Vani Bhojan
Bhojan at 2019
Born (1988-10-28) 28 October 1988
Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materGovernment Arts College, Ooty (B.A. English)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2010-present

Vani Bhojan (born 28 October 1988) is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films.[1] She made her Telugu film debut with Meeku Maathrame Cheptha in 2019 and her Tamil film debut with Oh My Kadavule in 2020.

Early life and family

Bhojan was born on 28 October 1988 in Ooty, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu to a Badaga family.[2] She did her Schooling in Boarding School, Ooty and Completed her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in Government Arts College, Stone House Hill, Ooty. Bhojan father is a wildlife photographer. Bhojan began her working career as an air hostess with Kingfisher Airlines and then IndiGo, while simultaneously studying for a degree in English Literature through a correspondence program. She then attempted to take on a managerial role at SpiceJet but was eventually not permitted to join as she had not completed her degree, and was subsequently left jobless. Bhojan then received an opportunity to work as a model in an advertisement for The Chennai Silks, which led to her receiving acting offers.[3][4][5]

Acting career

Her first appearance as an actress was in 2010, in a minor role in the Tamil horror film Orr Eravuu.[6] In 2012 she appeared in a supporting role in the Tamil film Adigaram 79. Later she debut in serial Vijay TV's Aaha and Jaya TV’s Maya. She played the lead role in these serial.

In 2013, she was cast in the Sun TV series Deivamagal in the leading role.[7] She played Sathya Priya opposite Krishna.[8] The success of this serial gained her several accolades including the Galatta Nakshatra Award, Sun Kudumbam Viruthukal and Tamil Nadu State Awards for Best Actress.[9] This serial's success helped her to act in Tamil and Telugu films. She was also seen in Lakshmi Vanthachu directed by Suresh Krissna and V. Sathasivam on Zee Tamil,[3] where she played three characters, Nandhini, Lakshmi and Jhansi.[10][11]

In 2017, she was seen in the Telugu film Prema.[12] After having completed Deivamagal and Lakshmi Vanthachu, she appeared as a judge in Asathal Chutties on Sun TV[13] and Kings of Comedy Juniors 2 on Vijay TV along with Robo Shankar and Erode Mahesh.[14] In May 2018, Bhojan announced her debut in N4 and said it will be directed by Lokesh Kumar.[15] However, in the middle of 2019 citing date issues, she stepped out of the film.[16] Consequently, her first appearance in a lead role was in 2019, in the Telugu film Meeku Maathrame Cheptha along with Tharun Bhascker.[1] The film was a commercial success.[17] In 2020, she debuted in Tamil film Oh My Kadavule opposite to Ashok Selvan.[18][19] which was a big success at the box office in 2020 and she Nominated Siima for Best Supporting Actress and Won JFW Awards for Best Supporting Actress 2021.[20] In the same year, she appeared as the lead in the Crime thriller film Lock Up along with Vaibhav Reddy, due to COVID-19 film released on Zee5[21] and the Tamil web series Triples opposite to Jai released on Hotstar.[9]


In 2021, she again pair up with Vaibhav Reddy in the ZEE5 film Malaysia to Amnesia. In September, She acted in Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment, Which is released in Amazon Prime and she acted journalist in this movie.[22] [17]

In 2022, Bhojan was confirmed film Mahaan with her role reported to be Vikram's love interest; however her scenes did not make the final cut. Film directed by Karthik Subbaraj.[23] Bhojan's next release was the crime thriller Web series Tamil Rockerz, she played a role Forensic officer.[24]

In the media

Bhojan was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women on Television at No. 1[25] in 2017 and No. 3 in 2018 and 2019. She was also at No. 16 in The Times Most Desirable Women[26] in 2020. She is a Brand Ambassador for Zee Thirai.

Filmography

Films

  • All shows are in Tamil unless otherwise noted.
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of films and roles
Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref.
2010 Orr Eravuu Daisy Credited as Hevanthika [6]
2012 Adigaram 79 Pooja [27]
2017 Prema Priyanka / Prema Telugu television film [12]
2019 Meeku Maathrame Cheptha Stephie Telugu film [28]
2020 Oh My Kadavule Meera [29]
Lock Up Meena [30]
2021 Malaysia to Amnesia Sujatha (Arukaani) [31]
Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum Narmadha Periyasamy [32]
2022 Miral Rama [33]
2023 Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku Uthra [34]
Love Dhivya [35]
Pagaivanuku Arulvai † Madhavi Completed [36]
Casino † Maya Completed [37]
Aaryan † TBA Filming [38]

Television series

  • All shows are in Tamil unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Role(s) Network Notes Ref.
2020 Triples Meera Disney+ Hotstar [39][40]
2022 Tamil Rockerz Sandhya Venugopal SonyLIV [41]
2023 Sengalam Suryakala Rajamanickam ZEE5 [42][43]
2024 Chutney Sambar † TBA Disney+ Hotstar

Television

  • All shows are in Tamil unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2012 Aaha Sruthi Star Vijay [44]
Maya Maya Jaya TV
2013– 2018 Deivamagal Sathya Priya "Sathya" Prakash Sun TV [45]
2015–2017 Lakshmi Vandhachu Nandhini / Lakshmi Vetrivel & Jhansi Zee Tamil [46]
2017 Asathal Chutties Judge Sun TV [13]
2018 Kings of Comedy Juniors Season 2 Star Vijay [14]

Awards and nominations

Television

Year Award Category Serial Result Ref.
2014 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Actress Deivamagal Nominated
Devathaigal Won
Best Actress Nominated
Best Debut Actress Nominated
2018 Best Actress Won [47]
Best Popular Jodi Won [48]
Best Jodi Nominated
Vikatan Awards Best Actress Won

