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Born in one of the most influential business families of South India, Kavya Maran is a well-known name in the business world.
Kavya's marriage with musician and Rajinikanth's nephew Anirudh Ravichander in Greece is in the news these days. Despite speculations going on for many months, both Kavya and Anirudh had not said anything publicly about their relationship.
At one time Anirudh had also rejected the news of marriage. However, now both of them got married on 11th November. Born in 1991 in Chennai, Kavya is the daughter of Kalanidhi Maran and Kaveri Kalanidhi Maran.
He is considered the successor to Sun Group, one of India's leading media conglomerates. He is associated with many influential fields like business, politics, sports and entertainment.
Kavya did her graduation in commerce from Chennai and later studied MBA. After completing her studies, she joined the family business and gained experience in various functions of Sun Group.
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An important turning point in Kavya's career came when a few years ago she took over the responsibility of Managing Director of Sun TV Network.
According to sources associated with the company, she has been involved in many areas including the functioning of the media company, development projects and digital platforms.
Especially his role in Sun Group's OTT platform Sun NXT is considered important. However, he has not talked much about his work in public.
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But Kavya Maran got recognition all over India not from the world of TV, but from cricket. When she started appearing in the IPL as the representative and administrative face of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team, the fans' attention naturally went towards her.
As the CEO of the Sunrisers team, for the past few years, she has been seen taking part in player auctions, taking part in administrative decisions related to the team and cheering the players from the stands during matches.
In this way she became one of the most popular team administrators of Indian cricket. His happiness over the team's victory and his disappointment over its defeat have often become a topic of discussion on social media.
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She also manages the South African cricket team Sunrisers Eastern Cape and the team Sunrisers Leeds in the short-format cricket tournament 'The Hundred' played in England and Wales.
In an event attended by Kavya Maran and Kalanidhi Maran, Rajinikanth had said from the stage, "Include good players in the Sunrisers team. We start getting nervous after seeing Kavya's facial expressions during the match."
His comment was discussed a lot on social media.
Actor Rajinikanth has worked in many films of Sun Group's film production company Sun Pictures.
His previous film 'Jailor 2' was also produced by Sun Pictures and the music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander.
Although Kavya Maran's face is familiar to those who regularly watch IPL matches, very few people have heard her speeches.
She gives very few interviews to the media. Similarly, she is not very active on social media also.
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This marriage is also being considered as the union of two influential families of Tamil Nadu.
On one side is the Maran family, which has connections with media and politics.
On the other side is Anirudh Ravichander, who is a famous musician and is also a relative of the family of Rajinikanth, one of the biggest stars of Tamil cinema.
Ravi Raghavendra is the brother of Rajinikanth's wife Lata. Anirudh Ravichander is his son. Whereas, Kavya Maran is the granddaughter of Murasoli Maran, nephew of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
Published by Collective Newsroom for the BBC.
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