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{{short description|Indian educational promoter}}
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'''Madhuvanthi Arun''' is an [[India]]n actress. She is the daughter of actor Y. G. Mahendran.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/All-in-a-day%E2%80%99s-work/article14576227.ece</ref><ref>https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131117/lifestyle-offbeat/article/i-am-edutainer</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/rajinikanth-niece-y-gee-mahendran-daughter-madhuvanti-visa-problem-tamil-news-245686|title=Y.Gee Mahendran's daughter arrested in the US? - Tamil News|date=2019-10-10|website=IndiaGlitz.com|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref> She is a choreographer, and at times a director of various [[theater productions]].<ref>[http://carnatica.net/mmmela2001/dancereviews1.html Madras Music Mela 2001&nbsp;– Dance reviews]. Carnatica.net (26 December 2001). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025121010/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-02/chennai/27923023_1_dance-programme-danseuse-vyjayanthimala-recital Dancing into our hearts&nbsp;– Times Of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 October 2008). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/09/30/stories/2005093002650800.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225002811/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/09/30/stories/2005093002650800.htm |date=25 February 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401221000.htm |access-date=26 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224120815/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401221000.htm |archive-date=24 February 2008 }}</ref>  
'''Madhuvanthi Arun''', is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actor [[Y. G. Mahendran]].
<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/All-in-a-day%E2%80%99s-work/article14576227.ece|title = All in a day's work|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 18 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131117/lifestyle-offbeat/article/i-am-edutainer|title = 'I am an edutainer'|date = 17 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/rajinikanth-niece-y-gee-mahendran-daughter-madhuvanti-visa-problem-tamil-news-245686|title=Y.Gee Mahendran's daughter arrested in the US? - Tamil News|date=2019-10-10|website=IndiaGlitz.com|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref> She is a choreographer, and at times a director of various [[theater productions]].<ref>[http://carnatica.net/mmmela2001/dancereviews1.html Madras Music Mela 2001&nbsp;– Dance reviews]. Carnatica.net (26 December 2001). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025121010/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-02/chennai/27923023_1_dance-programme-danseuse-vyjayanthimala-recital Dancing into our hearts&nbsp;– Times Of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 October 2008). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref><ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080225002811/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/09/30/stories/2005093002650800.htm ]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401221000.htm |access-date=26 November 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224120815/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401221000.htm |archive-date=24 February 2008 }}</ref> She is currently a State executive committee member of the Tamil Nadu [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=V P Duraisamy appointed vice-president of BJP TN unit|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/v-p-duraisamy-appointed-vicepresident-of-bjp-tn-unit/1885142|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.outlookindia.com}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..!|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/tamilnadu-salem/the-brahmin-born-madhuvanti-is-arrogant-furious-fuse-manush-pwh2m0|access-date=2020-08-09|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ta}}</ref> She is the daughter of popular actor and playwright [[Y. G. Mahendra]] and granddaughter of veteran playwright [[Y. G. Parthasarathy]] and educationist [[Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy]]. Filmmaker [[K. Balaji]], actress [[Vyjayanthimala]] and [[Latha Rajinikanth]] are her relatives. In 2016, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry as an actress. She was married to V. Arunkumar, grandson of [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] but now divorced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010112113500/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm|archive-date=12 January 2001|title=dinakaran|date=12 January 2001}}</ref>
She was born to a [[Brahmin]] family.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..! Madhuvanti |url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/tamilnadu-salem/the-brahmin-born-madhuvanti-is-arrogant-furious-fuse-manush-pwh2m0|access-date=2020-08-09|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ta}}</ref> She is the daughter of popular actor and playwright [[Y. G. Mahendra]] and granddaughter of veteran playwright [[Y. G. Parthasarathy]] and educationist [[Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy]]. Filmmaker [[K. Balaji]], actress [[Vyjayanthimala]] and [[Latha Rajinikanth]] are her relatives. In 2016, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry as an actress.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} She was married to V. Arunkumar, grandson of [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] but now divorced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010112113500/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm|archive-date=12 January 2001|title=dinakaran|date=12 January 2001}}</ref>


