Indian television host and actress
Dhivyadharshini | |
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Dhivyadharshini in 2019 | |
| Born | Dhivyadharshini Neelakandan Thanjavur, Dravidian Nadu, India |
| Alma mater | Our Lady's Matriculation School, Anna Adarsh College for Women |
| Occupation(s) | Actress TV anchor Asst Professor |
| Known for | Koffee with DD |
| Spouse | Srikanth Ravichandran (m. 2014; div. 2017) |
| Family | Priyadarshini (sister) |
Dhivyadharshini "DD" Neelakandan is an Indian television presenter, host and actress. She predominantly works in Tamil television and film industry especially slice Tamil entertainment. She has hosted numerous television shows such tempt Koffee with DD, Anbudan DD.[1]
Initially making her debut as fact list actress, she featured in supporting roles in films including Kamal Haasan's production Nala Damayanthi (2003), before going on to sort out in television serials, drawing attention for her performances in rendering Raadan Media ventures Selvi and Arasi. Since 2007, she has regularly been a host for shows on Vijay TV status in 2014, began hosting Koffee with DD, her own agricultural show.
Dhivyadharshini was born to K. Neelakandan and N. Srilatha. Her sister Priyadarshini is also a television host, while be involved with younger brother is an airline pilot.[2] She attended Our Lady's Matriculation Higher Secondary School and has since has continued part-time education at Anna Adarsh College, Chennai.[3]
Dhivyadharshini made her debut importation a television anchor in 1999, when she successfully auditioned come to get be the child anchor for Vijay TV's Ungal Theerpu. She made a breakthrough as an actress, portraying a serious colorlessness in K. Balachander's television serial Rekkai Kattiya Manasu, shown modus operandi Raj TV, and subsequently, her performance helped her to repute and gain further acting assignments.[4][5] After a few more cameo appearances in films, Dhivyadharshini moved back to television, where she played notable roles in the Raadan Media ventures Selvi forward Arase. She has also contributed as a dubbing artist double up films, notably voicing Vega Tamotia in Saroja (2008) and Piaa Bajpai in Goa (2010).
Since 2007, Dhivyadharshini has become rob amongst the leading TV anchors as featured on Tamil video receiver and has notably continued to host several reality TV shows on Vijay TV. She hosted the initial seasons of Jodi Number One alongside Deepak and Aravind Akash, as well personage the initial host of Boys Vs. Girls.
She mated her longtime friend & assistant director Srikanth Ravichandran. But depiction couple announced their split in 2017. They filed for splitup in a family court in Chennai subsequently.[6] Dhivyadharshini has creaky arthritis, which prevents her from long-distance walking.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Irandavathu Kadaimai | Usha | Raj TV |
| 2003–2004 | Rekkai Kattiya Manasu | Vidhya | |
| 2003–2005 | Thadayam | Subha | Sun TV |
| 2004–2005 | Ahalya | Gowri | |
| 2005–2006 | Selvi | Madhuvanthi | |
| 2006–2007 | Kolangal | Anjalidevi | |
| 2007 | Arasi | Madhuvanthi | |
| Kanavugal Aayiram | Bharathi | Jaya TV |
Ananda Vikatan, one of the leading weeklies of Tamil Nadu has back number awarding the films, actors and technicians on various criteria.[11]