Anandhi (actress)

This article is about the actress. For other uses, see Anandhi (disambiguation).

Anandhi (born Rakshita;^[1] 9 December) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu films. After her debut in the Telugu film Bus Stop (2012), she appeared in Vetrimaaran's Tamil production Poriyaalan (2014). The same year she got her major breakthrough with Prabhu Solomon's Kayal (2014) by which she is recognized as Kayal Anandhi. She also won Special Prize for Kayal at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.^[2]

Anandhi
Anandhi in 2016
Born	Rakshita 9 December Warangal, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana), India
Other names	Hasika
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Socrates ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	1

Early life

Anandhi was born in a Telugu family in Warangal, Telangana.^[3][4]

Career

Anandhi made her debut with Maruthi's coming-of-age film Bus Stop (2012). Her next film, Priyathama Neevachata Kushalama, opened in March 2013 to negative reviews, though a critic claimed that "the saving grace for the film is the performance of the lead pair - Varun Sandesh and Hasika", adding that Hasika "looks traditional and has put up a decent show as well."^[5]

She had also signed on to appear in the Tamil film, Poriyaalan (2014) 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.^[6]

Anandhi appeared in 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.^[7] Her performance received praise.^[8][9] She was nominated for several Best Debut Actress awards for 2014, including at the Vijay Awards.^[10]

In 2015, Anandhi's first release was in A. Sarkunam's Chandi Veeran produced by Bala, in which she portrayed the romantic interest of Atharvaa's character.^[11] Anandhi then worked on the adult comedy flick Trisha Illana Nayanthara (2015) starring alongside G. V. Prakash Kumar.^[12][13] Post-release, Anandhi revealed her displeasure at working with the director and revealed that she was led to believe that the film would be a "cute love story" and not an "adult comedy". Anandhi nonetheless helped to promote the release of the film's Telugu version.^[14] In 2016, she played two films with G. V. Prakash Kumar in Enakku Innoru Per Irukku and Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru.^[15][16] In 2017, her films were Rubaai, Pandigai and En Aaloda Seruppa Kaanom. In 2018, she appeared in Mari Selvaraj's debut film Pariyerum Perumal, one of the best Tamil films made on caste discrimination and the pain of the oppressed people.^[17] The film was released to positive reviews, while the cast's performance was critically acclaimed.^[18] Her next project was Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu (2019). Anandhi's character in the film was similar to that she played in Pariyerum Perumal.^[19]

Anandhi appeared in the web series Live Telecast (2021) directed by Venkat Prabhu and starring Kajal Aggarwal and Vaibhav Reddy.^[20]

Personal life

Anandhi married Socrates on 7 January 2021 in Warangal, Telangana. He is a marine engineer turned assistant director, philosopher, and brother-in-law of Moodar Koodam–fame director Naveen, notable for working in Alaudhinin Arputha Camera and Agni Siragugal.^[21] Anandhi and Socrates have a son.^[22]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2012	Ee Rojullo	a girl who cheats another guy	Telugu	debut film; minor role
	Bus Stop	Seema		Debut in a supporting Role
2013	Priyathama Neevachata Kusalama	Preethi		Debut as Lead Actress; credited as Hasika	[5]
	Naayak	Babji's henchman's sister		Cameo Appearance
2014	Green Signal	Jessie			[23]
	Poriyaalan	Shanthi	Tamil	Tamil Debut	[24]
	Kayal	Kayalvizhi "Kayal"		Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize	[25]
2015	Chandi Veeran	Thamarai			[26]
	Trisha Illana Nayanthara	Ramya			[27]
2016	Visaranai	Shanthi			[28]
	Enakku Innoru Per Irukku	Hema			[29]
	Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru	Nancy			[30]
2017	Rubaai	Ponni			[31]
	Pandigai	Kavya			[32]
	En Aaloda Seruppa Kaanom	Sandhya			[33]
2018	Mannar Vagaiyara	Ilaiyarani			[34]
	Pariyerum Perumal	Jothi Mahalakshmi			[35]
2019	Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu	Chithra			[36]
2021	Zombie Reddy	Nandini Reddy / Shailaja Reddy	Telugu		[37]
	Sridevi Soda Center	"Sodala" Sridevi			[38]
	Kamali From Nadukkaveri	Kamali	Tamil		[39]
2022	Nadhi	Bharathi			[40]
	Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam	Lachimi	Telugu		[41]
	Yugi	Karthika	Tamil
	Adrishyam		Malayalam	Malayalam debut film
2023	Custody	Malar	Tamil / Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Raavana Kottam	Indra Priyadarshini	Tamil		[42]
	Vidhi	Pallavi	Telugu
2024	White Rose	Divya	Tamil
TBA	Bhairavam †	TBA	Telugu	Filming	[43]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2010	Aata Juniors	Contestant	Telugu
2016–2018	Thalayanai Pookal	Anitha	Tamil
2022	Dance India Dance Telugu	Judge	Telugu		[44]

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2021	Live Telecast	Kalai	Tamil		[45]
TBA	Arabia Kadali †	TBA	Telugu	Filming	[46]

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External links

• Anandhi at IMDb
• Anandhi on Instagram
• Anandhi on Twitter