She is on the [[board of trustees]] of the [[Calibre Educational Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/51755.html Madhuvanthi Arun's novel move for children&nbsp;– Tamil Movie News]. IndiaGlitz. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref> In January 2009, she was one of fifteen women named “Women of the Year” in ''The Ritz Fashion Magazine''.<ref>[http://www.extramirchi.com/tag/women-of-the-year-award/ Women Of The Year Award]. Extramirchi.com. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref>
She is on the [[board of trustees]] of the [[Calibre Educational Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/51755.html Madhuvanthi Arun's novel move for children&nbsp;– Tamil Movie News]. IndiaGlitz. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref> In January 2009, she was one of fifteen women named “Women of the Year” in ''The Ritz Fashion Magazine''.<ref>[http://www.extramirchi.com/tag/women-of-the-year-award/ Women Of The Year Award]. Extramirchi.com. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref>
Madhuvanthi took a loan of 1 crore Rs in 2016 to buy her house at Hinduja Leyland Finance. She allegedly failed to pay Rs 1.21 lakh  along with interest on the loan. Subsequently, the Metropolitan court ordered sealing of Madhuvanthi's house in a case filed by the financial institution. Accordingly, the financial institution officials, who accompanied Thenampet police to Madhuvanthi's house sealed her on house October 13, 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/tamilnadu/chennai-city-tamil-news-bjps-madhuvanti-chennai-house-sealed-by-finance-company-355399/ | title=கடனை திருப்பி செலுத்தாமல் இழுத்தடித்த பாஜக பிரமுகர் மதுவந்தி… வீட்டை பூட்டி சீல் வைத்த அதிகாரிகள்! }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/madhuvanthi-house-sealed-by-housing-finance-company | title=மதுவந்தியின் வீட்டுக்குப் பூட்டு… 1 கோடி ரூபாய் வீட்டுக்கடனைக் கட்டவில்லையா… 'ஃபேக் நீயூஸா'?! }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tamil.abplive.com/news/tamil-nadu/yg-madhuvanthi-house-sealed-madhuvanthi-begged-authorities-to-not-to-seal-her-house-viral-video-watch-21362 | title=Please உங்க காலில் கூட விழறேன்...அதிகாரிகளிடம் கெஞ்சிய மதுவந்தி... வைரலாகும் வீடியோ! | date=14 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/newsview/118980/yg-madhuvanthi-house-sealed | title=கடனை திருப்பிச் செலுத்தாததால் ஒய்.ஜி.மகேந்திரனின் மகள் மதுவந்தியின் வீட்டுக்கு சீல் }}</ref>
== Politics ==
Madhuvanthi was appointed as State executive committee member of the Tamil Nadu BJP on July 3, 2020.<ref name=":1" />
===Political views ===
Madhuvanthi wants [[Tamil people]] to learn [[Hindi]], she said "If a person wanted to get [[Pani poori]] from a vendor, one has to know Hindi to ask them and therefore hindi is very necessary".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tnflashnews.com/netizens-make-fun-of-madhumathi/|title = பீட்ஸா சாப்பிட இத்தாலி தெரியனுமா?.. மதுமதியை வச்சு செய்யும் நெட்டிசன்கள்|date = 12 September 2020}}</ref>  Madhuvanthi on 2019 said that she was proud to be born a Brahmin. She said that most people don't do their jobs based on their [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] in the present time, even if people don't do the job of the varna that does not mean they don't belong in the varna, everyone must do their varna's job because that is their Karma". She also said that other [[caste]] people must be proud of their caste like she is proud of her Brahmin caste.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/tamilnadu-salem/the-brahmin-born-madhuvanti-is-arrogant-furious-fuse-manush-pwh2m0|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210426090135/https://tamil.asianetnews.com/tamilnadu-salem/the-brahmin-born-madhuvanti-is-arrogant-furious-fuse-manush-pwh2m0|archive-date = 26 April 2021|title = பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..!}}</ref> In an interview in 2019, she claimed that Brahmins have higher brain power.<ref>{{Citation|title=நீங்களே பிராமணர் கிடையாது மேடம்!-YG.மதுவந்தி {{!}}Brahmin Vs Non Brahmin{{!}} YG Madhuvandthi {{!}} THADAM EP17|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHhg9UeAmJo|language=en|access-date=2021-05-25}}</ref>


