Raasi (actress)

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Raasi
Born
Vijaya

(1980-06-29) 29 June 1980 (age 45) [1]
Other namesManthra (Tamil and Malayalam)
OccupationActress
Years active1988–2006
2013–present
Spouse
Sri Muni
(m. 2005)
Children1

Raasi (born Vijaya) is an Indian actress known for her work in Telugu and Tamil cinema, with appearances in a few Kannada and Malayalam films. She is credited as Manthra in Tamil and Malayalam films. [2] Raasi gained recognition for her performances in notable films such as Subhakankshalu (1997), Gokulamlo Seeta (1997), and Pelli Pandiri (1998). She transitioned to television with Telugu soap operas, debuting in Girija Kalyanam (2020) and later appearing in Janaki Kalaganaledu (2021).

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Personal life

Raasi was born as Vijaya on 1980 in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. [1] She married film director Sri Muni. [3]

Film career

At the age of 9, she started acting as a child actress in the 1989 Telugu film, Mamatala Kovella (1989). [1]

She also worked in the Hindi movies Rangbaaz (1996), Jodidar (1997) and Suraj (1997) with Mithun Chakraborty.

In Telugu, Raasi rose to fame with Subhakankshalu (1997). She was labelled "traditional" after Gokulamlo Seeta (1997). Later, hits like Snehithulu (1998), Pandaga (1998), Gilli Kajjalu (1998), Devullu (2000) and proved her mettle as an actress. When Raasi's career started taking a nosedive, she took to doing item numbers in Telugu films like Samudram (1999). [4]

She debuted her first Tamil film Priyam . Following a prolific year 1996, she received offers including the Vijay-starrer Love Today (1997) and the Ajith Kumar-starrer Rettai Jadai Vayasu (1997). Some of her other movies in Tamil are Periya Idathu Mappillai (1997), Ganga Gowri (1997), Thedinen Vanthathu (1997), Kondattam (1998), Kalyana Galatta (1998), Pudhu Kudithanam (1999), Kannan Varuvaan (2000), Kuberan (2000) and Simmasanam (2000).

She played a negative character in Telugu movie Nijam (2003), which was directed by Teja.[ citation needed ]

After her marriage, she took a break from acting and made a comeback in character roles.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1988 Rao Gari Illu ChittiTelugu
Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal Young Lakshmi Malayalam
1989Mamatala KovelaHero's daughter Telugu
Bala Gopaludu
Chettu Kinda Pleader
1991 Aditya 369 Kishore's friend
1992 Ankuram Sindhura's sister
1994 Palnati Pourusham Raja Rao's daughtercredited as Vijaya
Puttinilla MettinillaLakshmi
1996Oho Naa Pellantain a song
Priyam Preetha Tamil Debut in a lead role
Angaara Chutki Hindi credited as Vijaya
Rangbaazcredited as Vijaya
1997Surajcredited as Vijaya
Subhakankshalu NandiniTeluguDebut in Telugu as a lead
Love Today PreethiTamil
Gokulamlo Seetha SirishaTelugu
Periya Idathu Mappillai PriyaTamil
Ganga Gowri Ganga
Thedinen Vanthathu Janaki
Rettai Jadai Vayasu Anjali
Pelli Pandiri KasthuriTelugu
Evandi Pelli ChesukondiGeetha
Jodidar Landlord's daughterHindicredited as Manthra
1998 Kondattam VidhyaTamil
Pandaga PrameelaTelugu
VasanthaVasantha [5]
Suprabhatam Vasundhara
Kalyana Galatta PoojaTamil
Gilli KajjaluSruthiTelugu
Snehithulu Mahalakshmi
Manasichi Choodu Yamuna
Kalavari Chellelu Kanaka Maha LakshmiRoopa
Daddy Daddy Subadhra
1999Neti GandhiBharthi
Swapnalokam Swapna
Harischandraa Nandini
Veedu Samanyudu KadhuMythili/Pooja
Seenu Herself
Krishna Babu Shilpa
Samudram HerselfItem number
Pudhu Kudithanam NilaTamil
Preyasi Rave MahalakshmiTeluguNominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
Pallavur Devanarayanan SeethalakshmiMalayalamcredited as Mantra
AK-47Telugu
Sneha Mahalakshmi Kannada Debut film
2000 Postman SirishaTelugu
Manasu Paddanu KaaniSwati
Balaram
Kannan Varuvaan RajeshwariTamil
Oke Maata Telugu
Shivaji
Kuberan ChandraTamil
Simmasanam Manju
Moodu Mukkalata AliveniTelugu
Ammo! Okato Tareekhu Gayatri
Devullu Nirmala
2001 Maa Aavida Meeda Ottu Mee Aavida Chala Manchidi Subhadra
Deevinchandi Lakshmi
Cheppalani VundiVani / Rani
Akka Bavekkada?Sowmya
2002Naga PratistaNaga Lakshmi
Raja HerselfTamilItem number
Police SistersRamyaTelugu
2 MuchGeeta
TrinetramVijaya
Jamindaru Kannada
Sandade Sandadi VasundharaTelugu
Coolie
Ninne Preethisuve MeghamalaKannada
2003 Nijam MalliTelugu
Aalukkoru Aasai ManthraTamil
Raja Narasimha MahalakshmiKannada
Sriramachandrulu SailajaTelugu
2004 Venky HerselfSpecial appearance
Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam Vaddu Satya
2005Devi AbhayamLakshmi
2006 Suyetchai MLA Tamil
2013 Onbadhule Guru Neelambari
Man of the Match Telugu
2015 Vaalu Mrs. StephenTamil
2016 Kalyana Vaibhogame Parimala DeviTelugu
Kavalai Vendam Divya's motherTamil
PadesaveSwathi's motherTelugu
2017 Aakatayi Vikranth's mother
Lanka Rebecca
2025UsureTamil
As dubbing artiste

Television

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ఓహో… అభినయ'రాశి'". NTV (in Telugu). 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. Prakash, BVS (28 July 2000). "Raasi: An award for Preyasi Raave?". Screen Magazine . Indian Express Group. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  3. kavirayani, suresh (23 April 2017). "Lanka movie review: Raasi's return not a good one!". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. "Raasi plays vamp, rockets to the top". Rediff. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. "Vasantha film review" (PDF). Zamin Ryot . 1 May 1998. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.