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Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan

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Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan
Born
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Education
OccupationActor
Years active2015–Present
Known for

Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan is an Indian film and television actor, who has worked in Tamil and Telugu language productions. He played the lead roles in Star Vijay serials Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (2015) and Ninaikka Therintha Manamae (2017), and had supportive roles in films such as O Kadhal Kanmani (2015) and Adithya Varma (2019). He rose to prominence after contesting in the 2021 reality programme Cooku with Comali 2.[1] The Times of India named him the "Most Desirable Man on Television 2020", in its Chennai Times edition.[2]

Early life and education

Born and brought up in Coimbatore, Ashwin Kumar attended school at the Carmel Garden, and pursued a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kumaraguru College of Technology, before obtaining a Master of Business Administration from PSG Institute of Management.[3] During his college days, he developed a passion for acting and decided to attend auditions. He has a mass fan following after his performance in Rettai vaal kuruvi (2015) and Cooku with comali (2021).

Career

Television

Ashwin Kumar made his television debut on the Star Vijay serial, Office. He made a career breakthrough by playing the lead roles in the Star Vijay serials Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (2015) and Ninaikka Therintha Manamae (2017).[4][5] He had also played the lead in Raja Rani, a remake of the hit Tamil serial Saravanan Meenatchi on Star Maa.

Following the end of the series, he appeared in the short films Blink, Cinderella, 3 Scenes of his love story, and Kadhal Ondru Kanden.[6][7][8][9]

He was one of the contestants in the cooking reality show Cooku with Comali - Season 2 on Star Vijay.[10][11][12] He was the second runner-up in the finale,[13] and received the "Most Popular Male on Reality Television" award at the Behindwoods Gold Icons 2021 for his performance in Cooku with Comali.[14]

Cinema

At the start of his film career, Ashwin Kumar played a minor role in Mani Ratnam's O Kadhal Kanmani as a colleague of Dulquer Salmaan's character.[15] He had portrayed the role of Dhruv Vikram’s brother in the film Adithya Varma.

In April 2021 Indiaglitz reported he would be playing the lead in Enna Solla Pogirai, a film to be directed by debutante Hariharan for Trident Arts production along with Cooku with Comali star Pugazh.[16] The film is a new age rom-com, is launched officially with a pooja and the shoots are in progress in and around the urban backdrops of Chennai.[17]

Web series

He had a lead role in Thanthu Vitten Ennai, a web series produced by Zee5.[18] He was also part of the multilingual, horror-thriller web series Live Telecast directed by Venkat Prabhu for Disney+ Hotstar. He is playing one of the leads in Meet Cute, a Telugu anthology film consisting of five short segments. It is directed by Deepthi Ghanta and produced by Nani under his banner Wall Poster Cinema.[19]

Music videos and model work

Ashwin Kumar is the lead actor in the music videos Cloning Kadhal, Rhythm of Life (Sony Music), Shades of Kadhal, Kutty Pattas (Sony Music),[20] Criminal Crush (Anirudh Ravichander Vocal), Loner [21] and Adipoli. The Kutty Pattas album has garnered over 103 million views and 1.4 million likes on YouTube (as of July 2021), becoming the second Tamil independent single next to Enjoy Enjaami to achieve this feat.[22]

As a model, he has worked in multiple TV commercials and print adverts for various brands.[citation needed] He is the brand ambassador of Tamil pay television channel, Zee Thirai.[23]

Filmography

Films

Year Films Language Role Notes Ref.
2014 Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Tamil Arya's friend [1]
Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe Tamil Guest Appearance For a song
2015 OK Kanmani Tamil Aditya's Co-Worker [24]
2019 Enai Noki Paayum Thota Tamil Saranya's Groom
July Kaatril Tamil Shreya's Yoga Friend
Adithya Varma Tamil Siddharth Varma Vasudevan [25]
2020 Indha Nilai Maarum Tamil Surya
TBA Oh ManapenneFilms that have not yet been released Tamil TBA Completed [26]
Enna Solla PogiraiFilms that have not yet been released Tamil TBA Filming [27]

