Vijay TV Bigg Boss Tamil Contestants 2017

Organisation : Vijay TV
Facility : Bigg Boss Contestants 2017 Profile
State : Tamil Nadu

Bigg Boss Tamil :

Bigg Boss Tamil is the Tamil-language version of the reality TV programme Bigg Boss broadcast in India. It follows the Big Brother format, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. Here we got the Bigg Boss Tamil Contestants Names list.

Related / Similar Contest : Vijay TV Bigg Boss Tamil Season 1 Voting 2017

List of Contestants :

1) Aarav
2) Anuya
3) Bharani
4) Ganesh Venkatram
5) Ganja Karuppu
6) Gayathri Raghuram
7) Harathi Ganesh
8) Juliana
9) Namitha
10) Oviya
11) Raiza Wilson
12) Shakthi Vasu
13) Shree
14) Snehan
15) Vaiyapuri
16) Bindu Madhavi
17) Suja Varunee
18) Harish Kalyan
19) Kaajal Pasupathi

Aarav :

Aarav , is an Indian model, actor and Vijay TV Bigg Boss show contestant. He acted in more than 100+ television commercial adveretisment and featured in Vijay Antony’s Saithan movie.

Profession : Model, Television,1988,29 Years,Single
Hometown : Trichy, Tamil Nadu

Ganesh Venkatram :

Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian film actor, who has appeared in six different Indian regional film industries. He rose to fame following his performances in Radha Mohan’s Abhiyum Naanum (2008), before winning critical acclaim for his work in Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and Kandahar (2010).

Ganesh began his acting career by appearing in television serials including Antariksh and Mayavi, which was first 3D serial in Tamil television. He made his film début with The Angrez (2006), an experimental crossover film shot in Hyderabadi Urdu but could not garner any further film offers immediately.

Born : Mumbai, India, Actor,
Years active : 2008-present
Spouse(s) : Nisha Krishnan (m. 2015)

Snehan :

Snehan is a Tamil poet, lyricist, actor, and motivational speaker. He debuted in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, and has written lyrics for more than 2,500 songs. He has won many awards, including the Tamil Nadu Government Award twice. Snehan has also acted in two Tamil films.

Born : Sivaselvam,23 June 1978 (age 39), Pudhukariyapatti, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation : Poet, lyricist, actor, motivational speaker, social thinker.

Wild Card Entry Contestants :

Bindu Madhavi : (Entered on 30th July 2017)

Bindu Madhavi(born 14 June 1986)is an Indian model and film actress, working in Tamil and Telugu cinema. After starting her acting career in Telugu, she shifted to Tamil cinema where she was part of several successful film. Currently, she is a Bigg Boss Tamil contestant as a wild card entry.

Born : 14 June 1986 (age 31)
Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation : Actress, model
Years active : 2008–present

Harish Kalyan : (Entered on 17th August 2017)

Harish Kalyan (born 29 June 1990) is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. He made his debut in the 2010 film Sindhu Samaveli opposite debutante Amala Paul, before being noticed for his performances in Poriyaalan (2014) and Vil Ambu (2016). Now he is one of the Tamil Season 1 bigg boss contestant.

Films :
Harish Kalyan made his debut in director Samy’s controversial film Sindhu Samaveli (2010), portraying the role of Anbu, whose wife has an illicit relationship with her father-in-law. Critics described his next role in the Thaman-musical Aridhu Aridhu as “okay”, but the film failed to take a strong opening at the box office.

Secret Room Contestant :

Suja Varunee : (Entered on 16th August 2017)

Suja Varunee is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam, films. Now she is one of the Tamil Season 1 bigg boss contestant.

Career :
After 8th std she got an offer to do a female lead in a film titled as Plus Two, she agreed and thought it was the right decision, however the film did not take off. At some point she made a decision that she not going to do anymore dance numbers, as she wanted to become a full-length actress, which caused some leading production companies and banned her offers. With self-confidence and trust she returned to do character roles in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films. She also appeared in several advertisements like Aarasan Soap, Saravana Store Elite, Sun gold covering, Nizam Pakku and Government TVC.

Eliminated Contestants :

Shree : (Left on 29-06-2017)

Sri (born as Sri Ram) is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his debut in Balaji Sakthivel’s critically acclaimed Vazhakku Enn 18/9 (2012), before going on to appear in Mysskin’s Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum (2013) and Suseenthiran’s Vil Ambu (2015).

Born : Sri Ram,Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,Alma mater Alpha engineering college Porur
Occupation : Actor
Years active : 2012 –present

Anuya : (Eliminated on 02-07-2017)

Anuya Bhagwat is an Indian model and film actress who has appeared in Tamil films. She is best known for her performances in Siva Manasula Sakthi and Madurai Sambavam. After graduating from the Film and Television Institute, Pune,1 Anuya debuted in the Children’s film Mahek, directed by Kranti Kanade. The film was premiered at the London Film Festival and was critically acclaimed.

Born : Anuya Bhagwat,Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Occupation : Actress, model
Years active : 2007–present

Ganja Karuppu : (Eliminated on 09-07-2017)

Ganja Karuppu, born Karuppu Raja, is an Indian film actor who plays comedy roles in Tamil cinema. He has appeared in Tamil films like Raam (2005), Paruthiveeran (2007), Subramaniyapuram (2008), and Naadodigal(2009, Kalavani (2010). He is currently appearing in the reality show of Bigg Boss Tamil by Star Vijay.

Birth name : Karuppu Raja, 5 January 1976 (age 41),Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India
Spouse : Sangeetha

Bharani : (Left on 10-07-2017)

Bharani, is an Indian actor who features in tamil movies in supporting roles. He played as comedian in many kollywood movies and player as participant in Achcham Thavir game show. He is also contestant of Bigg Boss Tamil First Season.