Films

Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2021 SIIMA Awards Best Supporting Actress Oh My Kadavule Nominated [49]
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Best Actress Won

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Chowdhary, Y. sunita (16 November 2019). "Vani Bhojan makes a smooth transition from TV to cinema". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ "Fans trend 'HBD Vani Bhojan' to celebrate Oh My Kadavule star's 32nd birthday". zoomtventertainment.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "I'm my own cheer leader during difficult times-Vani Bhojan". The Times of India. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ↑ ""I Don't Have A Degree" – Vani Bhojan Opens For The First Time !! WATCH | Chennai Memes".
  5. ↑ "FROM HAVING 320 RUPEES TO OWNING A HOUSE- ACTRESS VANI BHOJAN SHARES THE RESULT OF HER HARD WORK". Behindwoods. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Orr Eravu – Tamil Movie News – Who gets the title Orr Iravu? - Kalaipuli S Dhanu | Hareesh Narayan – Behindwoods.com". Behindwoods. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Naig, Udhav; Ramakrishnan, Deepa H. (29 March 2015). "Megaserial Milestone". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Deivamagal come to an end". The Times of India. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Vani Bhojan won Ghalatta Nakshatra Award for TV Actor who made it to the Silverscreen 2019". Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Vani Bhojan pins hope on her new soap". Deccan Chronicle. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "I never came to TV wanting to be a film actress: Vani Bhojan". The Times of India. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Prema to premiere directly on television". The Times of India. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  13. 1 2 "Vani Bhojan is a Judge in Asathal Chutties Sun TV show". The Times of India. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Kings of Comedy grand-finale". cinema.dinamalar.com. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  15. ↑ B, Anirudh (15 May 2018). "MASSIVE: POPULAR TV STAR VANI BHOJAN'S TAMIL DEBUT FILM ANNOUNCED!". Behindwoods. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  16. ↑ J, Sathish (22 June 2019). "Vani Bojan out of Lokesh's new film!". NDTV. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  17. 1 2 "Television is a place where I've earned my name as an actor: Vani Bhojan". The Times of India. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "Oh My Kadavule movie review". Behindwoods. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  19. ↑ "'Oh My Kadavule' review: Ritika-Ashok's romance is refreshing". News Minute. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  20. ↑ "Oh My Kadavule will remain close to my heart: Vani Bhojan". The Times of India. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  21. ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (1 November 2019). "A film named Lockup". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  22. ↑ "Ramya Pandian, Vani Bhojan in Suriya's production". dtNext.in. 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021.
  23. ↑ "After Bobby Simha, Vani Bhojan joins cast of Vikram's 'Chiyaan 60'". The News Minute. 13 March 2021.
  24. ↑ "Vani Bhojan to play lead roles in a thriller film with Arun Vijay". Only Kollywood.com. 17 November 2021.
  25. ↑ "Chennai's most desirable Women on Television". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  26. ↑ "The Times Most Desirable Women of 2020: Sushant Singh Rajput – Philosopher, dreamer, charmer". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  27. ↑ "NFDC returns with Film Bazaar India 2009". 25 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  28. ↑ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (1 November 2019). "Vani Bhojan's 'Meeku Maatrame Cheptha' movie review: Entertaining, but only in parts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  29. ↑ Cr, Sharanya. "Ashok Selvan & Ritika come together for fun romcom". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  30. ↑ "The upcoming investigative drama starring Vaibhav, Venkat Prabhu and Vani Bhojan is bankrolled by Nitinsathyaa". Behindwoods. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  31. ↑ "8 gripping new movies and shows on Zee5 releasing this May 2021 that you shouldn't miss". GQ India. 6 May 2021.
  32. ↑ "Suriya's Jai Bhim, Udanpirappe, Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum and Oh My doG to release on Amazon Prime". The Indian Express. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  33. ↑ "Bharath-Vani Bhojan film titled Miral". Cinema Express. 1 June 2022.
  34. ↑ "Shooting of Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku wrapped | Cinemaexpress". Cinema Express.
  35. ↑ "Bharath and Vani Bhojan's new movie first look and title". Behindwoods. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  36. ↑ Kumar, Pradeep (16 February 2021). "A film-within-a-film in 'Pagaivanukku Arulvai'". The Hindu.
  37. ↑ "Vani Bhojan begins shooting for Casino; shares photos from puja ceremony". zoomtventertainment.com. 26 November 2020.
  38. ↑ "Vishnu Vishal and Vani Bhojan team up for Aaryan". Cinema Express.
  39. ↑ Kumar, Pradeep (4 December 2020). "Karthik Subbaraj: 'Triples' is a tribute to Crazy Mohan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  40. ↑ "'Triples' Trailer Video: Vani Bhojan, Jai and Vivek Prasanna starrer 'Triples' Official Trailer Video". The Times of India.
  41. ↑ "Vani Bhojan and Aishwarya pair up with Arun Vijay in Web Series and Director by Arivazhagan". DTNext.in. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021.
  42. ↑ "Sengalam Zee5 Webseries". thenewscrunch.com. 19 March 2023.
  43. ↑ "செங்களம் எனும் இணையத் தொடர்". www.virakesari.lk (in Tamil). 18 March 2023.
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  45. ↑ "Deivamagal comes to an end". The Times of India. 26 February 2018.
  46. ↑ "Lakshmi Vanthachu is the new mega serial in town". The Times of India. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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  48. ↑ "Sun Kudumbam Awards 2018 Winners – Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal". 27 September 2018.
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