Rambha (actress)

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Rambha
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Rambha in 2010
Born
Vijayalakshmi Yeedi

(1976-06-05) 5 June 1976 (age 47)
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • film producer
  • TV Judge
Years active
  • 1991–2011 (as an actress)
  • 2017–2020 (as a TV host/judge)
Spouse
Indrakumar Pathmanathan
​
​
(m. 2010)​
Children3

Rambha (born Vijayalakshmi Yeedi; 5 June 1976) is an Indian former actress. She was one of the prominent actresses in Indian cinema in the 1990s and early 2000s. [1] [2] [3] In a career spanning almost two decades, Rambha had appeared in more than 100 films across eight languages, predominantly in Telugu and Tamil, in addition to Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam, along with a few Bengali, Bhojpuri and English films. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and background

Rambha was born as Vijayalakshmi Yeedi [4] in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on 5 June 1976 [5] into a Telugu family. [6] She did her schooling at Atkinsons Senior Secondary School, Vijayawada. While she was studying in her seventh standard, she acted as Ammavaru (Mother Goddess) for her school's Annual Day competition. [7] The event had been attended by director Hariharan who stayed in contact and later introduced her as the female lead in Malayalam film, Sargam . [7] Her first on-screen name was Amrutha, which she later changed as Rambha after the character name in her Telugu debut movie Aa Okkati Adakku .

Career

Rambha gave up her education aged 15 and then started her career with Hariharan's Malayalam film Sargam (1992) opposite Vineeth. The film performed well at the box office, and she was spotted by director E. V. V. Satyanarayana who then cast her in the Telugu film Aa Okkati Adakku (1992), where she was paired opposite Rajendra Prasad. [8] The film performed well and prompted several films offers for the actress from several different film industries across India. During the height of her career in the late 1990s, Rambha deliberately continued to pick glamorous roles to garner film offers. In successful films such as Hitler (1997) starring Chiranjeevi, Rambha appeared in roles which were inconsequential to the plot and purely depicted as the lead actor's love interest. [8]

She started her career as a producer with help of her brother in Three Roses (2003), in which Jyothika, Laila and Rambha played the lead characters. However, the film failed at the box office, and she fell heavily into debt after the film's release.[ citation needed ] She sold her house at Mount Road, Chennai in order to pay the debt, while she was also booked in a cheque-bounce case filed by the financiers of the movie. [9]

Rambha has acted in several languages and always maintained a successful balance in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Bhojpuri and Bengali. In 2010, Rambha shot alongside Prakash Raj for a thriller film titled Vidiyum Varai Kathiru. The film was shot in three languages namely Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, but the film did not have a theatrical release. [10]

After her marriage she had given up films as she felt her popularity in films has faded away where she notice that she was not getting meaty roles as she used to and has judged a very popular Tamil TV show Maanada Mayilada , and the Telugu dance show Dhee . [1] After a long gap she came back from Toronto, she appeared as a judge of Zee Telugu dance show ABCD-Anybody Can Dance and judged Kings of Comedy Juniors on Vijay TV.

She is a brand ambassador for Kolors health care, Chennai. [11]

Personal life

Rambha married Indrakumar Pathmanathan, a Canada-based Sri Lankan Tamil businessman, on 8 April 2010 at Karnataka Kalyana Mandapam in Tirumala. [12] They settled in Toronto. They have two daughters and a son. [13] [14]

Filmography

Telugu

YearFilmRoleNotes
1992 Aa Okkati Adakku RambhaTelugu Debut film
1993 Evandi Aavida Vachindi Jhansi
Tholi Muddhu Divya
Rowdy Annayya Jyoti
Chinna AlluduSita
SarigamaluJyothi
1994 Bhairava Dweepam YakshiniCameo appearance
Yes Nenante NeneRani [15]
Namaste AnnaSaccha
Pachcha ToranamLatha Devi
Hello Brother Herself Cameo appearance in the song "Kanne Pettaro"
Bangaru Kutumbam Pushpa
Muddula Priyudu Usha
Allari Premikudu Bhavani
Hello AlluduRani
M Dharmaraju M.ASeeta
1995 Alluda Majaka Bobby
Maato Pettukoku Lakshmi
Maya BazaarHerselfCameo appearance
Vetagadu Seema
Khaidi Inspector
1996 Bombay Priyudu Raga SudhaNominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam Apasara
Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi HerselfCameo appearance in the song "Chaligali Jhummandhi"
1997 Hitler Bujji
Mama Bagunnava Jaya
1998 Ganesh Priya
Bavagaru Bagunnara? Swapna
Love Story 1999 Swapna
1999Mechanic MavayyaRani
Iddaru Mitrulu HerselfCameo appearance in the song "Hey Rukkuman"
2000 Kodanda Ramudu Mounika
Okkadu ChaaluRambha
Choosoddaam Randi Geeta
Moodu Mukkalaata Lahari
2001 Mrugaraju HerselfCameo appearance in the song "Ramaiah Paddaleti"
2003 Sriramachandrulu Sundari Devi
Naaga HerselfCameo appearance
2005AlexDeepika
2006 Neeku Naaku Lakshmi
Gopi – Goda Meeda Pilli Goddess LakshmiExtended Cameo
2007 Desamuduru HerselfCameo appearance in the song "Attaantode Ittaantode"
Yamadonga HerselfCameo appearance in the song "Nachore Nachore"
2008 Donga Sachinollu Kavya

