Vani Bhojan (born 28 October 1988) is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Tamil films. 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 Vanidevi was born on 28 October 1988 in Kotagiri, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu Parents Bhojan–Prabhavathi to a Padugas family. 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. Father Bhojan 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.
Career Her first appearance as an actress was in 2010, in a minor role in the Tamil horror film Orr Eravuu. 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. She played Sathya Priya opposite Krishna. 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, where she played three characters, Nandhini, Lakshmi and Jhansi.
In 2017, she was seen in the Telugu film Prema. After having completed Deivamagal and Lakshmi Vanthachu, she appeared as a judge in Asathal Chutties on Sun TV and Kings of Comedy Juniors 2 on Vijay TV along with Robo Shankar and Erode Mahesh. However, in the middle of 2019 citing date issues, she stepped out of the film. Consequently, her first appearance in a lead role was in 2019, in the Telugu film Meeku Maathrame Cheptha along with Tharun Bhascker. The film was a commercial success.
Bhojan was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women on Television at No. 1 in 2017 and No. 3 in 2018 and 2019.
In 2020, she debuted in Tamil film Oh My Kadavule opposite to Ashok Selvan. which was a success at the box office in 2020 and she was nominated Siima for Best Supporting Actress. In the same year, she appeared as the lead in the crime thriller film Lock Up along with Vaibhav, due to COVID-19 film released on Zee5 and the Tamil web series Triples opposite to Jai released on Hotstar. In 2021, she paired up again with Vaibhav for the ZEE5 film Malaysia to Amnesia. She then acted in Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment, which released on Amazon Prime and she acted journalist in this movie. Bhojan was confirmed film Karthik Subbaraj's Mahaan (2022) with her role reported to be Vikram's love interest; however her scenes did not make the final cut. Bhojan's next release was the crime thriller web series Tamil Rockerz (2022) with Arun Vijay. she played the role of a forensic officer. She played as Bharath's wife in Miral (2022) and Love (2023). Next, Vani Bhojan as the female lead starred in the drama film, Anjaamai (2024). She was cast in the action comedy film in the Sundar C's Gangers (2025).
Filmography
Films Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted. +List of films and roles Year Title Role(s) Notes 2010Orr Eravuu Daisy Debut film; Credited as Hevanthika 2012 Adigaram 79 Pooja 2019Meeku Maathrame Cheptha Stephie Telugu film2020Oh My Kadavule Meera Lock Up Meena2021Malaysia to Amnesia Sujatha (Arukaani) Raame Aandalum Raavane AandalumNarmadha Periyasamy2022MahaanMangaiDeleted scenesMiral Rama2023 Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku Uthra Love Divya2024AnjaamaiSaraswathi Sarkar2025 Gangers Madhavi
Television Year Title Role Network Notes 2012 Aaha Sruthi Star Vijay Maya Maya Jaya TV 2013– 2018Deivamagal Sathya Priya "Sathya" Prakash Sun TV 2015–2017Lakshmi Vandhachu Nandhini / Lakshmi Vetrivel & Jhansi Zee Tamil 2017 Prema Priyanka / Prema ETV Telugu Telugu telefilm
Web series Year Title Role Language Network Notes 2020Triples Meera TamilDisney+ Hotstar Web Debut 2022Tamil Rockerz Sandhya Venugopal SonyLIV 2023SengalamSuryakala RajamanickamZEE5 2024Chutney Sambar SophieDisney+ Hotstar
Awards and nominations Television YearAwardCategorySerialResult 2013 Tamil Nadu Television Awards Best Debut ActressDeivamagal 2014 Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal Best Actress Devathaigal Best Actress Best Debut Actress 2018Best Actress Best Popular Jodi Best Jodi Vikatan Awards Best Actress Vikatan Nambikai Viruthugal Best Actress Aval Viruthugal Best Small Screen Actress Galatta Nakshatra awards Best Actress
Films Year Award Category Film Result 2020 Galatta Nakshatra awards Small Screen to Silver Screen Actress Oh My Kadavule D Awards & Dazzle Style Icon Awards Enchantress of the year 2021 JFW Movie Awards Best Supporting Actress 2021SIIMA AwardsBest Supporting Actress2021Filmfare Award SouthBest Supporting Actress 2024 She Awards Best Actress - OTTSengalam
See also List of Indian film actresses List of Tamil film actresses List of Indian television actresses
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