Abhinay Vaddi

Abhinay made his film debut with the Telugu film Young India (2010) directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.[1] He was set to make his Tamil debut with Vilambaram, but the delay of the film meant that the biographical film Ramanujan, based on the mathematician, was his debut film in Tamil.[2][3][4] He was awarded the role after a series of auditions which had prominent actors from the Tamil film industry .[5] Akin to Ramanujan, Abhinay is also good at math.[6] Each scene was shot first in Tamil and then in English, with changes made between the versions due to the different theatrical audience.[7] A critic from the Indian Express cited that "The highlight of the film is that it has a talented debutant playing Ramanujan to the hilt. You could see Ramanujan in Abhinay, literally, and his portrayal of the genius is nearly flawless".[8] Abhinay played a negative cameo role in Chennai 600028 II .[9] He will play the lead role in Michaelagiya Naan , which is a psychological thriller. [10] and stars Vasundhara Kashyap and Malobika Banerjee.[11] Abhinay also plays the Protagonist in Sugar starring Simran and Trisha.[12] He is paired opposite Simran in the film .[13]

His grandfather is Gemini Ganesan and his grandmother is Nadigaiyar Thilagam (Mahanati) Savithri.[12] Abhinay is also an International table tennis player and had avid interest in agriculture and farming. [14][6]

He is married to Aparna who is a fashion designer in 2014 and they both have a daughter named Swastika.

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Young India	Abhi	Telugu film
2014	Ramanujan	Srinivasa Ramanujan	Bilingual film (English, Tamil)
2016	Chennai 600028 II	Ganeshan
2019	Vilambaram	Ashvin / Santhosh
TBA	Michaelagiya Naan	Michael
TBA	Sugar	TBA

• Abhinay Vaddi at IMDb