Vanitha Vijayakumar who made her acting debut as heroine opposite Vijay in 'Chandralekha' later hit the limelight with 'Bigg Boss 3' and 'Cook With Comali' and now owns her own YouTube channel in which she shares cooking and lifestyle stories. Vijayakumar's second daughter Kavitha has acted in one movie titled 'Kooli' with Sarathkumar and Vijay Adiraj. Unfortunately, Vanitha Vijayakumar due to misunderstandings is not seen in any of the family pics but the other siblings have bonded together in a loving manner. Out of his six children except for his eldest daughter, Anitha have acted in films while she got married to Gokulakrishnan a doctor in 1997 and has settled in London with two grown-up children.Īnitha's family photos have now gone viral and the striking resemblance between all the siblings are unmistakable. He later married actress Manjula in the year 1976 and has three daughters Vanitha Vijayakumar, Preetha Hari and Sreedevi. The cremation is scheduled for Wednesday morning.Veteran actor Vijayakumar married Muthukannu in the year 1969 and has three children with her Anitha, Kavitha and Arun Vijay. Her famous Telugu movies include ‘Jai Jawan’ (1970), 'Mayadari Malligadu' (1973), 'Alluri Seetarama Raju' (1974), 'Gunavanthudu' (1975) and 'Vaasu' (2002). She essayed memorable roles in Tamil movies like ‘Ulagam Sutrum Valiban,’ (1974), ‘Ninaithathai Mudippavan’ (1975), ‘Anbe Aaruyire’ (1975) and ‘Shankar Salim Simon’ (1978). Manjula performed with legends like late Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan and M G Ramachandran as well as present stars like Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth. She continued to bag lead roles till the late 70s and then appeared in supporting roles.

Born on September 9, 1953, Manjula made her debut in Gemini Ganesan-starrer ‘Shanthi Nilayam’ (1969), but the movie that shot her to fame was ‘Rickshawkaran’(1971), starring MGR. “She detached the gold pendant, which had a picture of Lord Venkateswara on it, and just handed it to me saying she loved the movie,” said Ravikumar. He said the actress presented him with a gold dollar from a chain she was wearing as soon as she had seen his movie ‘Sakthivel’ (1994), in which she had a supporting role. Director KS Ravikumar, who cast Manjula in his five Tamil movies, said the reason why he had chosen her was not just because she was a great performer but also because he was her fan. Manjulamma has been part of our lives all these years,” she added. “Sundar and I got married in the following March.

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