Profession : Actor, March 20 1982 ,35 Years ,Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Relationship Status : Married

Namitha ( Eliminated on 23-07-2017 ):

Namitha is an Indian film actress, mostly active in the South Indian film industry. She competed in the Miss India 2001 pageant and made her film debut in 2002. she is currently a contestant of the reality show Bigg Boss hosted by Kamal Haasan on Vijay TV.

Namitha was crowned Miss Surat during the year of 1998. She went on to participate in the 2001 Miss India pageant and ended up as the fourth runner-up, while Celina Jaitley was crowned Miss India.

Born : Namitha Mukesh Vankawala,Surat, Gujarat, India
Occupation : actress, model
Years active : 2001–present

Oviya : (Left on 05.08.2017)

Oviya completed BA in Functional English at Vimala college in Thrissur, before director Sargunam approached her for Kalavani. The film saw her feature opposite Vimal, and the film subsequently gained positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit at the box office. She subsequently received several offers.

She was seen in half-a-dozen films in the following 12 months, including a guest appearance in Kamal Haasan’s Manmadan Ambu and the Kannada and Telugu remakes of Kalavani, in which she reprised her character from the original

Profession : Actress, Model, 29 April 1991,26 Years , Kerala, India

Gayathri Raghuram : (Eliminated on 20.08.2017)

Gayathri started acting at 14. She has said that she never dreamt that she would be an actress but that offers kept “pouring in from tap”. She had insisted on being known by her full name to avoid confusion with another actress, Gayatri Jayaraman, who was also active in period.

Her debut was with Prabhu Deva whom she shared her experience , Charlie Chaplin (2002), which was followed by a serial each in Kannada (Manasella Neene), Tamil (Style) and Malayalam (Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari (2003)). Subsequently she quit films to relocate to the USA

Born : 23 April 1983,Chennai, India,
Occupation : Film actor, choreographer, director & politician, Anti-Indian, Julie Hater
Years active : 2000–present
Parent(s) : Raghuram, Girija

Raiza Wilson : (Eliminated on 27-08-2017)

Raiza Wilson, is an Indian model and contestant of Bigg Boss Tamil Reality Show. She is finalist contestant of Miss India Contestants and crowned of HICC Femina Miss South Beautiful Smile.

Profession : Model, Television,1989, 28 years,Bangalore, Karnataka
Relationship Status : Single

Kaajal Pasupathi : (Eliminated on 03-09-2017)

Kaajal Pasupathi (aka) VJ Kajal, is an Indian Actress, Television VJ and Dance who featured in tamil lanuage movies. Made her debut in the year 2006 with Dishyum and featured in more than 25+ movies. She also worked as VJ in Sun Music for a while and featured in many tamil television serials. She is one among the wild card contestant of Bigg Boss tamil season 1.

Career :
She begin her career in television and play many roles in series. Also worked as a video jockey in Sun Music and hosted many shows for long period. With her impressive performance and influence, She got a chances to appear in movies.

In 2006, She debut with Dishyum and played an small role. The movie directed by Sasi faturing Jeeva and Sandhya in the lead roles. Later she got chance to act in many character roles in tamil films.

Harathi Ganesh : (Eliminated on 16-07-2017)

Aarthi began her career as a child artiste in Vanna Kanavugal (1987), before taking a break from films and attending Meenakshi College for Women. She then got a breakthrough as a comedian through the stand up comedy show, Asatha Povathu Yaaru?. Her performances on the show fetched her film offers, with Aarthi often playing overweight characters in Tamil films during the 2000s.

In 2012, she was described as “Kollywood’s most sought after comedienne”. Aarthi married fellow comedian Ganeshkar in a ceremony in Guruvayoor during September 2009, before the pair returned to Chennai for a weddng reception. The pair had earlier been dance partners during the reality dance show, Maanada Mayilada.

Born : Harathi Ravi,9 November 1987 (age 29)1,Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India, Actress
Years active : 1989 – present
Spouse(s) : Ganeshkar

Juliana : (Eliminated on 06.08.2017)

The Jallikattu protests fame girl was a shocking and interesting inclusion among the other celebrities in the Bigg Boss house. Looks like there is some to take a strong stand on issues and be vocal about it. She was also smart enough to start addressing the men in the house as brothers to avoid any contorversy and calling the ladies as sisters to create a bond.

Born : Single,1992, Actor, Model

Shakthi Vasu : (Eliminated on 13.08.2017)

Shakthi Vasudevan is a Tamil film actor. He is the son of director P. Vasu and began his career in his father’s films as a child artist. Vasudevan was featured as a child artist in his father’s successful Chinna Thambi in 1991, portraying the younger version of the character played by Prabhu. He went on to star in Nadigan featuring Sathyaraj.

Born : Prashanth Vasudevan,Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names : Shakthivel
Years active : 1991-present.

Vaiyapuri : (Eliminated on 18-09-2017)

Vaiyapuri, born Ramakrishnan,1 is a Tamil film actor who mostly plays a comedian. He is currently a contestant in the Season 1 of Bigg Boss reality show hosted by Kamal hassan in Vijay TV. He has appeared in many Tamil films and is also a guest judge on Asathapovathu Yaaru on Sun TV in Chennai.

Vaiyapuri was born in Theni. He started his career in Balu Mahendra Film Raman Abdullah with the servant role and has scored most in the first film.2 Though he has acted many films and he has been mostly remembered for films with Kamal Haasan

Born : Ramakrishnan 19 September 1950 Theni, Tamil Nadu, India.
Occupation : Actor
Years active : 1993–present
Spouse(s) : Anandhi
Children : Shravan