Anikha Surendran

In this Indian name, the name Surendran is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Anikha.

Anikha Surendran (born 27 November 2004), formerly known as Baby Anikha, is an Indian actress known for her work in the Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu film industries. Starting her career as child artist, she acted in Kadha Thudarunnu (2010), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Viswasam (2019).^[1][2] She has received awards for acting. She became a lead actress with the Telugu film Butta Bomma (2023), an official remake of the Malayalam film Kappela (2020).^[3]

Anikha Surendran
Anikha in 2019
Born	(2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19) Manjeri, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–2021 (child artist) 2023–present

Early life and education

Anikha was born on 27 November 2004 in Manjeri, Kerala.^[4] She was educated at Nazareth School, Manjeri, and at Devagiri CMI Public School, Kozhikode.^[5]

Career

Anikha's debut as a child artist was in the film Kadha Thudarunnu in 2010. Subsequently, she appeared in Tamil films, including Yennai Arindhaal and Viswasam,^[6] and the web series Queen.^[7] In her first film Chotta Mumbai (2007), she had an uncredited role of a few seconds in the climax.^[8]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Kadha Thudarunnu	Laya	Malayalam	Malayalam debut as a child actress
	Four Friends	Devootty
2011	Race	Achu
2012	Bavuttiyude Namathil	Sethu's Daughter
2013	5 Sundarikal	Sethu Lakshmi		Anthology film; Segment: Sethu Lakshmi
	Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi	Wafamol
2014	Nayana	Nayana
	Onnum Mindathe	Kunchi
2015	Yennai Arindhaal	Isha	Tamil	Tamil debut
	Bhaskar The Rascal	Shivani	Malayalam
	Naanum Rowdydhaan	Younger Kadhambari	Tamil
2016	Miruthan	Vidya
2017	The Great Father	Sara David	Malayalam
2018	Johny Johny Yes Appa	Nandana
2019	Viswasam	Swetha	Tamil
2022	Maamanithan	Christy
	The Ghost	Aditi	Telugu	Telugu debut[9]
2023	Butta Bomma	Satya		Debut as lead actress in Telugu; Remake of Kappela[10][11]
	Oh My Darling	Jeni & Jasmine	Malayalam	Debut as lead actress in Malayalam[12]
	Lovefully Yours Veda	Maalu		[13]
	King of Kotha	Rithu		[14]
2024	PT Sir	Nandhini	Tamil	[15]
	NEEK	Savitha		[16]
	Cup (2024 film)	Nithya Rajesh	Malayalam	[17]
	Vasuvin Garbinigal †	Nila	Tamil	Post production [18][19]

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2012	Amaranth	Cancer patient (unnamed)	Malayalam	Short film on Surya TV
2017	Colours of life	Kanmani
2018	Maa	Ammu	Tamil	[20]
2024	Karthi Kalyani	Kalyani	Malayalam

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2019	Queen	Young Shakthi Seshadri	Tamil	Webseries on MX Player

Music videos

Year	Song	Language	Singer(s)
2014	Ayyappa Dhinthaka	Tamil	Harini
2020	Irukai Puratchi		GV Prakash
2021	En Kadhala		Srinisha Jayaseelan
	Floreo	Malayalam	Madhu Balakrishnan, Ashalata Nelson, Sreya Jayadeep
	Ormathan Edanazhiyil		Anju Joseph

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Film	Ref
Kerala State Film Awards	2013	Best Child Artist	5 Sundarikal	[21]
Asianet Film Awards	2011	Best Child Artist	Kadha Thudarunnu	[22]
	2018		The Great Father	[23]
JFW Movie Awards	2020	Best Child Artist	Viswasam	[24]

See also

• Baby Niveditha
• Nivetha Thomas

References

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2. "Anikha inyennai arindhaal with ajith kumar". MovieSpicy. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
3. "Precocious Anikha". The Hindu. 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
4. "Anikha Surendran: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
5. "Butta Bomma Anikha Surendran Biography: Movielist, Images, Age, Instagram". February 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
6. "Child actor Anikha spills beans on Ajith's Viswasam". India Today. 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
7. "Queen Starts Ruling!". The Times of India. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
8. "Anikha Surendran to share screenspace with Nagarjuna in Telugu". The Times of India. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
9. Chandar, Bhuvanesh (5 October 2022). "'The Ghost' movie review: Nagarjuna's actioner is slick, but misses the bullseye". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
10. "Butta Bomma: When and where to watch the Telugu romantic movie on OTT". The Economic Times. 1 March 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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12. "'Oh My Darling' teaser: Anikha Surendran starrer promises a unique love story". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
13. "Rajisha Vijayan and Sreenath Bhasi team up for 'Lovefully yours Veda', a campus drama". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
14. "'King of Kotha' will be a complete mass entertainer, says Anikha Surendran". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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16. "Anikha Surendran joins the multi-star cast of Dhanush's 50th film". The Times of India. 1 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
17. Features, C. E. (4 September 2024). "Mathew Thomas-Basil Joseph starrer Cup confirms release". Cinema Express. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
18. "கர்ப்பமாக இருக்கும் அஜித்தின் மைனர் 'மகள்'". Samayam Tamil (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
19. "Vijay Antony launches the first look poster of Tamil film 'Vasuvin Garbinigal'". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
20. "Maa Tamil short film: Subtlety packs a punch in this Gautham Vasudev Menon venture". Hindustan Times. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
21. "Anikha and Sanoop share the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist". Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
22. "Asianet's star-spangled event". The Hindu. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
23. "20th Asianet Film Awards 2018 -Winners | Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress". Vinodadarshan. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
24. "Anikha wins the JFW Movie Awards, for the movie Viswasam". Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

External links

• Anikha at IMDb
• Anikha Surendran on Facebook
• Anikha Surendran on Instagram