Rajashree (actress)

Rajashree
Rajashree
Born	Meisha Aftab
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Rajshri Nair
Alma mater	Kesari Higher Secondary School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Spouses	; Ansari Raja (m. 2009, divorced) Bujankar Rao (m. 2010)

Rajashree is an Indian actress known for her works in Tamil cinema, Telugu cinema, Malayalam cinema and television. She made her debut as the lead character in Bharathiraja's 1994 Tamil film Karuththamma wrong,that's another Rajashree. Since then she has appeared in over sixty films.

Career

Actress Rajashree made her debut in Tamil Cinema with Bharathiraja's Karuthamma. Winning laurels for her prodigious performance, she later appeared in Sethu, Nandhaa, Run, Manasellam, and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. Rajashree has had prominent roles around 57 films in Telugu and Tamil. Apart from the silver screen, she appeared in the TV series Aalayam, Agal Vilakku, Mandhira Vasal and Sivamayam.

Personal life

Rajashree's sister, Bobby, has also appeared in films as an actress.^[5]

Rajashree married Ansari Raja, and proprietor of "Body Shape Gym" in 2009.

Filmography

Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Karuthamma	Karuthamma
1995	Neela Kuyil	Shalini
1995	Murai Mappillai	Sorna
1996	Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale	Lakshmi
	Amman Kovil Vaasalile	Padmini	Guest appearance
	Vaigarai Pookkal	Deivanai
1999	Sethu
2001	Asokavanam	Uma
	Nandhaa	Nandhaa's mother
	Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala	Roja's sister
2002	Run
2002	Game	Malar
2003	Manasellam
2006	Ilakkanam	Malliga
2006	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Chitra Arokyaraj
2007	Ammuvagiya Naan
2007	Sabari	Maragatham
2009	Oru Kadhalan Oru Kadhali	Sumathi
2010	Ayyanar	Prabha's aunt
2012	Porkodi 10am Vaguppu	Porkodi's mother
2013	Vathikuchi
2015	Agathinai
2015	Chandi veeran	Paari's mother
2016	Iraivi	Kala
2017	Pagadi Aattam	Kausalya's mother
2017	Arasakulam
2018	U Turn	Rachana's mother
2020	Varmaa	Megha's mother	Uncredited

Telugu

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Lingababu Love Story	Ragaa
2015	Srimanthudu		Guest role
2016	Shankara	SP Rajeswari
2017	Ninnu Kori	Pallavi's mother
2018	U Turn	Rachana's mother
2018	Nannu Dochukunduvate
2019	Majili	Sri Lakshmi
2020	Entha Manchivaadavuraa	Nandini's mother
2020	Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma
2021	Shaadi Mubarak
	Cheruvaina Dooramaina
	Drushyam 2	Doctor
2022	Aadavallu Meeku Joharlu	Gouramma
2022	Ori Devuda	Arjun's mother
2023	Veera Simha Reddy	Meenakshi's mother
	Amigos	Ishika's mother
	Bro	Ricky's mother
2024	Vidya Vasula Aham		released on aha^[6]

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role
2001	Megasandesam	Rosy Samuel
2001	Ravanaprabhu	Dr Suhra Hydrose
2003	Mr. Brahmachari	Sindhu
2012	Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam	Vimala
2012	Grandmaster	Commissioner Susan
2015	Jamna Pyari	Vimala
2023	Vilayath Buddha

Kannada

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Gandhada Gudi Part 2		Debut film
1996	Anuraga Spandana
1997	Police Bete	Rekha
1998	King	Rajeshwari	credited as Rajeshwari

