Vijaya Chamundeswari Age, Husband, Family, Children, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	Viji
Profession	Fitness Expert at GG Hospitals in Chennai
Famous For	Being the daughter of the veteran South Indian actors Gemini Ganesan and Savitri, and sister of Rekha
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in feet & inches- 5' 5"
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	2 December 1959
Age (as in 2019)	60 Years
Birthplace	Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Zodiac sign	Saggitarius
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
School	• Andhra Mahila Sabha, Chennai • Presentation Convent School, Kodaikanal • Vidhyodaya High School, Chennai
College/University	Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai
Educational Qualification	Bachelor's in English Literature
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	• Her father belonged to Tamil Brahmin Family and his mother belonged Isai Vellalar community • Her mother belonged to Telugu speaking Kapu Family
Hobbies	Travelling, Gardening, and Farming
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Husband/Spouse	Govind Rao Vaddi
Children	Sons- Arun Kumar Vaddi (does theatre and dog breeding) & Abhinay Vaddi (actor)
Parents	Father- Gemini Ganesan (actor) Mother- Savitri (actress) Step Mothers- Alamelu Pushpavalli Juliana Andrews
Siblings	Brother- Satish Ganesan Half-sisters- From her father's marriage to Alamelu • Dr Revathi Swaminathan (eldest; a radiation oncologist) • Dr Kamala Selvaraj (second eldest; owner of GG Hospitals) • Narayani Ganesan (third eldest; journalist with TOI) • Dr Jaya Shreedhar (fourth eldest; health advisor with Inter News Network) From her father's marriage to Pushpavalli • Rekha (actress) • Radha (former actress; lives in the USA)
Favourite Things
Author	Amish Tripathi
Director	B.V. Nandini Reddy
Book	Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi
Flower	Roses
Travel Destination	Dubai

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vijaya Chamundeswari

• Her mother, Savitri was known as the ‘Meenakumari’ of South Indian Film Industry.

• She was named after a production house called “Vijaya Chamundeswari,” which gave her mother many memorable roles.
  

• Vijaya was just 16 when she got married and a couple of years prior to her marriage, there were certain differences between her parents, and they got separated.

• Due to troubles in Vijaya’s mother’s personal life, Savitri (her mother) got addicted to alcohol, which affected her greatly. One day, she slipped into a coma for 19 months and eventually, died on 26 December 1981, at the age of 46.

• She likes animals very much and once owned a snake, that died in 2015. 

• In an interview, Vijaya revealed that she never used to watch any of her mother’s film; because her mother wept in most of them, and it disturbed her. However, after her mother’s death, she started to watch her films.

• In May 2018, her mother’s biopic “Mahanati” was released. Keerthy Suresh played the role of Savitri in the film.
  

• Following the release of the film, her sister Dr Kamala Selvaraj asserted that the film was fictionalised and was not honestly presented. Kamala alleged that her father’s image was wrongly presented in the film. In addition to that, Kamala stated that the film was made wholly on the basis of Vijaya’s’s statement and filmmakers should have taken her father’s friends and acquaintances in the industry into account before portraying his role. In response to her comments, Vijaya said that she respected her views because they belonged to the same family.