Arvind Swami is a well known South Indian actor, model and a director. He was born on 18th June 1970 in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India, The popular actor, Arvind Swamy is best known for playing the role of ‘Rishi Kumar’ in the Bollywood movie ‘Roja’ (1992) and ‘Shekhar’ in the Bollywood movie ‘Bombay’ (1995), and he is also starring in the upcoming Tamil movie Naragasooran (2023).
While in college, he worked as a model to earn pocket money. Mani Ratnam noticed him in one of his ads and called him for the audition of his next movie. In 1991, Mani Ratnam signed Arvind for his action-drama movie ‘Thalapathi’ in which he appeared along with Rajinikanth and Mammootty, the superstars of the South Indian movies. It was Arvind’s debut movie. Later, he acted in Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi films. In the year1995, Arvind dubbed in Tamil for the character of adult Simba in the Disney’s animated film ‘The Lion King.’
In the year 1997, ‘Minsara Kanavu,’ a Tamil film, bagged four national awards starring Arvind Swami, Prabhu Deva and Kajol. In the year 2019, Arvind was roped in to play the role of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister ‘MGR’ in the movie ‘Thalaivi’ starring Kangana Ranaut as the lead. This movie is a biopic of the iconic politician ‘Jayalalithaa.’
Arvind Swami belongs to a South-Indian Hindu family. Arvind Swamy father name is Delhi Kumar, actor. His foster father was V. D. Swami an Industrialist, and his foster mother’s name is C. V. S. Vasantha Swami, a Bharatanatyam dancer. In 1994, he got married to Gayathri Ramamurthy, and they have two children: Rudra Swami and Adhira Swami. In 2010, Arvind and Gayathri got divorced. The custody of their children is with Arvind.
Indian actor Arvind Swamy net worth is estimated to be $20 Million US dollars and his primary source of income is acting.