Preetha Vijayakumar

Pritha Hari (née Vijayakumar; born 10 January 1983) is an Indian businesswoman and former actress who predominantly acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. After her marriage to film director Hari, she retired from the film industry in 2002.

Early life Pritha is the second daughter of Tamil actor Vijayakumar and his second wife, Tamil actress Manjula. She has two sisters, Vanitha and Sridevi, who are also actresses. From his first marriage to Muthukannu Vellalar, Vijayakumar had three children: actor Arun Vijay, Anitha and Kavitha.

Career Pritha had first signed up to portray the leading role in Ravi Raja Pinisetty's Telugu film Rukmini opposite Vineeth in 1997, and she made her Tamil film debut with Sandhippoma in 1998. She is noted for her role in the movie Padayappa as Rajinikanth's daughter.

Personal life

She married director Hari in 2002 and they have three sons.

Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes 1997 Rukmini Rukmini Telugu credited as Rukmini 1998 Sandhippoma Nilani Tamil Dharma Sharmila Tamil 1999 Ponnu Veettukaaran Indu Tamil Padayappa Anita Tamil Suyamvaram Hema Kuselan Tamil Wife Kranti Telugu Om Namah Shivaya Gowri Kannada Udayapuram Sulthan Gopika Malayalam Malayalam Debut Red Indians Preetha Malayalam 2000 Kakkai Siraginilae Gayatri Tamil Maa Annayya Sumathi Telugu Kshemamga Velli Labhamga Randi Janaki Telugu 2001 Priyamaina Neeku Sirisha Telugu Chandu Telugu Dubai Alice Malayalam 2002 Alli Arjuna Nisha Tamil Punnagai Desam Nandhini Tamil Snehithan Ann Mary Malayalam Final film