Vidharth

Vidharth is an Indian actor, appearing in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in Mynaa (2010), which became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled Mudhal Idam (2011).

Vidharth
Vidharth in 2014
Born	20 December 1979 Devakottai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Venkatasubramanian
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2001-present
Spouse(s)	Gayathri Devi ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1

Career

Vidharth's father was a cook in Singapore and sent money home for Vidharth to be educated, although he described himself as a "very weak student". Vidharth then hoped to become a bus driver, much to the displeasure of his father, and worked in Devakottai, Madurai and Coimbatore. However he became depressed with his occupation and soon left for Chennai, without telling his family, to try to make a career in the Tamil film industry.

Vidharth joined the drama troupe, Koothu-P-Pattarai through some of his friends and began learning the nuances of acting step by step and made his on screen debut with a small role in Gautham Menon's Minnale (2001). Despite believing that the small role would bring him more offers, it did not, and Vidharth continued small-time work with his drama troupe. After ten years, Prabhu solomon cast him in small role in his films, Kokki, Lee(2007) and Laadam, after seeing him in action in Koothupattarai.[1]

Vidharth collaborated with Prabhu Solomon again, who gave him the lead role in his romantic drama Mynaa. The film became the biggest success of Vidharth's career. He starred in AVM Productions' 175th production Mudhal Idam.[2] In Kollaikaran, he played the role of a criminal.[3] In 2014, he had five releases, the most in a year in his career. He first acted alongside Ajith Kumar in the masala film Veeram.[4] Venmegam was his next release, which was said to be about the bond between an artist, played by Vidharth, and a school girl (played by Jayashree Sivadas).[5] He then played a mini bus driver named Velpandiyan in S. P. Rajkumar's romantic comedy Pattaya Kelappanum Pandiya.[6] His other releases that year were Aal, a remake of the Hindi film Aamir and reportedly the first Tamil film to be shot in Sikkim at the India-China border,[7] and Kaadu, a film based on the subject of deforestation.[8] With regard to Kaadu, The New Indian Express wrote that it had Vidharth's "most inspired performance post Myna".[9]

Personal life

Vidharth married Gayathri Devi in 2015 and they have a daughter.[10][11]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Minnale	Rajesh's classmate	Uncredited role
2002	Mounam Pesiyadhe	Guest Appearance
2003	Student Number 1	Sathya's classamate
2005	Sandakozhi	Balu and Kartik's friend	Uncredited role
2006	Kokki	Anbu
	Thirupathi	Henchman
2007	Lee
	Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram	Azhagu Sundaram's friend
2008	Thiruvannamalai	Poongundran's henchman
	Kuruvi	Slave
	Raman Thediya Seethai	Ramesh
2009	Laadam
2010	Thottupaar	Maharaja
	Mynaa	Suruli	Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2011	Mudhal Idam	Mahesh
	Gurusamy	Devotee	Special appearance in the song "Thengaayil Nei"
2012	Kollaikaran	Kuruvi
	Mayilu	Murugan
2013	Jannal Oram	Samy
2014	Veeram	Shanmugam
	Venmegam	Aravind
	Pattaya Kelappanum Pandiya	Velpandiyan
	Aal	Ameer
	Kaadu	Velu
2016	Kuttrame Thandanai	Ravichandran
2017	Mupparimanam	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu	Ramamurthy
	Kurangu Bommai	Kathir
	Magalir Mattum	Police officer	Guest appearance
	Vizhithiru	Chandra Babu
	Kodiveeran	Subash Chandrabose
2018	Billa Pandi	Himself	Guest appearance
	Kaatrin Mozhi	Balakrishnan
	Vandi	Krishna
2019	Chithiram Pesuthadi 2	Thiru
2021	Aayiram Porkasugal	TBA	delayed
	Anbarivu	TBA	Filming
	Endravadhu Oru Naal	TBA	filming
	Aatral	TBA	filming

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "'Mudhal Idam' is AVM's 175th film". The Hindu. 22 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
3. "Vidharth plays criminal in Tamil 'Kollaikaran'". IBNLive. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
4. "Myna fame Viddharth in Kaatu Malli". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
5. "Actor Vidharth in a controversial subject". Deccan Chronicle. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
6. The author has posted comments on this article (25 July 2013). "Romance on the bus for Vidharth - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
7. "`Aal` first Tamil film shot at India-China border? | Zee News". Zeenews.india.com. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
8. The author has posted comments on this article (24 January 2014). "Vidharth shoots for Kaadu - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
9. Mannath, Malini (22 November 2014). "A Film with Its heart in the Right Place". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Vidharth at IMDb