Sandhya

Revathy (born 27 September 1988), known by her stage name Kadhal Sandhya, is an Indian former actress who appeared mainly in Tamil film industry and in a few Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She attended Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School, Chennai until completing Class 9. She was initially considered to play the heroine in the film, but finally the role was later handed to Sandhya, after the director felt Saranya looked too young.

After the success of the film Kaadhal, in 2004, she took up a Malayalam film titled Alice in Wonderland which she played as the sister of actor Jayaram. Then came the musical romance Dishyum with Jeeva. She also acted in Koodal Nagar with Bharath. After the success of Cycle, she shifted her focus to Malayalam cinema. She debuted as a playback singer for the film Manjal Veiyil. In 2010, she appeared in a role opposite Vishnuvardhan in the Kannada film Aptharakshaka directed by P. Vasu. Some of them include, Soodhattam (2013), Puzhayum Kannadiyum (2014) and Veri:Thimiru 2 (2015) and in Tamil. She has been a judge on a number of reality shows including Comedy Stars and Little Stars on Asianet. She make her small screen debut with TV show Kanmani (2020).

Personal life

Sandhya married Venkat Chandrasekhar, a Chennai-based IT businessman, on 6 December 2015. The ceremony was held at Guruvayur Temple. The couple have a daughter, born on 27 September 2016.

Filmography Films Year Film Role Language Notes 2004 Kaadhal Aishwarya Rajendran Tamil Debut filmFilmfare Award for Best Actress – TamilTamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize 2005 Alice in Wonderland Alice Malayalam 2006 Dishyum Cinthya Jayachandran Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil 2006 Prajapathi Malu Malayalam 2006 Vallavan Suchitra Tamil 2006 Annavaram Varalakshmi (Varam) Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu 2007 Koodal Nagar Thamizhselvi Tamil 2007 Kannamoochi Yenada Devasena Arumugam 2008 Cycle Meenkashi Kaushtubhan Malayalam 2008 Thoondil Anjali Sriram Tamil 2008 Velli Thirai Herself Cameo appearance 2008 Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar Saranya 2009 Nanda Kavya Kannada 2009 Manjal Veiyil Gayathri Tamil 2009 Odipolaama Anjali 2010 Aptharakshaka Gowri Kannada 2010 Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam Thumbi Tamil 2010 Haasini Haasini Telugu 2010 College Days Anu Malayalam 2010 Sahasram Supriya,Sridevi 2011 Traffic Adithi 2011 Three Kings Manju 2011 D - 17Sandhya 2012 Masters Nia Ponnoose 2012 Veendum Kannur Radhika 2012 Padmasree Bharat Dr. Saroj Kumar Actress Special appearance 2012 The Hitlist Gouri Vikram 2013 Benki Birugali Sandhya Kannada 2013 Paisa Paisa Kumudam Malayalam 2013 Ya Ya Kanaka Tamil 2013 For Sale Diana Malayalam 2013 Soodhattam Tamil 2013 Second Innings Malayalam 2014 My Dear Mummy Sandra 2014 Long Sight 2014 Paris Payyans 2014 Puzhayum Kannadiyum 2015 Thunai Mudhalvar Rukmani Tamil 2015 Kaththukkutti Item dancer Special appearance 2015 Veri:Thimiru 2 2016 Vettah Sherin Melvin Malayalam 2016 Avarude Veedu Veena 2016 Ruthravathi Tamil

Television series Year Serial Character Channel Language Ref. 2020 Kanmani KanmaniSun TVTamil 2025 Manasellam SandhyaZee TamilTamil