Abhinay Vaddi

Abhinay Vaddi is a former Indian actor who works in Tamil and Telugu-language films. He is also an accomplished athlete, and was a former national level table tennis player. He is currently one of the head coaches for the Canadian national team in the sport of table tennis.

Career Abhinay Vaddi made his film debut with the Telugu film Young India (2010) directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. 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. He was awarded the role after a series of auditions which had prominent actors from the Tamil film industry. Akin to Ramanujan, Vaddi is also good at math. Each scene was shot first in Tamil and then in English, with changes made between the versions due to the different theatrical audience. 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 Vaddi, literally, and his portrayal of the genius is nearly flawless". Vaddi played a negative cameo role in Chennai 600028 II. He also play the lead role in the unreleased film Michaelagiya Naan, which is a psychological thriller and stars Vasundhara Kashyap and Malobika Banerjee. and the unreleased Sugar starring Simran and Trisha.

Personal life Abhinay Vaddi's grandfather is Gemini Ganesan and his grandmother is Savithri. Abhinay was also a national level table tennis player and is a table tennis coach and trains state and national level professional athletes.

Awards and nominations +List of awards and nominationsYearAwardCategoryWorkResult Ref.20154th SIIMA Awards Best Debut Actor Ramanujan 2015 9th Vijay Awards Best Debut Actor