Vidharth
Vidharth in 2014
Born	Venkatasubramanian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001-present
Spouse	Gayathri Devi ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1

Vidharth (bornVenkatasubramanian) is an Indian actor appearing inTamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was inMynaa (2010), which became a huge success. He has also done a film forAVM Productions titledMudhal Idam (2011).

Vidharth joined the drama troupe,Koothu-P-Pattarai through some of his friends and began learning the nuances of acting step by step and made his on screen debut with a small role inGautham Vasudev Menon'sMinnale (2001).^[1] Despite believing that the small role would bring him more offers, it did not, and Vidharth continued small-time work with his drama troupe. After ten years, Prabhu Solomon cast him in small roles in his films,Kokki (2006),Lee (2007) andLaadam (2009), after seeing him in action in Koothupattarai.

Vidharth collaborated with Prabhu Solomon again, who gave him the lead role in his romantic dramaMynaa (2010). The film became the biggest success of Vidharth's career. He starred inAVM Productions' 175th productionMudhal Idam (2011).^[2] InKollaikaran (2012), he played the role of a criminal.^[3] He also played alongsideParthiban andVimal inJannal Oram (2013) directed byKaru Pazhaniappan.^[4] In 2014, he had five releases, the most in a year in his career. He first acted alongsideAjith Kumar in the masala filmVeeram.^[5]Venmegam was his next release, which was said to be about the bond between an artist, played by Vidharth, and a school girl (played by Jayashree Sivadas).^[6] He then played a mini bus driver named Velpandiyan inS. P. Rajkumar's romantic comedyPattaya Kelappanum Pandiya.^[7] His other releases that year wereAal, a remake of the Hindi filmAamir and reportedly the first Tamil film to be shot inSikkim at the India-China border,^[8] andKaadu, a film based on the subject ofdeforestation.^[9] With regard toKaadu,The New Indian Express wrote that it had Vidharth's "most inspired performance postMyna".^[10]

In 2016, he had a psychological crime thriller starringKuttrame Thandanai. AfterMynaa, this is the career best of Vidharth as he perfectly emotes as the tunnel vision protagonist.^[11] In 2017, his films likeOru Kidayin Karunai Manu andKurangu Bommai were successful.^[12][13] Subsequently, he played supporting roles inMagalir Mattum,Vizhithiru andKodiveeran. He played the role ofJyothika's husband inRadha Mohan'sKaatrin Mozhi (2018).^[14] He has received a positive response from the audience.^[15] His next films wereVandi (2018) andChithiram Pesuthadi 2 (2019).^[16][17]

In 2021, Vidharth andRemya Nambeesan played a pair in Vetri Duraisamy’s directorial debutEndraavathu Oru Naal.^[18] He then went on to act in supporting role alongsideHiphop Tamizha inAnbarivu (2022).^[19] He played the lead role inCarbon (2022), which marked the actor's 25th film.^[20] Followed by the comedy dramaPayanigal Gavanikkavum (2022) which was released on theAha TamilOTT platform. It is the official Tamil remake of the highly acclaimed Malayalam filmVikruthi, which was released in 2019.^[21] The next one was the thrillerAattral, a failure.^[22] In 2023, Vidharth played in the successful romantic dramaIrugapatru.^[23] Then, he followed with comedies –Kuiko andAayiram Porkaasukal.^[24][25] In 2024, he appeared in three moviesDevil,Anjaamai andLaandhar. Then, Vidharth plays the role of a farmer inMarutham (2025) delivering one of their most powerful performances.^[26]

Vidharth married Gayathri Devi in June 2015 and they have a daughter born in 2017.^[27][28]

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• Malargal (2005) as Ramesh

• Vidharth atIMDb

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