Vishali Kannadasan

Vishali Kannadasan, born Visalakshi Kannadasan, is the daughter of Kaviyarasar “Kannadasan” and Valliammal. She did her schooling at Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Chennai. She is an actress, poetess, lyricist, and TV presenter working in the Tamil film and TV industry. Besides this, Vishali is an avid writer too. She wrote a family story as Kavignar Magal. Malan, the publisher, suggested Vishali write the historical genre, and that’s how she got into the genre. Vishali is interested in writing legacy poetry instead of modern poetry, as she feels the modern poems reflect the feelings and are not from the heart. Vishali was not interested in facing the camera as an actress. But, director K Balachander brought her to the film industry with the film Vaaname Ellai in 1992. Directed by Balachander, the film had Anand Babu Anand Babu was born on 1st January’1958 in Chennai >> Read More... , Babloo Prithviraj Babloo Prithiviraj is an Indian actor who is famou >> Read More... , Ramya Krishnan Ramya Krishnan is a South Indian movie and TV actr >> Read More... , Gautham Sundararajan, “ Madhoo Madhoo is indeed a cute and bubbly actress, oozing >> Read More... ,” Cochin Haneefa His other name was ‘Salim Ahmed Ghoush’. He has do >> Read More... , “Y Vijaya,” “ Charle Charle was born in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India a >> Read More... ” and Kavithalaya Krishnan T. Krishnan is a renowned actor who is popularly k >> Read More... . Vishali played the daughter of Y Vijaya in this film. This is the only film she acted in. She had also appeared as an interviewer in the 1999 movie Endrendrum Kadhal featuring “Vijay.”

Vishali stated that she is not interested in playing movies, as she feels movies spoil society. But, she plays in TV serials. She also added that one couldn’t decide that the cinema industry is good by watching KB, “ P Bharathiraja Director P Bharathiraja is a popular person, who r >> Read More... ,” and Mani Ratnam Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker deeply rooted t >> Read More... movies as they are of superior quality. As she couldn’t say that she would act only in their movies, she quit the films, stated Vishali in an interview. Vishali is interested in TV anchoring, as it helped her get back her relatives and made her popular among the public.

Although Vishali is not into acting, she had been writing lyrics for the movies. Vishali stated that after her father, Kannadasan, she is impressed by the writings of “Vali.” In 1996, Vishali penned a song for Andha Naal featuring “ Mohini Story coming soon... >> Read More... ” and Prem Menon Prem Menon is a well-known Tamil director and a pr >> Read More... in the lead roles. She had also penned lyrics for the film Dhanam, composed by “ Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja is a renowned film composer, known aro >> Read More... .” Vishali is married to Manoharan and has a son, Vishwa. Vishali had written a book, Paramapidha, based on the life history of Jesus Christ. Vishali stated that, like her father, she is not bound to any religion.

Vishali Kannadasan Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)