Anikha Surendran

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anikha Surendran

• Anikha Surendran is an Indian actress who is well-known for playing child roles in Malayalam and Tamil films. In 2019, her performance as Swetha in the popular Tamil film Viswasam, starring Ajith Kumar and Nayanthara, was immensely appreciated by the audience.

• Anikha grew up in a Malayali family.

  

• Anikha started her acting career in the Malayalam film industry when she was one and a half years old. In an interview, talking about her first role and the remuneration she received for it, Anikha stated that she shot for the first time for the film Choota Mumbai in 2007 and was given a remuneration of Rs 500. ^[4]Filmylooks

• After Anikha made her debut as a child actor, she appeared in a few Malayalam films such as Four Friends (2010) as Devootty, Race (2011) as Achu, 5 Sundarikal (2013) as Sethu Lakshmi, Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013) as Wafamol, Nayana (2014) as Nayana, and Onnum Mindathe (2014) as Kunchi.

• In 2012, Anikha appeared in the Malayalam short film Amaranth.

• In 2014, Anikha appeared in the Tamil music video Ayyappa Dhinthaka.

  

• In 2015, Anikha received critical acclaim for her performance as Shivani in the Malayalam film Bhaskar The Rascal.

  

• Anikha’s fans and followers started addressing her as “Kutty Nayan” for her face’s resemblance to the Indian actress Nayanthara. The title was given to her after Anikha played the younger version of Kadhambari in the Tamil film Naanum Rowdydhaan (2015); the lead role of Kadhambari was later played by Nayanthara in the film.

• In 2017, Anikha acted in the Malayalam short film Colours of Life in which she played the role of Kanmani.

• In 2018, Anikha played the role of Ammu in the Tamil short film Maa on YouTube.

  

• In 2019, Anikha rose to popularity in the Tamil film industry after she played the role of Swetha in the film Viswasam.

  

• In April 2019, Anikha walked the ramp at the Lulu Fashion Week, which was held at Lulu Mall in Kochi.

  

• In 2020, Anikha was featured in the Tamil music video Irukai Puratchi. The following year, she appeared in three music videos Floreo (Malayalam), En Kadhala (Tamil), and Ormathan Edanazhiyil (Malayalam).

• In 2021, Anikha acted in the film Deep Bay of Bengal in which she played the role of Anu; the film was directed by Bangladeshi director Borhan Khan.

• Anikha has appeared in a few commercials for popular brands like Conspi Academy of Management Studies College, Juicy, Malkist Biscuit, etc.

• Anikha has a self-titled YouTube channel, where she posts content related to her movie clips, dance videos, fun vlogs, etc.; the channel has more than 350k subscribers.

• Anikha is an avid animal lover. She has a pet cat Shoto Todoroki, and she often posts pictures of her pet on social media.

  

• Anikha is followed by more than 2M followers on Instagram and 3M followers on Facebook.

• Anikha featured on the cover of a few magazines like Grihalakshmi and Manorama Weekly.