Kamalini Mukherjee Birthday: Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Actress QUIT Films Due To THIS Reason?

Phir Milenge

Kamalini Mukherjee is an Indian actress. She has acted in many Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali and Kannada language films. After graduating in English literature, she completed a theater workshop in Mumbai. She made her film debut in the Hindi film Phir Milenge (2004), an AIDS-themed film. Later in 2004 she also made her first appearance in the Telugu film industry with the movie Anand.

Graduate In English Literature

Kamalini was born and brought up in Kolkata, India. Her father is a marine engineer and her mother is a jewelry designer. She is the eldest of three siblings in the family. Due to her passion since childhood, she acted in all kinds of amateur and professional stage plays while studying in school and college.

Incidentally, she always portrayed masculine characters in these plays. Apart from drama, she developed interest in reading, painting and writing. She also had many years of training in Bharatanatyam.

After graduating in English literature from Loreto College, Kolkata, she started studying hotel management in New Delhi, but dropped out to pursue theater studies in Mumbai. Kamalini is a supporter of non-profit organizations CHORD India and World Vision, which are involved in rehabilitation, welfare and education of children.

Poetry Festival

She produces beauty tutorial videos for Mrinalini's YouTube channel Mirror Mirror along with her two younger sisters Mrinalini and Shohini. In 2014, at a poetry reading event in Hyderabad, the Chinese-American poet Wang Bing published her collection Ten Thousand Waves.

Kamalini was part of a panel of poets at the Bengaluru Poetry Festival in August 2016, where she met award-winning poet Dr. Neil Hall. She read a selection of his poems along with him. She is an avid baker, who cook and enjoys experimenting with cuisines from around the world.

Reason To Quit Films

Her character as Kayalvizhi Raghavan in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu movie opposite Kamal Haasan and attracted Tamil audience. The film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon was released worldwide in the year 2006 and got her a great fame in the film industry. 'Unakkul Naaney' song from the film was a great hit in the music album composed by Harish Jayaraj. It is the most favourite romantic song of many Tamil audience till now. Kamilini and Kamal Haasan's chemistry worked extremely well in that particular song of the movie Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. Though her screen presence in the film was very less, she got a permanent place in the hearts of audience. Then she got opportunity in many south indian films. Godavari, Happy Days, Gamyam, Gopi Gopika Godavari, Iraivi and Pulimurugan are some of the important films in her acting career.

After 2016, she suddenly stopped acting in films due to unknown reasons. It is reported that the actress is now settled in the USA with family. Her recent pictures were released on social media and shocked fans. She gained a lot of weight and it is rumored that her chubby look is the reason for her to quit films. But audience still wants to watch her performance on big screen. Hope 2023 will bring her back to films with promising characters again. Let's wish her a happy birthday and a great future ahead!