Madhuvanti Arun

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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 Iyengar 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.[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 .[11] In January 2009, she was one of fifteen women named “Women of the Year” in The Ritz Fashion Magazine.[12]

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".[13] 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 dont 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.[14] In an interview in 2019, she claimed that brahmins have higher brain power.[15]

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.[16][17]

Madhuvanthi received backlash and criticism, when she spoke in an interview that she is proud of her caste on 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[]

  1. ^ "All in a day's work". The Hindu. 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ "'I am an edutainer'". 17 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Y.Gee Mahendran's daughter arrested in the US? - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ Madras Music Mela 2001 – Dance reviews. Carnatica.net (26 December 2001). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
  5. ^ Dancing into our hearts – Times Of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 October 2008). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080224120815/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401221000.htm. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "V P Duraisamy appointed vice-president of BJP TN unit". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..! Madhuvanti". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Tamil). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ^ "dinakaran". 12 January 2001. Archived from the original on 12 January 2001.
  11. ^ Madhuvanthi Arun's novel move for children – Tamil Movie News. IndiaGlitz. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
  12. ^ Women Of The Year Award. Extramirchi.com. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
  13. ^ "பீட்ஸா சாப்பிட இத்தாலி தெரியனுமா?.. மதுமதியை வச்சு செய்யும் நெட்டிசன்கள்". 12 September 2020.
  14. ^ "பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..!". Archived from the original on 26 April 2021.
  15. ^ நீங்களே பிராமணர் கிடையாது மேடம்!-YG.மதுவந்தி |Brahmin Vs Non Brahmin| YG Madhuvandthi | THADAM EP17, retrieved 25 May 2021
  16. ^ ""இன்று இரவு இதுதான் கிரகங்களின் நிலை" : வாட்ஸ் அப் வதந்தி பரப்பிய மதுவந்தி கைது செய்யப்படுவாரா ?". Kalaignar Seithigal. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  17. ^ Jeyya, Siby. "Actress Madhuvanthi gets trolled for a misleading video". APHerald [Andhra Pradesh Herald]. Retrieved 4 July 2020.


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