== Controversies ==
== Controversies ==
Madhuvanthi faced online backlash on April 5, 2020 when she claimed that turning all lights off for 9 minutes on 9 pm will kill all instances of the coronavirus with double-power during Modi's "nine-minutes lighting ceremony". Many people asked to government to take action against her for spreading misinformation.<ref>{{Cite web|title="இன்று இரவு இதுதான் கிரகங்களின் நிலை" : வாட்ஸ் அப் வதந்தி பரப்பிய மதுவந்தி கைது செய்யப்படுவாரா ?|url=https://www.kalaignarseithigal.com/india/2020/04/05/will-madhuvanthi-be-arrested-for-whatsapp-rumor|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Kalaignar Seithigal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jeyya|first=Siby|date=|title=Actress Madhuvanthi gets trolled for a misleading video|url=https://www.apherald.com/Politics/ViewArticle/484200/Actress-Madhuvanthi-gets-trolled-for-a-misleading-video|access-date=2020-07-04|website=APHerald [Andhra Pradesh Herald]|language=en}}</ref>
Madhuvanthi faced online backlash on April 5, 2020, when she claimed that turning all lights off for 9 minutes on 9 pm will kill all instances of the coronavirus with double-power during Modi's "nine-minutes lighting ceremony". Many people asked to government to take action against her for spreading misinformation.<ref>{{cite web|title="இன்று இரவு இதுதான் கிரகங்களின் நிலை" : வாட்ஸ் அப் வதந்தி பரப்பிய மதுவந்தி கைது செய்யப்படுவாரா ?|url=https://www.kalaignarseithigal.com/india/2020/04/05/will-madhuvanthi-be-arrested-for-whatsapp-rumor|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Kalaignar Seithigal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jeyya|first=Siby|date=|title=Actress Madhuvanthi gets trolled for a misleading video|url=https://www.apherald.com/Politics/ViewArticle/484200/Actress-Madhuvanthi-gets-trolled-for-a-misleading-video|access-date=2020-07-04|website=APHerald [Andhra Pradesh Herald]|language=en}}</ref>


Madhuvanthi received backlash and criticism, when she spoke in an interview that she is proud of her caste on August 2019.<ref name=":0" />
Madhuvanthi received backlash and criticism, when she spoke in an interview that she is proud of her caste in August 2019.<ref name=":0" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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Madhuvanthi Arun
Personal details
Born
Madhuvanthi Arun

(1977-11-06) 6 November 1977 (age 48)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2020–present)
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
Profession
  • Actress
  • politician
  • television presenter

Madhuvanthi Arun, is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actor Y. G. Mahendran. [1][2][3] She is a choreographer, and at times a director of various theater productions.[4][5][6][7] She is currently a State executive committee member of the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[8]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

She was born to a Brahmin family.[9] She is the daughter of popular actor and playwright Y. G. Mahendra and granddaughter of veteran playwright Y. G. Parthasarathy and educationist Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy. Filmmaker K. Balaji, actress Vyjayanthimala and Latha Rajinikanth are her relatives. In 2016, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry as an actress.[citation needed] She was married to V. Arunkumar, grandson of Gemini Ganesan and Savitri but now divorced.[10]

She is on the board of trustees of the Calibre Educational Foundation.[11] In January 2009, she was one of fifteen women named “Women of the Year” in The Ritz Fashion Magazine.[12]

Madhuvanthi took a loan of 1 crore Rs in 2016 to buy her house at Hinduja Leyland Finance. She allegedly failed to pay Rs 1.21 lakh along with interest on the loan. Subsequently, the Metropolitan court ordered sealing of Madhuvanthi's house in a case filed by the financial institution. Accordingly, the financial institution officials, who accompanied Thenampet police to Madhuvanthi's house sealed her on house October 13, 2021.[13][14][15][16]

Politics[edit | edit source]

