Vanitha Vijayakumar (nicknames Vinni aka Nitha) is an Indian actress. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam film industry. She is the daughter of Tamil actor and politician Vijayakumar and South Indian actress Manjula Vijayakumar. She participated in Bigg Boss 3 Tamil. The show plays on Star Vijay.
Biography:
Actress Vanitha Vijayakumar is 36 years old. She was born in Chennai on 05 October 1982. She easily got into south Indian movies because of her parents. They both were renowned names of the south Indian film industry. The name and fame invited many controversies. She got married twice, but both turned out unsuccessful. She has three kids from marriages.
Love Life:
Vanitha Vijayakumar first got married to Akash in 2000. He is a Tamil actor. The marriage didn’t work out well and they got divorced in 2005. The actress then met USA based businessman Rajan Anand. She married to him but they also separated in 2010. She is allegedly in a relationship with choreographer Robert. However, Robert has denied having any relationship with Vanitha Vijayakumar.
Family:
Vanitha Vijayakumar comes from a filmy background. Father Vijayakumar was a Tamil actor and mother Manjula Vijayakumar was a south Indian actress. She has two younger sisters Sridevi and Preetha. They both are actresses. She also has two step sister from her father’s first marriage, Kavitha (actress) and Anitha (doctor). She also has a brother, Arun Vijay. He is also in Tamil film industry.
The actress is divorced and has three kids. One son, Vijay Shri Hari, and one daughter, Jovika are from her first marriage. Vanitha Vijayakumar’s second daughter Jaynitha is from her second marriage.
On 27 June 2020, she got married to filmmaker Peter Paul at her residence in Chennai. It was a Christian wedding in which her two daughters from her previous marriages; Jovika and Jaynitha were present as bridesmaids. It was her third marriage.
Career:
Vanitha Vijayakumar has a long list of movies attached to her name. For her last movie, MGR Sivaji Rajini Kamal, the actress became the producer of the film. She debuted with Tamil film, Chandralekha in 1995. She debuted in Malayalam movies with Hitler Brother in 1997. She entered the Telugu film industry with movie Devi in 1999. She had a long successful career in south Indian movies.
Controversies:
Vanitha Vijayakumar has many controversies attached to her name. In 2010, she lodged a complaint against her father, mother, and brother for forcibly keeping her children and assaulting Vanitha Vijayakumar. In 2017, the actress’ second husband lodged a complaint again Vanitha Vijayakumar for kidnapping their daughter, Jaynitha. After getting divorced, Rajan Anand got to keep their daughter for weekdays and Vanitha Vijayakumar for weekends, but the actress forcibly kept Jaynitha for a week. Later, the court passed on the entire custody to Rajan Anand. In 2018, Vijayakumar complained against Vanitha Vijayakumar for illegally inheriting her mother’s property.
Vanitha Vijayakumar believes her father Vijayakumar has fraudulently acquired her mother property. She also says her father married her mother for wealth. He used to torture her mother and made her transfer the property to Vanitha Vijayakumar’s brother Arun Vijay.
Journey in Bigg Boss:
Vanitha Vijayakumar has entered the Bigg Boss house to show her real self. The controversy followed her inside the house too. She was called by the police for formal investigation during her stay. However, everything got cleared and the actress was among the highest voted contestant. The show is running its third Tamil edition. Actor Kamal Haasan is the host of the show.