Vaishnavi Aravind

Vaishnavi is an Indian actress, theatre actor and voice artist. She was a prominent lead actress from 1988 to 1997 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is the granddaughter of actress Sowcar Janaki.

Family
Vaishnavi's mother Yagnna Prabha is the elder daughter of Sowcar Janaki. In 1996, she married cinematographer Aravind Kamalanathan who worked in her debut film, after which she stopped acting. They have two daughters, Aditi and Meghna.

Filmography
Vaishnavi started her film career with Thalaivanukkor Thalaivi in 1987. She has also done 100 shows of a drama, called "Lakshmi Kalyana Vaibhovame"' in 1993, touring US, Thailand, Sri Lanka, London and Paris.

Kannada

 * 1992 – Aathma Bandhana

Telugu

 * 1988 – Prema as Lizzy
 * 1991 – Attintlo Adde Mogudu as Sharada
 * 1992 - Chamanti
 * 1993 – Ayyappa Karuna
 * 1993 – Paruvu Prathista as Sita
 * 1995 – Subha Sankalpam as Rakkamma

Hindi

 * 1992 – Roja
 * 1995 – Ravan Raaj: A True Story as Dharma

Awards

 * She won Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress - Subha Sankalpam (1995)