Madhuvanthi was appointed as State executive committee member of the Tamil Nadu BJP on July 3, 2020.[8]

Political views[edit | edit source]

Madhuvanthi wants Tamil people to learn Hindi, she said "If a person wanted to get Pani poori from a vendor, one has to know Hindi to ask them and therefore hindi is very necessary".[17] Madhuvanthi on 2019 said that she was proud to be born a Brahmin. She said that most people don't do their jobs based on their varna in the present time, even if people don't do the job of the varna that does not mean they don't belong in the varna, everyone must do their varna's job because that is their Karma". She also said that other caste people must be proud of their caste like she is proud of her Brahmin caste.[18] In an interview in 2019, she claimed that Brahmins have higher brain power.[19]

Controversies[edit | edit source]

Madhuvanthi faced online backlash on April 5, 2020, when she claimed that turning all lights off for 9 minutes on 9 pm will kill all instances of the coronavirus with double-power during Modi's "nine-minutes lighting ceremony". Many people asked to government to take action against her for spreading misinformation.[20][21]

Madhuvanthi received backlash and criticism, when she spoke in an interview that she is proud of her caste in August 2019.[9]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Year Film Role Notes
2016 Dharma Durai Police officer
2017 Kadamban
Shivalinga
2020 Dharala Prabhu Prema
Mamakiki Madhu's mother Released on ZEE5

Television[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Language Channel
2018 Vani Rani Chandrika Tamil Sun TV

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "All in a day's work". The Hindu. 18 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "'I am an edutainer'". 17 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Y.Gee Mahendran's daughter arrested in the US? - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Madras Music Mela 2001 – Dance reviews. Carnatica.net (26 December 2001). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Dancing into our hearts – Times Of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 October 2008). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
  6. ↑ [1][usurped]
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080224120815/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401221000.htm. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "V P Duraisamy appointed vice-president of BJP TN unit". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..! Madhuvanti". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in தமிழ்). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "dinakaran". 12 January 2001. Archived from the original on 12 January 2001.
  11. ↑ Madhuvanthi Arun's novel move for children – Tamil Movie News. IndiaGlitz. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
  12. ↑ Women Of The Year Award. Extramirchi.com. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "கடனை திருப்பி செலுத்தாமல் இழுத்தடித்த பாஜக பிரமுகர் மதுவந்தி… வீட்டை பூட்டி சீல் வைத்த அதிகாரிகள்!".
  14. ↑ "மதுவந்தியின் வீட்டுக்குப் பூட்டு… 1 கோடி ரூபாய் வீட்டுக்கடனைக் கட்டவில்லையா… 'ஃபேக் நீயூஸா'?!".
  15. ↑ "Please உங்க காலில் கூட விழறேன்...அதிகாரிகளிடம் கெஞ்சிய மதுவந்தி... வைரலாகும் வீடியோ!". 14 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "கடனை திருப்பிச் செலுத்தாததால் ஒய்.ஜி.மகேந்திரனின் மகள் மதுவந்தியின் வீட்டுக்கு சீல்".
  17. ↑ "பீட்ஸா சாப்பிட இத்தாலி தெரியனுமா?.. மதுமதியை வச்சு செய்யும் நெட்டிசன்கள்". 12 September 2020.
  18. ↑ "பிராமணராக பிறந்த மதுவந்திக்கு திமிரு... ஆணவம்... பொங்கியெழுந்த பியூஸ் மானுஷ்..!". Archived from the original on 26 April 2021.
  19. ↑ நீங்களே பிராமணர் கிடையாது மேடம்!-YG.மதுவந்தி |Brahmin Vs Non Brahmin| YG Madhuvandthi | THADAM EP17, retrieved 25 May 2021
  20. ↑ ""இன்று இரவு இதுதான் கிரகங்களின் நிலை" : வாட்ஸ் அப் வதந்தி பரப்பிய மதுவந்தி கைது செய்யப்படுவாரா ?". Kalaignar Seithigal. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  21. ↑ Jeyya, Siby. "Actress Madhuvanthi gets trolled for a misleading video". APHerald [Andhra Pradesh Herald]. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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