Television

Year Serial/ Show Role Channel Language Notes Ref.
2015 Office Ashwin Star Vijay Tamil
Rettai Vaal Kuruvi BalaMurugan Star Vijay Tamil [24]
2016 Raja Rani Karthik Star Maa Telugu Remake of The Series Saravanan Meenatchi [28]
2017–2018 Ninaika Therintha Manamae Aravind Star Vijay Tamil [29]
2020–2021 Cooku with Comali - Season 2 Contestant Star Vijay Tamil Second runner-up [30]

Web series

Year Series Role Language OTT platform Notes Ref.
2020 Thanthu Vitten Ennai Vinay Tamil ZEE5 Lead - Remake of Honar Sun Me Hya Gharchi [31]
Nenu c/o Nuvvu Vinay Telugu ZEE5
2021 Live Telecast Ashwin Tamil
Kannada
Telugu
Malayalam
Hindi
Bengali
Marathi		 Disney+ Hotstar A Tamil original and dubbed in other regional languages [32]
TBA Meet CuteFilms that have not yet been released TBA Telugu TBA Anthology film with five short segments
Filming		 [19]

Short Films

Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
2014 3 Santhipugal Pugazh Tamil
Bullet 350 CC Munna Tamil
2016 Pradhi Vijay Tamil
2017 Idar Shiva Tamil
2018 3 scenes of Love story Munna Tamil
2019 Blink Akshay Tamil Won Awards at SMIFA Shorts
Cindrella Abhi Tamil
2020 Kadhal Ondru Kanden Mathew Tamil Won Best Short Film Award in Behindwoods Gold Medals 7 [33]

Music Videos

Year Album Music By Label Notes Ref.
2015 Cloning Kadhal Arun Sundar Gr8 Bees
2017 Rhythm of Life Vishal Chandrasekhar Sony Music
2019 Shades of Kadhal Maran Rajendran A Maran Musical
2021 Kutty Pattas Santhosh Dhayanidhi Sony Music [22]
Criminal Crush Godson Rudolph Vels Signature Anirudh Ravichander Vocal [34]
Loner Ady Kriz Nude soul's play house [35]
Ennam Pol Vazhkai Edwin Louis U1 Records [36]
Adipoli Siddhu Kumar Think Music Vineeth Sreenivasan Vocal [37]

Awards and Nominations

Year Award Category Show / Film Result Ref.
2015 Vijay Television Awards Favourite Screen Pair (with Pavani Reddy) Rettai Vaal Kuruvi Nominated
2015 Vijay Television Awards Favourite Find of The Year Rettai Vaal Kuruvi Nominated
2019 SMIFA Shorts Best Actor in Tamil Blink Won
2021 Vijay Television Awards Trending Pair of the Year (with Sivaangi Krishnakumar) Cooku with Comali 2 Won [38]
2021 Behindwoods Gold Icons Most Popular Male on Reality Television Cooku with Comali 2 Won [39]

References

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  14. ^ ""ஒரு ரூபா கூட நான் வீட்டுக்குன்னு.." Behindwoods டிஜிட்டல் விருது மேடையில் எமோஷனலான அஸ்வின்...!". Behindwoods.com. Mar 24, 2021.
  15. ^ "மணிரத்னம் படத்தில் குக் வித் கோமாளி அஷ்வின்!!! இணையத்தை கலக்கும் வைரல் போட்டோ". Behindwoods.com. Jan 28, 2021.
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  20. ^ "Ashwin and Reba shoot for a fun music video". TimesofIndia.com. Mar 24, 2021.
  21. ^ "Ashwin to be seen in another crackling single called loner". Behindwoods.com. Apr 24, 2021.
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  35. ^ "குக் வித் கோமாளி அஸ்வின் நடித்துள்ள லோனர் ஆல்பம் பாடல் ரிலீஸானது.. ரசிகர்கள் ஹேப்பி!". tamil.filmibeat.com. May 29, 2021.
  36. ^ "20 பிரபல நட்சத்திரங்கள் பாடிய "எண்ணம் போல் வாழ்க்கை' ஆல்பம்: யுவன்ஷங்கர் ராஜா வெளியீடு". Indiaglitz.com. Jul 31, 2021.
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