Riythvika


Riythvika is an Indian film actress who appears in supporting roles in Tamil films. After starting her career with a role in Bala's Paradesi, she made a breakthrough with her performance as a feisty housewife in Pa. Ranjith's Madras. In 2018, she won the Tamil reality television show, Bigg Boss Tamil.

Career

Riythvika studied at Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College For Women in Teynampet, Chennai. She has stated that she had always dreamt of acting in films and that she used to act out scenes and reel out dialogues from films as a child. While studying at SIET, she acted in a number of short films and sent her photos to film PROs, trying for an entry into the cinema industry.
During that period, director Bala was casting for his next project, Paradesi, an adaptation of the English novel Red Tea, which delves into the plight of tea plantation workers in the Madras Presidency during the British Raj. After going through a couple of auditions, she was selected to play the role of Karuthakanni, a young woman who gets tortured and sexually exploited in the plantations. She went on to act in Vikraman's romance film Ninaithathu Yaaro before being chosen by Pa. Ranjith for Madras to play a pivotal supporting role opposite Kalaiyarasan. Her portrayal of a North Chennai girl was lauded by critics and she won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil besides several other nominations.
The success of Madras prompted Ranjith and other film-makers to often cast her as a girl from a lower socio-economic background. In this trend, she notably appeared as a drug addict in Kabali, and as a prostitute in Iru Mugan,Torchlight and Sigai. In other assignments during the period, she featured as a liberal radio jockey in Oru Naal Koothu, and as a ghost in the horror comedy, Onaaigal Jakkiradhai.
She is currently working on projects including Odavum Mudiyathu Oliyavum Mudiyathu, and an untitled biopic of actor-politician MGR, where she essays the role of Janaki Ramachandran. For the latter role, Riythvika carefully studied the habits and behaviour of Janaki, including by watching her old films. In 2018, she won the second season of the Tamil reality television show Bigg Boss.

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films
YearFilmRoleNotes
2013ParadesiKaruthakanni
2014Ninaithathu YaaroThenmozhi
2014MadrasMaryFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
2016Azhagu Kutti ChellamSaravanan's wife
2016AnjalaAnjala
2016Oru Naal KoothuSusheela
2016KabaliMeena
2016Enakku Veru Engum Kilaigal KidayathuDhivya
2016Iru MuganKidnapped girlCameo appearance
2018Onaaigal JakkiradhaiAnjali
2018TorchlightKavitha
2019SigaiBhuvanadirect-to-video
2019NethraJessie
2019Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi GunduTanya
2020WalterPadmavathi
2020MGRJanaki RamachandranFilming
2020MaaduFilming
2020Odavum Mudiyathu Oliyavum MudiyathuPost-production
2020Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum KelirFilming

Television
YearTitleTV ChannelRoleNotes
2018Bigg Boss Tamil 2Star VijayContestantSeason 2 winner
2019Bigg Boss Tamil 3Star VijayGuestTo promote her film Irandaam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Kundu
2019Bigg Boss Tamil 3Star VijayGuestTo introduce the biggboss Trophy and to escort Sherin as she finished fourth
2020Ananda Vikatan Cinema AwardsSun TVGuest