Thendral Raghunathan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Thendral Raghunathan

• Thendral Raghunathan is an Indian actress, advocate, legal activist, and advisor, who primarily works in the Tamil film industry.

• Thendral dreamt of becoming an actress while she was studying in the 9th standard.

  

• Thendral practised as an advocate for three years after receiving her degree; however, she decided to pursue acting for which she had to leave her job. Thendral initially sent her portfolios to various production firms because she had no idea how the movie business operated. Her wait for a Tamil film role lasted for more than a year, which was her debut film Tamizh Padam 2: Police Athiyayam (2018).

• She played the role of Jaseera in a short film titled Anbirkum Undo (2021). This film received several awards.

  

• In 2022, she appeared in a TV mini-series titled Pettaikaali, starring Kishore Kumar G., Kalaiyarasan, and Vela Ramamoorthy.

  

• She portrayed a doctor in an adventure drama film titled Sembi (2022) directed by Prabhu Solomon.

  

• In 2023, she appeared in an Indian Tamil-language period crime thriller film titled Viduthalai Part 1 ( transl. Liberation Part 1).

  

• She played a supporting role in the Indian television series Soppana Sundari, which premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 14 April 2023.

  

• Thendral has modelled for several TV commercials and print ads.

  

• Thendral is the only member of her family who is an actress.

• In an interview, Thendral said that when she initially started out in the acting industry, she had no idea how to choose notable roles. Later, she began to socialise more with people who taught her a lot about how the film industry works.

• In an interview, Thendral discussed her role in the mini-series Pettaikaali (2022), saying that she fell in love with her character in the series and became more enthusiastic by the day to work on the sets of director La Rajkumar and his team.

• She was invited to Thiagarajar Polytechnic College in Salem, Tamil Nadu, as a guest speaker where she spoke on the topic of Constitutional values and fundamental principles of the Indian constitution in 2020. In 2021, she gave a lecture at an awareness programme on the ‘Posco Act’ at Thiagarajar Polytechnic College in Salem.