Rukmini Vijayakumar, is a Tamil film

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 actress and a Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam

Bharata Natyam or Chadhir Attam, is a classical dance form from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, practiced predominantly in modern times by women. The dance is usually accompanied by classical Carnatic music...

dancer.

Personal Life And Career

Rukmini Vijayakumar began her dance training at the age of eight. She studied Bharatanatyam under Guru Narmada, Guru Padmini Rao and Guru Sundari Santhanam and practiced the Karanas for several years under Guru Sundari Santhanam. Rukmini holds a BFA degree from the Boston Conservatory in Ballet and Modern Dance. She also studied jazz, tap, african, choreography, laban movement analysis, Stagecraft and Human Anatomy at the Boston Conservatory. She has studied acting at the New York FIlm Academy, Los angeles, At the Ivana Chubbuck Studios, Los Angeles and under Director, Prakash Belawadi, India. She is the Artistic Director of her dance company Raadha Kalpa, where she teaches, choreographs and creates new Bharatanatyam, Modern and experimental theater work. She currently pursues a Fitness Training Certification at UCLA, and a professional dancer's MFA program in Bharatanatyam at the Shastra University, Chennai under Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam. She also is a certified Power pilates instructor. Her extensive knowledge in Human anatomy and dance pedagogy is incorporated in her teaching curriculum at her dance institute Raadha Kalpa.

Breakthrough into Film Industry

She began her acting career by chance when Bharathi Raja spotted her in a tv commercial and went on to act in two tamil Films, Bommalattam and Ananda Thandavam. She performs on stage extensively and is continuing a very vibrant dance career along with her films.

Filmography

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|rowspan="1"|2008 || Bommalattam

Bommalattam

Bommalattam is a Tamil film directed by the director Bharathiraja starring Arjun and Nana Patekar in the lead roles of the protagonists. The film is released in Hindi as Cinema and in Telugu as Rana...

|| Trishna || Tamil ||
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|rowspan="1"|2009 || Ananda Tandavam (film) || Ratna || Tamil ||
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|rowspan="1"|2009 || Oru Naal Podhuma|| || Tamil || Delayed |

External links

• Official website