Hindi

Year	Film	Role
1999	Sautela
2024	Singham Again	Nilima Bali

English

Year	Film	Role
1998	Hyderabad Blues	Ashwini Rao

Television

Serials

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
	Oorvashi	Gowri	Telugu	Gemini TV
	Jeevana Tarangalu		Telugu
1998–2001	Ganga Yamuna Saraswati		Tamil	Raj TV
1999–2000	Aalayam		Tamil	Sun TV
2000–2002	Banagaru Bomma		Telugu	ETV
2001	Sukha Dukhalu	Soundarya	Telugu	ETV
2001–2002	Jee Boom Ba		Tamil	Vijay TV
2002	Gangothri		Telugu	Gemini TV
2002–2003	Agal Vilakkugal	Seetha	Tamil	Sun TV
2003–2004	Mantra Jalam		Telugu	ETV
2004–2005	Sivamayam		Tamil	Sun TV
2004–2005	Naari O Naari		Telugu	ETV
2007–2008	Shubhalekha			ETV
2007	Dracula			Gemini TV
2008–2009	Naalavathu Mudichu	Ashwini	Tamil	Jaya TV
2008–2010	Magal		Tamil	Sun TV
2009–2010	Idhayam	Shakuntala	Tamil	Sun TV
2012	Kadhayile Rajakumari	IPS	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama
2013	Kanmani		Malayalam	Surya TV
2013–2014	Vamsam	Thenmozhi	Tamil	Sun TV
2014–2016	Ramulamma		Telugu	Star Maa
2014–2015	Abhishekam			ETV
2015–2018	America Ammayi	Kalyani		Zee Telugu
2015–2017	Mahalakshmi			Star Maa
2017–2020	Lakshmi Kalyanam	Rajeshwari Devi		Star Maa
2018–2020	Rendu Rellu Aaru	Bhanumati		Gemini TV
2020	Chithi 2	Padma	Tamil	Sun TV
2021	Amrutha Varshini	Amrutha	Telugu	Gemini TV
2021–2023	Intiki Deepam Illalu	Maheshwari Devi		Star Maa
2021–2022	Kasthuri	Kanchana		Star Maa
2021–2022	Rangula Ratnam	Annapoorna		ETV
2022	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Special appearance	Tamil	Colors Tamil
2022–2024	Amudhavum Annalakshmiyum	Annalakshmi	Tamil	Zee Tamil
2024	Panchagni	Renuka	Malayalam	Flowers TV

Web Series

Year	Title	Language	Role	Platform
2020–2021	Amrutham Dhvitheeyam	Telugu		ZEE5
2022	Recce	Telugu	Devakamma	ZEE5

References

^ "Karuthamma Rajasree Entered wedlocks". ayngaran.com. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ "Rajshri Nair". Facebook. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Transcending Language Barriers". The New Indian Express. 19 August 2015.
^ "Karuthamma Rajashree gets married". kollywoodtoday.net. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ "Other side is not greener". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Vidya Vasula Aham OTT Release Date: Know About Plot, Platform & Cast". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

External links

Rajashree at IMDb

[1] "Karuthamma Rajasree Entered wedlocks". ayngaran.com. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[2] "Rajshri Nair". Facebook. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[3] "Transcending Language Barriers". The New Indian Express. 19 August 2015.

[4] "Karuthamma Rajashree gets married". kollywoodtoday.net. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[5] "Other side is not greener". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[6] "Vidya Vasula Aham OTT Release Date: Know About Plot, Platform & Cast". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

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Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
1967–1980	K. R. Vijaya (1967) Padmini (1968) Sowcar Janaki (1969) K. R. Vijaya (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Latha (1977) Lakshmi (1978) Saritha (1979) Suhasini (1980)
1981–2000	Sridevi (1981) Saritha (1982) — (1983) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Saritha (1988) Radhika (1989) Revathy (1990) Khushbu Sundar (1991) Sukanya (1992) Meena (1993) (1994) Khushbu Sundar (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena & Devayani (1997) Roja (1998) Simran (1999) Devayani (2000)
2001–present	Sneha (2001) Meena (2002) Laila (2003) Jyothika (2004) Jyothika (2005) Priyamani (2006) Jyothika (2007) Sneha (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) Amala Paul (2010) Ineya Lakshmi Menon (2012) Nayanthara (2013) Aishwarya Rajesh (2014)