

Vanitha Vijayakumar got then married again with businessman Anand Jay Rajan, in 2007. Her son later moved in permanently with his grandfather and then Akash. Following a lengthy custody dispute, the Madras High Court ordered that the children split their time between both parents. Their son was born in 2001 and their daughter was born in 2005. Vanitha Vijayakumar married actor Akash on 10 September 2000. In 2020, Vanitha appeared on season 1 of the Tamil Cooking show Cooku with Comali on Star Vijay and became the winner. After a few weeks of request from fansįor Vanitha to enter the house as a wild card, and as after she left the TRP rating reduced, they sent her again as a contestant. She was the second contestant to be eliminated from the show. In 2019, Vanitha appeared in the Tamil reality television show Bigg Boss Tamil 3 on Star Vijay. Following the commercial failure of the film, Vanitha lodged a police complaint against distribution studio Vibrant Medias, alleging that they did not release the film in 80 cinemas as agreed in their contract. She produced the film under the Vanitha Film Production banner, suggesting that the script of the film originated from a joke they discussed at a social gathering. Vanitha then chose to turn producer and make a film titled MGR Sivaji Rajini Kamal (2015), to be directed by her then-boyfriend Robert. She followed this up with a longer role in the comedy drama, Summa Nachunu Irukku (2013). Vanitha made a brief comeback to acting in the mid-2010s, and first appeared in a small role in Naan Rajavaga Pogiren (2013). After her first marriage to Akash, Vanitha quit the film industry. Vasu during the making of Kakkai Siraginilae (2000). As film offers began to reduce, Vanitha worked as a costume designer for her sister Preetha's films, and then also worked as an assistant director to P. Vanitha subsequently appeared alongside Rajkiran in Manikkam (1996), before moving on to act in the Malayalam film Hitler Brothers (1997) and Telugu devotional fantasy film Devi (1999). The film opened to mixed reviews and eventually did not perform well at the box office, effectively curtailing Vanitha's career.

Directed by Nambirajan, the film was shot in a small village and owing to the lack of caravans, Vanitha had to make use of basic conditions. Vanitha made her acting debut opposite Vijay in Chandralekha (1995). Her father, Vijayakumar, subsequently filed a police complaint against her. In September 2018, she had another public fallout with her family after she refused to leave a family property that she had initially rented for a shoot in Ashtalakshmi Nagar. Actor Arun Vijay and former actress Kavitha are among her half-siblings. From his first marriage to Muthukannu Vellalar, Vijayakumar had three children. Vanitha has two younger sisters, Preetha and Sridevi, who are former actresses. Vanitha is the eldest daughter of Tamil actor Vijayakumar and his second wife, Tamil actress Manjula.
