Amritha Aiyer

Amritha Aiyer (born 14 May 1994) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films. She made her acting debut in the Tamil film Padaiveeran (2018), and her Telugu debut with Red (2021).[2]

In this Indian name, the name Aiyer is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Amritha.
Amritha Aiyer
Amritha in 2022 promoting Arjuna Phalguna
Born (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India [1]
Other namesThendral
Alma materSt. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore
OccupationActress
Years active2018–present

Early life

Aiyer was born on 14 May 1994 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka into a Tamil speaking family.[3] She completed her Bachelor of Commerce degree from St. Joseph's College of Commerce. She then became a model and pursued her career as an actress in Tamil and Telugu languages.

Career

Aiyer appeared in several uncredited roles, in Lingaa (2014), Tenaliraman (2014), Pokkiri Raja (2016) and Theri (2016).

She made her debut as lead actress in Padaiveeran (2018) opposite Vijay Yesudas, where she played the role of Malar. In response to her role, a reviewer of the film from The Hindu stated that "Amritha fits in her role aptly".[4] She later played a lead role opposite Vijay Antony in Kaali (2018).[5] In 2019, she was to make her Kannada debut with Gramayana starring Vinay Rajkumar,[6] but the project was stalled after the producer got COVID.[7] She played the role of Thendral, the Tamil Nadu football team captain, in Atlee's Bigil (2019), alongside Vijay.[8]

In 2021, Aiyer made her Telugu debut in Red, opposite Ram Pothineni, and directed by Kishore Tirumala.[9] Her second release was Vanakkam Da Mappilei opposite G. V. Prakash Kumar, a film released directly via Sun NXT,.[10] The film received mixed and negative reviews. Her third release was Lift, the film opt for the theatrical release and directly released via Disney+ Hotstar.[11] The film received mixed to highly positive reviews from the critics.[12] And her last release was Arjuna Phalguna opposite Sree Vishnu, the film received mixed reviews from critics.

Her only release in 2022, was a Tamil film Coffee with Kadhal opposite Jai.[13] The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, and was a failure at the box-office.

As of December 2022, Aiyer is shooting for her upcoming Telugu film Hanu-Man opposite Teja Sajja.[14][15] and an untitled Tamil-Telugu bilingual film, opposite Teejay Arunachalam.[16]

Filmography
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Amritha Aiyer films and roles
Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes Ref.
2012 Padmavyooham Unnamed Malayalam Uncredited [17]
2014 Tenaliraman Maadhulai's friend Tamil credited as Amritha [18]
Lingaa Village girl Tamil credited as Amritha
2015 Yatchan Passport office girl Tamil credited as Amritha
2016 Pokkiri Raja Joshna Tamil credited as Amritha [18]
Theri Mithra's friend Tamil Uncredited [18]
2018 Padaiveeran Malar Tamil [19]
Kaali Thenmozhi Tamil [20]
2019 Bigil Thendral Tamil [21]
2021 Red Gayathri Telugu [22]
30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela Akshara / Ammayigaru Telugu [23]
Vanakkam Da Mappilei Thulasi Tamil [24]
Lift Harini Tamil [25]
Arjuna Phalguna Sravani Telugu [26]
2022 Coffee with Kadhal Abhinaya Tamil [13]
2023 Production no 6 † TBA Telugu
Tamil		 Bilingual film; filming [16]
2024 Hanu Man † Meenakshi Telugu Completed [27]

Short films
List of Amritha Aiyer short film credits
Year Title Role Ref.
2017 Highway Kaadhali Sneha [28]
2021 Buffoon Kadhal Herself [29]

References
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWmk_bTkhgM&t=242s
  2. "Amritha Aiyer: Lesser known facts about 'Bigil' actress who is all set to make her Tollywood debut". The Times of India. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. Ramanujam, Srinivasa (2 February 2018). "Padaiveeran review: Caste and effect". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  5. Suganth, M (27 July 2017). "amritha: Amritha is one of the female leads in 'Kaali'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  6. "'Gramayana': Vinay Rajkumar plays 'Sixth Sense Seena' in the film". 8 September 2018 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  7. "Vinay Rajkumar's stalled project Graamaayana to be revived". OTTPlay.
  8. "Amritha joins Vijay's 'Thalapathy 63' shoot". The Times of India. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  9. "Spotted: Ram Pothineni, Nivetha Pethuraj, Malvika Sharma, Amritha Aiyer, and Kishore Tirumala at the pre-release event of RED". The Times of India. 12 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  10. "Vanakkam Da Mappilei' is the title of GV Prakash - Rajesh's next!". Sify. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  11. Jha, Lata (27 September 2021). "Tamil film 'Lift' to stream on Disney+ Hotstar". mint. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  12. "LIFT Review: Kavin and Amritha lift this mildly-satisfying horror-thriller". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  13. "Jiiva, Jai and Srikanth's film with Sundar C's titled Coffee With Kaadhal". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  14. "FL: Amritha Aiyer Looks Dazzling In Hanu-Man". Gulte. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  15. "Prasanth Varma's superhero film Hanu Man gets release date; to hit the theatres in 11 languages". The Indian Express. 3 July 2023.
  16. "Teejay Arunasalam's next goes on floors, actor shares images from the shooting spot". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  17. "Amritha Aiyer: Lesser known facts about 'Bigil' actress who is all set to make her Tollywood debut". The Times of India. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  18. "Happy Birthday Amritha Aiyer: Five beautiful pictures from the actress Instagram feed". The Times of India. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  19. "Padaiveeran Movie Review" – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  20. "Kaali movie review: This Vijay Antony film is a shallow tale about estranged love". The Indian Express. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  21. "Bigil movie review: Vijay shines in Atlee's adrenaline pumping commercial entertainer tailor-made for the actor's fans". Firstpost. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  22. The Times of India (31 January 2020). "Amritha Aiyer joins Ram Pothineni's RED". Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  23. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (25 February 2020). "I was touched by the story of '30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela' : Amritha Aiyer". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  24. Chandar, Bhuvanesh (16 April 2021). "Vanakkam Da Mappilei Movie Review: Uninspiring and problematic". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  25. "Kavin & Amritha Aiyer's Lift cleared with a U/A certificate". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  26. "Arjuna Phalguna's 1st Single: Enjoyable Number". Gulte. 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  27. "HanuMan release date: Prasanth Varma, Teja Sajja's superhero film moves to 2024". ottplay.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  28. Highway Kaadhali -For SINGLE BOYS - By Kamal Prakash | Pradeep Ranganathan | Amritha Aiyer, archived from the original on 24 June 2021, retrieved 24 June 2021
  29. Buffoon Kadhal | Amritha Aiyer | Rishikanth | Vishnu Subhash | Jc Joe | KS Harisankar | Vasy Music, archived from the original on 3 April 2022, retrieved 3 April 2022
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