Raasi (actress)

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Raasi
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Born
Vijaya

(1980-06-29) 29 June 1980 (age 43) [1]
Other namesManthra
OccupationActress
Years active1988–2006
2013–present
Spouse
Sri Muni
(m. 2005)

Raasi (born Vijaya) is an Indian actress who predominantly appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. She is credited as Manthra in Malayalam and Tamil films. [2] She appeared in films such as Subhakankshalu (1997), Gokulamlo Seeta (1997) and Pelli Pandiri (1998). She made her debuted in television with Telugu soap operas Girija Kalyanam (2020) and 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. [5]

After her marriage, she took a break from acting and made a comeback in character roles. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1988 Rao Gari Illu ChittiTelugu
1988 Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal Young Lakshmi Malayalam
1989Mamatala KovelaHero's daughter Telugu
1989Bala GopaluduTelugu
1989Chettu Kinda PleaderTelugu
1991 Aditya 369 Kishore's friendTelugu
1992 Ankuram Sindhura's sisterTelugu
1994 Palnati Pourusham Raja Rao's daughterTelugucredited as Vijaya
1994Puttinilla MettinillaLakshmiTelugu
1996 Priyam Preetha Tamil Debut as lead role
1996 Angaara Chutki Hindi credited as Vijaya
1996RangbaazHindicredited as Vijaya
1997SurajHindicredited as Vijaya
1997 Love Today PreethiTamil
1997 Periya Idathu Mappillai PriyaTamil
1997 Ganga Gowri GangaTamil
1997 Thedinen Vanthathu JanakiTamil
1997 Rettai Jadai Vayasu AnjaliTamil
1997 Pelli Pandiri KasthuriTelugu
1997 Gokulamlo Seetha SirishaTelugu
1997 Subhakankshalu NandiniTelugu
1997Evandi Pelli ChesukondiGeethaTelugu
1997 Jodidar Landlord's daughterHindicredited as Manthra
1998 Kondattam VidhyaTamil
1998 Pandaga PrameelaTelugu
1998VasanthaVasanthaTelugu [7]
1998SuprabhatamVasundharaTelugu
1998 Kalyana Galatta PoojaTamil
1998Gilli KajjaluSruthiTelugu
1998 Snehithulu MahalakshmiTelugu
1998 Manasichi Choodu YamunaTelugu
1998Kalavari Chellelu Kanaka Maha LakshmiRoopaTelugu
1998 Daddy Daddy SubadhraTelugu
1999Neti GandhiBharthiTelugu
1999 Swapnalokam SwapnaTelugu
1999 Harischandraa NandiniTelugu
1999Veedu Samanyudu KadhuMythili/PoojaTelugu
1999 Seenu HerselfTelugu
1999 Krishna Babu ShilpaTelugu
1999 Samudram HerselfTeluguItem number
1999 Pudhu Kudithanam NilaTamil
1999 Preyasi Rave MahalakshmiTeluguNominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
1999 Pallavur Devanarayanan SeethalakshmiMalayalamcredited as Mantra
1999AK-47Telugu
1999 Sneha Mahalakshmi Kannada Debut film
2000 Postman SirishaTelugu
2000Manasu Paddanu KaaniSwatiTelugu
2000BalaramTelugu
2000 Kannan Varuvaan RajeshwariTamil
2000 Oke Maata Telugu
2000ShivajiTelugu
2000 Kuberan ChandraTamil
2000 Simmasanam ManjuTamil
2000 Moodu Mukkalata AliveniTelugu
2000 Ammo! Okato Tareekhu GayatriTelugu
2000 Devullu NirmalaTelugu
2001 Maa Aavida Meeda Ottu Mee Aavida Chala Manchidi SubhadraTelugu
2001 Deevinchandi LakshmiTelugu
2001Cheppalani VundiVani / RaniTelugu
2001Akka Bavekkada?SowmyaTelugu
2002Naga PratistaNaga LakshmiTelugu
2002 Raja HerselfTamilItem number
2002Police SistersRamyaTelugu
20022 MuchGeetaTelugu
2002TrinetramVijayaTelugu
2002 Jamindaru Kannada
2002 Sandade Sandadi VasundharaTelugu
2002CoolieTelugu
2002 Ninne Preethisuve MeghamalaKannada
2003 Nijam MalliTelugu
2003 Aalukkoru Aasai ManthraTamil
2003 Raja Narasimha MahalakshmiKannada
2003 Sriramachandrulu SailajaTelugu
2004 Venky HerselfTeluguSpecial appearance
2004 Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam Vaddu SatyaTelugu
2005Devi AbhayamLakshmiTelugu
2006 Suyetchai MLA Tamil
2013 Onbadhule Guru NeelambariTamil
2013Man of the Match Telugu
2015 Vaalu Mrs. StephenTamil
2016 Kalyana Vaibhogame Parimala DeviTelugu
2016 Kavalai Vendam Divya's motherTamil
2016PadesaveSwathi's motherTelugu
2017 Aakatayi Vikranth's motherTelugu
2017 Lanka RebeccaTelugu
As dubbing artiste

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