Aarthi Ganeshkar

Aarthi, also known as Harathi, has been working in front of the camera since she was a baby: her career began in the film Vanna Kanavugal, and further child roles followed, among them Anjali. Before moving into Tamil films as an adult she worked in television comedy, appearing on the stand-up shows Super10 and Lollu Sabha, and she later danced on the reality show Maanada Mayilada.

Comic roles are the core of her film work. She played opposite Vadivelu in Kundakka Mandakka, and her parts in Padikkadavan and Kutty won her the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for best female comedian in 2009 and again in 2010. She also received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian for Paraseega Mannan. Apart from Tamil productions she has acted in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films, and in 2017 she was a contestant on the Tamil reality show Bigg Boss, hosted by Kamal Haasan.