Premi Viswanath

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Premi Vishwanath is an Indian television actress from Kerala who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Telugu television shows and films. She is known for her role as Karthika/Karthu in the soap opera Karuthamuthu, which premiered on Asianet and also for portraying Deepa in the Telugu serial Karthika Deepam on Star Maa.

Acting career

Premi Vishwanath began her career in Malayalam Tv industry through Karuthamuthu,in which she played the lead role of Karthika Balanchandran. Premi's portrayal of a dark-skinned girl in television broke all conventional beauty concepts in Malayalam television history and Karthika became a well-known household name.{{cite news|title=Gem of a role | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/interview-with-premi-viswanath-of-karuthamuthu-serial/article7680971.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=24 September 2015 | first=Athira | last=M. | accessdate=30 September 2018 }}{{cite news|title=I am happy to play Karthika of Karuthamuthu: Premi Vishwanath | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/I-am-happy-to-play-Karthika-of-Karuthamuthu-Premi-Vishwanath/articleshow/45110132.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 November 2014| first=Deepa | last=Soman | accessdate=30 September 2018 }} She won the Best Debutante Female in the 2014 Asianet Film Awards for her role as Karthika. After being replaced by Renu Soundar in Karuthamuthu, she went on to play Mayilamma in the show Moonumani, which aired on Flowers (TV series) channel. She continued her career with Malayali series, until she got a huge break in the Telugu television industry. She gained popularity for playing Deepa in the Telugu remake of Karuthamuthu called Karthika Deepam (Telugu TV series). Karthika Deepam ran from 16 October 2017 till 23 January 2023 on Star Maa. Deeming the show's popularity and her role as Deepa, a spiritual sequel and second season of Karthika Deepam started airing on 25 March 2024. She is currently portraying the role of Deepa in Karthika Deepam 2, which is a remake of the series Chellamma (TV series).

She is a relative of actor Jayasurya.{{cite web|title=Premi Viswanath - Serial Actress| url=http://cinetrooth.in/2015/12/19/premi-viswanth-actress-profile-and-biography/|date=19 December 2015|publisher=Cinetrooth| accessdate=30 September 2018 }} {{unreliable?|date=October 2018}}

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
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2021	Akame	{{N/A}}	Malayalam	Producer, Short film
2023 \|Custody \|Mangalam \|Tamil-Telugu \|Tamil-Telugu bilingual film
2023 \|Salmon 3D	Mariya	Tamil

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
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2014-2015 \| Karuthamuthu \| Karthika Balachandran \| Asianet \| rowspan="4" \| Malayalam \| later replaced by Renu Soundar
2015 \| Kuttikalavara \| Herself as Host \| rowspan=2\| Flowers \| later replaced by Parvathy R Krishna
2015-2016 \| Moonumani \| Mayilamma \|
2016–2017 \| Kayamkulam Kochunniyude Makan \| Thamara \| Surya TV \|
2017–2023 \| Karthika Deepam \|Rowspan =3\|Deepa \| Rowspan=3\|Star Maa \| Rowspan=3\|Telugu \| Remake of Karuthamuthu
2019	Gorintaku	rowspan=2\|Cameo appearance
2020	Chelleli Kapuram
2021	Ente Maathavu	Devika	Surya TV	Malayalam
2024 - present \| Karthika Deepam 2 \| Deepa \| Star Maa \| Telugu \| Remake of Chellamma