Arthana Binu (born 22 February 1997) is an Indian film actress who works in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film industries. Hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, she made her debut in the 2016 Telugu film Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu.[1] She is known for films such as Mudhugauv (2016), Thondan (2017), Semma (2018) and Kadaikutty Singam (2018).[2] She is the daughter of actor Vijayakumar, who was active during the early 1990s.[3]
Early life
Arthana completed her schooling at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Trivandrum. She started anchoring in TV Channels in Malayalam at her 11th grade of schooling. After completing her school life, she joined Bachelor of Journalism, Mass Communication and Video Production at Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvanathapuram.[4]
Even before she graduated, Arthana began her career as a model. She got fame after anchoring Smart Show, an entertainment and popular game show organized by Sreekandan Nair and broadcast by Flowers TV. She also did the promotions for Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran with actor Suresh Gopi.
Career
In 2015, she made her first camera presence through the game show Smart show on Flowers TV as a co-host to Sreekandan Nair.
Arthana made her acting debut in 2016 when she was in her second year of college, in the Telugu romantic comedy film Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu (2016) along with Raj Tarun, directed by Srinivas Gavireddy. In the same year she made her Malayalam debut along with Gokul Suresh in Mudhugauv (2016), a Malayalam caper-comedy film.[5]
Then she entered into Tamil Film Industry by Thondan (2017) directed by Samuthirakani, along with Vikranth, Samuthirakani and Sunaina.[6] Continued by Semma (2018) which she had signed before Thondan, with G. V. Prakash Kumar under director Pandiraj's Production, got released on 25 May 2018 and Arthana got positive reviews for her performance.[7] After watching the movie director Pandiraj castes her in his next directorial venture with Karthi in the Tamil family drama film Kadaikutty Singam (2018).[8][9]
Currently she is doing as female lead in Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 Tamil action sports drama film directed by Selva Sekaran and written by director Suseenthiran, a sequel to successful 2009 film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language(s) | Notes | Template:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu | Seetha Mahalakshmi | Telugu | Telugu Debut | [11] |
| Mudhugauv | Ganga | Malayalam | Malayalam Debut | [12] | |
| 2017 | Thondan | Mahishasuramardini | Tamil | Tamil Debut | [13] |
| 2018 | Semma | Magizhini | Tamil | [14] | |
| Kadaikutty Singam | Aandal Priyadharshini | Tamil | [15] | ||
| 2019 | Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 | Malar | Tamil | [16] | |
| 2020 | Shylock | Poonkuzhali | Malayalam | [17] |
References
- ↑ Debutante Arthana in a comfort zone, Chowdhary, Y. Sunita. The Hindu(12 January 2016).
- ↑ Arthana, Lady Luck’s favourite, Mohandas, Vandana(18 September 2017).
- ↑ I Don't Need My Father's Label, Says Arthana, Menon, Akhila(7 June 2016).
- ↑ Treading a rough road to stardom: Arthana Binu, K.S, Aravind(17 May 2016).
- ↑ I'm not your regular star kid: Arthana, Sudhish, Navamy(17 May 2016).
- ↑ Arthana turns bold in Samuthirakani’s next, Soman, Deepa(28 April 2017).
- ↑ A 'Sema' Tamil debut for Arthana Binu, Suganth, M(9 March 2017).
- ↑ Arthana Binu in Karthi-Pandiraj film(7 January 2018).
- ↑ Arthana's next in Kollywood is with Karthi and Pandiraj.
- ↑ The biggest gift was Kadai Kutty Singam: Arthana Binu, Subramanian, Anupama(22 May 2018).
- ↑ Raj Tarun made ‘Seethamma Andalua’ memorable: Arthana Binu(27 January 2016).
- ↑ Arthana Vijaykumar in Muthugavu, Jayaram, Deepika(17 September 2015).
- ↑ Carving a niche in K’town, Thomas, Elizabeth(14 June 2018).
- ↑ I’m on the lookout for modern roles: Arthana Binu, Menon, Thinkal(29 June 2018).
- ↑ Arthana to pair up with Karthi, Mohandas, Vandana(2 January 2018).
- ↑ Sema heroine wants to ‘take it slow’, Purushothaman, Kirubhakar(11 June 2017).
- ↑ 'ഷൈലോക്കി'ലെ പൂങ്കുഴലി; അർഥനയുടെ വിശേഷങ്ങൾ, Babu , Bibin(22 January 2020).