Chandini Sreedharan – South Indian actress of ‘Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu’ & ‘KL 10 Patthu’ fame

Chandini Sreedharan is a south Indian film actress who has appeared in all the four south Indian language films. She made her acting debut with the 2013 Tamil film Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu in the female lead, which marked the comeback of Bharat after a few flops. She marked her Telugu debut in a lead role the following year through Chakkiligintha. In 2015 she marked her Malayalam film debut in a dual lead role through KL 10 Patthu. Darvinte Parinamam opposite Prithviraj, Comrade In America (CIA) opposite Dulquer Salman and Allu Ramendran opposite Kunchakko Boban are other major works in Malayalam. She marked her Kannada debut through Srikanta in 2016, thus appearing in all south Indian language films.

Chandini Sreedharan was born in Kozhikode. But her family is settled in USA. Her father is a software engineer while her mother is a housewife. Currently she is doing her double majors in the US. She is trained in Bharatnatyam, and performed on stage for live concerts. On a visit to Kerala she appeared in a Malayalam reality show – ‘Big Break’. Tamil director Sasi happened to watch this show, and approached her parents first to give her a chance in his next production. In fact the director has been in search of a similar face with innocence for past 5 years before he zeroed at Chandini. She was also rechristened as Mirthika for her debut flick, Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu.

Her success in debut flick earned her offer from Telugu film industry, followed by Malayalam and Kannada industry too. Within a short interval of time she worked with four popular actors in four different Malayalam films.

Chandini Sreedharan – Some interesting and less-known facts

1. Chandini has earlier taken screen names – Mirthika and Rehena for her Tamil and Telugu debut respectively. Later she reverted her name back to original.

2. Mostly seen in mature roles in Malayalam, she started a YouTube channel most recently to express her naughtiness.  

3. A character similar to Shobana is Manichitra Thaazhu is her dream role, and her favourite actresses are Shalini and Nadia Moidu.