Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaRambha or Vijaya Lakshmi (Telugu:విజయలక్ష్మి/రంభ)is an Indian film actress.
Her first screen name was Amritha but changed to Rambha. She has acted in over 100 South Indian films and also in a number of Bollywood films. She had done several successful films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She was popular in Bollywood movies for her uncanny resemblance towards Divya Bharati, an actress who died during her popular stint in Bollywood. She is also squint-eyed and considers it a lucky charm.
Early life
She is from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.
Career
Rambha's career started with a Telugu film "Aa Okkati Adakku" directed by E.V.V Sathyanarayana in 1993.In 1992 starred in Malayalam film Sargam opposite Vineeth. She again paired up with Vineeth in Champakulam Thachan. She then entered Bollywood and was paired up with popular heroes like Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty,Kamal Hassan Govinda etc.
Rambha started her career as a producer with help of her brother for Three Roses in which Jyothika, Laila and Rambha are the three lead character. This film is copy of the famous Hollywood movie Charlie's Angles. During the shooting of this movies she fought with Jyothika regarding remuneration. Finally this film became a big flop and Rambha could not recover from the loss. She also sold her house in Chennai to the financiers to come out from the debts. Presently she is limited for item songs only. Rambha has acted in several languages and maintained a successful balance in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali etc. She is currently concentrating on Bhojpuri films. Her latest film in Malayalam titled Paayum Puli in 2007 is getting good reviews. Her career is a very successful one, dominating all the languages that she has acted in. She got the opportunity to pair up with the top actors of all languages which she acted. Most of her movies are successful. She has acted two Bengali films and now she has three Hindi films in her kitty.
She is currently doing a role of Mango Dolly in Shashak Ghosh's Tamil Flick " Quick Gun Murugan". 'Quick Gun Murugan' spoof series on Channel V, the brainchild of the channel creative head Shashanka Ghosh. Now he is directing the small screen ht in to a film with the same name 'Quick Gun Murugan'.
This film sports Rajendra Prasad in the title role flaunting a cowboy get up. Telugu and Tamil film actress Rambha plays the role of a blonde. Nassar plays the role of villain. The main theme of the film is said to be the fight between vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism. Quick Gun Murugan vows to save cows because he thinks he is a cowboy where are Nassar play the role of the owner of a fast-food restaurant that promotes beef eating.
Filmography
Hindi films
| Year | Title | Cast | Director | As |
| 2008 | Mastana | Jackie Shroff, Govinda | Partho Ghosh | Cameo Appearance Announced.[1] |
| 2004 | Dukaan: Pila House | Vikas Kalantri, Rati Agnihotri | Iqbal Durrani | Kasthuribai |
| 2002 | Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani | Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol, Aaftab Shivdasani | Nita | |
| 2002 | Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai | Govinda, Rani Mukherjee | Kirti Kumar | cameo appearance |
| 2001 | Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta | Govinda, Sushmita Sen | David Dhawan | Tara |
| 2000 | Krodh | Sunil Shetty | Ashok Honda | Pooja Varma |
| 2000 | Beti No.1 | Govinda | T. Ramarao | Priya Bhatnagar |
| 2000 | Dil Hi Dil Mein | Kunal, Sonali Bendre | cameo appearance | |
| 1999 | Main Tere Pyaar Mein Pagal | J.K.Chakravarthy | K. Ragavendra Rao | Sonali |
| 1998 | Gharwali Baharwali | Anil Kapoor, Raveena Tandon | David Dhawan | Manisha |
| 1998 | Bandhan | Salman Khan, Jackie Shroff | Murli Manohar Rao | Jyothi |
| 1997 | Qahar | Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty | ||
| 1997 | Judwaa | Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor | David Dhawan | Roopa |
