{{short description|Indian businesswoman and former actress (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Pritha Hari | image = Preetha Vijayakumar 62nd Filmfare South Awards.jpg | caption = Pritha in 2015 | birth_name = Preetha Vijayakumar | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|1|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India | occupation = {{ubl|Actress|Businesswoman}} | other_names = Preetha Vijayakumar | years_active = 1997–2002 | spouse = {{Marriage|Hari|2002}} | children = 3 | parents = {{ubl|Vijayakumar|Manjula Vijayakumar}} | relatives = Sridevi Vijayakumar (Sister) <br>Vanitha Vijayakumar (Sister) <br>Arun Vijay (Half-brother)<br>Jovika Vijayakumar (niece) | family = Vijayakumar family }}
'''Pritha Hari''' (née '''Vijayakumar'''; born 10 January 1983) is an Indian businesswoman and former actress who predominantly acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. After her marriage to film director Hari, she retired from the film industry in 2002.
==Early life== Pritha is the second daughter of Tamil actor Vijayakumar and his second wife, Tamil actress Manjula. She has two sisters, Vanitha and Sridevi, who are also actresses. From his first marriage to Muthukannu Vellalar, Vijayakumar had three children: actor Arun Vijay, Anitha and Kavitha.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/02/08/stories/2006020818560200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122171603/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/02/08/stories/2006020818560200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2008 |title=Actor Vijayakumar returns to AIADMK |last=Dorairaj |first=S |date=8 February 2006 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref>
==Career== Pritha had first signed up to portray the leading role in Ravi Raja Pinisetty's Telugu film ''Rukmini'' opposite Vineeth in 1997, and she made her Tamil film debut with ''Sandhippoma'' in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |title=A-Z (V) |accessdate=11 December 2017 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003725/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |archivedate=24 April 2013 }}</ref> She is noted for her role in the movie ''Padayappa'' as Rajinikanth's daughter.
==Personal life== [[File:Director Hari with his wife Preetha.jpg|thumb|Preetha with her husband Hari.]] She married director Hari in 2002 and they have three sons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2007 |title=Interview: Director Hari |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/2003/june/06-06-03.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213084224/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/2003/june/06-06-03.htm |archive-date=13 December 2007 |website=Dinakaran}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | 1997 || ''Rukmini'' || Rukmini || Telugu || credited as Rukmini |- | rowspan="2"|1998 || ''Sandhippoma'' || Nilani|| Tamil || |- | ''Dharma'' || Sharmila || Tamil || |- | rowspan="7"| 1999 || ''Ponnu Veettukaaran'' || Indu|| Tamil || |- | ''Padayappa'' || Anita || Tamil || |- | ''Suyamvaram'' || Hema Kuselan || Tamil || |- | ''Wife'' || Kranti || Telugu || |- | ''Om Namah Shivaya'' || Gowri|| Kannada || |- | ''Udayapuram Sulthan'' || Gopika || Malayalam || Malayalam Debut |- | ''Red Indians'' || Preetha || Malayalam || |- | rowspan="3"| 2000 || ''Kakkai Siraginilae'' || Gayatri || Tamil || |- | ''Maa Annayya'' || Sumathi || Telugu || |- | ''Kshemamga Velli Labhamga Randi'' || Janaki || Telugu || |- | rowspan="3"| 2001|| ''Priyamaina Neeku'' || Sirisha || Telugu || |- | ''Chandu''|| || Telugu || |- | ''Dubai'' || Alice || Malayalam || |- | rowspan="3"|2002 || ''Alli Arjuna'' || Nisha || Tamil || |- | ''Punnagai Desam'' || Nandhini || Tamil || |- | ''Snehithan'' || Ann Mary || Malayalam || Final film |- |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0897226}}
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