​From Shrutika Arjun to Vanitha Vijaykumar: Tamil TV celebs who are also successful entrepreneurs​

With acting as a career, a few ventured out to create a name for themselves in other industries and are now running successful businesses. Here is a list of prominent Tamil actors who run successful businesses.

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The actress and entrepreneur Shrutika rose to fame for the cooking reality show Cooku With Comali. Besides the media career, Shrutika is equally interested in the cosmetics industry. The actress has owning two cosmetics brands.

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Sri Devi Ashok is well-known for the Tamil daily soap Ponni. The actress started her own business with a small fancy jewellery shop, and with her brilliant idealogy, the shop became one of the most popular destinations jewellery lovers.

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Shreekumar Ganesh is best known for playing various roles in super hit serials Anandham Ahalya, Malargal, Bhandham Idhayam, and Yaaradi Nee Mohini. Apart from the acting, the actor running own production house.

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Actress Mahalakshmi is quite popular among the Tamil tele-audience. Recently she got married to film producer Ravindra Chandrashekhar. She took over the production company along with her husband.

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The actor and former contestant of Bigg Boss Tamil Maheshwari Chanakyan also acted in popular serial Puthu Kavithai, where she played the role of Kavya. Besides acting, she is a successful businesswoman too. The actress has ventured into multiple businesses like owning a restaurant and having her own boutique.

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Not many know that actress Chaitra Reddy is a part of their family-run beauty parlour business. The family has many franchises of the parlour across Chennai.

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This handsome hunk owns eat-outs that serve the best mouth-watering veg and non-veg biryanis. Prithiveeraj has his eat-outs on the outskirts of Chennai, where any travellers would want to stop by for those traditional cuisines.

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The former Bigg Boss Tamil contestant and actor also look after his family-run coffee shop business. The actor is currently looking after all their coffee shop franchise.

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Actress and former contestant of the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil Vanitha Vijaykumar runs her own fashion boutique in Chennai. Her boutique excels in hand printed saree that highlights Indian tradition which is a much apt collection for bridals. Despite being busy with her acting projects, Vanitha’s interest in designing never lowered. She has always been a fashionista and she has designed multiple wedding sarees, custom-made blouses and salwars. Her work has been displayed across the country in a number of stalls apart from her own boutique.

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