| 1997 | Sajana Doli Leke Aana | Venkatesh | ||
| 1996 | Danveer | Mithun Chakraborty | T.L.V.Prasad | |
| 1996 | Jung | Ajay Devgan | T. Ramarao | Naina |
| 1996 | Jurmana | Mithun Chakraborty | T.L.V.Prasad | Priya Kumari Tiwari |
| 1995 | Jallaad | Mithun Chakraborty | T.L.V.Prasad | Gayathri |
Malayalam films
| Year | Title | Cast | Director | As | |
| 2009 | Kabaddi Kabaddi | Mukesh, Kalabhavan Mani | Sudhir Manu | Sneha and Pooja | |
| 2007 | Paayum Puli | Kalabhavan Mani | Mohan Kupleri | Malli | |
| 2005 | Kochi Rajavu | Dileep, Kavya Madhavan | Johney Antony | Meenakshi | |
| 2004 | Mayilattam | Jayaram | V.M.Vinu | Mythili | |
| 2003 | Chronic Bachelor | Mammootty, Bhavana Balachandran, Mukesh | Siddhique | Bhama | |
| 1998 | Siddhartha | Mammootty | Jomon | Hema | |
| 1992 | Champakulam Thachan | Vineeth | Kamal | Devi | |
| 1992 | Sargam | Vineeth | Hariharan | Amrutha |
Telugu films
- Pratikshanam (2009)
- Donga Sachinollu (2008)
- Yamadonga (2007) (Item number)
- Desamuduru (2007) (Item number)
- Alex (2006)
- Sriramachandrulu (2003)
- Moodu Mukkalata (2000)
- Bavagaru Bagunnara (1998)
- Hitler (1997)
- Alluda Mazaaka (1995)
- Hitler
- Baavagaaru Baagunnaaraa
- Ganesh
- Okkadu Chaalu
- Bombai Priyudu
- Aa Okkati Adakku (1993)
Bhojpuri films
- Banke Bihari MLA
- Ram Balram
- Purv Aur Pachhim
- Rasik Balma
Bengali films
| Year | Title | Cast | Director | Remarks |
| 2006 | Refugee | Prasenjeet | Haranath Chakrabarty | |
| 2005 | Cheetah | Mithun Chakraborty | ||
| 2005 | Krishna | Mithun Chakraborty |
Kanada films
1990 || sarvar sommanna|| jageesh|| dwarkish ||
| Year | Title | Cast | Director | Remarks |
| 2007 | Anaatharu | Upendra, Darshan, Sanghavi, Radhika | Sadhu Kokila | Item song |
| 2007 | Sahukara | Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran, Sashikumar | Om Prakash Rao | |
| 2006 | Gandugali Kumararama | Shivrajkumar, Laya | Bhargava | |
| 2005 | Pandu Ranga Vittala | Ravichandran, Prema, Shruthi | Dinesh Babu | |
| 1999 | O Premave | V. Ravichandran | Naganna |
[edit] Notable Tamil films
| Year | Title | Cast | Director | Remarks |
| 2009 | Meendum Chinna Veedu | Vikramadithya, Jai Akash | K. Veeru | Filming |
| 2009 | Maru Avatharam | Murali | Filming | |
| 2009 | Quick gun Murugan | Rajendra Prasad | Shashanka Ghosh | Playing role of Mango Dolly Filming |
| 2009 | Vidiyum Varai Kaathiru | Prakash Raj | Come Back film in Tamil. Filming | |
| 2005 | Sukran | Vijay, Ravikrishna | S.A. Chandrashekhar | cameo appearance |
| 2004 | Chatrapathy | Sarath Kumar | Sri Mahesh | Song alone |
| 2004 | Azhagiya Theeye | Prasanna | Radhamohan | Song alone |
| 2003 | Three Roses | Jyothika, Laila, Abbas, Govinda | ||
| 2003 | Banda Paramasivam | Prabhu | ||
| 2002 | Samudhiram | Sarath Kumar, Murali, Manoj | ||
| 2001 | Azhagaana Naatkal | Karthik | Sundar C | |
| 2001 | Anandham | Mamooty, Murali | Lingusamy | |
| 2000 | Kunguma Pottu Gounder | Sathyaraj | ||
| 2000 | Anbudan | Arun Vijay | ||
| 2000 | Sudhandhiram | Arjun | ||
| 1999 | Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga | Karthik | Sundar. C | |
| 1999 | Unnaruke Naan Irunthal | Parthiban, Meena | ||
| 1999 | Minsara Kanna | Vijay, Monicka | K. S. Ravikumar | |
| 1999 | Suyamvaram | Sathyaraj, Karthik | K.S.Ravikumar, P.Vasu, Sundar.C, Arjun | |
| 1999 | Endrendrum Kadhal | Vijay | Manoj Bhatnagar | |
| 1998 | Kadhala Kadhala | Kamal Hassan | ||
| 1998 | Kadhalar Dhinam | Kunal, Sonali Bendre | Kathir | cameo appearance in the song Oh Mariya. Remade into Hindi as Tere Mere Dil Mein |
| 1998 | Ninaithen Vandhai | Vijay, Devayani | K. Selva Bharathy | |
| 1998 | Janaki Raman | Sarath Kumar, Nagma | Sundar. C | |
| 1997 | Adimai Sangili | Arjun, Roja | ||
| 1997 | VIP | Prabhu Deva, Abbas, Simran | ||
| 1997 | Arunachalam | Rajnikanth, Soundarya | Sundar. C | |
| 1997 | Raasi | Ajith | Muraliappas | |
| 1997 | Sundara Purushan | Livingstone | Livingstone | |
| 1997 | Sengottai | Arjun | Arjun | |
| 1996 | Ullathai Alli Tha | Karthik | ||
| 1993 | Uzhavan | Prabhu | Kathir |
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