^ Rao, Subha J (23 May 2015). "I can never let KB down". The Hindu
  3. ^ Viji hopes for a dream run in films. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ I didn't do homework for 'Aarohanam': Viji Chandrasekhar. CNN-IBN (25 October 2012). Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  5. ^ Movie Review : Aarohanam. Sify.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  6. ^ Vallavan, Prashanth (6 March 2026). "Kadhal Reset Repeat Movie Review: Audaciously flippant writing overpowers everything else". Cinema Express. Archived 7 March 2026 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Natty-starrer TN 2026's teaser released". IANS News. 2 April 2026.