Premi Viswanath Biography
Premi Viswanath is a popular actress of Malayalam & Telugu television best known for playing Karthika/Karthu in the soap opera Karuthamuthu. The show is one of the top rated soaps of Malayalam television. In 2015 she hosted the show, Kuttikalavara. Moonumani, Kayamkulam Kochunniyude Makan, Karthika Deepam and Gorintaku are her other popular shows in Telugu and Malayalam. Currently she plays the lead role of Deepa in Telugu soap, Karthika Deepam since 2017. The show is the remake of Malayalam television series Karuthamuthu, which established Premi’s career in television.
Premi Viswanath was born on 2 December 1991 in Edappally, Ernakulam district, Kerala. Vishwanath and Kanchana Vishwanath are her parents. She is married to well-known astrologer Dr. T S Vineeth Bhatt. She has one elder brother, Siva Prasad. The siblings are interested in photography. Currently she is settled in Ernakulam with her husband, busy with her TV shows. Apart from acting roles, she also appears as a participant and guest in game shows and celebrity shows. After completing her studies, she worked in private sector for a while, before she forayed into acting.
She got her first break to serials through Karuthamuthu in 2014. She played the lead role of a girl with dark complexion in this show, which shot her to instant fame. In fact it was the most popular show on Asianet for more than 2 or 3 years, and she worked in the serial during 2014-2015. She became a household name among Malayali audiences, and is one of the most loved TV roles of the past decade in Malayalam television. She received 2014 Asianet Film Awards for best female actress (new face) for her role as Karthika.
Published: January 12, 2020
Updated: January 12, 2020