Arthana Binu

Arthana Binu
Arthana Binu
Born	22 February 1997 (age 27); Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Education	Mass Communication and Video Production
Alma mater	Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Thiruvananthapuram; Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram;
Occupations	Actress; TV presenter; Model;
Years active	2016 – present
Parents	Vijayakumar; Binu Daniel;

Arthana Binu (born 22 February 1997) is an Indian film actress, who works in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film industry.^[1] Hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, she made her debut in the 2016 Telugu film Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu. She is known for films such as Mudhugauv (2016), Thondan (2017), Semma (2018) and Kadaikutty Singam (2018).^[2] She is the daughter of actor Vijayakumar, who was active during the early 1990s.

Early life

Arthana completed her schooling at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Trivandrum. She started anchoring in TV Channels in Malayalam at her 11th grade of schooling. After completing her school life, she joined Bachelor of Journalism, Mass Communication and Video Production at Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvanathapuram.

Even before she graduated, Arthana began her career as a model. She got fame after anchoring Smart Show, an entertainment and popular game show organized by Sreekandan Nair and broadcast by Flowers TV. She also did the promotions for Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran with actor Suresh Gopi.

In 2015, she made her first camera presence through the game show Smart show on Flowers TV as a co-host to Sreekandan Nair.

Arthana made her acting debut in 2016 when she was in her second year of college, in the Telugu romantic comedy film Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu (2016)^[3] along with Raj Tarun, directed by Srinivas Gavireddy. In the same year she made her Malayalam debut along with Gokul Suresh in Mudhugauv (2016), a Malayalam caper-comedy film.^[4]^[5]

Then she entered into Tamil Film Industry by Thondan (2017) directed by Samuthirakani, along with Vikranth, Samuthirakani and Sunaina.^[6]^[7] Continued by Semma (2018)^[8] which she had signed before Thondan, with G. V. Prakash Kumar under director Pandiraj's Production, got released on 25 May 2018 and Arthana got positive reviews for her performance,^[9]^[10]^[11] after watching the movie director Pandiraj castes her in his next directorial venture with Karthi in the Tamil family drama film Kadaikutty Singam (2018).^[12]^[13]^[14]

Currently she is doing as female lead in Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2^[15] Tamil action sports drama film directed by Selva Sekaran and written by director Suseenthiran, a sequel to successful 2009 film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu.^[16]

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2016	Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu	Seetha Mahalakshmi	Telugu	Credited as Arthana
2016	Mudhugauv	Ganga	Malayalam
2017	Thondan	Mahishasuramardini	Tamil
2018	Semma	Magizhini	Tamil
2018	Kadaikutty Singam	Aandal Priyadharshini	Tamil
2019	Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2	Malar	Tamil
2020	Shylock	Poonkuzhali	Malayalam