Abhinay Vaddi made his film debut with the Telugu film
Young India (2010) directed by
Dasari Narayana Rao. He was set to make his Tamil debut with
Vilambaram, but the delay of the film meant that the biographical film
Ramanujan, based on the mathematician, was his debut film in Tamil. He was awarded the role after a series of auditions which had prominent actors from the Tamil film industry. Akin to Ramanujan, Vaddi is also good at math. Each scene was shot first in Tamil and then in English, with changes made between the versions due to the different theatrical audience. A critic from
The Indian Express cited that "the highlight of the film is that it has a talented debutant playing Ramanujan to the hilt. You could see Ramanujan in Vaddi, literally, and his portrayal of the genius is nearly flawless". Vaddi played a negative cameo role in
Chennai 600028 II. He also play the lead role in the unreleased film
Michaelagiya Naan, which is a psychological thriller and stars
Vasundhara Kashyap and
Malobika Banerjee. and the unreleased
Sugar starring
Simran and
Trisha. == Personal life ==