Preetha Vijayakumar

In this Indian name, the name Vijayakumar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Preetha.

Preetha Hari (née Preetha Vijayakumar) is an Indian former actress and businesswoman who predominantly acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. After her marriage to film director Hari, she retired from the film industry in 2002.

Preetha Vijayakumar
Preetha in 2015
Born	Preetha Vijayakumar (1983-01-10) 10 January 1983 (age 42) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Pritha Hari, Radha, Rukmini
Occupations	Actress Businesswoman
Years active	1997–2002
Spouse	Hari ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	3
Parents	Vijayakumar Manjula Vijayakumar
Relatives	Sridevi Vijayakumar (Sister) Vanitha Vijayakumar (Estranged Sister) Arun Vijay (Half-brother)

Career

Preetha had first signed up to portray the leading role in Ravi Raja Pinisetty's Telugu film Rukmini opposite Vineeth in 1997, and she made her Tamil film debut with Sandhippoma in 1998.^[1] She is noted for her role in the movie Padayappa as Rajinikanth's daughter.

Personal life

Preetha with her husband Hari.

She was born as second child to actor Vijayakumar and actress Manjula. She married director Hari in 2002 and has three sons.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1997	Rukmini	Rukmini	Telugu	credited as Rukmini
1998	Sandhippoma	Nilani	Tamil
	Dharma	Sharmila	Tamil
1999	Ponnu Veettukaaran	Indu	Tamil
	Padayappa	Anita	Tamil
	Suyamvaram	Hema Kuselan	Tamil
	Wife	Kranti	Telugu
	Om Namah Shivaya	Gowri	Kannada
	Udayapuram Sulthan	Gopika	Malayalam	Malayalam Debut
	Red Indians	Preetha	Malayalam
2000	Kakkai Siraginilae	Gayatri	Tamil
	Maa Annayya	Sumathi	Telugu
	Kshemamga Velli Labhamga Randi	Janaki	Telugu
2001	Priyamaina Neeku	Sirisha	Telugu
	Chandu		Telugu
	Dubai	Alice	Malayalam
2002	Alli Arjuna	Nisha	Tamil
	Punnagai Desam	Nandhini	Tamil
	Snehithan	Ann Mary	Malayalam