Vandana Krishnan

Vandana Krishnan is an actress, acupuncturist, and medical coder, who left the audience awestruck with her performance in the Malayalam television series ‘Swathi Nakshathram Chothi.’ Krishnan was born on January 7, 1995, in Trivandrum, to K.V. Balakrishnan and Chitralekha. She has an elder sister Bhavana Krishnan. The actress did her schooling at Saraswathi Vidyalaya, Trivandram. After school, she pursued a bachelor’s of science in botany and biotechnology at Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum.

Krishnan was quite active in extra-curricular activities in college, where she would participate in skits and street plays. It was while dancing at the college function that she grabbed the attention of a production controller. Although Krishnan has featured in about fourteen Malayalam television series, she grabbed eyeballs with her performances in ‘ Pranayam Pranayam is a Malayalam television soap opera. It >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Amma AMMA is a Telugu drama serial aired from Monday to >> Read More... .’ Krishnan claims that she planned on taking professional training after getting her graduate degree but her friend, who was a production controller, helped her bag the show ‘Swathi Nakshathram Chothi’ since it demanded a plus size girl.

The actress shot to fame with the Malayalam romantic drama series ‘Swathi Nakshathram Chothi,’ where she is cast in the titular role of Swathi. Helmed by ‘Shaiju Sukesh,’ the show features actors such as ‘ Anand Narayan Anand Narayan is an Indian television personality. >> Read More... ,’ ‘ Archana Suseelan Archana Suseelan is a well known cine-serial artis >> Read More... ,’ ‘ Shobha Mohan Shobha Mohan, the graceful actress of Malayalam mo >> Read More... ,’ and ‘ Ravikrishnan Gopalakrishnan Ravikrishnan Gopalakrishnan is a Mollywood movie a >> Read More... .’ Krishnan portrays Shaarika in the Malayalam soap opera ‘Pranayam,’ that premiered on Asianet. The 2015 show stars ‘Srinish Aravind,’ ‘Divya Nair,’ ‘ Naveen Arakkal Naveen Arakkal is a Malayalam serial actor. He stu >> Read More... ,’ and ‘Baby Megha Mahesh.’ Krishnan is also known for the 2020 Zee Keralam show ‘Manam Pole Mangalyam,’ helmed by ‘A. M. Nazeer.’ The show stars ‘Niyaz Musliyar,’ ‘ Meera Nair Meera Nair is a prominent actress in the Malayalam >> Read More... ,’ ‘Swasika,’ and ‘Rajendran N.’ She portrays Raj’s assistant Mili in the series.

The actress also uploads travel and promotional videos on her YouTube channel Vandana Krishnan Official. Krishnan tied the knot with ‘Rakesh Raj’ at Guruvayoor temple in 2021. Rakesh Raj works as a purchase manager in a famed Dubai resort. Raj has also been a child artist in the Malayalam flick ‘Sammanam’ and runs his family business involved in film and television productions.