Tamil

YearFilmRoleNotes
1993 Uzhavan EshwariSpecial appearance
1996 Ullathai Allitha IndhuDebut Tamil film
Sengottai Yamuna
Sundara Purushan Valli
Sivasakthi Priya
1997 Dharma Chakkaram Vijayalakshmi
Arunachalam Nandhini
Raasi Meena
V.I.P Indhu
Adimai Changili Radha
Janakiraman Gayathri
1998 Ninaithen Vandhai SwapnaNominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Kaathala Kaathala Janaki
Desiya Geetham
1999 Endrendrum Kadhal Meenu
Kadhalar Dhinam HerselfCameo appearance in song "Oh Mariya"
Poomagal Oorvalam Kavitha
Suyamvaram Urvashi
Minsara Kanna Priya
Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga Indhu
Unnaruge Naan Irundhal HerselfGuest appearance
2000 Sudhandhiram Divya
Kunguma Pottu Gounder Alamelu Kandhasamy
Anbudan Nimmi
2001 Aanandham Renuka Madhavan
Azhagaana Naatkal Indhu
2003 Military Lakshmi
Three Roses Chaaru
Banda Paramasivam Manju Cheran
2004 Chatrapathy HerselfCameo appearance in song "Ore Oru Raathirikku"
Azhagiya Theeye HerselfCameo appearance in song "Dil Mera Loot Liya"
2005 Sukran HerselfCameo appearance in song "Saathikadi"
2009 Oru Kadhalan Oru Kadhali Lakshmi
2010 Pen Singam MythiliExtended Cameo

Hindi

YearFilmRoleNotes
1995 Jallaad Kranti's lover- koyal
1996 Jurmana Priya kumar saxena
DaanveerChitra
Jung Madhu
1997 Qahar Radha
Judwaa Rupa
Sajna
1998 Gharwali Baharwali Manisha Verma
Bandhan Jyoti
1999Main Tere Pyaar Mein PagalSonali
2000 Krodh Pooja Varma
Beti No.1 Priya Bhatnagar
Dil Hi Dil MeinSpecial appearance
2001 Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta Tara
2002 Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani Nita
Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai Cameo appearance
2004Dukaan: Pila HouseKasthuribai

Kannada

YearFilmRoleNotes
1993 Server Somanna Sudha
Kempaiah IPS Chempa
1999 O Premave Prema
2000Panchali
2001 Baava Baamaida Geetha
2004 Sahukara Ranganayaki
2005 Pandu Ranga Vittala Rambha
2006 Gandugali Kumara Rama
2007 Anatharu HerselfCameo

Malayalam

YearFilmRoleNotes
1992 Sargam Thangamani
Champakulam Thachan Devi
1998 Sidhartha Hema
2003 Chronic Bachelor Bhama
2004 Mayilattam Mythili
2005 Kochi Rajavu Meenakshi
2007 Payum Puli Malli
2008 Kabadi Kabadi Pooja/SnehaDouble role
2011 Filmstar Rambha

Other language films

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2005 Dada Meera Bengali
Chita
2006 Refugee Julie
2007 Ram Balram Mausammi Bhojpuri
Rasik BalmaNandita
Banke Bihari M.L.A.Lawyer Manya [16]
2009 Quick Gun Murugan Mango Dolly English

Television

YearSeries/ShowsChannelNotes
2009-2012 Manada Mayilada Kalaignar TV As a judge for Season 2, 3, 5 and 7
2011 Dhee Ultimate Dance Show ETV Telugu As a judge for Season 4
2002-2005Metti oli Sun tv Special appearance
2014 Jodi No 1 Star Vijay As a judge for Season 8
2014Soundarya Lahari E-TV Guest
2017ABCD-Anybody Can Dance Zee Telugu Judge
2017 Kings of Comedy Juniors Star Vijay Judge

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