Divya Spandana

Divya Spandana

Name:

Divya Spandana

Born:

November 29, 1981 (1981-11-29) (age 27)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Other name(s):

Lucky Star

Kuthu Ramya

Occupation:

Actress

Years active:

2003—present

Ramya (Kannada),also known by her real name Divya Spandana, is a popular actress in the Kannada and Tamil films.

Birth and Childhood

Ramya was born in Bangalore, Karnataka on November 29, 1981. She studied at St. Hilda's school in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. She then earned her collegiate at St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore. Ramya participated in stage shows and dance rehearsals from her grade school days. Along with her mother tongue Kannada, she is able to read and write Tamil.

Rising Fame

Ramya stepped into the film industry with Kannada movie Abhi starring against Puneet Rajkumar. Being her latest hit "Arasu" along with Puneet Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine released in early 2007 has done well again. She is considered to be "golden girl" in Kannada film industry as she has the success rate of close to 90% in her career.

The movie "Amrithadhare" shows her acting in one of her recent films directed by Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar.Her debut film in Kollywood had bombed at the boxoffice.

Her breakthrough in Tamil came through her film Polladhavan (2007 film) where she acted against Dhanush. The film was considered a dark horse success , being released during the Deepavali period. Rajinikanth was all praises for the entire crew of Polladhavan [1].

She also worked in Gautham Menon's "Varanam Aayiram" opposite Surya. She changed her screen name to Divya which is believed to have brought her more luck in getting hi-fling roles and she has also dubbed in her own voice for Varanam Aayiram.

Filmography

Kannada

Year	Film	Role	Co-star	Director	Notes
2003	Abhi	Bhanu	Puneet Rajkumar	Dinesh Babu
	Excuse Me	Madhumitha	Sunil Rao	Prem
2004	Ranga (S.S.L.C)	Padma	Sudeep	Yograj Bhat
	Kanti	Reema	Murali	Bharath
2005	Aadi	Aishwarya	Aadithya	M S Ramesh
	Aakash	Nandini	Puneet Rajkumar	Mahesh Babu
	Gowramma	Gowri	Upendra	B Naganna
	Amrithadhare	Amritha	Dhyan	Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
2006	Sevanthi Sevanthi	Sevanthi	Vijaya Reghavendra	S Narayan
	Julie	Julie	Dino Morea	Poornima Mohan
	Datta	Divya	Darshan Tugudeep	Chi Gurudatt
	Jothe Jotheyali	Divya	Prem	Dinakar Tugudeep
	Thananam Thananam	Vanaja	Shaam,Rakshitha	Kavitha Lankesh
2007	Arasu	Shruthi	Puneet Rajkumar	Mahesh Babu
	Meera Madhava Raghava	Meera	Diganth	T N Seetharam
2008	Mussanjemaatu	Thanu	Sudeep	Mahesh
	Meravanige	Spandana		Mahesh Babu	Guest appearance
	Bombaat	Shalini	Ganesh	D.Rajendra Babu
	Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu	Preethi	Aditya Babu	Veera Shankar
	Bhimoos Bang Bang Kids		Upendra	S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu	Post Production
	Jothegaara		Prem	Shikamani	Post Production
	Ullasa		Vijay	Prakash	Filming

Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Kuthu	Ramya
2004	Giri
2007	Polladhavan	Hema
2008	Thoondil	Divya
2008	Vaaranam Aayiram	Priya
2009	Kadhal 2 Kalyanam		Filming

Telugu

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Abhimanyu
2006	Amrutha Varsham	Amrutha