Rudra (actress)

Rudra
Rudra
Born	Ashwini Nambiar
Nationality	Indian
Other names	R. V. Aswini
Occupation(s)	Actress, dancer

Last updated February 26, 2025

Rudra, also credited as Ashwini, or Ashwini Nambiar is an Indian actress who has appeared in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films and serials.^[1]^[2] She made her acting debut with the 1991 Tamil film Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu . Her roles in Kauravar (1992), Manichitrathazhu (1993), Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) Dhruvam (1993), Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottaandu (1994) and Kudumbakodathi (1996) are well noted.^[3]

Early life

When Ashwini was in her final year of school, she did a couple of modelling assignments with her classmates, for a Malayalam magazine. Director Bharathiraja saw the magazine and offered her the role in Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu .^[3] Post marriage she moved to Singapore and is currently acting in Singapore serial and short films.

Career

Rudra made her debut in the Tamil film Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu , directed by Bharathiraja. She had done about 16 films in Malayalam,^[3] with her best known role as Alli in the classic Manichitrathazhu (1993)^[4] She has acted as Chiranjeevi's sister in Hitler (1997).

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1991	Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu	Marikozhundhu	Tamil	Debut film
1991	Post Box No. 27	Viji	Malayalam
1992	Thoorathu Sontham	Dhanalakshmi	Tamil
1992	Aayushkalam	Sujatha	Malayalam
1992	Kauravar	Sridevi	Malayalam
1993	Manichitrathazhu	Alli	Malayalam
1993	Kizhakku Cheemayile	Pechi	Tamil
1993	Butterflies	Maya Das	Malayalam
1993	Dhruvam	Maya	Malayalam
1993	Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottaandu	Vasundhara	Malayalam
1994	Pavithram	Reetha	Malayalam
1994	Pudhupatti Ponnuthaayi	Rukku	Tamil
1994	Muthal Payanam	Radha	Tamil
1995	Sasinas	Sunandha/Dingadi Dingoos	Malayalam
1995	Aunty	Kani	Telugu
1996	Malayala Maasam Chingam Onninu	Renu	Malayalam
1996	Kudumbakodathi	Pournami Nair	Malayalam
1997	Raman Abdullah	Ayisha	Tamil
1997	Periya Thambi	Meena	Tamil
1997	Hitler	Sarada	Telugu
1997	Pelli Chesukundam	Radhika	Telugu
1997	Nazarr	Pinky	Hindi
1999	Kallazhagar	Saira	Tamil
1999	Police	Sujatha	Telugu
2000	Ennavale	Seetha	Tamil
2007	Oram Po	Bigil's wife	Tamil
2021	Ezhuthalar Alamelu Mangai	Alamelu Mangai	Tamil	Short film
2021	Angel Colony	Shantha Rai	Tamil	Short film

TV serials

Tamil

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
	Chellam	Director
	Chandrikaiyin Kathai	Muthamma	Telefilm
	Dreams
1996	Chinna Chinna Aasai : Nirangal	Kanchana	Sun TV
1996	Sangamam		TV 12
1996	Chinna Chinna Aasai : Bommaikal	Jayanthi	Sun TV
2001	Take it Easy Vazhkai	Durga	Sun TV
2001	Nimmathi Ungal Choice	Nirmala	Sun TV
2002	Meera	Meera	Doordarshan
2003-2006	Kettimelam	Lakshmi	Jaya TV
2006	Raja Rajeswari	Maheswari	Sun TV
2014	Ninaivugal		MediaCorp Vasantham
2017	Athiyaayam	Nandini	Vasanatham TV
	Masala	Visalatchi
	Mudhal Vanakkam	Maya
2019–2020	Magarasi	Gomathi	Sun TV
2019	Darbaar		Vasanatham TV
	Moondraavathu Kann		Vasanatham TV
	128 Circle	Rani	Mediacorp Channel 5
2020	Uyire	Charu	Zee Tamil
	Lingam Stores		Vasanatham TV
	Pugaipadam	Malarvizhi
	Kaalam	Ganga
	Swaasamey	Counselor
2021	Naam
	Enakkaga	Malar
	Irandu	Dr. Vasundhara
	Manmadhan Anbu	Roopa
	Mugavari	Banumathi
	Pattaasu Productions	Harini
2022	Mars Poyi Sernthuttom
	Vasantham Muthal Paarvai : Veezhvaen Yendru Ninaithaay	Raji Subash
	128 Circle Season 2	Rani
	Maiyam	Gayathri
	Kattradhu Kadhal	Hannah
2022 - 2023	Aathmaan	Shailaja	Mediacorp

Malayalam

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
2005	Kadamattathu Kathanar	Mythili	Asianet

Telugu

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
	Ammakaniko Ammayi
	Antharnethram
	Kalankitha	Dual role Kala
	Tholi Rojulu
1998	Antharangaalu	Padmini	ETV
2001	Akka Chellalu		ETV

References

↑ Telugu, TV9 (28 January 2023). "Hitler: హిట్లర్ మూవీలో చిరుకి సోదరిగా నటించిన ఈమె ఇప్పడెలా ఉందో చూస్తే స్టన్ అవుతారు". TV9 Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 25 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ Telugu, Sumantv (11 August 2023). "కళంకిత సీరియల్‌తో అందర్ని ఏడిపించిన అశ్విని ఇప్పుడెలా ఉందో తెలుసా..?". sumantv.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
1 2 3 "Aswini". Sify . Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
↑ "ഭർത്താവും മകളും ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടത് ഒരേ കാര്യം! മണിച്ചിത്രത്താഴിലെ അല്ലിയുടെ ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ വിശേഷങ്ങൾ ഇങ്ങനെ". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 25 August 2023.

External links

Rudra at IMDb
Rudra at MSI

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[1] Telugu, TV9 (28 January 2023). "Hitler: హిట్లర్ మూవీలో చిరుకి సోదరిగా నటించిన ఈమె ఇప్పడెలా ఉందో చూస్తే స్టన్ అవుతారు". TV9 Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 25 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Telugu, Sumantv (11 August 2023). "కళంకిత సీరియల్‌తో అందర్ని ఏడిపించిన అశ్విని ఇప్పుడెలా ఉందో తెలుసా..?". sumantv.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[sify-3] 1 2 3 "Aswini". Sify . Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[4] "ഭർത്താവും മകളും ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടത് ഒരേ കാര്യം! മണിച്ചിത്രത്താഴിലെ അല്ലിയുടെ ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ വിശേഷങ്ങൾ ഇങ്ങനെ". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 25 August 2023.

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