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Ramya Pandian
Ramya Pandian (born 13 August 1990) is an Indian actress who works in Tamil language films.[2] She is known for her role in Joker (2016) and Aan Devathai (2018). She was listed by the Chennai Times as the "Most Desirable Woman on Television 2020".[3] In 2021, she participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 4 and emerged as the 3rd runner-up. CareerRamya Pandian received her bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy affiliated to Anna University. After graduation, she started working as a Research and Development Analyst before being promoted as a Business Development Manager.[4] She got the opportunity to work with Mani Ratnam's assistant director, Shelley, on a short film title Maane Theyne Ponmaane. She auditioned and landed a role in Balaji Sakthivel's Ra Ra Rajasekhar, but the film did not materialise during that time.[4] She subsequently went on to make her acting debut with the low budget Dummy Tappasu (2015).[5] The team of Ra Ra Rajasekhar recommended her to Raju Murugan who subsequently signed her up for Joker (2016).[4][6] She played a village belle in the film.[7] Samuthirakani appreciated Ramya's performance in Joker and asked her if she was interested in doing a role in Aan Devathai (2018) as a mother who works for an IT company.[7][8] Ramya agreed to do the film after listening to the story.[4] In a review of the film, a critic from India Today noted that "Ramya Pandian is mostly convincing as the mother of two, struggling to balance between being a mother and pursuing her career".[9] She was a contestant on the cooking show, Cooku with Comali and a judge on the comedy television show, Kalakka Povathu Yaaru.[10][11][12][13] She was the second runner-up in Cooku with Comali.[14][15] In 2020, she had participated as a contestant in the fourth season of the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil. She was the only female finalist and emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up.[16] She played the female lead in the web series Mugilan, which released on ZEE5 in October 2020.[17] Her upcoming projects include a film produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment and a film produced by C. V. Kumar's Thirukumaran Entertainment.[18][19][20] Personal lifeRamya Pandian is the daughter of former film director Durai Pandian, and niece of actor Arun Pandian, who works in Tamil-language films.[21][4][22] Her family is from Tirunelveli.[8] She has mentioned her interest in organic gardening.[23] In 2024, Ramya married yoga instructor and trainer Lovel Dhawan in Rishikesh along the Ganges river in a private Hindu wedding ceremony.[24] FilmographyFilm
Web series
Television
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