| Born | 1977-11-06 (age 49) |
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| Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party Template:Small
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| Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai
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Madhuvanthi Arun, is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actor Y. G. Mahendran. [1][2][3] She is a choreographer, and at times a director of various theater productions.[4][5][6][7] She is currently a State executive committee member of the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[8]
Personal life
She was born to a Brahmin family.[9] She is the daughter of popular actor and playwright Y. G. Mahendra and granddaughter of veteran playwright Y. G. Parthasarathy and educationist Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy. Filmmaker K. Balaji, actress Vyjayanthimala and Latha Rajinikanth are her relatives. In 2016, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry as an actress.Template:Citation needed She was married to V. Arunkumar, grandson of Gemini Ganesan and Savitri but now divorced.[10]
She is on the board of trustees of the Calibre Educational Foundation.[11] In January 2009, she was one of fifteen women named “Women of the Year” in The Ritz Fashion Magazine.[12]
Madhuvanthi took a loan of 1 crore Rs in 2016 to buy her house at Hinduja Leyland Finance. She allegedly failed to pay Rs 1.21 lakh along with interest on the loan. Subsequently, the Metropolitan court ordered sealing of Madhuvanthi's house in a case filed by the financial institution. Accordingly, the financial institution officials, who accompanied Thenampet police to Madhuvanthi's house sealed her on house October 13, 2021.[13][14][15][16]
Politics
Madhuvanthi was appointed as State executive committee member of the Tamil Nadu BJP on July 3, 2020.[8]
Political views
Madhuvanthi wants Tamil people to learn Hindi, she said "If a person wanted to get Pani poori from a vendor, one has to know Hindi to ask them and therefore hindi is very necessary".[17] Madhuvanthi on 2019 said that she was proud to be born a Brahmin. She said that most people don't do their jobs based on their varna in the present time, even if people don't do the job of the varna that does not mean they don't belong in the varna, everyone must do their varna's job because that is their Karma". She also said that other caste people must be proud of their caste like she is proud of her Brahmin caste.[18] In an interview in 2019, she claimed that Brahmins have higher brain power.[19]
Controversies
Madhuvanthi faced online backlash on April 5, 2020, when she claimed that turning all lights off for 9 minutes on 9 pm will kill all instances of the coronavirus with double-power during Modi's "nine-minutes lighting ceremony". Many people asked to government to take action against her for spreading misinformation.[20][21]
Madhuvanthi received backlash and criticism, when she spoke in an interview that she is proud of her caste in August 2019.[9]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Dharma Durai | Police officer | |
| 2017 | Kadamban | ||
| Shivalinga | |||
| 2020 | Dharala Prabhu | Prema | |
| Mamakiki | Madhu's mother | Released on ZEE5 |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Vani Rani | Chandrika | Tamil | Sun TV |
References
- ↑ All in a day's work. The Hindu(18 August 2016).
- ↑ 'I am an edutainer'(17 November 2013).
- ↑ Y.Gee Mahendran's daughter arrested in the US? - Tamil News. IndiaGlitz.com(2019-10-10). Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ↑ Madras Music Mela 2001 – Dance reviews. Carnatica.net (26 December 2001). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Dancing into our hearts – Times Of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 October 2008). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Template:Usurped
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 V P Duraisamy appointed vice-president of BJP TN unit. www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..! Madhuvanti. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ↑ dinakaran(12 January 2001).
- ↑ Madhuvanthi Arun's novel move for children – Tamil Movie News. IndiaGlitz. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Women Of The Year Award. Extramirchi.com. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
- ↑ கடனை திருப்பி செலுத்தாமல் இழுத்தடித்த பாஜக பிரமுகர் மதுவந்தி… வீட்டை பூட்டி சீல் வைத்த அதிகாரிகள்!.
- ↑ மதுவந்தியின் வீட்டுக்குப் பூட்டு… 1 கோடி ரூபாய் வீட்டுக்கடனைக் கட்டவில்லையா… 'ஃபேக் நீயூஸா'?!.
- ↑ Please உங்க காலில் கூட விழறேன்...அதிகாரிகளிடம் கெஞ்சிய மதுவந்தி... வைரலாகும் வீடியோ!(14 October 2021).
- ↑ கடனை திருப்பிச் செலுத்தாததால் ஒய்.ஜி.மகேந்திரனின் மகள் மதுவந்தியின் வீட்டுக்கு சீல்.
- ↑ பீட்ஸா சாப்பிட இத்தாலி தெரியனுமா?.. மதுமதியை வச்சு செய்யும் நெட்டிசன்கள்(12 September 2020).
- ↑ பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..!.
- ↑ நீங்களே பிராமணர் கிடையாது மேடம்!-YG.மதுவந்தி |Brahmin Vs Non Brahmin| YG Madhuvandthi | THADAM EP17.
- ↑ "இன்று இரவு இதுதான் கிரகங்களின் நிலை" : வாட்ஸ் அப் வதந்தி பரப்பிய மதுவந்தி கைது செய்யப்படுவாரா ?. Kalaignar Seithigal. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ↑ Actress Madhuvanthi gets trolled for a misleading video, Jeyya, Siby. APHerald [Andhra Pradesh Herald]. Retrieved 2020-07-04.